Stop whining, George...

No, not that George. Rep. George Nethercutt (R, WA 05), has bought ads to complain about the coverage of his recent remarks on Iraq.

Here's what the Seattle P-I reported:

'The P-I reported Oct. 14 that Nethercutt said Iraq's reconstruction was going better than news media portrayed it and that he added, "The story of what we've done in the postwar period is remarkable. ... It is a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day."

The story, paraphrasing Nethercutt's next words, said the congressman "added that he did not want any more soldiers to be killed."

and here's what he said in full:

"So the story is better than we might be led to believe in the news. I'm just indicting the news people, but it's, it's a bigger and better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day which, which heaven forbid is awful."

Sorry, George, the story is worse than you want to believe, and calling attention to your foolishness won't help. You're right about one thing. Losing a couple of soldiers every day is awful. So awful, in fact, that there's no story bigger or more important. If you don't get that, then heaven forbid you get the US Senate seat you've got your eye on!