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Dean: Boehner had better fucking apologize for blaming the the mess in Iraq on our troops
Last night, during an interview on CNN, House Republican Leader John "boner" Boehner blamed the military for the Bush misdministration’s majorly fucked-up Iraq fiasco:

Boehner: Wolf, I understand that, but let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld.

Wolf Blitzer: But he's in charge of the military.

Boehner: But the fact is the generals on the ground are in charge and he works closely with them and the president.

Howard Dean, like many of us, had had enough:

"After the Bush Administration’s numerous failures in Iraq, to blame our brave troops is just wrong. John Boehner should apologize immediately. Once again, Republican leadership is pointing fingers rather than taking responsibility for their failures. Our brave troops deserve better from Republican leaders like Don Rumsfeld, John Boehner and Dick Cheney.”

Dean was joined by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and DNCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel:

Reid: "John Boehner ought to be ashamed. He's blaming our troops for failures in Iraq. If he wants to cast blame, he can start by looking in the mirror because he and his Congressional Republican colleagues have rubberstamped the Bush Administration's failed policy for nearly four years. Our troops in Iraq have performed bravely. It's political leaders like Congressman Boehner and Donald Rumsfeld, who have failed. I expect President Bush and Congressional Republicans, who demanded John Kerry apologize, hold their own party's majority leader to a much higher standard. There's no spinning his disparaging comments. He made them. He needs to apologize."

Emanuel: "President Bush used to say that he would listen to the generals. Today, he says he’s happy to listen to Secretary Rumsfeld while his lieutenant in Congress, John Boehner blames the generals on the ground for the chaos in Iraq."

And by Sherrod Brown, running for Senate in Ohio:

"Of course, they (Republicans) are using it as a rallying call because they want to change the subject. John Kerry stumbled on a joke, it didn't come out right. The people who should apologize are George Bush and Mike DeWine for sending our troops into battle without body armor and without examining the cooked intelligence."

- m