Salon.com News | "The president ought to be ashamed": "Cleland's opponent, Saxby Chambliss, who sat out Vietnam with a bad knee, aired a spot featuring unflattering pictures of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein ... and Max Cleland. Chambliss charged Cleland, the Vietnam vet amputee, was soft on national security because he'd voted against creating the Homeland Security Act. In truth, Cleland co-wrote the legislation to create the Homeland Security Department, but objected to repeated attempts by the White House to deprive future Homeland Security employees of traditional civil service protection. "

This is so wrong it still hurts. For the Republican party to play the patriotism card this cynically is so horribly, horribly wrong that it makes me ashamed. Ashamed of our system. I resent very much the easy way that the GOP questions the patriotism of liberal Americans. We are no less American.


As a member of the 9-11 commission, he has a few thoughts on this administration. He points out the the administration has stonewalled and balked at the commission's effort to find the truth, though it was perfectly willing to share inside information with Bob Woodward for a book on the Pres. I continue to be amazed that people tolerate this administration's tendency to keep decisions (not national security decisions) secret. It is our government. Or it should be. Read the entire interview for more.