they were legitimate heroes. they had suffered terribly. and here they were home. and it gave the country something to cheer about after having so little to cheer about. mr. nixon said he does not plan to greet returning p.o.w.s because this is a time when we should not grandstand it, we should not exploit it. so many of the soldiers that came home from vietnam in the early 70s couldn t wear their uniforms in public. they were called baby killers to their face, and it really was very disturbing. it distressed us all to think that those comrades in arms had
they were legitimate heroes. they had suffered terribly. and here they were home. and it gave the country something to cheer about after having so little to cheer about. mr. nixon said he does not plan to greet returning p.o.w.s because this is a time when we should not grandstand it, we should not exploit it. so many of the soldiers that came home from vietnam in the early 70s couldn t wear their uniforms in public. they were called baby killers to their face. and it really was very disturbing. it distressed us all to think
they were legitimate heroes. they had suffered terribly. and here they were home. and it gave the country something to cheer about after having so little to cheer about. mr. nixon said he does not plan to greet returning p.o.w.s because this is a time when we should not grandstand it, we should not exploit it. so many of the soldiers that came home from vietnam in the early 70s couldn t wear their uniforms in public. they were called baby killers to their face. and it really was very disturbing. it distressed us all to think that those comrades in arms had come back to such a negative reception where we had come back to ticker tape parades.
and you can read that letter on my web site. she could have done that easily. easily. it wouldn t have been in violation of anything. but she wanted to hot shot at. grandstand it for her own constituency. you know what she was doing. you have been in politics long enough. and they caught on to it. this was demeaning. she didn t have to do that. you could of got your point across. you know what, that is one way of approaching it. i think that coretta scott king is an american icon. bill: sure. her husband was the leading civil rights bill: that doesn t mean you violated senate rule. you can direct people to i don t think she was violating the senate rule. bill: okay, but that is not your call because that is a call that was made by the senate. we know people in power don t always make calls that are bill: i don t mind you criticizing mccall but there wasn t really much argument from the left on it because the role, as i just read, is pretty explicit. i think the
they have spent a lot of time in 1979 when ted cruz attacked a senator bill: it wasn t 79. cruz wasn t in the senate there. the invoked rule 19 the last time the invoked rule 19 was 1979. i think it was much mcconnell, ted cruz called him a liar. they didn t use that. bill: you don t justify bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior. if i were elizabeth warren, i would have said, i don t believe that jeff sessions is worthy to become attorney general and here is why. to back up my contention, i point to a letter written by coretta scott king about mr. sessions prosecution of civil rights workers in 19 whenever it was. and you can read that letter on my web site. she could have done that easily. easily. it wouldn t have been in violation of anything. but she wanted to hot shot at. grandstand it for her own constituency.