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Democrats mostly pleased but give no credit to Bush
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Posted on 12/14/2003 8:34:19 AM PST by BJungNan
Democratic presidential candidates welcomed news Sunday of Saddam Hussein's capture, saying the arrest of Iraq's former dictator marked a great day for U.S. soldiers, the people of Iraq and of the world.
"I supported this effort in Iraq without regard for the political consequences because it was the right thing to do," Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt said in a statement from Sumter, S.C., where he was campaigning. "I still feel that way now, and today is a major step toward stabilizing Iraq and building a new democracy."
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who supported the Iraq war but has become increasingly critical of its aftermath, also looked to the future.
"Capturing Saddam Hussein and ensuring that this brutal dictator will never return to power is an important step toward stabilizing Iraq for the Iraqis," Kerry said in a statement from Iowa.
He also urged the Bush administration to involve more U.S. allies in the rebuilding of Iraq and criticized a Pentagon memo that prohibited companies from countries that did not provide troops for the war from bidding on lucrative reconstruction contracts there.
"We need to share the burden, bring in other countries and make it clear to the world that Iraq belongs to the Iraqi people," Kerry said.
Former Gen. Wesley Clark said Saddam's arrest, Saturday night in a town several miles from his hometown of Tikrit, could help squelch the postwar violence.
"I hope this will see a diminishing in the violence against American soldiers in Iraq," Clark said as he arrived in the Netherlands. Clark was on his way to The Hague, to testify in the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
Howard Dean, one of the most critical candidates of Bush's policy, said in West Palm Beach, Fla., that he expected the capture to change "the course of the occupation of Iraq."
"I think the first order of business is to say this is a great day -- I congratulate the Iraqi people -- and to say that this is a great day for both the American military and the American people and for the Iraqi people."
Asked for his reaction, Sen. Joe Lieberman said: "Praise the Lord."
"This is something that I have been working on with a lot of other people, advocating and praying for, for more than 12 years since the Gulf War of '91," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Lieberman also called it a "day of triumph and joy for anybody in the world who cares about freedom and human rights and peace."
But Carol Moseley Braun said that while it was good news, Saddam's arrest "does not change the fact that our troops remain in harm's way and we are no closer to bringing them home."
TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: demorats; electionpreisdent; greatnews; gulfwar2; gulfwarii; iraq; iraqaftermath; loosers; lostdems; saddam; saddamcaptured; saddamhussein; saddamites; stophillary; tikrit; topplesaddam; unamerican; viceisclosed; waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:34:21 AM PST
by
BJungNan
To: BJungNan
They are all sweating sour grapejuice.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:35:37 AM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: BJungNan
senator clinton didn't release any statements however there were sounds of smashing furniture from her offices.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:37:42 AM PST
by
CWOJackson
(President Bush is responsibile for cellulite...)
To: BJungNan
Lieberman and Gephart show some good grace, the rest, screw them and the Arabian horses they rode in on.
4
posted on
12/14/2003 8:38:01 AM PST
by
jwalsh07
To: Paul Atreides
They're just pissed it was a Republican who carried out Democratic President Bartlett's words in episode three of the first season of "West Wing:"
What is the virtue of a proportional response? ... I am suggesting, General, that you, and Admiral Fitzwallace, and Secretary Hutchinson, and the rest of the national security team take the next sixty minutes and put together an American response scenario that doesn't make me think we are just docking somebody's damn allowance! ...Did you know that two thousand years ago a Roman citizen could walk across the face of the known world free of the fear of molestation? He could walk across the earth unharmed, cloaked only in the words "Civis Romanis" I am a Roman citizen. So great was the retribution of Rome, universally understood as certain, should any harm befall even one of its citizens. Where was Morris' protection, or anyone else on that plane? Where is the retribution for the families and where is the warning to the rest of the world that Americans shall walk this earth unharmed, lest the clenched fist of the most mighty military force in the history of mankind comes crashing down on your house!? In otherwords, Leo, what the hell are we doing here?
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:38:57 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: BJungNan
Kerry, on Fox, was loathsome. He spent 20 minutes ripping Bush for being a 'total failure' and whining about how the US won't turn-over its sovereignty to the US one-worlders. It was wonderful to watch this creep destroy his own party.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:39:00 AM PST
by
pabianice
To: BJungNan
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:41:48 AM PST
by
kstewskis
(73 more days until Lent and "The Passion" is released...and no I am NOT giving up Mel for Lent!)
To: BJungNan
If you have any doubt about what sniveling weasels the dems are, watch Kerry and Dick Gephardt's TV statements from this morning! They couldn't give Bush credit and both claimed it would have been much better with the UN. What weasels!
Now, let's see what the French demands are. Saddam certainly has passwords, accounts numbers, French and Saudi account numbers and other information that will embarrass some of our "allies."
Chirac still misses the cash that he was getting and will want to know about the access to the drop points. So, I see demands from the French for visitation rights by French organizations on "humanitarian grounds" so that they can report to the UN/Pope/Saudis/Family that Saddam is in good health and being well treated. The French will also demand that Saddam be turned over to an international tribunal for eventual trial. The dem dwarfs, of course, will agree.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:44:02 AM PST
by
Tacis
To: BJungNan
Pleased???? Not really. Their one and only interest is regaining power in this country. The capture of Saddam is just one more roadblock in their path. The dems are anti-American, there is no other way to explain it.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:44:08 AM PST
by
cynicom
To: BJungNan
I'm surprised that these fools haven't blamed Bush for capturing Saddam.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:44:37 AM PST
by
Cosmo
(Liberalism is for Girls!)
To: pabianice
In a private meeting, President Bush b*tchslaps John F'n Kerry....
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:44:43 AM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: BJungNan
The Democrat Party: it is so September 10th.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:44:51 AM PST
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
To: Cosmo
Just wait for Helen Thomas to, ah, weigh in.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:45:15 AM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: BJungNan
Sen. Joe Lieberman said: "Praise the Lord."I always liked that guy, even though I never saw eye to eye with his politics.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:46:44 AM PST
by
squidly
To: pabianice
Kerry's most famous line: "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse
a French horse, that is."
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:48:10 AM PST
by
auboy
(I'm out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight–American Soldier–Toby Keith, Chuck Cannon)
To: Cosmo
I'm surprised that these fools haven't blamed Bush for capturing Saddam.They have.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:51:46 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("With an Iron Fist, We Will Lead Humanity to Happiness." - Translation of sign at Solovki Gulag)
To: BJungNan
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:52:24 AM PST
by
Maceman
(Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
To: auboy
Kerry's most famous line: "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse
a French horse, that is."A French Vietnamese horse in Vietnam which had a Vietnam War which I am a Vietnam Veteran of.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:52:55 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("With an Iron Fist, We Will Lead Humanity to Happiness." - Translation of sign at Solovki Gulag)
To: squidly
Sen. Joe Lieberman said: "Praise the Lord." I always liked that guy, even though I never saw eye to eye with his politics.
I agree with you.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:53:23 AM PST
by
BJungNan
To: squidly
I agree. I like Joe too. Don't agree with him, but I think he is a good man.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:54:53 AM PST
by
jern
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