Didn't Ray LaHood do or say something really goofy about Iraq a few years ago?

[DonEBrook]

I'm trying to recall why his (republican) name is so familiar...
(Obama just named him Transportation Sec'y)

[Captain Hilts]

1. I've been trying to think of what it is I associate him with also. Something weird. nt

[DonEBrook]

2. I keep thinking something like he said Baghdad was 'pacified' because

he went to a flea market and bought some cheap carpets...??? I might have him conflated with somebody else on that though.

[zbdent]

3. He's a Republican ... saying that he said something goofy about Iraq a few years back is like saying

the Pope is Catholic ...

[DonEBrook]

4. Ho ho...that's so! But there was something uh...significant I'm almost sure.

I've googled a little bit but have some other stuff going on and can't manage that kind of multitasking right now. rats.

[ROakes1019]

5. Isn't he

Arab? In which case, I don't think he'd be too hawkish on the Iraq war.

[KamaAina]

6. Careful! Everyone jumped to LaHood's defense earlier in the week

when I dared to point out that his ADA rating was 25 and his NARAL rating a big, fat zero.

[DonEBrook]

7. Well I missed all that, was out of town most of last week.

Was he already BO's pick back then?...I guess I assumed it wasn't known until today. I gotta quit this working thing so's I can keep up. :rofl: