Comments on: Woodward Hasn't Slowed Bush War Push

Bush Defends Decisions In Wake Of Journalist's Claim That Even Mrs. Bush Wanted To Oust Rumsfeld

hamiltongrad nailed it. If we weren't overseas fighting them, we'd be fighting them right here. 9/11 showed that spectacularly.

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[besscannon-2009]

Isn't it amazing how everybody else in the world are liars but the Republicans? At least, that is what they would have you believe. Don't they realize how all their needles are stuck in the same groove? After the election, if the Democrats take over and open that closet of skeletons, I'll bet the stench is going to be mighty powerful. I'll bet were are in for more shocking facts then we now know.Our Government reminds me of the Chicago Mafia.

[newsjeff-2009]

Isn't it sweet that our President's family is telling him how to fight the war on terrorism. I am not saying I dislike the first lady or the president(Note: The current president not the Clintons ABC likes to put all the blames on for past mistakes.)but, if the soldiers are the ones fighting this war the least the Bush administration can do is back Rumsfeld or any of the other top people in charge of military operations. I believe in women's rights and the fact that behind many successful men are a successful,caring wife, but as important as the war on terrorism is we cannot go to just blaming Rumsfeld or other top military people just because the public does not like the war and people believe that we are on the wrong path. The main thing I am saying is President Bush and the First Lady Laura Bush and the Vice-president and the entire GOP need be more united and on the same page of thinking were the "war on terrorism" is concerned if we hope to win this conflict and bring Bin Laden and his followers to justice and our troops to come home safe.

[gr8american]

bob woodward doesnt have an agenda to push, read the book before you jump to conclusions. in the meantime pray for the future of our country, it looks like we might need it.

It's interesting to see all the Republicans bleating whenever someone says something bad about Bush and his cohorts.

For some reason they same to believe that negative comments about Republicans are all just a conspiracy of lies - meanwhile, they feel they can say whatever they want about Democrats.

Talk about being delusional/paranoid.

Whatever happened to voting for the best person for the job instead of two idiotic political parties that are only interested in helping themselves?

gentlearts wrote:

"Bob Woodward's book is just another "tool" trotted out to try to slant the upcoming elections.
As usual, the Dem's can't win on substance, so all they can do is smear the Republicans."

It's incredibly hypocritical to condemn one party for doing it without condemning the other for doing the same.

Have you forgotten all the smear campaigns initiated by Republicans against Democrats?

Especially against that idiot Clinton?

Republicans do not have the moral high ground when it comes to smear campaigns.

In this case, it will be interesting to see if Woodwards comments hold true - and are in fact, fact.

I have more respect for him then any politican.

My comment here is that this just shows that Cheney is in charge here...not "W". they donot have a clue that this man (Rumsfeld) was the worst and youngest DOD secretary and now the oldest and still the worst DOD Secretary.

[drgoodwin12]

To gdmoore2 I have to agree and would also like to state that stay the course is as bad as cut and run.Colin Powell said "we broke it ,we have to fix it"I wholeheartily agree with.The problem is multifolde in answering how to fix it.The Iraqi goverment,military and police (not all) are working with the militias,insurgents and terrorist.This is where we have to take a tough stance,second the problem of recruitment of terrorist,militias and insurgents has to be adressed with a comphrensive determent strategy.Lastly is our military action which has to be carried out with sensitivity towards their culture,the rapes and deliberate killings of civilians does not help us.

[soulizard]

Nobody likes to see an investment go bad, monetary, intellectual, spiritual or otherwise. But the fact is the Bush administration has put everything on the line in Iraq with disastrous results. It believes, wrongly, that by using the weight of its political power it can somehow overcome the serious losses to our political standing abroad and economic stability at home the Iraq war has caused. All the relentless shaming of those who oppose them reminds me of a desperate gambler who has placed all their money on a long shot and is losing. Meanwhile we are losing our young Americans and killing tens of thousands of innocent civilians just to save their political skins. Disgusting and very sad.

[dreamslug]

Woodward is an honorable journalist of the highest integrity! His two previous books even show Bush in a favorable light. Yet we see here "conservative hit-men" writing how Woodward is merely spinning propoganda at a convenient time, because they don't like what Woodward writes.
Conservative hypocrites in perpetual denial need to be put on notice: The State of Denial that you live in is now the Flood of Denial, heading straight over the falls on your "Stay the Course" rhetoric. Woodward leads us once again, to rise like true Americans of courage and to speak truth to power. Our children are dying, and Bush, the incompetent or treasonous cause of it, is attempting to subvert our Constitution of the United States to try and get away with it. It's over buddy, wake up!