Right-Wing Republicans at it again!

Here is what Comedian Bill Maher said on his HBO TV show: "More people joined Michael Jackson's fan club" than the Army, which missed its recruiting goal by 42 percent in April. "We've done picked all the low-lying Lynndie England fruit, and now we need warm bodies."

What do you think Alabama (Republican) Representative Spencer Bachus said about that comment? He said it was Treasonous and that it "undermine[s] the effort for national security."

Treason? Not that what Maher said is a lie (It's not) but that is somehow it is adhering to the enemies of the United States and provides aid and comfort to the al Qaida. See US Constitution, Article II Section 3 for the definition of treason.

Again, note what Bachus said about the Maher's statement: "To characterize the men and women currently serving and risking their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq as low lying fruit is reprehensible," but that is a total mischaracterization of what Maher said.

The military is desperate to get cannot fodder to fight Bush's poorly managed war. Look at the current recruiting situation: Atlanta Journal on reduction in recruiting numbers and CNN on Recruiting "holiday" because of unethical recruiting techniques.

Lynndie England is simply more proof of the desperation. She was a marginal recruit who would have been rejected as unqualified in previous years, but since the military is having difficulty getting troops, and the Reserves are especially hard up, Lynndie England slipped in. She was the "low-lying Fruit" to desperate recruiters.


Bachus is hiding from the failure of his Bush-inspired Republican-pushed failure of a war in Iraq. Instead of facing the real problems in Army and Army Reserve recruiting, he is attacking Bill Maher for pointing to the truth.

Bachus isn't talking to those of us who love America, our Constitution and the Army. He is talking to his army to thugs, Nazis, and Republicans who want to destroy everything that has made America great. He is a fool and gutter-slime, not qualified for a backroom job at McDonald's with no customer contact. He shames the state of Alabama and the US House of Representatives.

Source: The Huntsville Times. Wed May 25, 2005.