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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 01:04 PM
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Rosa Brooks: Grand Old Party of Child Endangerment
THE FAMOUSLY effective GOP messaging machine has broken down.

On Wednesday, just as President Bush was insisting that Americans must "vote Republican for the safety of the United States," Republican Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois was telling CNN that Congress can't even ensure the safety of the young pages under its care. "Let's suspend , send the pages home," LaHood told CNN's Miles O'Brien. "To send 15- and 16-year-old boys and girls to Washington, D.C. … we should not subject to this kind of activity and this kind of vulnerability." In response, O'Brien commented: "Well, that's kind of a sorry state of affairs. In essence, what you're saying is that members of Congress can't be trusted to be around young people."

LaHood's answer was blunt: "Well, that's pretty obvious."

Yup, that's where we're at, my fellow citizens. It's a little hard to trust the Republican-led Congress to keep the whole United States safe when you can't even trust them not to molest your children.


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