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No longer McCain's party That was yesterday's qualifications Grand Slam "No way,no how,no John McCain" The Hillary Factor and why Excellent Choice Nuance v Steadfast Start the real campaign Glad to be back Vacation bound....Destination...Chicago October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 John Edwards & Barack Obama went straight for the jugular in going after Hillary. They attacked the vote on calling the Iranian Revolutionary Council a terrorist organization. Saying it will give this president the excuse he needs to go to war with Iran. Hillary’s inconsistent answers were exposed on social security and at the end of the debate she agreed with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's controversial plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants but then a minute later started backtracking. Now Bill Clinton was a master at being evasive but her facial expressions and demeanor showed she is no Bill Clinton. Will this debate change the numbers? I don’t know. I think what was really exposed last night was status quo positions of the front runner. How can my party complain about the secrecy in the Bush Administration if Hillary does not turn over all her documents? I understand it gives the other candidates an unfair advantage, because she will be the only candidate required to do this. But if this lack of transparency is going to stop, someone has to take the lead. The other is lobbyist money; Hillary has out raised all the candidates of both parties in lobbyist money from Wall Street, defense department, and insurance and drug companies. Some might see it as success but really it business as usual. Somehow we must have a leader to take us to public financing because these lobbyist have too much influence. I am getting suspicious as to why the Bush Administration is getting their way on the latest NSA spying bill. Did the telecommunication lobbyist have something to do with it? I don’t know. This may sound like a slam on Hillary but it really isn’t, it just exposes some of her weakness in a primary. Great leaders learn form mistakes and they don’t usually repeat them. Constructive criticism will only make a person stronger. 
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The surge worked ,we won
You might come away with that assumption if you had watched any of the Sunday talk shows. The John McCain campaign was in full force spreading the message “the surge worked." It started on Fox news Sunday, with Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes long range chastising of Barak Obama and the Democratic Party for waving the flag of surrender prematurely. The two continued to praise John McCain for his call for more troops (surge) against the wishes of the administration and his own party. They continued to exaggerate all the gains of the surge, as a reason for making John McCain. Commander in chief. Whoa, didn't John McCain support the initial evasion of Iraq? The surge was a last-ditch effort to reduce the violence, so the central government could put together some kind of political resolution? The surge was benefited when the Sunni decided to join forces to rid themselves of two enemies, the Shiite militia and Al Qaeda in Iraq. A classic "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." The article, "Ray of Hope" by Trudy Rubin in today's Advocate describes the way; Baghdad was stabilized. Mara Liasson (NPR correspondent) told Fred Barnes, the Democrats will counter with "If the surge was a complete success lets start withdrawing and start reinforcing our troops in Afghanistan." Fred Barnes said that the oil-producing Iraq is so much better than Afghanistan, because Afghanistan is in the middle of nowhere. If we are going to colonize Iraq, then Mr. Barnes’s stupid response might have made some sense. We need to stop the Talibans effort to regroup and overtake Afghanistan, because if we don't Al Qaeda (the ones that actually attacked us) will have another country for its base operations. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen said additional troops were needed in Afghanistan, but too many were tied down in Iraq to send more. ABC Sunday with George Stephanopoulos had more of the same with Joe Lieberman repeating the same talking points, but he added the additional message of openness to an Israeli air strike on Iran. The moderators did not ask, nor was the question of funding ever brought up. The McCain surrogates were never asked about our overstretched military, the demand of more effort from the Iraqis, or the fact that we are using a new spy satellite to keep an eye on the Iraqi army, because we do not trust them. Remember that "fool me once " ,because YESTERDAY a new wave of attacks in Baghdad killed 16 and injured 15 ,even thou Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said his government had defeated terrorism in Iraq. He wants us out of of Iraq so they can install his cabinet and renew his relations with Iran. Right now,we're the glue is told in all this together,but eventually we have to make a safe withdrawal,because we have commitments elsewhere. Al Qaeda is planning the next attack, without regard of our commitment to Iraq. The recent US Iraq security pact might have a UN mandate for a timetable for withdrawal. After all, Iraq is a sovereign country. Or is it? 4114 American troops have been killed and 29,978 have been injured in this war of choice,with no end in sight. 3 comments from 2 users
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posted by
BIGJ
on Jul 10, 2008 at 05:34 PM
Ragman, I would suggest you to look up Bill Kristrol's past. Bill Kristrol along with Rush, Sean, and Joe Paggs are neo cons. posted by
ragman
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:53 PM
I don't know about Kristol, but Cheney and his little buddy George should be.
posted by
BIGJ
on Jul 7, 2008 at 01:16 PM
Bill Kristol and his neo con allies should be in jail.
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