Did He really Say That?

Have you ever said something and half a second later you wish you really hadn't? You usually feel that way when you say something egregiously stupid.

If he is capable of shame and embarrassment, and he's a Democrat so we can't take that capability for granted, House Majority Whop James Clyburn (D-S.C.) must be wishing he had an undo command for his mouth. Here's the question from Dal Balz and Clyburn's answer:

BALZ: What do Democrats do if General Petraeus comes in in September, and says, "This is working very, very well at this point. We would be foolish to back away from it"?

CLYBURN: Well, that would be a real big problem for us, no question about that.

I don't even really know how to respond. I have believed all along that the Democrats felt it was in their self interest that we fail in Iraq. I never thought one of them would be so stupid as to admit it publicly.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 02:40 PM | No Comments | Add Comment