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SADDAMFREUDE WATCH
andrewsullivan.com ^
| 12/14/03
| Andrew Sullivan
Posted on 12/14/2003 5:02:43 PM PST by livesbygrace
Readers are invited to send in the most strained and mealy-mouthed statements from the devastated press and anti-war politicians and activists following the capture of Saddam. First up: Saddam's paid-up British anti-war activist, George Galloway: "This will not stop the Iraqi resistance. if anything, it may set the resistance free, if you like, from the cloud of Saddam Hussein, and transform it into a purely national resistance movement without the charge that it's being controlled from behind by the deposed president." Galloway must be worried sick about what Saddam might tell the coalition. So must Chirac. - 4:23:59 PM
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: agitprop; andrewsullivan; antiamericanism; baghdadbob; bushbashing; cheeseandwhine; clymers; dairyproducts; galloway; greatnews; hussein; iraq; iraqaftermath; liberalpress; lyingliars; mediabias; prodictator; propaganda; quackmire; quagmire; reddiaperbabies; reddupes; saddam; saddamcaptured; saddamfreude; saddamhussein; saddamincustody; socialists; stalinsusefulidiots; usefulidiots
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To: formercalifornian
Which one?
The top one is "Bagdad Jim" McDermott, US Congressman, WA(D), on his "fact-finding" trip to Iraq to provide aid and comfort to the enemy.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:05:57 PM PST
by
ppaul
To: gov_bean_ counter
To: ppaul
No, the grannies. In those hats!
To: dsmtoday
Did you see Lieberman on MTP this morning? His main comment: I don't want Saddam tried by the International Court because they won't apply the death penalty. Iraq or US, but it has to be somewhere with the death penalty.
Made me remember that politicians of both parties - even ones that are running for president - occasionally give a crap about the real world.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:10:34 PM PST
by
m1911
To: ppaul
Photo-quote: "
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Hey! Check out the disturbed, mindless old crones! You know what? I'd be happy to mourn for THEM, if only they'd have the good taste to up'n'die. Get to work, ladies!
...not that I'm bitter or anything...
To: WilliamofCarmichael
We are in a war arguably the most dangerous foreign war we have ever faced -- not just Iraq but the entire war to defend against radical Islam and our own internal enemies -- and the mainstream talks politics!! It takes a Daniel Pearl or a David Bloom to get the media's attention where it belongs (sadly, not a Michael Kelly).
Short of one of their own being killed, everything is now seen through the lens of partisan politics first.
-PJ
To: dighton; livesbygrace; aculeus; general_re; BlueLancer; hellinahandcart
The most interesting person to watch in coming days is Chirac.
I find it difficult to believe he has not been on Saddam's payroll.
Let's hope our interrogators address the issue of Saddam's secret collaborators as well as WMDs.
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posted on
12/15/2003 12:36:43 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: livesbygrace
Toward the end of Brian Wilson's spot on FNC Sunday, Wilson was talking to Chris Wallace and John Warner. Wallace said "I expect that Bush won't repeat the 'Mission Accomplished' mistake from the carrier," and Warner observed "But this mission WAS accomplished -- they captured Saddam Hussein!"
-PJ
To: livesbygrace
George Will's column (as it appeared in the Houston Chronicle) contained these comments "today" from Presidential contenders...
This trial belongs solely to the Iraqi people
Furthermore, no Democrat is running for president as a little ray of sunshine, but John Kerry used the occasion Sunday morning to tell Fox News that although the capture was good, the administration still has not done enough about AIDS. Can someone that tone-deaf govern? Howard Dean was more gracious than he was when Saddam fled Baghdad. Then Dean said, "I suppose" that Sad-dam's removal was a good thing.
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posted on
12/15/2003 12:49:38 AM PST
by
weegee
To: MrsEmmaPeel
I just don't get the fixation with DU. If DU is so wonderful, why don't those who extol their virtues just stay there?1.) I have never, EVER seen any FReeper post anything even remotely LIKE "DU is wonderful" on this site, and challenge you to provide a working link to said comment. Pointing and laughing at the illiterate slimeballs does not translate, inexplicably, into "these illiterate slimeballs are great" anywhere save (possibly) on the Bizarro-World.
2.) Our "fixation" with DU (your word, not mine) is the same sort of enjoyment one naturally derives from watching tiny, artless toddlers pretending to be intelligent, capable grown-ups... and (naturally) pratfalling hilariously in their failed attempts.
You, personally, don't find it equally as funny...? Don't click onto the handy links provided, then. Nobody's forcing you to stare and giggle along with the rest of us, you know. :)
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posted on
12/15/2003 1:36:34 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("The Clintons have damaged our country. They have done it together, in unison." -- Peggy Noonan)
To: livesbygrace; All
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posted on
12/15/2003 5:57:13 AM PST
by
dighton
To: dighton
ping
To: livesbygrace
Marker for followup. Great idea.
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posted on
12/15/2003 7:18:27 AM PST
by
ForGod'sSake
(ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
To: All
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posted on
12/15/2003 7:58:14 AM PST
by
dighton
To: livesbygrace; dighton
I cannot wait to see what Robert Fisk has to say.
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:07:29 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(A poem, by Lazamataz: "What do we do with Saddam, Now that we gottim?")
To: Lazamataz; aculeus; general_re; BlueLancer; Pokey78
I cannot wait to see what Robert Fisk has to say.Something lurid. Overpowering stench of death; dogs chewing limbs of civilian casualties (US-inflicted, it won't go without saying). Saddam's capture as a meaningless sideshow.
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:18:15 AM PST
by
dighton
To: dighton
"Something lurid. Overpowering stench of death; dogs chewing limbs of civilian casualties (US-inflicted, it won't go without saying). Saddam's capture as a meaningless sideshow."Tortured musings as to why he wasn't beaten up by Saddam as well.
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:28:44 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: livesbygrace
Headline in today's
Oregonian (Portland):
Saddam's capture opens
new chapter in Iraq
Predictably, this "new chapter" is not a cheerful one.
To: All
Eric Alterman:"I kind of feel the terrorists have won by making me write this, since it ought to be obvious to any idiot, but yes, Im quite pleased that a monstrous mass murderer (though a former ally to Messrs. Reagan, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld) will be brought to justice and will not be able to threaten anyone ever again. However, just as obviously, it does little to justify what remains a dishonest, self-destructive, hubristic adventure that continues to undermine our security and the stability of the region with each passing day, but there it is."
(et cetera)
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posted on
12/15/2003 1:23:26 PM PST
by
dighton
To: livesbygrace
bump
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posted on
12/15/2003 1:24:06 PM PST
by
VOA
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