Thursday, September 06, 2007
Bush has driven the left literally insane
Evidence.
Goddamn.
7 Comments:
By 
, at
Thu Sep 06, 10:39:00 PM:
That is stunning.
How delusional have some become.
It is really quite sad.
OT: Sorry Tigerhawk, not trying to be redundant or tiresome.
I always skim the transcripts of debates (I admit to being boring these days).
I am curious, for this doesn't seem right...
"I've taken unpopular stance because I knew what was right. Back in 2003, amid criticism from my fellow Republicans, I spoke strongly against the then Rumsfeld strategy, which I knew was doomed to failure and cause so much needless sacrifice." - Senator McCain
Is this a fib?
Operation Iraqi Freedom began on March 20, 2003...
Sorry, I don't remember Senator McCain condemning the effort involving Sec. Rumsfeld as doomed back then.
Did he keep this a secret from us?
It seems odd.
Perhaps your fine readers could explain or find a quote to back it up, for I could not.
By 
TigerHawk, at
Thu Sep 06, 10:54:00 PM:
Perhaps McCain was one of those who wanted a much larger invasion force. I don't know, but I guess that is what he is talking about.
By Purple Avenger, at
Fri Sep 07, 12:33:00 AM:
Bad news for HRC and outstanding news for republicans if true. That loopy crew views HRC as being part of the plot. Edwards and Obama have been a lot softer on truther notions. If 42% break to them, Hillary has a much harder problem winning the primary.
The republicans could run Micky Mouse and win in 08' if this is accurate (I don't think it is BTW)
By Ray, at
Fri Sep 07, 01:15:00 AM:
It was the early occupation, I think -- how many troops to put in, the strategy to pursue. McCain really fell out with Rumsfeld about the way we were managing the occupation.
Earliest reference I can find with a cursory search is McCain basically calling for larger troop numbers and more funding back in August of 2003 (Washington Post, pp A17, 23 August 2003).
By Dawnfire82, at
Fri Sep 07, 08:29:00 AM:
I simply can't understand why legislators can't just leave the business of fighting a war to the warfighters. It really isn't their place to interfere.
And I never see any of them raise their hands when they're wrong, either. "I told General so and so to do this, and he ignored me, and it worked anyway!"
By GreenmanTim, at
Fri Sep 07, 11:20:00 AM:
I read the poll results slightly differently, TH. Collapsing the categories of Let It Happen and Made It Happen makes it seem as if A) there is no distinction between the two and B) a huge percentage of Liberals believe the latter. In fact, the poll says a very small percentage in all parties and ideologies believe Bush made it happen. Slightly more than 1/3 of Democrats think he let it happen, but so do nearly 1/5 of Republicans. Ideologically, 22.3% of conservatives believe this, 27% of moderates, and 34.4% of liberals. There are also progressive, very conservative and libertarian categories in the poll. 81 people polled in the progressive liberal block and 73 in the conservative/very conservative block believe this. 20% of those who said they were born again believe this and 1/3 of Catholics. 30% of those who said they attend NASCAR believe this.
All that means is that the idea that Bush Let It Happen resonates with a minority of each of these categories, some perhaps more strongly than others. For an historically unpopular administration, that such conspiracy theories have support(whatever their basis in reality) should not be that surprising.
By , at
Sun Sep 09, 07:48:00 PM:
It's very interesting to me that seemingly everyone wants to blame either the Bush Administration, American Airlines, the TSA, Boeing-anyone except the actual perpetrators (Muslim fanatics) of the 9/11 atrocity.
What a shame.
