Ron Tupa hates the military

Right now the Colorado State Senate State Affairs committee is debating Senator Ron Tupa's (Communist - Boulder) anti-military resolution.

Senator Mike Kopp (R-Littleton), an 82nd Airborne veteran, held a support the troops rally earlier today.

While this is a deadly serious issue, which people like Tupa and Senator Ken Gordon (D-Denver) are completely wrong on, there can be moments of humor.

I give you Nihilist In Golf Pants' Top 11 Things That Anti-War Protesters Would Have Said At the Normandy Invasion on D-Day (Had There Been Anti-War Protesters At Normandy).

11. No blood for French Wine!

10. It’s been two and a half years since Pearl Harbor and they still haven’t brought Admiral Nagumo to justice

9. In 62 years, the date will be 6/6/6. A coincidence? I think not.

8. All this death and destruction is because the neo-cons are in the pocket of Israel

7. The soldiers are still on the beach, this invasion is a quagmire

6. Sure the holocaust is evil, but so was slavery

5. We are attacked by Japan and then attack France? Roosevelt is worse than the Kaiser!

4. Why bring democracy to Europe by force and not to Korea or Vietnam? I blame racism

3. This war doesn’t attack the root causes of Nazism

2. I support the troops, but invading Germany does not guarantee that in 56 years we won't have a President who's worse than Hitler

1. I don't see Roosevelt or Churchill storming the beaches -- they're Chicken Hawks

[LIVE BLOG UPDATE]
Ron Tupa just said he "loves America." I suspect he's sensed the doubt surrounding whether or not he's actually proud to be born in the U.S.A.

Brophy, Kopp slam Boulder liberal over war, troops

Senator Greg Brophy (R-Wray) slammed Senator Ron Tupa (D-Boulder) yesterday over Tupa's anti-military, anti-war resolution.

From the Rocky Mountain News:

"If you introduce this, I'm going to come uncorked," Brophy told Tupa on Monday.

Further from the story:

"They are not reading my proposal correctly because it is nonpartisan," Tupa said.

But Republicans say the measure is hypocritical because Tupa and a majority of Democrats joined with Republicans in the 2003 session to support the war.

"I'll have a medic standing by for when you break your ankle jumping off the bandwagon," Brophy told Tupa.

"Dear God, have you talked to these soldiers' parents? They feel these resolutions are undermining their effort in the war," Brophy said. [Emphasis added]

Senator Mike Kopp (R-Littleton), an 82nd Airborne veteran, is introducing a resolution that will be a statement of support for the troops.

“Our service men and women don’t deserve this resolution and shouldn’t be caught in the middle of the political game,” said Kopp.