January 7, 2004 - American Daily: American Daily criticizes RPCV Chris Shays
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January 7, 2004 - American Daily: American Daily criticizes RPCV Chris Shays
American Daily criticizes RPCV Chris Shays
American Daily criticizes RPCV Chris Shays
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With that, we must talk about this young year’s public affairs blunder: Republican Congressman Chris Shays of Connecticut.
Shays said he "wouldn't go to Times Square" for the New Year's Eve celebration because it was a "tempting target" for terrorists.
Prisoner of War Shoshana Johnson also laid into the well-documented cowardly legislator: "With all due respect to the congressman, I didn't appreciate the comments. We were fighting to protect the freedom of these people and it makes me feel like I didn't do a good job."
With all the arrogance of an incumbent, Shays said he "won't owe anyone an apology. I'm just not going to be quiet about the threat. We believe terrorists might try to do an untoward event involving New York. I believe those warnings mean something. It could be a real disaster. It's not my attempt to convince people not to go. But it's my strong feeling that I have to speak the truth."
Shays seems to have forgotten that since September 11th, 2001, there has been diligence within our intelligence and military complex. Our people are doing a great job and there hasn’t been an incident since.
Let’s put it this way: Shays would have been more responsible to express concerns about having such an enormous gathering during high terrorist alerts. That would have sounded more like he was concerned about people (including constituents) first.
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Story Source: American Daily
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