July 16, 2010 3:30 PM

Sheila Jackson Lee Catches Flack for Citing "Two Vietnams"

By
Stephanie Condon
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Congress

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas, raised some eyebrows yesterday with remarks she made referring to "two Vietnams."

"I stand here asking us to do what we did not in do in Vietnam, was to recognize the valiant and outstanding service of our men and women," Jackson Lee said on the House floor yesterday, "and to understand that victory had been achieved."

She continued, "Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side."

Conservative bloggers like Meredith Jessup of Townhall.com lampooned Jackson Lee for her "plain idiotic" remarks. Blogger "Allahpundit" on Hot Air also burns the congresswoman, but he also points to congressional records from a decade earlier in which Jackson Lee proved to have a clear understanding of the history of the Vietnam war.

Nat Thomas, a spokesperson for Jackson Lee, said she clearly misspoke.

"No one would expect a member of her seniority to make that kind of statement and think it to be true," Thomas said, noting that Jackson Lee is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.


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by LibertyLooms November 11, 2010 4:49 PM EST
Ms. Lee is flumoxingly stupid. However, blame it on the people who vote for her. I live in her district. It's embarrassing. Aside from her stupid Vietnam discussion and inability to distinguish the moon from Mars, she once entered a large assemblage in Houston and announced that it was nice to be in such a "carnivorous" hall. She couldn't pass third grade, even in the stupid government schools in her district.
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by ragingstallion July 26, 2010 4:44 PM EDT
sad...so d*mn sad the state of the American politico. And also simply amazing ... amazing someone so ignorant can be where she's at, U.S. Congress. Uhm, where's her (liberal) defenders? Oh, wait, they're busy making spooks on GW Bush's mis-statements...just don't have the time to look at, i.e., decipher, Ms Lee's. We're standig by to hear from ya ...
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by consrv July 21, 2010 9:16 PM EDT
shiela jackson lee says: ?So how are things going in our great?country??
minions: ?Great job boss, you are the great leader!?
sjl: ?Thanks small people.?
minions: ?What?s up with the 2 Vietnams living peacefully side by side??
sjl: ?De jus goes back and fo over the dmz like de does in Laredo, TX.?
minions: ?Is that going to sit well with the other small people??
bho says: ?I don know, we needs to get dat flag offa mars.?
minions: ?Great job boss, you are the great leader!?
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by TiredofLibStupid July 19, 2010 1:38 PM EDT
This is the same moonbat who thought the Omaha Beach landing took place in Nebraska. Proves that Ivy League education is not so great after all. Amazing how she lauded Robert Byrd, a recruiter for the KKK who filibustered the Civil Rights Act, but is now rallying against the tea party. Gimme a break. I don't care about the color of your skin, I just care whether or not you have a functioning brain cell. You cannot fix stupid and you cannot polish poop.
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by TexasPatriot July 19, 2010 9:43 AM EDT
The same idiot who asked if the American flag was still visible on the face of Mars . . .
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by endurorob_5 July 19, 2010 8:06 AM EDT
"Nat Thomas, a spokesperson for Jackson Lee, said she clearly misspoke."


Misspoke? Ahe didn't misspeak. She had all her facts wrong. And this woman is on the foreign affairs comittee? Complete moron.
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by hhard July 18, 2010 1:35 AM EDT
She voted on healthcare people!
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by kookfringe July 17, 2010 11:39 PM EDT
I told you people liberalism is a mental disorder.Obama thinks its 57 states!
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by wfw3536 July 17, 2010 10:48 PM EDT
This just goes to show you how incompetent many of these folks are who are holding high elected offices. If she is this out of touch I hope people in her district vote her out of office. And I am really getting tired of this excuse that they mis-spoke or made a mistake.
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by scienceanne July 17, 2010 11:26 AM EDT
#1 I didn't know there were 2 Vietnams and I'll bet the people living in the South don't either; #2 I hadn't heard there was a victory or maybe that is another spin from this administration, #3 and finally from the VERY PROUD daughter of a CAREER ARMY helicopter pilot killed in "South" Vietnam in May 1968, lady you have no idea of what you are speaking about. While I agree w/free speech in this country, the way that the "people" of the 1960's were speaking in reference to Vietnam was not constructive but rather destructive. And unless you have been in my shoes, or the shoes of my sister and brothers, my mother, or my father's parents and brothers, or the shoes of anyone who has lost a family member to the horror of a conflict or war, you have no idea how we feel. I am to this day a proud AMERICAN and a very proud ARMY DAUGHTER!!!
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