"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Moore does get interviews with rabid Bush-hater Tom Daschle and Saddam
sympathizer Jim McDermott. The only reason McDermott has not been charged
with treason is that he is a Congressman.

Visiting CJ's world is a fascinating escapist diversion. As usual, CJ cites
no sources for any of his claims, so let's just look briefly at his most
outlandish assertion. The right-wing fabrication concerning McDermott's
"sympathy" for Saddam Hussein was exposed in an earlier thread here that CJ
participated in. Here's a quick recap. (Unlike CJ, I provide actual quotes
and sources.)

In an interview two years ago, George Stephanopoulos asked McDermott what
the Iraqi officials had told him about inspectors' access to the suspect
sites. McDermott replied (emphasis added), "They said they would allow us to
go and look anywhere we wanted, AND UNTIL THEY DON'T DO THAT, there is no
need to do this coercive stuff where you bring in helicopters and armed
people and storm buildings. I think you have to take the Iraqis on their
face value." (ABC News, 29 September 2002)

So McDermott said we should TEST Iraq's pledge to allow unfettered
inspections, by taking the pledge at "face value" only in the sense of
proceeding with the inspections until and unless the pledge is violated.
Subsequently, right-wing commentators dishonestly quoted the face-value
sentence without any of the preceding context, making it sound as though
McDermott had simply proclaimed that whatever the Iraqis say should be
trusted without question! This distortion then further morphed into
McDermott's "sympathy" for Saddam (whom McDermott, in reality, condemns).

But that's still not rabid enough for CJ, who now tells us that McDermott's
conduct is treasonous. CJ thinks we live in a country where disagreeing with
the president about weapons-inspection policy constitutes treason! And if CJ
had his way, this would indeed be such a country.

--Gary