"Precedent suggests that inaugural festivities should be muted - if not cancelled - in wartime," Representative Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from New York Oh, right, I think you thought I was talking about Barry O. Nope! Mr. Weiner will be at the big party with Mr. Obama (someone's already confirmed with his office). Here's the comments he made just 4 years ago...
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DON'T THEY KNOW THERE'S A WAR ON?
WASHINGTON — ENJOY the party!" a protestor shouted in cheerful greeting to Republicans arriving at a pre-inaugural party here. "People are dying in Iraq. Enjoy the champagne!"
To many Democrats, images of Republicans in sequined gowns and designer tuxedos nibbling roast quail and twirling the Texas two-step in last week's $40 million-plus inaugural extravaganza seemed inappropriate, unseemly, even unpatriotic, when American soldiers are dying in Iraq.
"Precedent suggests that inaugural festivities should be muted - if not cancelled - in wartime," Representative Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from New York, chided in a letter to President Bush. Citing Franklin D. Roosevelt's austere fourth inaugural in 1945, Mr. Weiner suggested that the money would have been better spent on armored Humvees and pay bonuses for the troops.
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