McGovern really pisses me off

And it infuriates me that he’s getting the full benefit of the media megaphone. Particularly since it won’t lead to Rumsfeld’s departure. It will only lead to more acrimony, more partisanship, and nothing good after that.

I was rooting around and came across this news report about that mock impeachment of the Iraq war that McGovern participated in as a “witness.” Apparently, there was some anti-Semitic literature handed out at the event, and Howard Dean came out forcefully against it. (I like Howard Dean. I know, I know. But I like straight-shooters, and he is that.)

Conyers’ event occurred in a small Capitol meeting room, and an overflow crowd watched witnesses on television in a conference room at DNC headquarters. According to Dean, some material distributed within the DNC conference room implied that Israel was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

One witness, former intelligence analyst Ray McGovern, told Conyers and other House Democrats that the war was part of an effort to allow the United States and Israel to “dominate that part of the world,” a statement Dean also condemned.

“As for any inferences that the United States went to war so Israel could ‘dominate’ the Middle East or that Israel was in any way behind the horrific September 11th attacks on America, let me say unequivocally that such statements are nothing but vile, anti-Semitic rhetoric,” Dean said.

“The inferences are destructive and counterproductive, and have taken away from the true purpose of the Judiciary Committee members’ meeting,” he said. “The entire Democratic Party remains committed to fighting against such bigotry.”