“He is the commander in chief, Charlie.”
5 January 2007 • crime, fascism, politics, quote, war
Nancy Boyda (D-KS) supports the dribble:
Gibson: Would you vote in favor of money to support another 20,000 to 40,000 troops in Iraq?
Boyda: I think we’re going to vote to support what the commander in chief and head of military asks to do. At least, I am certainly going to vote to support it.
Gibson: If he wants the surge, he’ll get it.
Boyda: Yes…. He is the commander in chief, Charlie. We don’t get that choice. Congress doesn’t make that decision.
Gibson: But the polls would indicate, and indeed, so many voters when they came out of the ballot box, said, “We’re voting because we want something done about the war and we want the troops home.”
Boyda: They should have thought about that before they voted for President Bush not once, but twice.
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. You have to watch the video at the Think Progress to see her smirk as she scolds the voters. You might wish to be charitable and assume she’s insane and sincerely believes it’s a grand idea to send more people to kill and be killed in Iraq, or that she’s stupid and ignorant and doesn’t understand the purpose of a constitutional government with balanced branches that check each other and sincerely believes that the President is the Decider (i.e., the Dictator). But when she delivers that poisonous snarky quip you have to wonder: is she supporting escalation out of spite? I think she is!