Kucinich: "Cheney Guilty of Appalling Arrogance"
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March 7, 2004
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In a blistering criticism of Vice President Dick Cheney--and by extension, President Bush--Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said Cheney was guilty of "appalling arrogance, condescension, and disrespect for the American people and U.S. soldiers in Iraq" by making jokes about weapons of mass destruction at Washington's annual Gridiron dinner.
"Weapons of mass destruction are not a joke," declared Kucinich. "Americans have died and Iraqis have died because Cheney and Bush wrongly launched our country into a war based on claims of weapons of mass destruction. That is not funny. It's a tragedy and a shameful fraud of global proportions."
On Saturday night, at the annual dinner sponsored by Washington journalists, Cheney, the featured speaker, likened the chemical botox to a weapon of mass destruction. Although his comments were intended to be off the record, it has since been reported that Cheney said the following:
"Botox, of course, is related to the botulism toxin, which can be processed into high-grade biological weapons. We have dispatched Dr. David Kay . . . to search for the bio-warfare agents we believe hidden in Senator Kerry's forehead. If Senator Kerry has used botox as part of a wrinkle enrichment program, he is in violation of U.N. Resolution 752. Upon receiving Dr. Kay's report, the weapons of mass destruction that Senator Kerry so adamantly insists do not exist . . . may well be above his very nose."
"How dare he make light of the death and destruction that the Bush Administration plunged us into with their phony and faulty intelligence? How dare he demean the memories of the American soldiers and civilians who died there? And how dare the elite, inside-the-Beltway Washington journalists abandon both professionalism and decency by laughing?"
Kucinich said Cheney owes Sen. Kerry, the citizens of the United States, our allies, the people of Iraq, and the entire world an apology. "The only joke here is an Administration whose policies have produced massive grief and agony, put millions of Americans out of work, left millions without adequate health care, and tarnished the reputation of our beloved nation in every corner of the world," Kucinich said.
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