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From Wingnutdaily, Jim McDermott: Traitor

McDermott, a 67-year-old wild-white-haired former psychiatrist from downtown Seattle, was one of only seven members of Congress (including Barney Frank, D-N.Y., Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Michael Honda, D-Calif., Robert Scott, D-Va., and Fortney Stark, D-Calif.) to vote against a 2002 House resolution reaffirming "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Odd. I was under the impression that the government wasn't supposed to take a position on religion. Seems like the Constitution might mention something about that. So...it would seem the the above list is comprehensive of those federal legislators who did their job in upholding the neutrality of the government in matters of religion.

McDermott himself is not an atheist. He claims attendance at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, hardly a Christian church.

"Bitch!"

"I'm not a bitch, you're a bitch!"

"Who are you calling a bitch, bitch!"

~scratch, hisssss~

"Owe!"

Isn't it fun when Christians claim to have a lock on the truth and that even some other Christians aren't really Christians. I love to watch the infighting.

St. Mark's is currently promoting a "Statement of Faith-based support for Same-sex marriage" and preaches almost exclusively about "social justice," "peace," and "diversity" while nary a mention is made of sin and salvation.

What?! A church that preaches peace and love and good happiness stuff? What's wrong with them! They ought to be out scaring the bejesus out of small children with fire-and-brimstone, clench-up-quick-or-you'll-rot-in-hell twisted ideology!

In October of 2002, just months before Operation Iraqi Freedom, McDermott visited with Baath regime leaders and Saddam henchmen in Baghdad.

(So did Rummy, but ~shhhh~ don't tell this guy. It'll blow his whole worldview. Reality is awfully inconvenient to people like this so, unless you want to witness a cranial embolism first hand, better just keep Rummy's trips to Baghdad to sell WMD to Saddam amongst ourselves.) Then again, watching Bonk Jobs' heads split is always good for a bit o' entertainment. Ooo. Violent. Did I just say that?

So, what was Jim up to when he visited Baghdad? Plotting against the U.S.? Re-upping his membership in the Baath party? Nope. Trying to convince Saddam to come clean regarding WMD and give U.N. inspectors free reign so that bloodshed might be avoided. Wow. Fucking traitor. How dare he attempt to take away America's god-given right to bomb the stuffing out of countries full of brown people.

"The president of the United States will lie to the American people in order to get us into this war," McDermott told ABC's "This Week" from Iraq.

Ummm... Bush did lie to the American people in order to get us into a war with Iraq. Aha! So, this is what makes McDermott a traitor! Truth-telling!

Upon his return from Baghdad, McDermott addressed an anti-American rally at downtown Seattle's Denny Park, continuing his diatribe against Bush and justice.

Whoa, is this guy ever gone. An anti-American rally?? Protesting is one of the most American things a person can do! And protesting against Bush is protesting FOR justice.

But it seems Saddam and his buddies considered McDermott a hero in those days before the war. Baath Party documents discovered after the fall of Baghdad revealed that McDermott accepted a $5,000 check for legal reserves from Shakir al-Khafaji, an Iraqi businessman with close ties to Saddam Hussein.

First off, who was it that was selling WMD to Saddam in the 80's? And who met with Saddam personally? Was it McDermott? No, it was Don Rumsfeld. So to quibble over a $5,000 legal fee seems awfully petty -- not to mention misleading, since it was fr legal services rendered to someone with ties to Saddam, not Saddam himself. Second..how, exactly, does accepting a $5,000 check for legal services make McDermott a "hero" to Saddam? The spin here is dizzying and it borders on outright libel.

And when Saddam was captured in his secret lair (ooo...secret lair. Sounds ominous, doesn't it? IT WAS A FUCKING HOLE IN THE GROUND. Ass.) last year, McDermott alleged the entire capture had been staged, coordinated and timed by the Bush administration.

...and the proof that Saddam's capture wasn't staged, coordinated and timed by BushCo is?

It is no surprise that Castro's friend McDermott is a member of the House Progressive Caucus, a corps of 54 congressional communists and socialists led by the candidate for president of the Keebler Elves, Dennis Kucinich.

Actually, I'm kind of getting a kick out of this. Nothing like name calling and belittling, eh? But I wonder. Are any of the 54 members of the Congressional Pregressive Caucus actually communists or socialists? Hmm. NOPE!

Here's the statment of purpose of the Congressional Progressive Caucus:

The members of the Progressive Caucus share a common belief in the principles of social and economic justice, non-discrimination, and tolerance in America and in our relationships with other countries.

We also seek to embody and give voice to national priorities which reflect the interests and needs of all the American people, not just the wealthy and the powerful.

Our purpose is to present thoughtful, positive, practical solutions to the problems confronting America and the world.

In the post-Cold War era, we believe our nation’s priorities must change with the times and reflect new realities. Accordingly, we support curbs on wasteful, inefficient government spending at the Pentagon and elsewhere, a more progressive tax system in which wealthier taxpayers and corporations pay their fair share, adequate funding for social programs that are designed to extend help to low and middle-income Americans in need, and trade policies that increase the exports of more American products and encourage the creation of
jobs and investment in America.

Sound like a dangerous lot, don't they? Threatening the American ideals of greed and screwing the lower- and middle-classes at every chance.

...the truth (ah, the "truth") is McDermott hates America...

Then why does he continue his 34 years as a representative of the people in government? It boggles the mind how a person who hates America can stand to work so closely with the very structure of its workings.

McDermott's Republican opponent in the 2004 election is Carol Cassady, a reflection of the better side of Seattle.

Oh, well of course she's a reflection of the better side of Seattle...she's a Republican! (Pardon me...~wretch~...hmm, must've gotten some bad meat...no idea what could've caused me to suddenly hurl just then).

Carol is a patriotic, faithful Christian citizen activist who, since McDermott went to Baghdad, has become known around the Puget Sound region as Jim McDermott's No. 1 foe. In 2002, Cassady scored the support of one in five Seattle voters in her campaign against McDermott.

Fearsome! Sounds like Jim's got to be shaking in his boots over a "#1 Foe" with enough clout to rally 20% of what Jim can muster.

There are, in fact, conservatives who live in Seattle, but most of them gave up hope long ago and refrain from going to the polls.

Nah, they haven't given up. They live at my parents' house and pass along completely unoriginal, tedious, irritating Reich Wing e-mails.

Thus, I don't expect Jim McDermott to lose his seat in Congress this election year, but I do expect Americans to understand he is a full-throated, maniacal traitor against God and country.

Full-throated? What is that, some sort of gay slur?

Maniacal traitors against God and country unite!