Shields Up!

Last week I posted an excerpt from a speech from Republican Congressman Jim Gibbons, who wanted to send liberals to Iraq as human shields. Something of a controversy erupted over that.

It just gets better:

ELKO - The controversy over Rep. Jim Gibbons' speech at Elko's Lincoln Day dinner was splashed onto the screens of television viewers across the nation Thursday night.

Nevada Democratic Party spokesman Jon Summers appeared on FOX News' Hannity & Colmes show to discuss the congressman's remarks.

Gibbons' speech last Friday, which strongly backed the American forces battling the war on terrorism and condemned anti-war activists, has stirred up a national furor.

Summers, in his comments on the cable news debate program, touched on the issue of "human shields" contained in Gibbons' speech.

"Jim Gibbons came out and he said anyone that opposed this administration's policy - and anyone that disagreed with him - ought to be used as human body armor," Summers said.

Elko County Commissioner John Ellison, who attended the Lincoln Day dinner, said Summers twisted Gibbons' comments.

"He did not make those accusations ...," Ellison said. "Gibbons' comments were not directed at Americans who privately have concerns regarding the war, but at outspoken liberal celebrities trying to undermine the troops fighting for this nation."

So, I suppose I'm okay because I'm not a celebrity, but maybe Sean Penn should be concerned about being rounded up and shipped off to Iraq.

That bothers me. Sean Penn makes some really entertaining movies.

But wait, there's more. It turns out the Congressman plagiarized the speech from another right wing nutbag.