PETE STARK LOSES IT AGAIN
By Ed Driscoll · May 07, 2004 04:36 PM · The Return of the Primitive · War And Anti-War
Pete Stark loses it again, after voting against a House resolution condemning the prisoner abuse in Iraq while commending soldiers serving with honor. One of the constituents of the Democratic congressman from California, a member of the California Army National Guard, life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the American Legion sent Stark a fax questioning his judgment:
Staff Sergeant Dowd wrote politely and respectfully, “There are many soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and Coast Guardsmen from your 13th congressional district who are serving with pride and distinction.” He called Fortney’s vote “a disgrace…way out of touch with the people of this district.” The fax drove Fortney to call this soldier up and leave this obscenity-laced torrent of insults on his answering machine:
“Dan, this is Congressman ‘Pete’ Stark, and I just got your fax and you don’t know what you’re talking about. So if you care about enlisted people you wouldn’t have voted for that thing, either. But probably somebody put you up to this, and I’m not sure who it was, but I doubt if you could spell half the words in the letter. Somebody wrote it for you so I don’t pay much attention to it, but I’ll call you back later and let you tell me more about why you think you’re such a great G–damn hero and why you think that this general and the defense department who forced these poor enlisted (bitter laughter) guys to do what they should shouldn’t be held to account. That’s the issue. So if you want to stick it to a bunch of enlisted guys have your way, but if you want to get to the bottom of people who forced this awful program in…Iraq, then you should understand more about it than you obviously do. Thanks.”The last time we noted Stark blowing a gasket was last July, when he referred to a fellow congressman as a “fruitcake” and a “****sucker”.
By Ed Driscoll · May 07, 2004 04:36 PM · The Return of the Primitive · War And Anti-War
Pete Stark loses it again, after voting against a House resolution condemning the prisoner abuse in Iraq while commending soldiers serving with honor. One of the constituents of the Democratic congressman from California, a member of the California Army National Guard, life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the American Legion sent Stark a fax questioning his judgment:
Staff Sergeant Dowd wrote politely and respectfully, “There are many soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and Coast Guardsmen from your 13th congressional district who are serving with pride and distinction.” He called Fortney’s vote “a disgrace…way out of touch with the people of this district.” The fax drove Fortney to call this soldier up and leave this obscenity-laced torrent of insults on his answering machine:
“Dan, this is Congressman ‘Pete’ Stark, and I just got your fax and you don’t know what you’re talking about. So if you care about enlisted people you wouldn’t have voted for that thing, either. But probably somebody put you up to this, and I’m not sure who it was, but I doubt if you could spell half the words in the letter. Somebody wrote it for you so I don’t pay much attention to it, but I’ll call you back later and let you tell me more about why you think you’re such a great G–damn hero and why you think that this general and the defense department who forced these poor enlisted (bitter laughter) guys to do what they should shouldn’t be held to account. That’s the issue. So if you want to stick it to a bunch of enlisted guys have your way, but if you want to get to the bottom of people who forced this awful program in…Iraq, then you should understand more about it than you obviously do. Thanks.”The last time we noted Stark blowing a gasket was last July, when he referred to a fellow congressman as a “fruitcake” and a “****sucker”.
