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Politico: With Democrats Foundering, GOP Goes On Offensive Over Iraq
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- "As I recall there was quite a bit of Reagan bashing in 1980. The Democrats could not wait to run against Reagan. Republicans, be careful what you wish for.
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koko - I knew Reagan, and believe me, Hillary ain''t no Reagan. - Reply to this comment
- I speel perdy gud buy the weigh. You coodn''t evun tell Im furm TX. .
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- cturner3rd-
perhaps the democrats are balking on an immediate pullout from Iraq because they know that not only is freedom near for the Iraqis, but leaving now would decimate the country, and allow outside radicals to shape Iraq into a country even worse than that of Saddam Hussein''s hell hole, instead of a pluralistic democracy. Maybe they''re doing all they can to help a cause they know is right, while simultaneuosly making every attempt to side with their lunatic base in saying it''s wrong.
If they''d just tell their constituants, "Hey, we really need to help the Iraqis, and make sure we finish what we started so that they won''t turn into another America-hating cespool and send more suicide bombers after us", instead of telling the conspiracy theorists and the "no cause is worth fighting for - Let''s be like Europe" crowd what they want to hear.
Personally, I salute the Democrats (most of them) for doing what''s right, rather than simply what''s popular. It proves to me that, at least for most of them, getting things accomplished is more important than votes from their lunatic fringe. Are much of a conservative republican as I usually am, If you don''t vote for the dems, then hell - I might! - Reply to this comment
- I suppose my point is, I see the instability in Iraq right now more along the lines of Civil Rights tension (though the additional factor of outside insurgents egging them on has been extremely problematic) than I see it as a real civil war. I can only speculate, of course, but I feel like now that the Iraqis have started turning on the terrorists, they will begin seeing that they truly can have civil rights for all Iraqis when they work together, and will be able to form a peaceful democracy.
For my friends who are against our continuation in this war, based on my observations, I would encourage patience and faithfulness to our mission of democracy for the Iraqis. We were able to solve our civil rights issues ourselves, and so will they, as soon as we can work together to eliminate those outsiders that only want to destabilize the country and drive us out. The outsiders want us to leave so that they can intimidate the Iraqis into giving up their hopes for democracy. I think that all of us, as freedom-loving Americans, should prevent that from happening anywhere we''re able to. - Reply to this comment
- For those frustrated with the sectarian violence, and the delay in its reduction, perhaps a unique point of view is worth exploring.
In our Civil War, between 600,000 and 700,000 people lost their lives in the 6 years it lasted. In Iraq, all casualties, including those caused in US air raids and bombings by outside terrorists, total only a small fraction of that number, according to iraqbodycount.com. I would be interested to know a body count for the Civil Rights Movement of the 60''s. I suppose my point is, the discord in Iraq these days seems to be more of a politically salvageable nature. Despite the lynchings and riots of the 60''s, We''re not doing so bad anymore. Though we haven''t managed to reach statistical equality between black and white in our country, we''ve at least removed the vast majority of roadblocks preventing African Americans from acheiving the American Dream. - Reply to this comment
- RON PAUL IS THE NEW WAY
What we need is a President who will show us the way. Not the old way. Not the same way, but a NEW way. Think about this for a minute. What if we pulled all of our troops out of South Korea? They''ve been there for 50+ years. What if we quit worrying about Iran, but instead, realized that its having a nuclear weapon will not mean the end of the world? What if we pulled all of our troops out of the Middle-East, and brought them all home? What if we realistically addressed the National Debt, and paid attention to REALLY DOING SOMETHING about stopping illegal immigration? These are the ideas of Presidential candidate, Ron Paul. He''s a ten term Congressman and a physician who has delivered over 4,000 babies. He''s an intellectual who''s published four books, three of which are devoted entirely to sound economics and one to foreign policy. He was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania as a pious Lutheran, but now he attends a Baptist church. Paul is given to mulling things over morally. Whenever he recollects the helicopter pilots he treated as an Air Force Flight Surgeon (Captain) during the Vietnam War, a war which he now says was "totally unnecessary and illegal," he laments, "They were gung-ho. I''ve often thought about how many of those people never came back." Candidates with the high level of personal integrity and proven track record of adherence to The Constitution, Congressman Paul has always demonstrated only come around once in a lifetime, if we''re lucky. - Reply to this comment
The surge has failed -- look at the evidence of this administration trying to US Dollars to BUY temporary compliance from local Iraqi tribes to foster the illusion of success. Once the dollars dry up watch the violence flare up again -- just like the Republicans predicted if we withdraw. Congress should require the State Department and Military to divulge how much has been paid to Iraqis for protection / compliance and/or peaceful behavior as part of the surge effort. So much for the policy that the US does not negotiate with terrorists. Clearly we pay them according to the news reports in many ways in Iraq. For one the Iraqi oil would probably never make it to the ports according to some news reports without payments to Iraqi elements in Southern Iraq.- Reply to this comment
- POLLSTERS ARTIFICIALLY SKEWING RESULTS
Ron Paul breaks fundraising records, wins phone-in and Internet polls, yet why are his national poll numbers so low? A Zogby pollee recently revealed what happened to him when he took part in their national, 2008 presidential election poll. Upon confirming Ron Paul as his choice for President, the poll then branched out into a myriad of bizarre and intrusive questions which would discourage most people from completing the process, and thereby making their vote for Ron Paul null and void. "The first part of the poll was about which candidate one prefers, with candidates from both parties being available as choices. Great! However, after I finished answering positively for Ron Paul, the poll got very interesting," he writes. "As anyone who is familiar with how polls work is aware, polls are branching in their structure. Answers you give to one section of the poll will determine what questions you will receive in the next section of the poll." The pollee then relates his confusion about the fact that the poll threw up 20 questions about cooking rice before another extensive set of questions regarding personal sexual behavior. "This went on for a number of pages and was rather intrusive," he said. "It dealt with sexual positions, sexual fantasies, sexual preferences and similar intimate subjects. Of course neither rice cooking or sexual behavior have anything to do with presidential elections or politics in general. Or at least it shouldn''t!" - Reply to this comment
- CBS NEWS CONDUCTING RIGGED POLLS
Most people can see right through the prejudice CBS News obviously has towards Ron Paul. In the few times they''ve covered him at all, I''m suprised they didn''t have one of their graphics artists Photoshop some devil horns on top of his head in that worst ever photograph they always use of him. CBS obviously thinks that if they pretend Paul isn''t a top-tier GOP candidate, then their readers and viewers will eventually think so too. Whenever they are forced to do a story on Paul, because some other mainstream source is covering him for some reason, the fact that their editors work overtime to slant their stories in such a way as to either marginalize his accomplishment, or present Paul in the most negative light possible, is obvious to anyone with a modicum of intelligence. "What about their polls?," you ask? As far as the CBS News poll is concerned, they don''t even include Paul on the list of GOP candidates which pollees can choose from, and then afterwards, report to you that Paul doesn''t even rank in their final tally. Ron Paul is getting major grass roots support nationwide. He has over 62,380 meetup group members in 1,175 Groups from 1,004 cities nationwide, with another 7,197 people more folks just waiting to hear when a new meetup group will start-up near them. He''s won ALL of the viewer phone-in polls in ALL of the GOP debates he''s been in, and has raised more money ($4.2 million) in one day than any other GOP candidate ever. Go Ron Go! - Reply to this comment
- WHO''S RON PAUL?
Ron Paul''s campaign has become a clearinghouse for voters like me who feel unrepresented by the Fascisct (globalist Republicans) and their Socialist comrades in crime (globalist Democrats). They''re actually one and the same. It''s all a phony, poorly staged left-right paradigm. Most people, though, are too distracted, dumbed-down, or outright brainwashed by mainstream media, which endlessly regurgitates scientifically-crafted streams of information aimed at keeping their eyes closed to the realities of the world around them, that they fail to recognize this. Those currently in power, and those being groomed to take [major] political power, are preselected by a "global elite," and whomever is eventually elected, will ultimately, serve their agenda, and not ours. People on the right and those on the left have many differences. Maybe irreconcilable ones. But they have a lot of common beliefs too, and our numbers and anger are of a considerable magnitude. No matter what happens in 2008, I personally believe Ron Paul will influence the national conversation about how much power our government should have over our lives; how much liberty we should give up for security; and whether we should continue moving along our current path towards a one world government. These are issues that, frankly, no one else is talking about as seriously and sincerely as Ron Paul. What''s for sure is that his growing army of supporters like me will be a force to be reckoned with in 2008. - Reply to this comment
- WERE HAVING A TEA PARTY! YOU''RE INVITED
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- Don''t sent him a *** dime unless it has a date for withdrawal and stand your ground!
They''re lying...Iraq is not one whit closer to being stable, and they''re eyeing Iran. And they''re bringing a few troops home to soothe the fevered brows for the election year.
If anything, Bush is just not paying Al Queda to strike and telling them to hold off. He has no intention of ending this war, and if you give him more money you''re just plaint stupid. - Reply to this comment
- The GOP strategy:
If you can''t win ''em, STEAL THEM! - Reply to this comment
- Either way, the democrats will lose in 08.
The GOP strategy:
If you can''t win ''em, steak them!
Expect to see plenty of poll rigging in ''08.
The GOP''s are expert at these, as evidenced in Florida 2000 and Ohio 04. - Reply to this comment
- Pelosi congress approval rating is the lowest in history.
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- Just how stupid can the Democrats be? They gained control of both houses because the voters in the US and sick of this cruel, senseless war. Beating pro-war GOP candidates should be easy. But, no, the Dems keep playing patsy and ignoring their advantage and letting the big bad GOPers push them around. The Dems are going to find themselves in the minority again after the next election if they don''t get off their fat butts and END THE STUPID WAR.
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- YAWN!
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- Put a cop on every corner and crime will go down. The success or failure of "the surge" will not be known until the number of cops and covered corners dwindle. Only then will it be known if it has been a surge in security or "biding time". By then Bush will be out of office and no matter what happens he can claim either success or that we should have continued to follow his policies. Graham and the others should not be allowed to ignore that reality.
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