GOP wants McCaskill to apologize for Katrina comments

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Thu, Sep. 07, 2006
GOP wants McCaskill to apologize for Katrina comments
SAM HANANEL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill for comments she made this week about President Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina.

During a meeting with Democratic political leaders in St. Louis on Wednesday, McCaskill remind people that, "George Bush let people die on rooftops in New Orleans because they were poor and because they were black."

The comments, first reported on the St. Louis political blog Pub Def Weekly, came during a discussion about Missouri Republican Sen. Jim Talent's efforts to woo black voters in the November election.

"These outrageous comments have no place in public discourse," said Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., in an e-mail statement. "I imagine that Claire McCaskill could not have meant what she is saying here, and I hope she will apologize for these shameful remarks."

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., called on McCaskill to "apologize immediately to President Bush and the members of the rescue effort that she slurred."
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http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/15462818.htm



Claire McCaskill
Missouri Senate Candidate
Previous State Auditor
Jackson County Prosecutor
Kansas City, Missouri

[JI7]

1. they probably loved Barracuda Babs comments

on the victims of Katrina. stupid ass fuckers. what part of what she said was false ? they just fucking hate the truth.

[Broken_Hero]

2. Dont apolgize Claire!

This misplaced Alaskan agree's with you...:) Cant wait to vote for you "again"....:)

Damn, just tonight I saw a Talent ad accusing Claire of being pro murder on babies, and allowing sin, by supporting ...gasp, gay marriage.

[Ignacio Upton]

3. Be like fellow Missourian Harry Truman and give 'em hell Claire!

n/t.

[lumpy]

4. Yes, invoke the spirit of Harry !

They deserve all the hell they can get.

[Sherman A1]

7. I believe Harry Truman said

something to the effect of "I just tell them the truth and they think it's Hell". She has nothing to apologize for because it is the Truth and I would be very disappointed in her if she did retract or modify her remarks. She will still get my vote and what money I have and can send.

[aquart]

5. Republicans hate hearing the truth.

McGaskill has nothing to apologize for.

[dunn]

40. The Truth Hurts. n/t

[aaronbees]

6. Frist's quote is particularly disgusting

I mean, Bush and the "members of the rescue effort"? Like the bumbling thieves Chertoff and Brownie and then Mr. Flyover on Air Force One?

She's got nothing to apologize for; she's spot on right.

[indepat]

33. The whole of what Frist does politically and for private gain is largely

disgusting.

[cboy4]

8. I've read the quote eleven times and I fail to see anything inaccurate.

She has NOTHING to apologize for, Senator Dole.

[xchrom]

9. i hope they hold their breath til she does.

[6000eliot]

10. Jesus Christ!

Do these fuckers remember the kind of things they used to say about Clinton? In fact, where were they two weeks ago when Coulter was calling Clinton and Gore "fags?"

[cornermouse]

11. She's right. They did.

[izzie]

12. change 'because' to 'and' and it will sure be right

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[stilpist]

13. Maybe they just want their share of the credit

Bush* didn't let black and poor people die all by himself after all. He had the help of the entire Repuke Party!!

Dole and Frist are scum.

[UpInArms]

14. Libby Dole is married to that sack of lying shit -

"cigarettes are not addictive" Bob - limp dick - Dole.

Where should the apology come from?

Years of Republican lies.

Hey Libby - STFU!

[0007]

15. While Katrina victims suffer - some dance to the poka

This is not Bob Dole!

[htuttle]

16. "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People"

[gratuitous]

17. So the truth is outrageous now?

We have the Dim Son's own mother's comment working against the GOP here. Take it to 'em, Claire!

[Neshanic]

18. NEVER APOLOGIZE! New Democratic rules.

[LynneSin]

19. Claire do NOT back down

That is the damn truth! You know it, I know it and the rest of the world knows it.

With an attitude like yours we need more gals like you serving us in DC!

[wicket]

20. Let's let Claire know that we support her and NOT to back down:

http://www.claireonline.com/contactus/index.jsp

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[RayOfHope]

21. YOU GO CLAIRE!!!! Speak truth to power.

I hope Claire doesn't apologize for telling the truth.

I'm sending her a donation for this.

[chat_noir]

22. KC Star political blog

http://kcbuzzblog.typepad.com/kcbuzzblog/2006/09/mccaskill_defen.html

You don't need a Typepad account to be "heard". Go get 'em!!

[samsingh]

23. they need to apologize for what they've done first

[Javaman]

24. the repukes are so used to their own lies that the truth hurts them. nt

[AnneD]

25. Unless Hell has frozen over....

and I don't know about it-she doesn't owe them an apology. To apologize is to admit you were wrong and she is not wrong. Everyone that saw the news and saw all those dead bodies in the waterways and at the Superdome know she is 'tellin it true'. In fact there were a lot of white folk that were killed too. Bush just doesn't give a rat's ass about anyone that isn't his rich corperate base.

[texpatriot2004]

26. Don't take it back, don't apologize, it's true. Stick to your guns nt

[garthranzz]

27. I fled Katrina. I'm back in New Orleans. AND SHE'S RIGHT!

People may not say it openly here - some people may not say it - because Shrub still controls the purse strings and the city has no money. But we know it's true!

[spotbird]

28. Never, ever apologize.

Rule one from the Bush playbook

IT was the truth anyway.

[KingFlorez]

29. Do not apologize, Claire

It's amazing how they always expect apologies for the truth

[PATRICK]

30. I was trying to

think of how this went too far. Of course there is no clear statement of Bush's state of mind in this regard, just his actions. It is hard to argue by Bush's (in)action that Claire is wrong. It could be worse. Jeb takes care of his GOP constituent rich white hurricane victims simply because of political expedience. The real state of mind of Bush could be coldly worse. Simple depraved indifference to ALL human life not useful to himself at the moment.

That depraved indifference could explain Bush's sole preparation to exploit the situation after, at his leisure and dump it off to GOP structured failed agencies and crooked crony contractors for the political restructuring of Louisiana, an oil power that too often votes dangerously Democratic. As important as the ME or Venezuela, the destruction of democracy in every oil region of the US is a priority(note Alaska and crooked elections).

The particular prejudices of rich frat boy Bush are pretty easy to extrapolate, but I think the Bush motivation is worse and the ATTACK against poor blacks more widespread than Bush himself.

Trying to condemn the democratic response is deference to some fantasy that Bush demonstrated care or competence. Since that is such a bigger stretch the GOP howling is only about some royal prerogative of respect that Bush never earned nor ever held legitimately. Considering, they should have kept their mouths shut, but this as usual is about bullying, not a fair protest or moral outrage. The masters of gutter politics have no moral grounds to cast stones, especially not in this case. Their entire party is factually predicated upon persecution of blacks and the poor.

[OregonDem]

31. Don't apologize for pointing out their failures!

[KamaAina]

32. KamaAina wants GOP to apologize for Katrina failure

In the meantime, Claire, in the words of New Orleans musical icon Aaron Neville (now displaced :( ), "Tell it like it is!"

[MODemocrat]

34. McCaskill should not apologize for speaking the truth

Like Dole and Frist have never said anything about our president Bill Clinton! Who in the hell cares what they think? Barbara Bush blatantly made fun of the poor unforttunate people living in the dome;
and her son George is just like her.


You go Claire:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[andlor]

35. Don't apologize !

Fuck them all!!!

[depakid]

36. She should hit them EVEN HARDER

That's how you HAVE to treat Republidcans- like the petty grade school bullies they are.

[fob]

37. Here's your "apology" speech Ms. McCaskill

"I apologize that the truth is offensive to today's republic's in control of our government. When george bush, liddy dole and senator doctor cat killer frist provide the EVIDENCE proving my statement false, I will graciously and instantly issue a retraction."

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

38. I apologize...

I'm sorry that I live in a nation where, more than 150 years after thousands died to secure the blessings of liberty for all Americans, we now have a government that values its citizens on the basis of the color of their skin. I'm sorry. Very, very sorry.

[orleans]

39. i say she's right. maybe she's not. isn't she entitled to her opinion? n/t