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2005-01-31 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-31 1:45:31 PM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You gotta admit, he knows "overhyped". Sees it every morning in his bathroom mirror.

Posted by tu3031 2005-01-31 2:18:39 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:18:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 If anything was "overhyped" in the last months it was Kerry.

Like a soufflÃ© that went poof.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-01-31 2:19:52 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:19:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 What's with the picture? Is he flipping someone off or preparing to scratch his brain via his nose?

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-01-31 2:21:38 PM|| [http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com/] 2005-01-31 2:21:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 You can tell the French elitist blood by his blather. All he had to say was "it's a good start and I'm hoping for the best." Its obvious we've got a long way to go, heck, everyone in the country knows that.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-01-31 2:23:05 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:23:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Y'know, if you were to slam his elbow upward with about 40 lbs of force, it would drive his finger out the back of his head. Not like I'd do anything like that, if anyone was watching.

Posted by .com 2005-01-31 2:25:50 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:25:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 .com, so cruel, I mean afterall, that's the elbow w/all the shrapnel in it! He was a war hero ya know. If ya don't believe it, just ask him, he'll tell ya.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-01-31 2:32:54 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:32:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Yep -- he's a war hero all right!

For which side... I dunno. Now he's claiming he supplide weapons to the Khmer Rouge.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-01-31 2:34:44 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-01-31 2:34:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I think he's holding his lips on.

Posted by Fred 2005-01-31 2:35:46 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:35:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Fred, you missed the part that got my blood boiling just before the "overhyped" comment:

it is significant that there is a vote in Iraq. But no one in the United States or in the world -- and I'm confident of what the world response will be -- no one in the United States should try to overhype this election.

Once again, M. Kerry proves himself able to speak more knowlegeably for Old Europe and the Arab League than for the country he hoped to lead...

Posted by Seafarious 2005-01-31 2:36:35 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:36:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 More tidbits from the interview:

* he still has the "lucky hat" from the fictitious CIA guy he helped to deliver weapons to the Khmer Rouge
* he promised to finally sign Form 180. I sure hope somebody follows up with this.

Posted by Rearden 2005-01-31 2:44:51 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:44:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Kerrys yesterdays news - the dems dont renominate folks who've lost. Havent done so since Adlai, and that didnt work out so well.

Good for Biden and Bayh. Even Levin is talking pretty sane, for him.

And yes, more troops probably WOULD have been better - 150,000 troops is probably enough for now. That, BTW, is an increase from the 130,000 we had for a long time, which was itself an increase. And the admin is FINALLY supporting an increase in the endstrength of the army, and is increasing the number of brigades.

Good for the people of Iraq, and for the US and UK and other coalition troops who made this possible, and good for ALL Americans who supported the US in Iraq, INCLUDING those, like Belgravia Dispatch, Daniel Drezner, Andrew Sullivan David Adesnik, PAul Berman, Christopher Hitchens, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Bill Kristol, Michael Rubin, et al who did so while criticizing admin policy.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-31 2:57:51 PM|| 2005-01-31 2:57:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 The increase in troop levels strikes me a a real Brer Rabbit move. Where would all the Dems have been on that issue in mid-2002?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-31 3:03:45 PM|| 2005-01-31 3:03:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 well shinseki was pretty strong on it, Mrs D. Teddy and Grand Kleagle would have been agin it, since they were against the war. Most dems i think would have been for, based on statements of commentators at the time deferring to Shinseki. A few quasi neocons might have gone with a smaller more transformationist force.

I dont think Bill Kristol is pulling a brer rabbit, and he too called for more troops.

Hell the admin INCREASED the troop strength by 20,000, and thats helped to pull this election off. Brer rabbit indeed.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-31 3:09:33 PM|| 2005-01-31 3:09:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Roe Conn - WLS-am opened his show w/the vote AND that Jaques and Gerhard are willing to train soldiers and want to help.

And the UN is happy, too. As they said, Success has 1000 mothers.....

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-01-31 3:26:39 PM|| 2005-01-31 3:26:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 âThis election is a sort of demarcation point, and what really counts now is the effort to have a legitimate political reconciliation.â Translation: Sure they had election in Iraq, but the French and the un were not part of that! How can any election be called legitimate without the participation of my beloved Phrance and the honorable un. Hey John, whenever Phrance and the un want to joint eh coalition of the willing they are more than welcome, but I think any âreconciliationâ needs to come from that side and not ours.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2005-01-31 3:28:24 PM|| 2005-01-31 3:28:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 And the UN is happy, too. As they said, Success has 1000 mothers.....

Yeah, but what they don't tell you is the UN wears a strap-on.

Posted by badanov 2005-01-31 3:29:33 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-01-31 3:29:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 The Dem position calling for increased troop strength is indeed a "Brer rabbit" position, but it had a twist. They called for more troops before the war - not because they thought that there was genuinely a need for greater numbers to get the job done. They took the position that greater troops were needed because they hoped that would prevent the war. Remember the simple Brer Rabbit logic - Bush was in favor of the war, therefore the Dems were against it, but they didn't want to appear to be against it, so they threw up road blocks, one of which was the call for greater numbers. No matter the number the administration proposed, it would not have enough, because in their mind, the number had nothing to do with military tactics, but instead political tactics.

Posted by Carlos 2005-01-31 4:16:09 PM|| 2005-01-31 4:16:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 The Administration and the military have been systematically working through very difficult problems in the WoT, which includes Iraq. Remember when Turkey screwed us and we had to move the entire 4ID around? That messed up the Plan, it hurt, caused more US casualties, but we adjusted and made it happen. The dems will keep anklebiting and sniping until they go the way of the Whigs. As long as the Administration keeps the vision, and implements with that vision always in mind, we will achieve our goals and the dems will fade into irrelevance.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-01-31 4:23:59 PM|| 2005-01-31 4:23:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 This election is a sort of demarcation point, and what really counts now is the effort to have a legitimate political reconciliation. And it's going to take a massive diplomatic effort and a much more significant outreach to the international community than this administration has been willing to engage in.

Sorry, but that's not our obligation. WE went in with allies and set the stage for these elections, so we have nothing to reach out for. It's the ones that opposed us, that OPPOSED freeing Iraq from the clutches of the likes of Hussein that need to begin with the reconciliations by admitting they were/are on the wrong side. Until they do, SCREW THEM.

Senator Kerry needs to realize that he's a U.S. Senator, and not a representative of the "international community".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-31 4:26:17 PM|| 2005-01-31 4:26:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Kerry's interview was such a target-rich environment that it's hard to focus on just one thing. But what caught my attention was that, given a national forum on the subject of Iraq, Senator Kerry (again) forgot to share with us peasants his plan for Iraq. You know: the plan he kept saying he had during the election campaign.

Forgive me for thinking this, Senator Kerry, but could it possibly be that you never had any such plan? Heaven forbid.

Posted by Matt 2005-01-31 4:35:42 PM|| 2005-01-31 4:35:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 I say we trade the Iraqis Kerry, Dean, Barbara Boxer, Harry Reid, Shela Jackson and a player to be named later for Saddam Hussein.

Posted by anymouse 2005-01-31 4:43:39 PM|| 2005-01-31 4:43:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Someone needs to explain to the Dems that yelling "is not! is not! is not!" does not constitute a successful strategy to regain power.

Posted by AJackson 2005-01-31 6:37:50 PM|| 2005-01-31 6:37:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 For a contrarian point of view, I hope that the Dems "keep on keeping on" with this garbage. I and every member of my family have switched parties since the Clinton Administration, and I truly think that the current Democratic Party needs to die as an organization. I don't think that it is any more salvagable than the Whigs were at the point of their demise. It is a totally enthralled captive of the LLL, and needs to be replaced with a centrist loyal opposition party.

Posted by Spemble Whains2886 2005-01-31 6:57:07 PM|| 2005-01-31 6:57:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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