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By: Right Wing Nut House » BUSH SPEAKS - WHO LISTENS?: Politics served up with a smile… And a stilletto.

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:04:08 +0000

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By: Tom G

Tom G — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:52:47 +0000

I note with amusement that multiculturalism, that treasured dogma of progressives everywhere, compels the conclusion that Third World creeps and ragheads are incapable of self-government. Nowadays, this is the dogma specifically of the Left. Ironic, isn’t it?

By: trentk269

trentk269 — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:31:12 +0000

Just wait and see how many Dems start to tell us how much better things were under Saddam- especially now that nuclear Iran is coming to a boil. They’ll be exactly the same people that told us how bad Bush’s father was to play footsie with Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war years: it’s not Islamofascism that’s to blame for a likely upcoming multi-theater war, it’s those Hitler-wannabe Bushes.

The real struggle will be in the next couple of years as Iran attempts to field nuclear weapons. Our current debate regarding Iraq will no doubt look like a luxury by then. One thing will remain constant, though- the Dems will have NO plan of their own, no matter who is in charge of their party.

Our options are few, and every course of action available has risky drawbacks. Sure would be nice if the Party of Sedition would start acting like they have the national interest at heart.

The day an Islamic thugocracy launches a nuclear weapon at a western country is the same day that the Left runs out of political capital; no one will be able to ignore the danger any longer. Will they join in the defense of the country at that point, or continue to demand that we capitulate?

By: Harlan James

Harlan James — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:49:51 +0000

Can’t really decide which is more hilarious, all the whining here about Bush’s negative poll numbers, or Moran’s absurd assertion that Sistani is actually working towards bringing multicultural democracy to Iraq.

Can we take a vote?

By: Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:19:42 +0000

HOPE IN IRAQ

President Bush will deliver a speech on the Iraqi elections in just a few minutes at the Wilson Center. Meantime, Dustin Hawkins has a beautiful photo montage of Iraqi voters. John Hinderaker has a good interview with Colonel John Kline,…

By: Michael L. Cook

Michael L. Cook — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:43:11 +0000

At this point, what poll numbers really reflect on Iraq is “garbage in, garbage out.” Because the majority of media reporting has been either subtly or openly negative, stonewalling the positive trends, the public mood will undoubtedly be negative.

It is unfortunately true that a “Tet” type even could shift the numbers even more. Americans have always been impatient with wars in which there are not constant reports of victories.

I believe that the Iraq intervention was a good thing to do in the first place and it will be a very good thing if we manage to endure to the end.

What constitutes victory in anything? Pride in your effort. Consciousness that you played by the rules, at least more so than the opponent in a game with no real rules. Awareness that there is a reason for everything. Things are generally getting better in this groaning old world. Some type of human destiny is unfolding that is beyond politics and even beyond current religious explanations.

By: Tom G

Tom G — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:26:01 +0000

The Left’s numerous predictions of disaster and defeat in Iraq represent the rationalization of a wish. Their desire to see America lose is rooted in a hatred of George W. Bush pathological in its intensity and comical in many of its effects.

For “progressive” baby boomers (the quotation marks seem mandatory when using the word to define so reactionary a political movement), the Iraq War is indeed another Vietnam: the Vietnam of their fantasies, when they spoke what they claimed was truth to power. Of course, when the negative incentive of the draft was removed, these “progressives” abandoned their principles with remarkable speed. But perhaps, by assuring the defeat of America in “Bush’s Vietnam” thay can belatedly save their gnarled little souls.

As for the polls, one wonders how much faith can be placed in them. Democrats certaily don’t seem to trust them. For if it’s true, as the above-cited polls claim, that a large majority of Americans favor surrender to the enemy in Iraq, then why are so many Democrats fleeing from that conclusion, virtually at the speed of light? They had a chance in the House of Representatives to do the supposed will of the American people. Why didn’t they? Inquiring minds want to know. . .

By: Right Wing Nut House » THERE ARE POLLS…AND THEN THERE ARE POLLS: Politics served up with a smile… And a stilletto.

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:20:11 +0000

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By: Harlan James

Harlan James — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:57:28 +0000

Of course the Iraqis are hopeful. They’re about to elect the Shi’ite fundamentalist theocracy they’ve always wanted, allowing them align their country with the spiritual brethren in Tehran.

That we have sent 2,100 of our finest young men and women to die in order to empower the likes of Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani is a disgrace this country will need decades to live down. A strategic blunder of historic proportion.

Meanwhile, here in the US, George W. Bush’s media offensive known as Operation Enduring Bullshit has pretty much run into the ground. The latest Zogby Poll shows Bush’s approval # falling back into the 30s, while new Gallup findings show that 58% of Americans say Bush has no real Iraq victory plan, with 59% disapproving of the disastrous mess he’s made of things over there.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/12/bush.iraq.poll/

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1049