Biological Weapons are not WMDs

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/pdemko/

 

Worst Congressional Candidate Ever

Some hilarious train wreck radio the last two mornings on Ron Rosenbaum and Mark O'Connell's AM 1500 show. Yesterday 4th Congressional District candidate Patrice Bataglia called in, ostensibly to chastise her opponent, incumbent DFL'er Betty McCollum, for ducking debates. Instead, Bataglia, the GOP-endorsed candidate, proceeded to make an utter ass of herself. In fact, the Republicans might now be regretting that Jack Shepard, an alleged arsonist and fugitive, lost in the primary.

 

Bataglia started out by stating that Saddam Hussein used biological weapons on U.S. troops during the Iran-Iraq war. Now there's been all kinds of assertions made about the evilness of Saddam Hussein--most of them true--but I think I can safely say that this is the first time he's been accused of employing germ warfare against American soldiers during a conflict in which we were ostensibly on his side. Perhaps when Bataglia is elected she can launch a congressional investigation into this previously undisclosed atrocity.

 

Bataglia then went on to assert that biological weapons are not weapons of mass destruction. I don't know exactly how she might classify them. Maybe she should ask the Kurds about this.

 

Speaking of the Kurds, when Bataglia was asked to name an instance when Saddam Hussein had actually used biological weapons on anyone whatsoever she went completely silent. It was a painful, protracted silence during which I almost felt compelled to change the radio station for fear of driving off the road. Hint Patrice: It starts with a "K" and ends with "urds".

 

Apparently Bataglia didn't feel that she had done sufficient damage to her credibility because, after Rosenbaum and O'Connell replayed the segment this morning, she called in again. This time she proceeded to repeatedly insist that she'd said none of the things that Rosenbaum and O'Connell were accusing her of saying. Even though they'd just finished playing the tape of her saying those exact things.

 

I'm going to give Bataglia the benefit of the doubt and assume she's got some unresolved mental-health issues. Otherwise I'd have to assume that she's a) incredibly stupid and b) a chronic liar.

 

I gently tweak DFL congressional candidate Teresa Daly in this week's City Pages for not always being on top of the issues, but she's a veritable Richard Lugar of foreign policy by comparison to Bataglia.

 

(Disclaimer: I didn't hear the entirety of the two-day dialogue with Bataglia, and it's not available on-line, so in recounting the details I may have managed to make a mistake myself. Hey, it's a blog.)

 

*shrug*

 

every few people out of 400 are a bit out there.

 

Must be the high stress of Minnesota living

[Guest Cerebus]

Who's the bigger embarassment for us? Keyes or this bitch?

 

Discuss.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Keyes.

 

He's running for higher office

[Vern Gagne 0]

Talk about contradicting yourself.

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

Keyes.

 

He's running for higher office

Look at that bastard John Kerry taunting those retarded kids with his high karate kick. Come on Senator! Just cuz YOU can do it doesn't give you the right to show off!

[Jobber of the Week 0]

Who's the bigger embarassment for us? Keyes or this bitch?

 

Discuss.

Answer: That racist guy in Tenn. who talked about his hometown becoming "one big Detroit."

[The Czech Republic 0]

Who's the bigger embarassment for us? Keyes or this bitch?

 

Discuss.

Answer: That racist guy in Tenn. who talked about his hometown becoming "one big Detroit."

Oh come on, clearly, he was only referring to the meteoric rise of the Nashville Predators...

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

or his town getting buildings with a second floor.. just like Detroit!