How members of Congress have family in Iraq?

[Tuttle]

Need link -- a rat's ass is claiming over 250 (180 repuke congressmen alone). I called him on it and he's spouting bs and spitting blood: Can anyone help me out with this?

Tut-tut

[Beaverhausen]

1. I think 2

Joe Biden's son and a congressman (Tim Johnson?) had a son there when it started.

I think that's it.

[sbj405]

2. Ask him for the proof. If he's giving a number ask him to cite his source

[Tuttle]

5. That's just it - he WON'T!

I told him Biden was the only one and he upped the ante from 180 repuke to 250 in both houses.

I can't imagine that number of guardsmen related to the ruling class!

Tut-tut

[sbj405]

6. He's full of it. Don't waste your time arguing w/ an idiot.

[TwilightZone]

3. Tim Johnson (D-SD) has a kid serving in Iraq.

I thought he was the only one, but I could be wrong.

[Liberty Belle]

4. I've heard two. Duncan Hunter is 1. His son is there.

[jody]

7. Perhaps as good as you will find at the link below

Congressman war sign up
Moore lies about congressman's willingness to have offspring in war
By Dave Kopel:

Early in this segment, Moore states that “only one” member of Congress has a child in Iraq. The action of the segment consists of Moore accosting Congressmen to try to convince them to have their children enlist in the military. At the end, Moore declares, “Not a single member of Congress wanted to sacrifice their child for the war in Iraq.”



Moore’s conclusion is technically true, but duplicitous. Of course no-one would want to “sacrifice” his child in any way. But the fact is, Moore's opening ("only one") and his conclusion ("not a single member") are both incorrect. Sergeant Brooks Johnson, the son of South Dakota Democratic Senator Tim Johnson, serves in the 101st Airborne Division and fought in Iraq in 2003. The son of California Republican Representative Duncan Hunter quit his job after September 11, and enlisted in the Marines; his artillery unit was deployed in the heart of insurgent territory in February 2004. Delaware Senator Joseph Biden's son Beau is on active duty; although Beau Biden has no control over he is deployed, he has not been sent to Iraq, and therefore does not "count" for Moore's purposes.

[dweller]

8. give us a link to the battle

i love seeing rat's ass spouting bs and blood!

fice,

dp

[Tuttle]

10. It is in a newsgroup, therefore unlikely that you can get to it

alt.binaries.comedy.mp3

It began as a rant over people posting Al Franken and Air America streams. I decided to dive in when I saw this guy making up BS and getting real heavy-handed.

With newsgroups, you can plonk a contributor, that is: create a file in your reading software that will filter all message from whomever you've 'plonked'. I think I may do that and then be done with it.

Thanks,
Tut-tut

[tjwmason]

9. Two British M.P.s were out there themselves

A couple of Tory Members of Parliament who are also in the Territorial Army (our equivalent of the National Guard, I think) were called up to serve in Iraq. http://www.desmondswaynemp.com/ta_press_release.htm http://www.andrewmurrison.co.uk/Biography.htm

In those cases one has to give them some credit for walking the walk.