“too damn bad we didn’t buy them a ticket” to become human shields in Iraq

[NVMojo]

Democrats blast Gibbons’ comments about liberals

Reno Gazette Journal
March 1, 2005

Nevada Democrats are decrying a speech given last week by U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Reno, in which he condemned “tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals” for their opposition to the war in Iraq.

Gibbons, a possible contender for governor in 2006, made the remarks at a Lincoln Day dinner Friday in Elko, according to the Elko Daily Free Press.

While praising the efforts of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gibbons accused liberals, movie stars and song makers of “trying to divide this country.”

“I say we tell those liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and their music and whine somewhere else,” he told the crowd, according to the Elko Daily Free Press.

He then said it was “too damn bad we didn’t buy them a ticket” to become human shields in Iraq.

more...

http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2005/03/01/93497.php?sps=rgj.com&sch=LocalNews&sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news

[sniffa]

1. and it's too bad

we don't see him on the street some day.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Too damn bad he and every big mouth like him isn't there fighting

[dbt]

3. Coulda come right out of Rust Limpballs' lips.

That bloated toad is responsible for 99 per cent of the "tough talk" that comes from what passes for Conservatives these days. Wake up, Puggies: the fucker was ON DRUGS!

[peacebird]

4. too damn bad more of THEM didn't volunteer to be human shields

the ones who support this war ought to be the ones fighting it - not those of us who opposed it from the beginning.

[rwork]

5. Lets get him

enlistment papers for his kids and grandkids.

[blondeatlast]

6. Ed Schulz called it hate speech--and he's right.

What's even scarier is the standing ovation this toad got.

Is this what we've come to? Doesn't the COUNTRY and its CITIZENS matter anymore?

May God have mercy on Democracy, Liberty--and us.

[ClayZ]

21. It is hate speech... He asked for liberals to be TARGETS.

That is me and my family.

He should have an intervention by community mental health professionals and deprogramed! The man is obviously sick!

[maxsolomon]

7. well, reno?

what are you going to do about this loon? send him back for another term in 2006? make him governor?

signed, a liberal tree-hugging birkenstock wearer.

[NVMojo]

11. Bush barely took Nevada ...if the libs in Reno had pulled their heads out

sooner, we could have proven some sort of election fraud in Las Vegas. But once, I even got shut down by a Reid staffer about it and told there was no fraud with the 21,000 non-paper trailed Sequoias covering over half of the Nevada voters and located in the City of Las Vegas limits on November 2.

I think it would be nice if Senator Reid responded to this asshat's statement.

[saracat]

8. Good. Send the comments to the Nevada Film Commission.

“I say we tell those liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and their music and whine somewhere else,” he told the crowd, according to the Elko Daily Free Press.


And BTW, doesn't that reduce Las Vegas to only Wayne Newton and a couple of washed up country music groups? Gospel should be big in Vegas then. Bill Bennett might approve.

[NVMojo]

12. Good idea, Saracat! I will send them a letter and the Governor as well

we don't need to spend our state taxes on the Nevada Film Commission anymore!

And then there is the strip.

[saracat]

15. Yep. As I said, that leaves him with who? Wayne Newton?

Even Bill Bennett would be bored. For a man whose state hosts the purported "entertainment capital of thw world," that is a really stupid comment, almost up there with "Bring it On"!

[bahrbearian]

9. But we all ready have 130.000 human Shields protecting

Democracy or some such nonsense.

[Sapphire Blue]

10. "Chickenhawks - Hall of Fame" Flash Video

http://www.symbolman.com/chickenhawks.html

[BOSSHOG]

13. I put 24 years in uniform Gibbons, why don't me and you

both go to Iraq. I'm a tree hugging liberal. I served so I could hug a tree not so I could kill those who live in other countries and steal their oil. Mobilize Nevada. Send the punk back to the private sector where hopefully he can do less damage.

[NVMojo]

14. I think he is pretty worthless in the private sector. He's been a lifelong

TROUGHFEEDER!!!

[gratuitous]

16. And you know what else is too damn bad?

With Gibbons over in Iraq, I'll bet the whole thing would be over by noon tomorrow! He's such a he-man, it might even be by 9 o'clock.

Let's send Mr. Gibbons to Iraq. Now!

[NVMojo]

18. he went to Iraq looking for WMD!!!

Exploring Intelligence Efforts and Ongiong
Miliary Actions in Iraq


As a member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, I recently returned from my second congressional delegation trip to Iraq. As an oversight committee, we have been investigating U.S. intelligence efforts and ongoing military actions. Recently, much debate has occurred over Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction programs and the fact that large stockpiles of WMD have not yet been found. However, I maintain that our search is far from over and although we may not find large stockpiles of WMD – perhaps it was destroyed or moved to another country—removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq was the right thing to do.

September 11th taught us that we must confront gathering threats before it is too late. The gravest threat to the United States today is the potential cooperation between terrorist groups and rogue states developing or possessing weapons of mass destruction. Iraq certainly was considered by peace-loving nations as a rogue country—one whose dictator had even used weapons of mass destruction against his own people.

Our nation’s decision to authorize military action in Iraq was based on the same intelligence we had received for over a decade. Whether the intelligence was complete is in question now. However, there is no question that removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right decision then – and it remains the right decision today. The world is safer and better off without him in power, America is more secure, and the Iraqi people have been freed from one of the
world’s most brutal dictatorships.

more...


http://wwwc.house.gov/gibbons/display-newsletter.asp?id=29

[gratuitous]

19. I wonder if he got out of the Green Zone?

"Looking for WMDs" my sweet Aunt Fanny! He went for a free trip to eat free food.

[Blue_Tires]

17. well, he knows how to TALK a big game

i swear, it's like the GOP invented chest-puffing or something

[blondeatlast]

20. Looks like he's up again in 2006.

Here's a good Gibbons watch site:

http://votegibbonsout.blogs.com/votegibbonsout/

Edit: be sure to read this observer's view of the speech.

[NVMojo]

22. yeah, the lardbutt wants to be this state's next Governor and his

cheerleader wife wants to run for his seat in Congress.

Here's when he went to Iraq to hunt for WMD!!!

Gibbons, others to go on Iraq fact-finding mission

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

June 28, 2003

Rep. Jim Gibbons will travel to Iraq next month as part of a fact-finding mission concerning weapons of mass destruction, his spokeswoman said Friday.

The Nevada Republican will join other members of the House Select Committee on Intelligence for the trip, which is scheduled from July 8 to July 11, said Amy Spanbauer, Gibbons' spokeswoman.

The group will include committee Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla., Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., and Rep. Bud Cramer, D-Ala. They will travel throughout Iraq, including a stop in Baghdad, but no other details were released.

Spanbauer said Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., requested the trip to look at the nation's intelligence capabilities concerning the search for chemical and biological weapons in Iraq.

"The great news is that the major conflict of the war ended quickly, but that doesn't mean our job will end as quickly," Spanbauer said. "(There's still) the reconstruction effort and the search for weapons of mass destruction. This is one of those things that is going to take time."

Democrats have questioned whether prewar intelligence was inaccurate or manipulated to back President Bush's push for war. Republicans have said there is no sign of wrongdoing and have accused Democrats of raising the issue for political reasons.

more...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jun-28-Sat-2003/news/21626823.html

[NVMojo]

23. and he was just there again this past February and he still believes WMD

were in Iraq!

snip...
Gibbons said the trip convinced him the United States should stay the course in Iraq, saying, "Iraq is not only a better place, but we are denying a lot of activity that has weapons of mass destruction potential."

more...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Feb-19-Thu-2004/news/23252813.html

[nevadascandal]

25. Yeah he was saying that on CSPAN

a year ago....

http://votegibbonsout.blogs.com/votegibbonsout/2004/03/gibbons_lies_ca.html

[NVMojo]

26. Welcome to DU, Nevadascandal!!!

I got to hear him in person go on and on about how Bushie has secret photos of trucks leaving Iraq for Iran with WMD while we were invading them. He's a whack job.

[subterranean]

24. He forgot "WILD-EYED"

:crazy:

[NVMojo]

27. Welcome to DU, subterranean!

[subterranean]

28. Thanks! n/t