congressman hopes terrorists kill peace activists

on april 17, rep. dana rohrbacher (r-ca) had some choice words for members of the european union parliament’s committee on human rights who were invited guests and witnesses an the house of reps' foreign affairs european subcommittee hearing:

Rohrabacher said if European countries did not cooperate with the United States and go along with whatever the Bush administration wanted, they were condemning their countrymen to death by not using extralegal methods to imprison terrorist suspects. When citizens attending the hearing, including members of Codepink Women for Peace and Veterans for Peace, heard Rohrabacher’s statement, they collectively groaned. Then, much to the shock and disbelief of everyone in the hearing room, Rorhbacker said to those who had expressed displeasure at his statements: "I hope it’s your family members that die when terrorists strike."

now i realize the bar is set pretty low for u.s. representatives nowadays, but this is simply heinous and abhorrent.