Marcy Kaptur — Campaign Issue For 2004?

by John Hawkins | March 10, 2003 1:30 am

Marcy Kaptur — Campaign Issue For 2004?: Last week, Marcy Kaptur got into trouble — at least with Republicans — for saying that,

“One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purpose are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped to cast off the British crown.”

While the GOP was livid about that, I didn’t hear a single elected Democrat or prominent left-wing editorial columnist step up to criticize her sickening comments. Furthermore, the Congresswoman is standing behind her what she said. According to the Toledo Blade…

“U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur said yesterday that not only does she not regret comparing Osama bin Laden to American Revolutionary War figures, she’s happy for a greater platform to criticize the Bush administration’s handling of the brewing conflict with Iraq.”

Well, since she wants greater platform, we at RWN are happy to help her out by keeping the issue alive. Here’s a little a graphic I put together for the occasion…