The Obama Myth Exposed?

National Review Online: His Now Apparent Weaknesses May Prove Debilitating

(National Review Online)  This column was written by Peter Wehner.

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Dan Balz, one of America’s finest political reporters, wrote this on his Washington Post blog:

The most important decision Barack Obama will make between now and the November election is the selection of a vice presidential running mate. That makes all the more remarkable his effort Tuesday to suggest that the people he has put in charge of helping make the decision are somehow not really part of his campaign.

Obama is on the defensive over his selection of James A. Johnson the former CEO of Fannie Mae, to help lead the vice presidential search process, a role he played for John F. Kerry four years ago.

Johnson is drawing fire over his jumbo home loans from Countrywide Financial, a major actor in the subprime mortgage mess, that may have been below market rates.… It isn't clear whether the uproar over Johnson is a passing storm or a more serious problem for the Obama campaign… But the candidate's response has raised questions about the candidate himself that could well linger past the moment.

After Balz’s piece appeared it was announced that James Johnson will be leaving his post at the Obama campaign. Throwing Johnson under the same bus that rolled over the Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. and Trinity Church may be politically necessary. Yet the damage, I think, is real because of an accretion effect.

It can’t be said often enough: the conceit of the Obama campaign is that its candidate is the antithesis of politics as it has been practiced for decades, if not for centuries. He is, we are told, the agent of change, the great turner of the page, a man unstained by politics and who will alter the way it has been practiced. He is bi-partisan and post-partisan and beyond political labeling. He will not unfairly portray the views of his opponent or engage in petty distractions. According to his wife Michelle, he will heal the broken souls of America. And according to Obama himself, he will begin to heal the planet.

The bar has been set enormously high - and it has been set there by Obama, his wife, and his campaign.

If voters begin to believe that the Obama Phenomenon is really an Obama Myth - that he is just another conventional politician, but in this instance one who emerged out of the largely polluted waters of Chicago politics - then Obama is reduced to being a one-term senator with very few achievements in his life that commend him to be president. He also happens to be the most liberal candidate for president since George McGovern. We are now in the early phase of that transformation; it remains to be seen if it continues or if Obama can find a way to arrest or even reverse it.

Obama still has things working in his favor, from a horrible political environment for Republicans, to a first-rate campaign to enormous fund-raising abilities, to some very impressive political skills. But Obama’s now-apparent weaknesses may prove to be debilitating.

Barack Obama will be the focal point of this election. If Americans find him to be an acceptable choice for president, he will probably win, given all the factors that are working in his favor. But if the doubts that have persisted about him begin to grow and metastasize - if large numbers of Americans come to believe that the Obama appeal is, at its core, a mirage - then McCain has a real chance to prevail. And if he does, the Democratic party and liberalism will have a nervous breakdown unlike any we have seen.

Democrats remain hopeful, but they are also beginning to harbor some doubts and even fears. This may not be as easy as they thought.

Stay tuned.

[irliberal]

Every neocon from coast to coast will need a box of "Depends" in November, or the stink will cause all of us to gag!!

That much is obvious. This writer here wants to sound a hopeful note in Obama''s failure, thinking it will boost McCain. He does nothing to make us feel better about McCain himself, only about bad things happening to Obama.

Typical fear and distract tactics from a typical republican writing from a typical right wing "news" organization.

Nothing new here. Next!

[noloyalisti]

Why is the National Review such a neo con enabler mouthpiece? They must be making lots of money on the mindless senseless GOP killing of our soldiers and of our country. Do they not realize they are complicit in this disaster by being critical of Obama while the fascist Grand Oil Party has as their candidate a fascist bush clone?

[gkc99]

AS usual, it just pours out of the Nether Repugniscum Orif*ce like sheeyhit out of an a$$hole.

No surprise there!

[gkc99]

I suppose if I had a name like Peter Weiner I''d be as nasty as this monkey is.

[blazercoach1]

Given the chance to offer intelligent criticism of a conservative journal article, we get gloating before accomplishment, political name calling, poo-poo jokes, and making fun of a person''s name. (By the way, you DID see the article about the NY Democrat yesterday whose name actually IS "Weiner". Did you make fun of him, too?)

In any case.......any of you could have written that without even reading the article. I suppose you don''t have any intelligent criticism to offer?

[element51]

These little pre-emptive strikes like this article are nothing compared to what is to come. We, as Americans, are somewhat used to dirty politics but in the months to come we will see a new standard set. The use of Joseph Gobbels style tactics will dominate the republican campaign style. The larger the lie, the more often it is told, the more likely that it will be believed. There are a vast number of voters that will not do any research to find out for themselves if something is true or not. There seems to be a tendency for people to believe the worst and you can bet that the republicans have some whoppers in store. With the technology we have today it is so easy to manipulate any kind of media and twist it to say what you want it to say. If the democrats want to win this time they are going to have to stand up and fight instead of acting like they have in the last two elections. This is more than a political contest..the future of the country is at steak. Come on dems...it''s worth fighting for.

[destardi]

obama is going up in flames...sorry to burst your bubble.

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/13/michelle-obama-off-tape/

"I attended that church for 20 years; but I never inhaled!"

McCain08 (Hillary 12!)

[notblue]

noyalista, have you ever talked to any volunteer soldier who has returned from Iraq? I talked to one I have known personally for the last 18 years, he stated just a week ago upon arriving home from Iraq that we are winning. Do you ever ask yourself why these volunteer soldioers re-up two sometimes three times? It''s because the cause is noble and despite hateful brainwashed ingrates like your self they know we are winning.

[zendigity]

Posted by notblue: Do you ever ask yourself why these volunteer soldioers re-up two sometimes three times?

Actually a lot of times it comes down to money; by enlisting instead of going to college, when these soldiers come back home they can''t find a job that will pay them a livable salary and find that the only way they can support themselves or their family is to reinlist.
Sorry to burst your bubble notblue, but you''ve been lied to; this isn''t a noble cause, it''s one born of arrogance, greed, and self-deception.

[wogerwabbit]

"He also happens to be the most liberal candidate for president since George McGovern."

So what? You neoconazis have no idea how much you are despised out here in the real world. We''re on to you. I can''t wait for the war crimes tribunals begin. You''re history.

[notblue]

rafterman, apparently you make things up as you go, the fact of the matter is not only are the armed forces making their recruiting goals they are surpassing them. This is incredible considering there is a war going on. Thank goodness there arte people that understand the importance of success in Iraq, that are not egenda driven to lose out of petty political gain. I personally have talked to at least 20 returning soldiers over the last four years and one of the biggest frustrations for them is the way the media and liberal democrats have portrayed and characterized their efforts. I always tellthem there are still clear thinking patruiots who underrstand the stakes and will not let politics dictate over common sense and their efforts.

[notblue]

rafterman, I will stop calling terrorist supporting leftwing loons ungrateful when they stop calling fellow conservative Americans fascists and nazis.

[Razzl]

I was waiting for the argument to back up the claim that "Obama%u2019s now-apparent weaknesses may prove to be debilitating", but none was made; apparently this essay is just a laundry list of the fantasy scenarios NRO would like to come true somehow. I thought it was the job of a partisan journalist to conduct the intellectual exercise of making a case, but I suppose when your guy is McCain your opposition''s wish list of dream scenarios is plausible enough not to want to open up the subject too wide...

[kmr214]

notblue:

recruiting goals: it''s well known that they''ve made it up by lowering the entrance standards. It might be a drop in the bucket so far, but over time the quality of the military will suffer for it.

As for your, "... clear thinking patruiots who ... will not let politics dictate over common sense."
Give us a break. No one has used this whole mess for politics more than Bush, Cheney & Company have. (I do like the nickname, Patruiots, though. Sounds like something Bush would mangle.

Remember that footage of Andy Card whispering in Bush''s ear while he (Bush) was reading to schoolkids as the WTC collapsed? Card said, "Sir, you''ve just been handed the next election." Certainly, that''s the way they''ve played it to the present day.

[notblue]

kmr214, your beloved democrtaic leaders have declared defeat since 2007, is that playing politics with total disreagrd for the troops on the ground fighting at that time??????? Tell me again which side is playing politics even if it means DEFEAT!

[noloyalisti]

The GOP government of Pigs has not declared what victory is. Is it when every Muslim is dead? Is it when the American oil companies have full control of the middle east governments like they do in America? How can you accuse liberals of wanting defeat when you don''t even know what victory is?

What''s wrong with liberals anyway? Jesus was a liberal. Our founding fathers were liberals. It is "conservative" that has become a curse word in English.

[imnho]

If the war continues to go south then no amount of propaganda from the NRO will save the republicans from a big defeat in November. That is the reality of the present situation. I think the situation is so far out of hand that people will stop thinking about the spin and vote to end the necon nightare with all deliberate speed.

[notblue]

noyalisti, Jesus was as conservative as they came for the time. Victory in Iraq will be declared soon. It has been said all along that the US will stand down when Iraq can stand on it''s own and control it''s own destiny. I know it was very important for you libs that we lose in Iraq, you wer counting on it and stating beforethe fight was even over. But now even your liberal think tanks are stating the progress in Iraq is undeniable, violence is down 80% from a year ago, abnd those that hoped for failure will reep what they sowed in the 08 elections. While the majority American people want to bring our troops home from Iraq as soon as possible that same majority want the Iraq war to be successful, that''s called common sense, they do not want not petty, hateful, america bashing, willfull hope for losing politics.

[irliberal]

Posted by notblue at 04:27 PM

LOL My suggestion to you is to go to your doc and get started on those anti-depressant meds NOW - best to start sooner rather than later. November is going to be a VERY rough time for you. But have a pleasant day! 8-)

[kesac4650]

Who are thes people who claim Jesus and our founding fathers were liberal? The Ten Commandments were mpoprtant to Christ, Washington, Jefferson and Adams, but almost make our Liberals want to gag.
What happened to "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute" that was America''s rallying cry on that previous occasion that we removed an enemy Muslim regime from power? That occasion added the words, "to the shores or Tripoli" to the Marine Corps Hymm. What will we add this time, "until pulled out by Obama"?

[tibu987]

Should Obama win the presidency, he will do what all presidents before him have done, he will surround himself with a team, a cabinet of specialists in all fields. No one, not one person has all the knowledge that needed in such an importnat post.

Harry Truman said it best when he said: "no one is prepared to be president".

What Obama has going for him is his patience and ability to listen. Obama is an intellectual who can, in his mind, process many things at the same time.
The mess that the evil Bush cabal will lay at the feet of the Democrats will take some time to correct.

Let''s give Obama the time needed to try to correct all that is wrong in this country and with our foreign policy.

[element51]

I am a liberal democrat. I can''t, for the life of me, understand why you keep insisting that we WANT to lose in Iraq. Nothing would please me more than to have a liberated Iraq where the people are free to make their own destiny. It isn''t rational to WANT to see the continued death and destruction over there. The question has never been about winning or losing it has been about WHAT winning consists of. If we are able to stablize the country what do we do then? If you have any sense of the history of that reigon you will know that there has been war between the Shias and the Sunnis for centuries. It will not stop. So, do we stablize the country and then stay there forever or do we carefully withdraw over time and leave the country to itself? You never mention the fact that we never should have never invaded in the first place. Yes, we should have gone after Ben Laudin but where is he now? Still free to hatch out plots against us that we can only guess about. Hate us if you must but at least be honest about it.

[element51]

I guess I read the wrong book. The teachings of Jesus appear to me to be very liberal leaning. Let''s take a look.
Turn the other cheek.
Love your enemy.
Care for the poor.
Take care of each other.
The list goes on and on but I do not recall Jesus ever telling his followers to go out and kill. I guess it''s all in what you want to see.

[notblue]

Element51, if chaos breaks out in Iraq after we achieve stability and leave then at least they can''t say it was because we lost the will to find and abandoned what we had started. THe dems have had a clear interest in defeat not because it''s the rightthing but because they want to defeat political rivals in America, that is just plane wrong! Decalring defeat when the VOLUNTEER troops are still fighting the war as Harry Reid had done in 2007 only helped brainwashed defeatists, the enemy, and hurt our troops moral and effort. If this war is "taking too long" you people can take some credit for that, if I were an enemy extremist and heard the left and the liberal media declare American defeat that would embolden me to keep fighting and killing Americans.

[notblue]

Element51, isn''t the liberals in this country the ones that want to eliminate god from the pledge, ten commandments from court houses etc. you can''t have it both ways.

[irliberal]

that is just plane wrong!

Posted by notblue at 05:15 PM

Was this mere ignorance or a reference to 9/11? Either way, you made me laugh.

That''s laughing AT you, by the way, not with you.

[notblue]

IRliberal, if I actually cared what you thought it might matter but that''s simply not the case.

[irliberal]

Well at least you spelled everything correctly that time. Helps when you don''t try the big words, huh?

[notblue]

IRliberal, are you saying that lose at all cost ingrate libs like yourself want victory in Iraq and the greater war on terror? Thought not!

[jon2012-2009]

While the majority American people want to bring our troops home from Iraq as soon as possible that same majority want the Iraq war to be successful, that''''s called common sense, they do not want not petty, hateful, america bashing, willfull hope for losing politics.
Posted by notblue at 04:27 PM : Jun 13, 2008

Correction, there''s a lot of Bush bashing--not America bashing although for those who truly cheer America''s comeuppance on the world stage, there is no better symbol to invoke than the presidency of Bush.

[irliberal]

Over SIX years of war. Civil rights breached by our commander in chief. Internationally recognized torture sanctioned by the White House. Two invaded and currently occupied countries. Hundreds of thousands dead, including OVER 4000 American soldiers. Billions of our tax dollars spent, and yes, are still being spent to this very moment.

Iraq, which had NOTHING to do with 9/11, is now an occupied country which will implode when we get out of it, whether that happens one, two, ten or five hundred years from now. A society that CHOOSES to be ruled by religion cannot become a democracy; it can only be a theocracy with voting cards.

Bin Laden still lives. The mastermind of 9/11 still walks free.

The one, simple word for this is: failure. No amount of deception, indignation or wailing by republicons can change these facts.

Failure of Bush. Failure of Cheney. Failure of the republicans.

Time for a change.

[elz523]

Who are thes people who claim Jesus and our founding fathers were liberal? The Ten Commandments were mpoprtant to Christ, Washington, Jefferson and Adams, but almost make our Liberals want to gag.
What happened to "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute" that was America''''s rallying cry on that previous occasion that we removed an enemy Muslim regime from power? That occasion added the words, "to the shores or Tripoli" to the Marine Corps Hymm. What will we add this time, "until pulled out by Obama"?


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Posted by kesac4650 at 04:58 PM : Jun 13, 200

I am a Christian who beleives, from a review of the Gospel, that Jesus was very liberal by our standards. If liberals believe the poor should shown compassion, that the other cheek should be turned to an enemy, that the rich will not enter heaven, well that aligns pretty evenly with the teaching of the Christian Gospel. Try reading it.

[jon2012-2009]

IRliberal, are you saying that lose at all cost ingrate libs like yourself want victory in Iraq and the greater war on terror? Thought not!
Posted by notblue at 05:21 PM : Jun 13, 2008

Still toeing the Bush line about you "being against us if you aren''t with us." This must be hardwired in your brain by now.

[notblue]

IRliberal, how do you know Bin Laden still lives? Why are you unable to comprehend the war on terror does not target any specific countries as the terrorists we fight show no allegiance to any specific countries which makes you Iraq statemant nonsensical as usual. Iraq is where we chose to fight it''s that simple. Have you ever listened to one of Bin Ladens'' speeches or Al Zahawrhi''s, they both state Iraq is the front of this war, why do you purposely ignore their statement? Petty politics? Ignorance of the facts because of blind hatred for Bush and fellow Americans? You and those like you are a true ally of the enemy.

[irliberal]

John McCain judgement and experience that only comes with age:

"There''s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along." [MSNBC, 4/23/03]

" I believe that the success will be fairly easy." [CNN, 9/24/02]

"We''re not going to get into house-to-house fighting in Baghdad. " [CNN, 9/29/02]

"But the point is that, one, we will win this conflict. We will win it easily." [MSNBC, 1/22/03]

"But I believe that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators." [NBC, 3/20/03]

"It''s clear that the end is very much in sight." [ABC, 4/9/03]

"This is a mission accomplished.." [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]

Want to repeat the last 8 catastrophic eight years? Vote McSame!

[elz523]

IRliberal, are you saying that lose at all cost ingrate libs like yourself want victory in Iraq and the greater war on terror? Thought not!


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Posted by notblue at 05:21 PM : Jun 13, 2008
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We want the United States to take care of itself. Define vitory in Iraq and we can then answer your question. As for the general war on terror libs as well as cons, such as yourself, certainly want victory, but you don''t get it by bogging yourself down in a country that has never attacked you so that your forces cannot move where they need to.

[notblue]

IRliberal, when you state the last 8 years have been catastrophic do you blame terrorism for any of that or in your simple world is it all fellow Americans fault?

[elz523]

Why are you unable to comprehend the war on terror does not target any specific countries as the terrorists we fight show no allegiance to any specific countries which makes you Iraq statemant nonsensical as usual. Iraq is where we chose to fight it''''s that simple. Have you ever listened to one of Bin Ladens'''' speeches or Al Zahawrhi''''s, they both state Iraq is the front of this war, why do you purposely ignore their statement?

Posted by notblue at 05:27 PM : Jun 13, 2008
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Iraq is where we chose to fight? hahaha. That reminds me of what Bushes terrorism advisor Clarke mentoined when Cheney and Bush were wanting to attck Iraq only a few days after the 9-11 atack. He likened attacking Iraq for 9-11 to attacking Mexico for Pearl Harbor. It is patently stupid and it gets you what we have gotten. 4000 needlessly killed and going on a trillion dollars needlessly spent. Oh yeah, and the hatred and fear of the entire world.

[irliberal]

IRliberal, when you state the last 8 years have been catastrophic do you blame terrorism for any of that or in your simple world is it all fellow Americans fault?

Posted by notblue at 05:30 PM

9/11 was a catalyst. What happened AFTER that was a huge parade of mistakes on our part. We should have stopped after we got the Taliban in Afghanistan. We had absolutely no business invading and occupying Iraq, and the net result, as is QUITE obvious by now - is that we spent a TON of taxpayer money, a LOT of American lives, and we created a LOT more terrorists. Now there are more than ever before.


You know... when you do something for 8 years, and it doesn''t work, you''d think some people would learn to change strategies. But not, not "Mission Accomplished and Stay the Course! Bush".

The American people deserve better. A whole lot better.

[elz523]

After Balz%u2019s piece appeared it was announced that James Johnson will be leaving his post at the Obama campaign. Throwing Johnson under the same bus that rolled over the Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. and Trinity Church may be politically necessary. Yet the damage, I think, is real because of an accretion effect.


Yeah and if Obama wouldn''t have gotten rid of Johnson right away, you would have been leading the attack to make this non-issue a major distraction in the election campaign.

[notblue]

elz523, by your logic when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor at the start of WWII we had no business landing on Normandy for the d-day invasion. Lucky for all of us there are people in charge that can see the big picture, are not blinmded by petty politics and hatred for fellow Americans.

[notblue]

IRliberal, your hindsite genious and critisism is typical of you libs, were you in charge after the 911 attack? Commander in chief? or commander of the joint chiefs? Thought not! Why do you people forget that everyone on both sides of the isle includiong Gore and Clinton stated the same thing? You people are so focused on the hated Bush logic, fact, truth and history is meaningless to you people!

[elz523]

elz523, by your logic when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor at the start of WWII we had no business landing on Normandy for the d-day invasion. Lucky for all of us there are people in charge that can see the big picture, are not blinmded by petty politics and hatred for fellow Americans.


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Posted by notblue at 05:38 PM : Jun 13, 2008


We fought in Normandy because Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, which the United immediately did on them as well. So there was a state of war because those countries declared war on the United States first. Not quite the same in Iraq where Hussein did not declare war on the United States. Bin Laden and his group did. That is who we should have went after. I am a liberal who would have supported that. You notice that there are few who have questioned the attack on the Taliban. That was done because they harbored terrorists and would not turn them over.

[notblue]

IRliberal, the dissapointing fact for you is it is working, even your liberal think tanks are stating that "there is undeniable progress in Iraq" why do you ignore the fact that violence is down by over 80%, benchmarks are being met, the Dems in congress have become silent, even the media has become silent. The media will never report the ongoing progress but there silence now is defening and a clear indication of progress. Why is it important to you that we leave in defeat?

[vastr-wcon]

The hussein parade of slimebag pals and bad judgment continues.....

Rev. "God D@#! America" Wright. For nearly twenty years hussein was the disciple and avid follower and supporter of this racial bigot. hussein publicly praised wright on numerous occasions. hussein gave wright''s church $26,000 in 2007, plus many thousands more previously. wright''s vile, bigoted harangues against America, in general, and white Americans, in particular, illustrate the true foundation of hussein. As hussein said: "I could no more disown reverend wright than I could disown my ... grandmother."

Tony Rezko. Sleazy lobbyist, slum landlord, and hussein pal who is now a convicted felon. There have been numerous shady real estate deals between hussein and Rezko. The Los Angeles Times reported that it had found that Rezko and his associates had given hussein "more than $200,000 in donations since 1995."

W. Ayers. Weathermen terrorist and hussein pal.

James Johnson Appointed by hussein to head vetting VP candidates. Per ABC News, 11Jun08, Johnson "represented a world of influence and special interests" and has received special treatment from the sleaziest sub-prime lender of them all: "Johnson had received $7 million in loans for mortgages with rates below market averages from a special account controlled by the CEO of Countrywide Financial Corp., Angelo Mozilo."

"The character of a person is reflected in the company they keep."

[element51]

notblue....God in the pledge and the 10 commandments in courthouses isn''t really the question. The question is whose God? The separation of church and state is a very complicated issue. We live in a very diverse country and God is perceived differently by different groups. Will it be a Baptist God, a Jewish God, a Catholic God, a Muslim God...the list goes on and on. Religion should be a personal thing. Each of us has the right as Americans to make our own decision about our religious beliefs. As a liberal, I firmly support your right to worship in any way you please but I do believe that it is good for the country to have one religious belief system forced upon everyone. This is just my opion and I do not expect or demand that you agree with me. I don''t want you to. I want you to think for yourself.

[elz523]

IRliberal, your hindsite genious and critisism is typical of you libs, were you in charge after the 911 attack? Commander in chief? or commander of the joint chiefs? Thought not! Why do you people forget that everyone on both sides of the isle includiong Gore and Clinton stated the same thing? You people are so focused on the hated Bush logic, fact, truth and history is meaningless to you people!


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Posted by notblue at 05:41 PM : Jun 13, 2008

Notblue, this liberal was out protesting against this war, in 20 degree temps in February and March. I knew, as did millions of Americans, that Bush was going to war unecessarily.

[jon2012-2009]

I am a liberal democrat. I can''''t, for the life of me, understand why you keep insisting that we WANT to lose in Iraq. Nothing would please me more than to have a liberated Iraq where the people are free to make their own destiny.
Posted by Element51 at 05:08 PM : Jun 13, 2008

He''s still repeating Bush''s tactic to suppress protest and dissent over Iraq, about how being less than compliant in the decision to go to war is siding with the enemies. You''d think he would have moved on by now. This guy''s brain needs a new hard drive.

[irliberal]

It is 100% evident to everyone now that we were lied into Iraq by this administration. Military victory happened in the first few weeks. Iraq could obviously not stand against our military. Great kudos for our military on that, but not for the reasons we went there. We were *DECEIVED* by our administration and all this talk of victory or defeat is just right wing propaganda. You folks never defined what victory was. Your elected officials didn''t plan for what happened after the initial military victory, they just went in there, over threw saddam, created about a zillion more terrorists and have just been "winging it" ever since. We had victory. YOU have turned it into defeat.

As I''ve stated before, Iraq will implode when we get out of it, if we ever get out of it. A country that chooses to be ruled by religion cannot (and DOES NOT WANT) to become a democracy. They have to do that ON THEIR OWN - we cannot enforce democracy on such a people and we should never have tried in the first place.

[elz523]

IRliberal, the dissapointing fact for you is it is working, even your liberal think tanks are stating that "there is undeniable progress in Iraq" why do you ignore the fact that violence is down by over 80%, benchmarks are being met, the Dems in congress have become silent, even the media has become silent. The media will never report the ongoing progress but there silence now is defening and a clear indication of progress. Why is it important to you that we leave in defeat?


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Posted by notblue at 05:45 PM : Jun 13, 2008

There are still brave, young Americans, doing thier duty to thier country, who are dying there, for nothing.

One death is too many for this.