Comments on: Bush Defends Surge, Terror War Tactics

President Says Strategy To Fight Terrorism "Cannot Be Limited To Law Enforcement"

[luvienne]

If the surge was so great, why are soldiers and Iraqi''s still being killed? CUT THE SPIN.Americans know the truth. The media can''t help you. We know the truth.

[zerato-2009]

Republican Tax cuts results

Reagan Tax Cut

National debt before Reagan tax Cut $900 Billion
National debt after Reagan Tax Cut $4.5 trillion

Bush tax cuts

National debt before Bush tax cuts $5 trillion
National debt after Bush tax cuts $10 trillion

Mccain/bush tax cuts will add $3 trillion to the national debt according to one Mccain economic adviser. Mccain says he does not know much about economics.

Republicans the party of borrow and spend
Or have debt will spend..........

[zerato-2009]

Your claim that Obscamma has intelligence is ABSURD!
Posted by WellHell3 at 07:27 PM : Aug 20, 2008

Top 5% of Harvard law and you question his intelligence. LMAO

[ioweign]

Washington, Lincoln, Wilson, FDR all had the same military tribunals at their disposal. Then the LIB ACLU wanted to give these animals the same rights as Americans.

LIBS have no idea how to defend this country

Posted by mbcsmith at 05:15 PM : Aug 20, 2008

George Bush: Military man

1972 Year that Bush walked away from his pilot duties in the Texas National Guard, Nearly two years before his six-year obligation was up.

$3,500 Reward a group of veterans offered in 2000 for anyone who could confirm Bush''s Alabama guard service.

600-700 Number of guardsmen who were in Bush''s unit during that period.

0 Number of guardsmen from that period who came forward with information about Bush''s guard service.

0 Number of minutes that President Bush, Vice-President *** Cheney, the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the assistant Defence Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, the former chairman of the Defence Policy Board, Richard Perle, and the White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove - the main proponents of the war in Iraq -served in combat (combined).

0 Number of principal civilian or Pentagon staff members who planned the war who have immediate family members serving in uniform in Iraq.

8 Number of members of the US Senate and House of Representatives who have a child serving in the military.

10 Number of days that the Pentagon spent investigating a soldier who had called the President "a joke" in a letter to the editor of a Newspaper.

[ioweign]

The trouble with this KRAP is who gets to decide who are the really intelligent people? Seems like there''''s a bunch out there claiming intelligence that don''''t seem to have ANY!

Your claim that Obscamma has intelligence is ABSURD! The man has made so many bad judgments in his campaign it is horrifying to envision him in the White House representing this country!

Posted by WellHell3 at 07:27 PM : Aug 20, 2008

So 894 out of 899 means that the United States has to put everything on hold while McCain gets hooked on phonetics...

[tbweb]

The `END` does not justify the means, especially in a Democracy and it`s really as simple as that! Everything the Bush administration did could have just as easily been done legally, there was no need to be shady or distrusting.

[wellhell3]

I understand we have two parties and people will never see eye to eye on many things. The political parties have too much to lose with an educated and engaged populice, so keeping the voters in an emotional frenzy works to their advantage.
But why are Right Wingers against intelligent people and why do they always seem to select the dimmest wit? George Bush and John McCain are clearly two of the most intellectually disadvantaged out of all the candidates that we have been through. There has to be some reason for this.


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Posted by truthmatterz at 05:53 PM : Aug 20, 2008

The trouble with this KRAP is who gets to decide who are the really intelligent people? Seems like there''s a bunch out there claiming intelligence that don''t seem to have ANY!

Your claim that Obscamma has intelligence is ABSURD! The man has made so many bad judgments in his campaign it is horrifying to envision him in the White House representing this country!

[misha128-2009]

There is another possibility that could assist in terms of the presidency -- consider splitting the job as is done in numerous countries -- one side of the split is the public face of the government and the other side of the split is the day to day policy/operational control of the government. It would be tricky and potentially difficult to define the split and having the offices manned by individuals that could not cooperate would not be good. The solution to that may be to have the public face of the government subject to removal based on a vote of confidence (no proof of wrongdoing required) instead of legal proceeding like impeachment where wrongdoing is necessary, The vote of confidence applies in parliamentary governments like Canada and Great Britian. The removal of the public face of government on the simpler and less stringent terms solves the conflicting occupants of the office issue while preserving the strength of the day-to-day policy maker in the American tradition being protected from momentary swings in popularity by requiring wrongdoing for removal.

Then there could be the simple solution to adopt a parliamentary form of government where the President could be removed without the requirement to show wrongdoing -- however that can lead to an irregular election process when governments are replaced mid-term -- it would have the benefit of a significantly shorter election cycle in cases of mod-term replacement.

[misha128-2009]

Truthmatters -- it is worse than an lack of wits -- actions of less that stellar candidates have long lasting effects.

This admnistration provided terrorists a path around border security to enter the United States legally by arrogantly and ignorantly providing them access to the US Legal System.

Why would anyone vote to continue the policies of an administration that may well have provided transportation, lodging, meals and legal representation as well as access to the US courts to terrorists thereby providing them the means to secure legal entry to the United States?

One reason we get such poor candidates is who that is really qualified wants to claw through the slime and personal attacks to serve a nation for a lower salary that they can make in traditional business. I do not believe salary increases are the solution -- that will only attract the greedy. Until campaigns are cleaned up -- meaning voters vote against candidates that employ attack ads and candidates their spouses and children are not expected to provide cookie recipes, placed under minute-by-minute scrutiny and other nonsense things are unlikely to change.

[dnsallday]

I understand we have two parties and people will never see eye to eye on many things. The political parties have too much to lose with an educated and engaged populice, so keeping the voters in an emotional frenzy works to their advantage.
But why are Right Wingers against intelligent people and why do they always seem to select the dimmest wit? George Bush and John McCain are clearly two of the most intellectually disadvantaged out of all the candidates that we have been through. There has to be some reason for this.

[gramto8]

george w bush thinks his own policy is a good idea. now there is news.

but hey george, how is the usa in iraq any different than russia in georgia?

go figure. Posted by bigsk8fan at 05:23 PM

The difference is that HE did the Iraq thing and that makes it okay in his book!

[gramto8]

You know it is bad when CBS even chops up a tinyurl!!

[gramto8]

"Hey LIB, please point to exactly where and when the Iraqi''''''''s asked the U.S. military to leave.
Posted by mcbsmith

Here is the US saying they would leave when asked:

http://tinyurl.com/on72c

http://tinyurl.com/6m76je

Here are the Iraqis asking the US to leave:

2008--
http://tinyurl.com/4yd5zr

2007--
http://tinyurl.com/5vdxlg

2006--
http://tinyurl.com/mmm49

2005--
http://tinyurl.com/9qa2m

[gramto8]

"Hey LIB, please point to exactly where and when the Iraqi''''''''s asked the U.S. military to leave.
Posted by mcbsmith

Here is the US saying they would leave when asked:

http://tinyurl.com/on72c

http://tinyurl.com/6m76je

Here are the Iraqis asking the US to leave:

2008--
http://tinyurl.com/4yd5zr

2007--
http://tinyurl.com/5vdxlg

2006--
http://tinyurl.com/mmm49

2005--
http://tinyurl.com/9qa2m

[noloyalisti]

What has Bushoccio done to defend this country? he was a draft dodger. He allowed 911 to happen (maybe on purpose). Was the Iraqi navy going to come over in canoes to attack us? Why is a war mongering conservative better at defending anything? What is anyone voting for more McBush?

[sleepyric]

a timely article indeed...it''s nearly election time, and we have to re-scare the citizens so they elect McCain...this is Bush throwing McCain a bone...same old ***, year after year......

[misha128-2009]

ghm1 - are these questions the Busn/McCain supporters are asking? They should be asking them but they are not.

In terms of the military/criminal treatment of terrorists -- the number of losses by the Bush Administration in Courts most recently before three Republican appointed appellate judges as to the insufficiency of the current procedures does not scream out for some change?

AG Mulkasey and the DOJ before Congress pleading for a law to prevent the release of the Gitmo detainees into the US because the Bush administration relied on their own flawed legal reasoning in admitting terrorists into US territory in Gitmo does not scream out for a change in administration policies? Do you want a Gitmo Detainee released into your neighborhood because of the Bush Administration''''s gross incompetence and negligence?

[G H M]

misha128 You LIE you are a McSame/Bush''EE

[misha128-2009]

mbcsmith - before you call me a Democrat I am an independent I get to have fun poking at both parties and will be in the group that decides most elections as in most cases neither the Republicans or Democrats claim a majority of the voters in any race.

[bigsk8fan]

george w bush thinks his own policy is a good idea. now there is news.

but hey george, how is the usa in iraq any different than russia in georgia?

go figure.