Archive for the ‘George W. Bush’ Category
the democrats’ lost mojo
President Bush was in trouble. Nothing was going right, and the war in Iraq was rapidly losing support. Democrats smelled victory but kept bungling the chance. Their nominee was so unappealing that Bush and the GOP scored a giant victory. That’s a short history of the 2004 elections, when Bush won a second term and [...]
the dems’ 2006 plan will self-destruct in 3-2-1
now is not the time to be playing games with our national security and trying to score political points on the bush administration. the democrats are engaged in this effort to bring down the president of the united states any way they can. some are even floating the idea of impeachment, like barbara boxer and [...]
bush to dems: get used to disappointment
here’s some of the highlights of the president’s iraq speech sunday night. read the whole thing at nro. This work has been especially difficult in Iraq — more difficult than we expected. Reconstruction efforts and the training of Iraqi Security Forces started more slowly than we hoped. We continue to see violence and suffering, caused [...]
the emperor strikes back
many of us have expressed frustration with the president and his apparent unwillingness to go on the offensive against his critics on iraq. this hands-off approach seems to have changed recently. president bush has not only started giving some speeches including specifics about iraq, but also subjected himself to a round of serious questions with [...]
president bush: hardcore neo-con.
now playing: pyro sets a wildfire/swirling eddies is president bush a conservative? the answer is: it depends on how that word is defined. there’s a fairly strong case to be made that he is extremely conservative on social issues of importance to groups generally thought to be deeply connected with “the religious right”. two of [...]
another view on iraq
this is one opinion that won’t get as much coverage as john murtha’s statements to the press. senator joe lieberman just returned from iraq, and he has a slightly different perspective on how things are going over there than murtha does. sen. joe leiberman on iraq: None of these remarkable changes would have happened without [...]
iraq exit strategy: win, then leave
“the quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory.” –george orwell i’ve said previously that rep. murtha should not be subject to personal attacks on his reputation and character just because he [...]
house G.O.P. to dems on iraq : put up or shut up!
this all started with a statement made by rep. john murtha to reporters on thursday. this is part of what he said: “I believe with the U.S. troop redeployment the Iraqi security forces will be incentivized to take control. A poll recently conducted — this is a British poll reported in The Washington Times — [...]
democrats with short memories
here’s an excerpt of what president bush said in his november 11th speech: While it’s perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began. (Applause.) Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and misled [...]
iraqi constitution updates
links of interest: Numbers Show Iraq Constitution Approval Likely–from FNC Rice, Iraqi official optimistic about referendum–from CNN Austin Bay’s Iraqi constitution day recap Finally, a Smart Iraq Strategy–defending cities and killing insurgents Iraq’s constitutional referendum-what you need to know about it in a handy one-page summary (would it be too flip to call it the [...]
