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Preview: The War Within

September 5, 2008 12:00 PM

In his latest inside-the-White-House book, Bob Woodward reveals the thoughts and strategies governing the war in Iraq that come directly from the president and his inner circle. Scott Pelley reports.

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by craftsman581 September 9, 2008 12:20 AM EDT
"You liberals have to understand something: Sarah Palin courted us guys, too. Sarah Palin is courting Americans. We on the right don''t group-ify everybody. We don''t do this identity politics stuff. I knew Sarah Palin was talking straight to me when she was giving her speech. She was talking to Americans."



"When the economy is strong, liberals want to grow government. When the economy is weak, liberals want to grow government. There is no business cycle in government, there is just growth
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by craftsman581 September 9, 2008 12:10 AM EDT
This whole convention gave us rich, full, American lives of meaning, confidence, accomplishment, and achievement from both our nominees: McCain and Palin. By contrast, Obama doesn''t have a thimbleful of life experience that he wants to share with us."
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by cmhinsley September 8, 2008 8:44 PM EDT
Earlier I wrote that Nobama made a Freudian Slip, it was misspelled, but here it is again, when he said "His Muslim faith" what that means is, A slip of the tongue that is motivated by and reveals some unconcious aspect of themselves,i.e.Websters, I heard that the worst that can happen if Palin is one heartbeat away from the presidency, this will give you a nightmare, than Polosi,is two heartbeats away. Good Lord!!!!!!
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by cmhinsley September 8, 2008 3:44 PM EDT
I could not believe my ears when I hear on Stenopholis interview with Nobama, and how he made that Fredian Slip, hello what does that mean," A slip of the tongue that is motivated by and reveals some deep unconcious aspect of themselves" Obama, finally said it "my muslim faith" and S. reminded him that he was Christian...OMG.... Wake up people, Nobama/Nobiden attracts garbage especially the Hollywood type....
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by 2dogday September 8, 2008 6:55 AM EDT
To all you Republicans who are still "married" to your party: when is the last time the Republican Party did anything good for any of you who make less than a million bucks a year? Fair and affordable Health Care? NO! Tax breaks for average Americans? NO! Lower Gas Prices? NO! Protection of our pristine forests? NO! Environmental Protection? NO! Lying about the WMD to get us into a war? YES! Exposing secret CIA operators (read Valerie Plame)? YES! The list goes on..Sorry guys, but your party is no longer the party of fiscal responsibility, integrity and truth. It''s time to get a divorce!
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by 2dogday September 8, 2008 6:26 AM EDT
Oh, yes, go in and kill thousands of Iraqis and they will love you for it! Why can''t Bush admit he invaded their country for the OIL!! It had zilch to do with freedom for the poor Iraqi people. Since when has GW Bush had any sympathy for anyone other than himself? I say get our troops out and Petraeus too!
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by pcain15 September 8, 2008 3:07 AM EDT
I think some liberals fail to understand history. First of all, It is not just republicans who get America into wars. World war 1 and 2, Vietnam, and the Korean war were all decisions of Democratic Presidents. Check your history. Also, the failed experiment of socialism failed. Also, conservatism is not fascism. I have heard that argument before from liberals. The 3 most fascist regimes in history have been socialist left parties. Nazi, Communist, and Italian Social Republic. Last, If you really hate this country, then leave. Europe is more liberal and can be a great place to live. I want to mention that their left leaning governments are turning more conservative. France and Germany elected conservative leaders.
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by pcain15 September 8, 2008 3:05 AM EDT
I think some liberals fail to understand history. First of all, It is not just republicans who get America into wars. World war 1 and 2, Vietnam, and the Korean war were all decisions of Democratic Presidents. Check your history. Also, the failed experiment of socialism failed. Also, conservatism is not fascism. I have heard that argument before from liberals. The 3 most fascist regimes in history have been socialist left parties. Nazi, Communist, and Italian Social Republic. Last, If you really hate this country, then leave. Europe is more liberal and can be a great place to live. I want to mention that their left leaning governments are turning more conservative. France and Germany elected conservative leaders.
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by sarlondon September 8, 2008 2:34 AM EDT
America is heavily populated with people who do not understand ''personal responsibility'' and citizenship.
Bob Woodward is a writer of fiction...who cannot prove ''any'' of the absurd accusations in his new book.
Obama is a muslim, Joe Biden is a mediocre politician, Hillary is a socialist, Nancy Pelosi is an ignorant ''twit'', Harry Reid is, simply, stupid, Keith Olbermann is incoherent, Al Gore is a buffoon, Michael Moore is a blathering toad...and George Soros is a mean old man!
George Bush is a good man with a good heart and more brains than than the entire DNC!
Obama will lose this election...and will wind up EXACTLY like Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Al Sharpton...three has-beens with nothing to contribute and living like ''ticks on a dog''!
The Democrat party is heavily populated with socialists, communists, sychophants, parasites and moral relativists. All losers...and all who will struggle through another four years of ''being cluless''!
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by darwin651 September 7, 2008 8:07 PM EDT
Wow! I really busted a few wingnut guts (and judging by video of the GOP convention, y''all have some major-sized guts! Take it easys on the double cheeseburgers, guys!). It''s not just me who thinks Dubya is the most unpopular president ever--it''s the American public. Ever read the polls, guys? Even McCain is running against Bush (didn''t mention his name once Thursday night). Guess I should go easy on you all--these must be trying times for ya. :)
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by darwin651 September 7, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
Wow! I really busted a few wingnut guts (and judging by video of the GOP convention, y''all have some major-sized guts! Take it easys on the double cheeseburgers, guys!). It''s not just me who thinks Dubya is the most unpopular president ever--it''s the American public. Ever read the polls, guys? Even McCain is running against Bush (didn''t mention his name once Thursday night). Guess I should go easy on you all--these must be trying times for ya. :)
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by darwin651 September 7, 2008 8:04 PM EDT
Wow! I really busted a few wingnut guts (and judging by video of the GOP convention, y''all have some major-sized guts! Take it easys on the double cheeseburgers, guys!). It''s not just me who thinks Dubya is the most unpopular president ever--it''s the American public. Ever read the polls, guys? Even McCain is running against Bush (didn''t mention his name once Thursday night). Guess I should go easy on you all--these must be trying times for ya. :)
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by outsider141 September 7, 2008 7:56 PM EDT
It would seem obvious for everybody who travels abroad or is otherwise well-informed that Republicans have done more to hurt America than all so called "leftists" (read: everybody who is left of the far-right) since the dawn of Communism. Not that I support Communism but it really doesn''t matter which label you use when you brain-wash a whole country and install a greedy and powerful elite that ridicules democracy. Everybody can see what happens when Republicans are in control. Americans suffer. Americans die. And that''s a fact. Thank you for Hell on Earth. We can do better than that. Just sit and watch.
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by savvyj2 September 7, 2008 7:37 PM EDT
Was wondering why, if CBS is not biased (according to some on this site), they never have an author on as a guest who has done investigations of Democrats or of Barack Obama? Why not 60 Minutes investigation of the socialist mentor he had during his teen years who his mother brought into the home regularly, how about his ties with William Ayres (who for a while he said he only knew because their kids went to school together - despite Ayres kids being older than the Obama kids), the Annenberg Foundation, Rezko, etc. None of this seems to be of interest to 60 Minutes.
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by ripskull September 7, 2008 4:26 PM EDT
To darwin651... yeah I''m sure all you clueless, anti-American, leftists would rather have it that you debate "facts" amongst yourselves... makes it easy when you only hear one side and don''t have to support your arguments. Let me guess, you get all your "news" from Democrat web site talking points and all your "facts" from left-wing blogs like CBS? Let me also guess, you''re 12 years old and have absolutely no grasp on history whatsoever?
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by September 7, 2008 4:15 PM EDT
I notice not one Leftist deny or explain the associations that obamma has with know hate America crowd, including his preacher, and his very own wife, not to mention a few unrepeantant terrorist bomb makers of past years, along with his connectiuons with the Chicago back-roon boys. Also, which peice of legislation has obamma written himself out of his Senate office, or even Co-Wrote out of his Office?
There must be one, the LEfTISTS claim how great a whatever he is... Claiming he has a plan and actually writing a white paper on the plan is something I have not noticed, The missing written plan must just be an oversight. Can anyone imagine that obamma is just flapping his jaw, and smiling, not having a clue as what to do?

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by burdisco September 7, 2008 3:56 PM EDT
Bob Woodward states that there is an ongoing "secret" operation that targets Al-Qaida leaders. He says it as if it is wrong. When these Al-Qaida leaders strap bombs to mentally disabled persons why shouldn''t they be a target? Don''t forget that they have a blood lust for American lives. Now is the time to crush the head of this serpent before it devours us. This is a time of war. What is Bob Woodward doing to protect us from Al-Qaida? Why is he telling the enemy our plans?
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by fragglerawk September 7, 2008 3:28 PM EDT
"Illegal war", "neo-cons", "Bush lied", "McSame", blah, blah, blah, ....

The leftists, socialists, communists, Democrats just get tiring after a while. I guess they are trying to be like teenagers and wear us down by constantly whining and whining with the same worn out, beleaguered, assertions until the adults give in.
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by kondor126 September 7, 2008 3:13 PM EDT
To Darwin651: You probably aren''t old enough to recall
that every politician at the time was convinced that there were WMD''s in Iraq. That''s why Bush pleaded with the UN to act. You libs have convenient memories
that forget the important things.
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by kondor126 September 7, 2008 3:10 PM EDT
I can recall Tom Brokaw during the last election saying suggesting that idf we get certain states then we win. I can assure you he wasn''t talking about the Republicans. Some of your bias is just so blatant as
to be comical.
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