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Uh . . . if I understand this correctly, then, immediately following the attack, McHenry realized he might have been dead if not for the guard. Then he goes home to the States and in front of an audience, he refers to that same guard as a “two-bit security guard.”

Dick.

Splashman on April 4, 2008 at 2:57 PM

He sounds like those condescending Obama supporters when they talk about blue collar workers.

I think this fellow needs to switch parties.

I’d like to see the whole speech. It’s too easy to pick the part where he talks badly and then not show the part where tells about realizing his foolishness, which is likely the case here. No one is perfect, but believe me, McHenry ain’t that way.

Common Sense doesn’t work in this senerio remember.

ooops, meant running against McHenry in primary. he has a gop challenger.

what is it with Mc’s and Republicans anyway?

jp on April 4, 2008 at 6:27 PM

I don’t know…haha. McCrory is from Charlotte…the black hole of NC politics.

The reaction to them seems to range from contempt to outright hatred to this kind of apathetic disrespect, and it sickens me.

First the obvious: our government hires these companies. These men do dangerous work, work that is required, work that frees the actual military for other missions. That alone earns them respects.

But second and more importantly, almost every last one of them is either former military or retired military or former/retired state or federal law enforcement. They’ve almost all served their time and done their duty.

Why are they respected less just because after serving their country, they chose to use their skills in the private sector? Is the problem that the pay is far better? Is that it?

So if a soldier or Marine or SEAL gets out of the military – after serving a tour or a lifetime as an underpaid worker in a dangerous profession – and he sees an opportunity to do the same work at five times the pay … he’s dishonorable for looking into it?

For accepting the job – even though Uncle Sam is once again paying him? For deciding to use his skills in combat, rather than getting a job at some company here in the States, where his skills aren’t even utilized?

It sucks. These guys deserve better.

Which one? Graham? Orr? Smith?

SouthernGent on April 4, 2008 at 6:11 PM

ooops, meant running against McHenry in primary. he has a gop challenger.

what is it with Mc’s and Republicans anyway?

the Campaign of the Republican running against McCrory in Primary is who posted the snippet of this speech.

jp on April 4, 2008 at 6:02 PM

Which one? Graham? Orr? Smith?

Thinkprogress ran a story today under the headline “Rep. McHenry calls U.S. soldier in Iraq a ‘two-bit security guard“. Here is what he said:
We spent the night in the Green Zone, in the poolhouse of one of Saddam’s palaces. A little w…

Maybee,

Amen to that. I can’t figure out why everyone is ignoring the end of the quote. Makes no sense to include that in your own quote unless your point is you got taken down a few levels.

Sue on April 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM

Once a snowball starts rolling downhill, it’s a lot more fun to push it along than wonder why it started in the first place. Especially, if the effort of stopping it is a bit embarrassing to the pushers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/politics/

Thank You, Sue & MayBee…

My Freaking Point Exactly…And The Congressman’s, I Might Add.

Miss_Anthrope on April 4, 2008 at 3:55 PM

Count me four. Seemed pretty obvious his arrogance, as he portrayed it, was part of the story. A staple tool in any southern orator’s bag.