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2004-04-21 Home Front: Politix

Dem Senatorâs Wife Charged in Garden Retail Smackdown

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Posted by Frank G 2004-04-21 11:05:18 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Damn but I feel sorry for Max lugging this crazy bag around. Here's what this friggin wingnut said last year:

"Is that so unusual -- being for peace? I thought we all wanted peace," Wanda Baucus told us yesterday. She said it was she, not her husband, who put up the sign.

"I want the people in Iraq to have peace -- the people whose lives are in turmoil because of the war, the children, their mothers, the farmers, the grandmothers and even the camels that are out grazing," said the 54-year-old Baucus, an anthropologist who has taught at Harvard as well as a painter who regularly visits the south of France.

While Isaac, her bichon frise, barked in the background, Baucus confided that she has been watching television with growing distress and having trouble sleeping -- though she's not worried about the prospect of terrorism in the United States. "I never think about it," she said.

"I don't think we have any business being in a preemptive war against Iraq," she said. "Anytime you drop bombs, there are going to be a lot of innocent people hurt. A billion Muslims all over the world are in pain to see their brothers losing their homes and their families losing the stability of their civilization."

She added: "Baghdad is where the beginning of civilization occurred, literally where the wheel was invented, where the very first city was built, where writing began, and it has a very deep and profoundly beautiful history -- which we should never take lightly, no matter who the existing president is."

Even if it's Saddam? "I think he is very proud of the history of his country. I think it's we Americans who don't know the facts about what anthropologists call 'the cradle of civilization.' When we watch the bombing on television, we really don't seem to understand or appreciate that some of these places are sacred. . . . I disagree with those who say that Saddam Hussein doesn't think about this. He cares about these places and their people."

She continued: "I don't think American lives are threatened by him. There is no evidence of weapons of mass destruction and we have no right to make a preemptive strike on another country and try to assassinate its leader. We have no right legally or morally. We are way out of line."

The senator declined to speak to us yesterday, but his chief of staff said in a statement: "Max and Wanda know they can agree to disagree. They respect each other's opinions and engage frequently in thoughtful discussions about any number of topics. And they learn from each other, which makes their marriage stronger. Max's number one priority is doing what's right for Montana and America. He strongly supports the troops and is praying for a quick end to the conflict in Iraq."

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2004-04-21 11:41:49 PM|| 2004-04-21 11:41:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is obvious pandering by the DNC to gain the vote of the serial assaulters now that they have the hermaphroditic block and caucus of wrastling fans onboard.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-22 4:14:19 AM|| 2004-04-22 4:14:19 AM|| Front Page Top

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