Potty Mouth...hehe...opinion letter in today's paper

[greenbriar]

Potty mouth

When Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., dropped the "F-bomb" in a Rolling Stone interview late last year, the immediate response from George W. Bush's camp was predictable. Mouthpiece Andrew Card, speaking officially for President Bush on CNN, said, "That's beneath John Kerry. I'm very disappointed that he would use that kind of language." It was also hypocritical, considering Bush's own history of foul language.

Now we have Vice President Dick Cheney cursing out Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on the floor of the Senate, which Sen. Leahy apparently "deserved" for simply trying to do his own job, which includes federal oversight and checks and balances. (It's not his fault that Cheney's toes happened to be in the way.)

Personally, I don't care what kind of language these guys use, in public or private. I'm all for freedom of speech. However, I'm also for consistency, and against hypocrisy. So the only right thing for Bush and his administration to do is to admonish Cheney for this behavior and demand an apology from him. Failure to censure Cheney for this incident only further exposes them for the shams that they are.

BART SMITH
Wichita

www.wichitaeagle.com

[Mandate My Ass]

1. Good one

There are times when an admission of wrongdoing is a strength rather than a weakness. They're too arrogant to understand this and thus are revealed as the hypocrites they truly are.

[Booster]

2. WTG, Bart..

and you're absolutely right. The Republicans act so appalled when a Dem does such things, and turn right around and say "Leahy had it coming". I remember when a foreign leader called Bush "Little Bush" and that pompas ass Larry Elder said he was "appalled and furious" that a leader would show such disrespect for our President. I emailed him and said "but it's ok for Bush to call Putin "Pootie Poot" and the leader of South Korea "pygmy". He didn't respond to my email. ha

[RobertSeattle]

3. Out [Cheney Explitive] Standing

Way to go Bart!