Congressman Slams Maher Over Army Remark
Back from D.C., where a little chat I had in the hallway of the Hart office building apparently brought some Senators to their senses. Glad to help.
I should have had a chat with Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama, who wants Bill Maher strung up by his toes, or at least taken off the air, for saying about the Army missing its recruiting goal by 42%, "More people joined the Michael Jackson fan club. We've done picked all the low-lying Lynndie England fruit, and now we need warm bodies." (Maher went on to suggest that those who voted for Bush and supported the war should volunteer to go to Iraq.)
Now, I admit that it's not nice to compare all our soldiers to Lynndie England, but doesn't Maher have a point? If the Army can't find new recruits because no one wants to go to Iraq, doesn't that suggest that support for the war--and Bush--is a mile wide and an inch deep? If his supporters really believe in him, shouldn't they at least consider serving in the war they asked for and received?
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