A fairly uneventful THIS WEEK until near the end, Terry Moran, sitting in for George Stephanopoulous, said to Pete Hoekstra:
“Once upon a time, there was a tradition of solidarity and refraining from criticizing the President at the time the nation was under attack. .. Three days after this attempt to kill 300 people over the skies of Detroit, you sent out a fundraising letter.
“Given that tradition that once was part of this country are you proud of that — of fund-raising off a national crisis like that?”
To no one’s surprise, Pete avoided answering the question. Read more about it here.
Remember when Republicans labeled Democrats as “unpatriotic” for taking Bush to task over his handling of Iraq? But Pete’s a “patriot” for speaking out against Obama now…..
Pete’s finger-pointing at the Obama administratin is nothing short of grandstanding, and his efforts to fundraise off the backs of the terror plot are reprehensible.
We, at PeteHoekstra.com, have some questions as whether or not the Congressman has the ability to feel “shame”, but these recent actions certainly are shameful!
Michigan can, and must, do better!
I would call Pete Hoekstra the single worst thing that could happen to Michigan. This guy doesn’t have a clue when it comes to governing and it looks like he would lead the state to become a northern version of Mississippi or Texas if he is elected governor.
I purposely signed up to receive his campaign emails to track his campaign and the further swings to the right he has a propensity for.
Hoekstra’s Republican counterpart running for Attorney General,Bill Schuette is also riding the election crazy train.Here is a little sample of his campaign fundrasing email to me, which may have inspired Hoekstra.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 19, 2009
CONTACT: Rusty Hills (517) 881-6597
War Crimes Deserve Military Trials
Schuette: Try 9/11 Suspects in Military Tribunals
“This is not Breaking & Entering”
LANSING — Former Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Bill Schuette today said that those prisoners accused of launching the 9/11 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, the first attacks on American soil since Pearl Harbor, should be tried in a military tribunal and not civilian courts.
“The 9/11 attacks against America were acts of war; this is not breaking and entering,” Schuette said. “The individuals accused of these horrific attacks have been designated as ‘enemy combatants,’ and rightly so. As such, America should try these prisoners in a military tribunal, just as happened after World War II in Nuremberg. ”
“I have said before that the world’s most dangerous terrorists belong on a military base, on an island, in the middle of an ocean, and that zip code is Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,” Schuette added. “And for that same reason, the world’s most dangerous terrorists should be tried in a military tribunal.”
According to Schuette, “”President Obama and Attorney General Holder are wrong to move these judicial proceedings to New York, and substitute a civilian trial for a military tribunal. There is a huge difference between domestic crimes and acts of war against our country.”
“Thousands of innocent Americans, men, women and children died from the 9/11 assault on our country. The families of those who died should not have to be victimized twice by giving these prisoners a platform to spew their radical ideologies,” Schuette concluded.
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Paid for by Bill Schuette for Attorney General | PO Box 27188 | Lansing, MI 48909
How is that for the wannnabe top law enforcement officer of a state.Though Schuette doesn’t come right out and ask for donations in the email as Hoekstra did,it has all the contact info to reach him and if you call Rusty you will receive a pitch for donations.So much for country first.