Dissension In The Ranks For ND Congressional Delegation
In response to Howard Dean’s claim that we cannot win in Iraq, which prompted a ND Rep. Earl Pomeroy to tell Dean to “shut up,” ND Senator Kent Conrad offered this lame defense:
Well my understanding is that he said that in the context of we don’t change course and we don’t change direction. This is not so certain as some as thought because this has been the statement of many including prominent Republicans over the last three months that we’ve got to change course.
Audio available at the link.
I have to wonder where Conrad’s priorities lay. With his constituents, who strongly support President Bush and the war in Iraq? Or with defending his national party, who have taken to defeatism and calling for immediate withdrawal from Iraq?
Dean’s statements were foolhardy and he should be held responsible for them. Instead, Sen. Conrad seems more interested in helping Dean wiggle out of responsibility for making them even while another ND congressman is taking a strong stance against them.
It has become clear that Conrad is no longer representing the interests of his state, but rather the interests of his national party.
