Posted by
Catmman on Monday, July 30, 2007 4:55:25 PM
At least that's what Kansas Congresswoman Nancy Boyda did.
Yeah. She didn't like hearing any good news from Iraq as she was being briefed by Army General Jack Keane during an Armed Services Committee meeting.
She just up and walked out.
Nothing like trying to maintain an objective mind on Capitaol Hill nowadays I guess.
From
Newsbusters:
"I was certainly hoping that General Keane would be able to be here as well. Let me say thank you very much for your testimony so much, Mr. Korb, and I just will make some statements more for the record based on what I heard mainly General Keane. As many of us, there was only so much that you could take until we, in fact, had to leave the room for a while, and so I think I am back and maybe can articulate some things that after so much of the frustration of having to listen to what we listened to."
"But let me just first say that the description of Iraq as if some way or another that it’s a place that I might take the family for a vacation, things are going so well, those kinds of comments will in fact show up in the media and further divide this country instead of saying here’s the reality of the problem and people, we have to come together and deal with the reality of this issue."
Note that she:
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- Is almost certainly mischaracterizing the general's testimony -- unless someone can find Iraq described by the general as a suitable family vacation destination (good luck).
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- Is afraid of positive news becoming known (this would appear to be a smoke signal to Old Media to ignore this testimony).
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- Is, in effect, calling an multi-star general a liar, even though he was likely under oath.
- By walking out on a general's testimony, is showing that SHE is more interested in keeping opinion on Iraq divided than getting at the truth.
But she supports the troops. (/sarcasm)
Let's visit her campaign web site's home page, shall we? Going to the last paragraph:
Now our challenge is to turn the promise of our campaign into action in Congress. Kansans cast their ballots on Election Day to end the era of one-party rule, so I am working every day in Washington to replace partisanship with leadership.
Nancy Boyda's (possibly contrived?) hearing cut-and-run act was surely not an example of leadership.
From a Google cache of her "issues" page during her 2006 campaign (click on "Foreign Policy" to see the text; backup stored here in case Ms. Boyda has Google cache scrubbed):
"Stay the course" is a political slogan, not a military strategy.
The administration must establish a responsible, realistic plan for dealing with the insurgency and a timeline during which the Iraqi citizens must establish a viable government for themselves.