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

[msu836]

I hope all those upset about killing "innocent" civilians for oil are walking everywhere or riding bikes...I am sure that if our gas prices went up to 4-5 dollars a gallon, these same complainers would demand the government do something about it...

[ftights]

Only once in my life have I EVER been ashamed to be an American,the day this administration initiated "shock and awe"against an innocent civilian population.Over 50,000 dead and counting; just to ensure the flow of oil and enhance the personal wealth of already rich people?(Carlisle Group,Haliburton,and Big Oil)

[nlhommed]

It must be election time,it's bash Bush time for 60 mintues. Of course 60 min will have an opposing view, balanced journalism as long as it balances left.

[drgoodwin12]

Woodward a registered repuplican comes out with a book,no one he has mentioned from the exceprts has rebuked him,(you can not count the first ladys office it is not her actually speaking just the pr people)and people start saying this is political motivated or finacially motivated.Woodward fell out of favor with most Democrats with his two previous books they favored Bush to highly.So in the course of a week we have the NIE report which does not support Bush and Woodwards book which does not support Bush and the resigination of two republicans Foley and Ney.Some people here would like for us all to beleive it is a media plot or a democratic plot.Sometimes the truth finally starts shedding some light and before you know it everything will be out in the open about Bush and his ill planned war.Then we will see what many of us have known for a long time that he is the greatest embarressmnt this country has ever elected.

[alphaa10-2009]

baseballchan said-- "but now that we are in this ridiculous war with againts a very committed enemy, should we be seen showing this kind of negative confusion to the rest of the world? It makes no sense..."

Actually, this "confusion" should make you proud to be an American, because it indicates there is still enough free speech in this country for debate to occur. That debate is an important indicator of democracy, and should accompany any election of the leadership.

Obviously, many figures in and out of the GOP now wish Bush actually had the dictatorship he has said publicly he would find convenient. They want something-- anything-- to squelch the floodtide of embarrassing facts about Bush, and have used the bogus "war on terror" for exactly that purpose. If the press finds something scandalous about Bush, the Standard Operating Procedure is to claim the matter is classified.

If you find it difficult to believe Bush nodded approvingly to dictatorship, Bush also said to members of his party, assembled in a private meeting discussing illegal NSA spying, "Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's only a GD&^^%%! piece of paper!" And this guy claims to be a leader?

In the runup to election, we can expect all sorts of chicanery to deny established, but embarrassing facts about Bush. The GOP has much to deny, and no amount of spinning and twisting is sufficient to keep the facts at bay any longer.

[gdmoore2]

We need to honor the daily sacrifice being made by our military and make sure that our public discussion of Iraq and Afghanistan is serious and honorable. Automatic polarization of the discussion accompanied by partisan accusations does nothing for the troops.

Woodward's book adds to the growing evidence that we have serious problems in the conduct of this war, politically and militarily. As citizens we should be asking all political leadership, Republican and Democrat, to directly address the issues and stop the spinning.

Bush appears to be in denial about the war. The tide is turning in favor of the enemy. My vote goes to the candidate of either party that directly addresses how to adapt to the changing conditions of the war and identifies what needs to be done next. There is no loss of will here.

[tankhead6]

"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."
Posted by gentlearts

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What did you post when the repug slime machine smeared the Clinton administration for YEARS???.... *** for tat, is what I say.

[mauidave]

It absolutely amazes me that the Bush appologists will not admit the obvious failure of his policies. Does no one else remember who was asleep at the wheel of the Ship of State on 9/11? It was the guy that sat for seven minutes, dumfounded(should be the definition of Bush), when told of the attack on the WTC. Come on people, try to wake up to reality. The guy is a dolt, at best. And he's committed treason at worst.
He has been Al Queda's poster child for No Jihadist Left Behind.

[tara1s]

Tony Snow's comments prove him to be as dangerous as the people he works for. He is a propagandist of the highest order. He is now going to be out there on public speaking forays for the Republicans. You'd think he'd have enough to do defending the White House. They must be quite enamored with his ability to spin everything. When he says Woodward's book is "Candy that melts on contact"...please, we're talking about the lives of soldiers and thousands of innocent Iraqis here. Not to mention the 911 victims.

Perhaps the paparazzi in Hollywood and elsewhere will start taking photos of the pictures that really count, the pictures the military don't want us to see. Forget Lindsey Lohan. We need picture after picture after picture of those coffins coming back from Iraq. Nobody needs to say a word. Just show the visuals. That should be the non verbal mantra of the Democrats. Tony Snow will come up with some kind of ridiculous spin, but a flag draped coffin doesn't need a lot of p.r. Neither do the thousands (what is it now, 100,000?) of innocent Iraqis who have lost their lives in Cheney & Bush's playpen.

[gladys_over]

Mary Todd Lincoln pressured her husband to fire General Grant.

[Note: Any resemblence between Ulysses S. Grant and Donald Rumsfeld is purely coincidental.]