The Daily Background

“I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts… If we know about immoral acts, regardless of committed by who or — then we have a responsibility… We prosecute that kind of immoral behavior between members of the Armed Forces.”

– Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Peter Pace, 3/12/07, on why he supports the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy.

“These people use propaganda techniques perfected by the Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of information.”

Bill O’Reilly, 3/12/07, comparing Netroots and MoveOn tactics to Nazi propaganda in the case of the cancelled Democratic Presidential debate FOX News was planning to host in August.

“I think it is extremely disappointing that Senator Hagel would bring the entire state of Nebraska to a screeching halt by holding an elaborate ceremony to announce absolutely nothing.”

– A Nebraska Democratic Party spokesperson, 3/12/07, on Senator Hagel’s non-announcement announcement this morning.

“They are not supporting the troops, they are undermining them.”

– Dick Cheney, 3/12/07, on those in Congress who oppose the Iraq war.

“I think for us to get American military personnel involved in a civil war inside Iraq would literally be a quagmire.”

– Dick Cheney, 4/7/91.

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