Friday, August 03, 2007

Kos, showing their lack of support for our troops

LFG has the story.

Long story short, from the American Prospect: (This happened at the Yearly Kos convention of losers)

AN ODD CLOSE. As the Military and Progressives panel came to an end, a young man in uniform stood up to argue that the surge was working, and cutting down on Iraqi casualties. The moderator largely freaked out. When other members of the panel tried to answer his question, he demanded they "stand down." He demanded the questioner give his name, the name of his commander, and the name of his unit. And then he closed the panel, no answer offered or allowed, and stalked off the stage,

Wes Clark took the mic and tried to explain what had just occurred: The argument appears to be that you're not allowed to participate in politics while wearing a uniform, or at least that you shouldn't, and that the questioner was engaging in a sort of moral blackmail, not to mention a violation of the rules, by doing so. Knowing fairly little about the army, I can't speak to any of that. But it was an uncomfortable few moments, and seemed fairly contrary to the spirit of the panel to roar down the member of the military who tried to speak with a contrary voice.

--Ezra Klein


Video at a second LFG URL.

Anyone still want to argue that the Democrats support our troops?

Didn't think so.

More from Hot Air and memeorandum.

[Update] Take Our Country Back tracked back and you have to read his latest post showing what one of the people in "we the people" had to say.

(I am not showing a teaser here from this comment because it needs to be read in its entirety, if you do not click another link today, CLICK THIS ONE. [End Update]


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