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I Heart Pete Stark *updated*
. . . for speaking truth to power.
He’s getting blasted by the Republican noise machine for stating that Bush is getting kids’ heads blown off in Iraq for his own amusement. When I sent Congressman Stark a contribution today, I wrote him that ‘amusement’ was not, perhaps, the best word. This war is all about Bush’s toilet paper-thin ego, and his desperate, panicky desire to “stay relevant.” And no, that’s not the whole story, because it leaves out the lust for dictatorial power, the desire to commit the most massive theft in world history, the psychopathology of engineering a Revelations-style Armageddon in the Middle East, and the stupidity to blunder into it with as much foresight and planning as a crowd of drunken frat boys deciding a panty raid on ‘those Tri-Delt bitches’ would be a good thing. Pete Stark’s comments barely scratch the surface of the Bush Administration’s evil.
But they were a fine start.
You rock, Congressman Stark.
Live-blogging tonight, y’all.
UPDATE 10/23/07: He apologized. I want a refund on the money I contributed!
D.
You said, “Bush’s toilet paper-thin ego.” I think his ego is huge, extraordinary porportions to the point of disregarding life. Now Bush knows there were no weapons of mass destruction and yet we’re still over there, killing and being killed. And in this case I wonder like Stark if it is only for Bush’s amusement.
I think the man has a serious inferiority complex. Has to keep blowing shit up to make himself feel significant. EVERYTHING is about him. Typical narcissist.
[…] Doug, who has apparently developed a man-crush, thought he saw a leaf. He was kind of right. There is a leaf in the photo, but it was not depicted in the fragment nor is it the main subject of the piece. […]
Seriously? If it pissed you off enough, ask for it back… Seriously.
I’ve watched his apology and I’ve read the stuff that’s “out there” (mostly at Daily Kos), and I suspect The Pelosinator pulled out all the stops to force him to apologize. Who knows what she threatened him with . . . I suspect censure was the least of it. Committee assignments? Don’t ever expect one of your bills to go through ever again?
I’m really starting to despise her. We need new leadership in the House AND Senate.