Bill Bennett: purple fingers vs. "the 2000 or so soldiers we have lost..."

"On Dec. 12, when elections begin in Iraq," Bennett told Neil Cavuto in a Fox News Channel interview, "let's see many Americans color their right index finger purple in solidarity for the people voting in free elections in Iraq."

great... another gimmick... about as empty and meaningless as the goddam magnetic yellow "support our troops" emblems stuck all over cars... i'm all for the iraqi electoral process but, as much as it needs to go forward, we desperately need to have a serious goddam national discussion about iraq - which coloring our right index fingers in purple ink has nothing to do with... just like the yellow ribbons, it's a mindless feel-good gesture that makes people THINK they're contributing and involved when they're really only aiding and abetting mindless propaganda...

oh, yeah, and here's another little bennett gem...

"Many people in America are more distressed about it (the war in Iraq) than the people who are living through the crisis," Bennett said. "Staying the course is a prudent policy and one that will ensure that the 2000 or so soldiers we have lost will not have died in vain."

i don't bloody think so... am i MORE distressed than somebody who's IN IRAQ...? is THAT what you mean to say, you FLAMING HORSE'S PATOOT...? and then there's the throwaway casualness of the "2000 or so soldiers we have lost..." how literally gagging...

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