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| 2003-12-17 |
| Sheila told me to do it. EFL: U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, said Monday that the capture of Saddam Hussein does nothing to change her opposition to the war in Iraq. "I believe we should have had a congressional vote before declaring war (Hello, anyone there?) and we should have allowed U.N. inspectors time to finish their work," Jackson Lee said during a news conference at Bush Intercontinental Airport. Snicker, I bet she really hates it every time she flys. One of the more outspoken congressional critics of the war in Iraq, Jackson Lee returned to Houston from a recent terrorism fact-finding mission to Europe and the Middle East. She and nine other members of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security met with officials in Spain, Italy, Syria and Israel, she said. What, France was booked? Jackson Lee said she was so impressed with Syrian President Bashar Assad during her visit that she invited him to speak in Texas, even though his country is designated by the United States as a rogue state and a sponsor of terrorism. Oh, please, please, Bashar! Please come and do a photo op with Sheila. I bet Karl Rove can get you a meeting with other Democrats as well. Say you’ll come! "I’m sure someone will write a headline, `Congresswoman invites a terrorist’," Jackson Lee said. OK "But that’s not what I’m trying to do." You’re trying to become a ex-congresswoman? She said Assad showed his willingness to negotiate by meeting despite President Bush’s signing on Friday of the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, which could impose sanctions on Syria. "He’s a 39-year-old president who even gave us a picture of him and his children," Jackson Lee said. Binny and Sammy had lots of kids too. Got their pictures? "Let’s see what he can do. He’s not his father," a reference to Hafez Assad, who ruled Syria with an iron grip for 30 years before his death in 2000. No, he’s a weak shadow of his father. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #10 What is it today with the Democrats? Karl Rove canNOT be this good -- he'd know that for better impact you spread these things out. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-12-17 11:29:07 PM |
| #9 Sheila is the Texas version of Cynthia McKinney and one of the big reasons that the GOP pushed through the redistricting of the state (first since Reconstruction), even at the risk of the Dimocrat state legislators fleeing the state twice. Sheila and my old Congresswoman Eddie Berniece Johnson, her evil twin and fellow CBC member, are hopefully enjoying the last days of running their African-American Dim plantations. |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2003-12-17 3:44:57 PM |
| #8 Ms Jackson-Lee represents what is, for her, a very safe district in Houston -- end-result, she can say nearly anything and still be re-elected. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't be eligible for re-election while serving the prison sentence she deserves for this. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-17 3:12:54 PM |
| #7 I got a place for that det cord from the article up above. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2003-12-17 3:07:59 PM |
| #6 Houston elected her. Interesting that Southwest Airlines has apparently banned her highness from SW flights because of an incident a couple of years ago. Goes to show the American public knows no depth to its stupidity, to elect that worthless piece of garbage. |
| Posted by: alaskasoldier 2003-12-17 2:24:43 PM |
| #5 Ms Jackson-Lee represents what is, for her, a very safe district in Houston -- end-result, she can say nearly anything and still be re-elected. She and Barbara Lee are competing to replace Maxine Waters as the semi-official "House Foole", but at this point they are tied. |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-12-17 2:15:03 PM |
| #4 Dan, someone already pointed out that the peaceniks were all for allowing the UN years to conduct inspections but start biatching because we haven't found any in a few weeks..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-12-17 1:45:18 PM |
| #3 yea let the inspectors finish their job - another 12 years would do the trick......what a moron |
| Posted by: Dan 2003-12-17 12:50:08 PM |
| #2 she should pay the price for allowing herself to be used I rather suspect she has a price FOR being used. Can't wait until the list of people on Sadaam's payroll comes out. Be NO surprise to see her on it. |
| Posted by: B 2003-12-17 12:48:15 PM |
| #1 Assad and an ass-hat. Honestly, though, Sheila Jackson Lee should be arrested by US Martials and held for trial on treason. Go back to the latest account of the Thunder Run through Baghdad and count how many times the enemies are described as "Syrian". Go back through the news reports of the last eight months and count how many times we've heard of jihadis coming through, or Ba'athists escaping through, Syria. Her visit with Assad is part of the jihadi network's effort to recruit and support a fifth column inside the west; she should pay the price for allowing herself to be used by a nation that's at war with the United States. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-17 12:23:57 PM |