Friday, October 20, 2006
DEMOCRAT TRASHES REPUBLICANS
“Any cop, confronted by any crime, looks for a motive,” writes Robert Fisk. Very well; let’s then search for a possible motive behind the pre-election release by former Democrat congressional candidate Dr. Les Roberts of his latest Lancet-published Iraqi deaths estimate. Here’s Roberts in May this year:
Roberts said, “Republican control of the Congress and White House in recent years has given us the most destructive governance since the Vietnam War."
The pre-emptive war against Iraq and record deficits fueled by “tax gifts for the richest few” have left the United States greatly weakened, he said.
In recent years, “one-party rule has degraded the Constitution and American civil liberties dramatically,” Roberts continued. “We need to do something about that this year."
Democrat Roberts tried something similar in 2004 with his previous inflated death study:
Les Roberts, the lead researcher from Johns Hopkins, said the article’s timing was up to him.
"I emailed it in on Sept. 30 under the condition that it came out before the election,” Roberts told The Associated Press. “My motive in doing that was not to skew the election.”
Sure, Doc. For laughs, check Roberts announcing his 2006 run for office:
I have spent years and years of my life serving my country in foreign wars.
Years and years? Why, Roberts himself must have killed millions! Curiously, while Google News currently records 428 matches for “les roberts” and “lancet”, only eight hits are delivered by a search for “les roberts”, “lancet”, and “democrat”—and not a single one of those indicates Roberts’ attempted Democrat candidature. You’d think this might be worth noting.
(Via must-visit J.F. Beck)