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Home Front: Politix
Dems Can't Make Guarantee on Iraq Troop Levels -- for 2013
2007-09-27
A daffy Dhimmicratic debate devoid of discern, data and diligent discussion.
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) - The leading Democratic White House hopefuls conceded Wednesday night they cannot guarantee to pull all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential term in 2013.

``I think it's hard to project four years from now,'' said Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the opening moments of a campaign debate in the nation's first primary state.

``It is very difficult to know what we're going to be inheriting,'' added Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

``I cannot make that commitment,'' said former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.

Sensing an opening, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson provided the assurances the others would not. ``I'll get the job done,'' said Dodd, while Richardson said he would make sure the troops were home by the end of his first year in office.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  Jonathan is throw down the truth!
Posted by: HalfEmpty   2007-09-27 16:49  

#8  Adios, Herr Zúniga...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-27 16:01  

#7  I think this means W outlasted them. That is, there will be a permanent US presence in Iraq for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Jonathan   2007-09-27 14:55  

#6  Does this have anything to do with that "briefing" Bush has been giving them?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-09-27 14:37  

#5  The Kos kiddies will notice, though, and not forgive.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-09-27 11:19  

#4  It's obvious the Dems are receiving 'Ops' and 'Intel' from the Bush camp to soften their entrenchment with pullout ideas.

It's obvious that in the short attention span theater of Presidential elections the ability to do the two step flip flop 60 days out isn't going to hold in an environment that has you repeating for a year the same message over and over again with the new expanded campaign years season. Enough repetition of the same political drivel for the extremists of the inner party in the extended exposure starts to become something you can't bury in the general public mind.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-09-27 11:01  

#3  It's obvious the Dems are receiving 'Ops' and 'Intel' from the Bush camp to soften their entrenchment with pullout ideas. Turning out to be the greatest mass flip-flop voters have ever seen, this can only add clarity for the voters at the upcoming primaries; Short, the American people will have no excuse of confusion when it's time to lay the cards out!
Posted by: smn   2007-09-27 09:22  

#2  [span class=moonbat]
All three of the Dem frontrunners are adopting Chimpy W. Hitlerburton's surge-for-oil strategy? Damn those neoKKKons! How do they do it?
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Posted by: Mike   2007-09-27 07:05  

#1  SHows (1) US is presently winning the WOT; (2) Dubya = USA is entrenching; and (3) GOP-Dem Pols are arguing over APPROPRIATED/BUDGETED US FORCE LEVELS-FLUXES, NOT THE USA GETTING OUT OF IRAQ-ME, at least until after Jan 2009 when Dubya leaves assuming no Amer Hiroshima. HILLARY > has already said she will end the war in Iraq iff Dubya doesn't.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-09-27 00:30  

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