DeLay's Hillary Smear

[Open Mike Night]

The Hammer revives an urban myth.

But I digress. Here is DeLay's accusation, on Pages 108 and 109:

What sent me over the top about Clinton is that his brand of liberalism had an almost anti-American feel to it. Because it received scant treatment in the press many Americans don't know that when the Clintons first moved into the White House, they seriously considered banning all military uniforms from White House grounds. From the generals briefing the president to the Marines guarding the front door, no one would have been allowed to wear a military uniform. Fortunately, someone talked the Clintons out of this treachery, but take a moment to think about what even considering such a thing says about them. This was the president of the United States and his wife saying that something about military uniforms offended them. Apparently the noble symbols of martial honor and sacrifice so disturbed their unpatriotic, liberal sensibilities that they wanted to forbid them in the home of the nation's commander in chief. We should have kicked them out of office right then and there!

[Ramblin' Dave]

It's fair to ask Tom DeLay if military uniforms offend him too. He was of prime draft age during Vietnam, but like most uber-hawks of his generation, he never served.

ETA: Before reading that link, I'd forgotten DeLay's unique claim as to why he didn't go to Vietnam: he couldn't enlist because all the spaces in the army had been taken up by black guys. Kinda makes you wonder where he finds the nerve to question anybody else's integrity with respect to the military.

[Lainie]

Originally Posted by Ramblin' Dave

ETA: Before reading that link, I'd forgotten DeLay's unique claim as to why he didn't go to Vietnam: he couldn't enlist because all the spaces in the army had been taken up by black guys. Kinda makes you wonder where he finds the nerve to question anybody else's integrity with respect to the military.

It would if he weren't Tom Delay, who apparently has an inexhaustible source of chutzpah and arrogance on which to call. Did you hear him on NPR the other day, justifying his refusal to see lobbyists who weren't Republicans?

[BringTheNoise]

Originally Posted by Ramblin' Dave

Kinda makes you wonder where he finds the nerve to question anybody else's integrity with respect to the military.

If I'd made such a calim, I don't know if I'd have the nerve to speak publicly ever again, never mind about the military. That's damn close to tinfoil hat territory.

Yes, this is going to be a long and ugly presidential race.

[wanderwoman]

Originally Posted by Lainie

It would if he weren't Tom Delay, who apparently has an inexhaustible source of chutzpah and arrogance on which to call. Did you hear him on NPR the other day, justifying his refusal to see lobbyists who weren't Republicans?

I heard that interview, Lainie and it made my skin crawl. I hold Delay and Rove mainly responsible for the depths that politics have sunk to in the last several years. Our country would be better off if they both were out of politics completely, IMO.

[Ramblin' Dave]

Well, there is a very real possibility that they both might be in prison before too long. I do my best not to dwell on the possibility that I spent years hoping for this sort of thing back home and it might come true now that I've moved to France.