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REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN TAKE IT TO BUSH (Iraq war - RINOs join the Dem coup attempt)
Drudge Report.com ^ | May 09 2007 | staff

Posted on 05/09/2007 5:55:32 PM PDT by kellynla

TIM RUSSERT, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS: Brian, all eyes on the Republican party. How long will they support the president's position on the Iraq War? Yesterday may have been a defining, pivotal moment.

At two-thirty in the afternoon, in the private quarters of the White House, the Solarium Room, eleven Republican congressmen had a private meeting with the president, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the chief political advisor Karl Rove, and the White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, and others.

This delegation was headed by Mark Kirk of Illinois and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania. It was, in the words of one of the participants, the most unvarnished conversation they've ever had with the president.

Another member has said he has met with three presidents and never been so candid. They told the president, and one said, quote, "My district is prepared for defeat. We need candor, we need honesty, Mr. President."

The president responded, "I don't want to pass this off to another president. I don't want to pass this off, particularly, to a democratic president," underscoring he understood how serious the situation was.

Brian, the Republican congressmen went on to say, "The word about the war and its progress cannot come from the White House or even you, Mr. President. There's no longer any credibility. It has to come from General Petraeus.

The meeting lasted an hour and fifteen minutes, and was, in the words of one, " remarkable for the bluntness, and no holds barred honesty and the message delivered by all these Republican congressmen.

BRIAN WILLIAMS: And Tim...how did the president react and how did this then affect the instructions for VP Cheney heading off to Iraq?

RUSSERT: One congressman said, "How can our daughters and sons spill their blood while the Iraqi parliament goes on vacation? The president responded, "The Vice President is over there to tell them, 'Do not go on vacation.'"

Developing...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dhimmis; gop; iraq; potus; rmsp; spartansixdelta; war; weloseiraqwescrewed
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1 posted on 05/09/2007 5:55:33 PM PDT by kellynla
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To: kellynla
"My district is prepared for defeat. We need candor, we need honesty, Mr. President."

"We need a change of underwear..."
2 posted on 05/09/2007 5:58:05 PM PDT by rockrr (09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0)
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To: kellynla
The Congressmen needed to get this all off their chests and in the open with the President. It's got to be difficult for them in their districts when all that's out there are the negatives.

I hope it was positive for all involved.

3 posted on 05/09/2007 5:58:07 PM PDT by Stars&StripesNE (Liberals are the enemy within)
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To: kellynla

I think I have just become an Independent.


4 posted on 05/09/2007 5:58:21 PM PDT by caisson71
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There is not much to say. Dubya has been flunking lunch for few years now. Even when he is right, he either can’t or won’t make a convincing case to the American people. He has morphed into our Jimmy Carter.


5 posted on 05/09/2007 6:02:15 PM PDT by Agent Smith (Fallujah delenda est. (I wish))
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My district is prepared for defeat

Meaning, Mr. Congressman, you are trying to protect your political backside. Get a spine or walk the yellow line.
6 posted on 05/09/2007 6:03:51 PM PDT by gpapa
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To: kellynla

The US Generals have said all along it requires political solution, which the Iraqis have NOT done. And which the whitehouse has not forced the Iraqis to do.

The oil revenue sharing is the prime example. Rather than deal with it, they go on vacation.

I could see good reason for Gen. Petreaus to cal Pres. Bush and say he ordered the troops into secure garrison, to prepare to leave Iraq.


7 posted on 05/09/2007 6:04:29 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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TIM RUSSERT, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS: Brian, all eyes on the Republican party...Yesterday may have been a defining, pivotal moment.

Russert has been talking about a tipping point for 3 years.

8 posted on 05/09/2007 6:05:25 PM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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"My district is prepared for defeat.

Its tough to wage war when half the senate favors defeat, and the other half is afraid of the half that favors defeat.

9 posted on 05/09/2007 6:05:29 PM PDT by marron
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To: kellynla

WOW, I wonder if this is true. The dino media has a habit of making up things they wish Republicans would say and doing their best to make them come true.


10 posted on 05/09/2007 6:05:36 PM PDT by Tarpon
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Kirk and Dent,, just Two of the many proud members of the RMSP

http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/members.htm


11 posted on 05/09/2007 6:06:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... In FReeP We Trust ...)
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Regardless of how good or bad things in Iraq are going, if by this September the public perception (driven mostly by the mainstream media) is that things are going bad and the surge has not worked, GOP congressmen and senators will be deserting the President in droves to try to save their own skins. We at FR may not like it, but this is political reality. This is why the President’s inability to articulate his case is so critical. This administration sucks more at PR than any administration in recent memory.


12 posted on 05/09/2007 6:07:05 PM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: truth_seeker

Dent = RINO; In that district as well as when Arlen Spector was running for re-election ... the question in November was not which party you are voting for ... it is which democrat are you voting for


13 posted on 05/09/2007 6:07:52 PM PDT by bluebeak
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Your point is exactly correct. Theirs is a fledgling Democracy whose failure will have repercussions that no politician would want to put his name on and so the point if it is going to fail then let it. On the Political side I would make sure that America knows it was a great experiment that went terribly wrong thanks to the politics not in Iraq... but in America. and when we do leave then the real fireworks will start.


14 posted on 05/09/2007 6:09:05 PM PDT by tomnbeverly (Leaving Iraq to defend itself against Al-qaeda is like asking a fetus to protect against abortion.)
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To: kellynla

Have to consider the source. NBC News does not have a good reputation in my bood.


15 posted on 05/09/2007 6:09:12 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: kellynla
These things just tell us that Rasmussen is on crack. I don't know why people here refuse to believe that the war and the President are very unpopular.

Politicians have no choice to follow polls and to make sure they polls they follow are accurate. Their job security depends on it. Rove was full of hot air when he told the media that he had his own numbers about how the midterms would turn out. Rasmussen is a joke and no one here at FR should pay any attention to them.

16 posted on 05/09/2007 6:09:35 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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Even when he is right, he either can’t or won’t make a convincing case to the American people.

upsetting but true

17 posted on 05/09/2007 6:09:49 PM PDT by outofstyle
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“Mark Kirk of Illinois and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania”

I guess we’ll know the names of the other nine by morning.


18 posted on 05/09/2007 6:09:55 PM PDT by leadpenny
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—This delegation was headed by Mark Kirk of Illinois and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania.—

BFD. Kirk is the RINO of all RINOs, the Supreme RINO, ultra-RINO, uber-RINO.


19 posted on 05/09/2007 6:10:39 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: kellynla
Another member has said he has met with three presidents and never been so candid. They told the president, and one said, quote, "My district is prepared for defeat. We need candor, we need honesty, Mr. President."

Didn't mention the name, which means it's not to be trusted.

20 posted on 05/09/2007 6:11:09 PM PDT by airborne (Duncan Hunter is the only real choice for honest to goodness conservatives!)
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