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Patty (Osama) Murray - Defends 911 Fund Raiser

This is an update to my earlier post here about U.S. Senator Patty Murray and the $1,000 a plate fundraiser she held on the morning of 911 in Washington D.C.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer picked up the story in its Saturday edition and included Ms. Murray's defense:

But Murray defended the event, pointing out that she attended a candlelight ceremony in Seattle Thursday evening and stressing that she has worked hard to improve the nation's security in the wake of the attack.

"I woke up (Thursday) morning with a sense of sadness of what happened two years ago," she said in an interview. "Certainly I weighed everything I did (Thursday) against that, as I'm sure every American did.

"Every American works through that day in their own way. I think any attempt to try pinpointing this as something else is politicizing the day."

Let me get this straight. Patty holds a $1,000 a plate fundraiser for her campaign, (apparently her way of grieving), instead of maybe going to the office to do some work, or possibly attending a memorial for the victims. But of course, she's not politicizing the day. No, of course not. Anyone who complains that she spent the morning collecting checks for her upcoming campaign, we're the ones who are politicizing. Uh....Sure.

Seattle Democratic strategist Cathy Allen adds:

"With all due respect to the tragedies, there is a saturation point where the heart can't bleed any longer. I think most people are trying their best to move on. Most people now, when it comes to news of fund-raisers, most people's eyes just glaze over."

"The heart can't bleed any longer"..........."people are trying their best to move on", (what we're suppose to forget there's still a war on terror?) I dare her to say that to 3,000 families who lost their loved ones! I see no "due respect" in that statement. In other words she just said..........Get Over It Already! Hmmmm. I wonder if we can find a picture of Cathy Allen anywhere?

If you can stomach it, read the whole thing here.

Well my eyes are not glazed over and I will not be getting over it anytime soon. How about you?

Time to get out the dart board.

DC

Link via The Drudge Report

911 Fundraiser

What idiot U.S. politician would have the gall to hold a $1,000 a plate fundraiser from 8:30 to 9:30 AM on the morning of SEPTEMBER 11, the second anniversary of the attack on America??

Why the U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D) from Washington, of course.

You may remember the idiot-elect Ms. Murray for her praise of Osama bin Laden's charitable activities last December.

"We've got to ask, why is this man (Osama bin Laden) so popular around the world?," said Murray, who faces re-election in 2004. "Why are people so supportive of him in many countries . . . that are riddled with poverty?

"He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. We haven't done that.

"How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?"

Hmmmm. Just a few minor problems there Ms. electo-idiot.

First, from the US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service site she might have learned, "The United States has led the international community's response to the suffering of the Afghan people, supplying more than 80 percent of total UN World Food Program (WFP) food aid. For FY 2001, which ended on Sept. 30, 2001, the United States provided nearly $184 million in humanitarian aid to vulnerable Afghans, including about $99.8 million in food aid from USDA."

Maybe I should spell this out, because Patty is obviously pretty slow. B-E-F-O-R-E the attacks on 09/11 the US was A-L-R-E-A-D-Y the largest source of H-U-M-A-N-I-T-A-R-I-A-N aid to A-F-G-H-A-N-I-S-T-A-N.

And Day Care centers were needed for the children of women who weren't allowed to work????? (let alone show a wrist by accident in public.)

But, I digress.

I am shocked, horrified and ashamed to realize that the citizens of the U.S. have elected an idiot of this magnitude, who not only praises our enemies and blames America first to "educate" schoolchildren. No, that's not enough idiocy.

She checked her calendar, thought, "Ooooh I gotta raise some cash for that election next year", and picks the morning of Sept. 11 to hold a fundraiser.

Seriously people, this is one of the 100 people that can best represent America in our Senate?

Not being a voter in Washington state, I can't cast my vote against Patty Murray.

But fear not dear reader. There is something we can do about it and I've created a new category for it, "Pictures For Your Dartboard."

Brainstorming does not advocate violence. I'm just saying it might relieve some stress to download the campaign banner from her website to be used for a little target practice.

DC

Sept. 15: Edited Category Name

Link via Opinion Journal Best of the Web

Update Sept. 15: See added post with Patty Murray response here.

Update Sept. 17: Added Patty Murray website image, and Patty/Osama image. Please feel free to download them for your own use. I leave them in your capable hands.

Update: Welcome! If you're visiting from CoV I have a favor to ask. This blog started on Sept. 6. I'd appreciate any feedback. Take a look around and let me know what you find interesting. I do want to add a lot of things, like more links and some photos.