The Associated Press reports that Representative Jim McDermott, D-Wash., said the U.S. military could have found the former Iraqi dictator "a long time ago if they wanted." Asked if he thought the weekend capture was timed to help Bush, McDermott chuckled and said, "Yeah. Oh, yeah."
Last year McDermott earned the nickname "Baghdad Jim," while visiting Baghdad, for saying that President Bush "would mislead the American people" but that Saddam could be trusted.
Washington state Republican Chairman, Chris Vance, offered an appropriate response:
Once again McDermott has embarrassed this state with his irresponsible ranting, Calling on him to apologize is useless, but I call on other Democrats to let the public know if they agree with McDermott -- and Howard Dean, who recently said he thought it was possible that President Bush had advance knowledge about 9/11. The voters deserve to know if the entire Democratic Party believes in these sorts of bitter, paranoid conspiracy theories.
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