December 19, 2002
CAN'T TELL HER HAMAS FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND:
U.S. SEN. PATTY MURRAY -- SENATOR ASKS STUDENTS TO PONDER (GREGG HERRINGTON, December 19, 2002, Columbian)U.S. Sen. Patty Murray was in Vancouver on Wednesday challenging high school students to answer these questions:What is behind terrorist Osama bin Laden's popularity in some parts of the world, and should the United States adopt his nation-building tactics? [...]
"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?"
Gee, Senator, maybe we deserved it...
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 19, 2002 9:44 PM
The GOP should have this ready for the 2004 election - this is a ridiculous statement by a US official.
Posted by: AWW at December 19, 2002 9:47 PMAnother opportunity to expose Democratic self-destruction that will be wasted so long as we all have Trent Lott to focus on (unfairly, but what did yyou expect)...How many more will be wasted...
Posted by: MG at December 20, 2002 2:11 AMDon't be mean now AWW, she's "just a mom in tennis shoes" (for non-other-Washingtonians, her first [1992]Senatorial campaign slogan).
Orrin, too early to send a letter to Jennifer Dunn's office volunteering to work on her 2004 Senate campaign??
Somebody should ask Murray about guinea worm.
Posted by: Harry at December 20, 2002 1:43 PMJennifer Dunn would be fabulous, though the folks out there (maybe you?) say Nethercutt is more likely.
Posted by: oj at December 20, 2002 1:53 PMI've heard the Nethercutt balloon too. Just one problem, a candidate from Eastern Washington hasn't (to my knowledge) won a statewide election in the 18 years I've lived here. Given the 4-1 population imbalance, I have a hard time seeing George break that string unless Patty Murray keeps self-destructing (not entirely out of the question).
Posted by: TimF at December 21, 2002 11:06 PM