Bloomberg's Kids Could be "Kidnapped" by Terrorists, GOPer Says
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The Republican representative from Arizona who brought a seven-month old baby to the floor of Congress to decry the health care bill has now taken a rather personal aim at Mayor Michael Bloomberg for saying New Yorkers aren't afraid to host the 9/11 terror trials.
Rep. John Shadegg thought the point was best made by dragging Bloomberg's two daughters into the mix, Media Matters was first to note.
"I saw the Mayor of New York said today, "We're tough. We can do it." Well, Mayor, how are you going to feel when it's your daughter that's kidnapped at school by a terrorist? How are you going to feel when it's some clerk -- some innocent clerk of the court -- whose daughter or son is kidnapped? Or the jailer's little brother or little sister? This is political correctness run amok."
Shadegg didn't explain how "political correctness" governed the Justice Department's decision to prosecute the five alleged 9/11 conspirators in civilian court -- as opposed to military tribunals.
He also didn't mention that a slight majority of New Yorkers are in favor of holding the trials in the city where most of the victims lived and worked. For his part, Bloomber said last week "it is fitting that 9/11 suspects face justice near the World Trade Center site where so many New Yorkers were murdered." Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser said today "we're not dignifying this with a response.''
Also lost on the Arizona Representative -- the questionable ethics of drawing someone's kids into your political grandstanding. Or, maybe not...
The Republican representative from Arizona who brought a seven-month old baby to the floor of Congress to decry the health care bill has now taken a rather personal aim at Mayor Michael Bloomberg for saying New Yorkers aren't afraid to host the 9/11 terror trials.
Rep. John Shadegg thought the point was best made by dragging Bloomberg's two daughters into the mix, Media Matters was first to note.
"I saw the Mayor of New York said today, "We're tough. We can do it." Well, Mayor, how are you going to feel when it's your daughter that's kidnapped at school by a terrorist? How are you going to feel when it's some clerk -- some innocent clerk of the court -- whose daughter or son is kidnapped? Or the jailer's little brother or little sister? This is political correctness run amok."
Shadegg didn't explain how "political correctness" governed the Justice Department's decision to prosecute the five alleged 9/11 conspirators in civilian court -- as opposed to military tribunals.
He also didn't mention that a slight majority of New Yorkers are in favor of holding the trials in the city where most of the victims lived and worked. For his part, Bloomber said last week "it is fitting that 9/11 suspects face justice near the World Trade Center site where so many New Yorkers were murdered." Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser said today "we're not dignifying this with a response.''
Also lost on the Arizona Representative -- the questionable ethics of drawing someone's kids into your political grandstanding. Or, maybe not...
