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It's like Christmas in December! - Ann Coulter
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| 12/18/03
| Ann Coulter
Posted on 12/17/2003 9:56:09 PM PST by kattracks
Say, has anyone asked Dick Gephardt if this falls under "miserable failure"?
Obviously we'll have to wait for all the politics to play out, but at this stage it's hard to say which was worse for Howard Dean: the capture of Saddam Hussein or Al Gore's endorsement. Until Sunday, Gov. Mean's big applause line in speeches has been to sneer about the Bush administration's failure to catch Saddam Hussein. It seems the governor is better at prescribing bitter pills than at swallowing them.
In a speech to the Pacific Council the day after Saddam was captured, Dean nearly choked on the words, "The capture of Saddam is a good thing," and then quickly added, "but the capture of Saddam has not made America safer." (Possible headline: "Dean Says Saddam's Capture Good Thing, Just Not Really Good Thing.") If George W. Bush announced that a cure for cancer had been discovered, Democrats would complain about unemployed laboratory rats.
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., said of Saddam's capture: "This is a great opportunity for this president to get it right for the long term. And I hope he will be magnanimous, reach out to the U.N., to allies who've stood away from us."
It's as if he were reading my mind! After listening to all the bellyaching from European leftists for the past eight months, I think I speak for all Americans when I say I've been on tenterhooks waiting for the right opportunity to grovel to the French. And now we have it a major win is the perfect opportunity! That Kerry has an uncanny sense for what the average American is thinking.
Actually, he lost me with that one. Maybe it's a good opportunity for the French and the United Nations to reach out to us, but by what logic is this an opportunity for us to reach out to them? As I understand it, the situation is: We caught Saddam. So the obvious next move is ...
(a) Put him on trial.
(b) Get information from him.
(c) Torture him.
(d) Turn him over to the Iraqis.
(e) Appeal to the French.
What was interesting about Kerry's suggestion was that it was the exact same suggestion liberals were making when they claimed the war was going badly. The day before Saddam's capture, the New York Times editorialized: "The way to deal with all that is going wrong in Iraq remains as clear as it was on the day that Mr. Bush declared an end to major combat operations. ... Instead of driving away France, Germany, Russia and Canada with financial sanctions, the president should be creating the room for compromise ..." Damn that Bush. He squandered the good will of a bunch of people who hate our guts.
Apparently, this is what liberals mean by "a plan":
Military setback: Appeal to the French.
Military victory: Appeal to the French.
Saddam captured: Appeal to the French.
Osama captured: Appeal to the French.
Osama catches Saddam: Appeal to the French.
In 24 months, Bush has perceptibly degraded terrorist operations throughout the world. The rebuilding in Iraq is going better than could possibly be expected. Liberals don't care. They just want to turn everything over to the French. (And, apparently, the recent capture of Saddam presents us with a golden opportunity to do so!) The Birchers were right about these people. They believe in world government more than they believe in the United States.
One strongly suspects that the White House sat on the story of Saddam's arrest for a day so the Times could put out its regular Sunday bad news: "A Baghdad Neighborhood, Once Hopeful, Now Reels As Iraq's Turmoil Persists," "Saboteurs, Looters and Old Equipment Work Against Efforts to Restart Iraqi Oil Fields," "It's Going to Be a Bloody Christmas," "Dean Strives for a Nuanced Approach to Foreign Policy." The New York Times hasn't looked this foolish ... well, I guess since the day before.
Liberals should perk up. It's not all bad news. True, Saddam Hussein has been captured. But Norman Mineta is still at large.
Ann Coulter is host of AnnCoulter.org, a Townhall.com member group.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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To: Just Another Lurker; MeeknMing; PhilDragoo; Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is great!
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posted on
12/17/2003 11:19:10 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(George $orea$$ has owned and controlled the Rats for decades!)
To: JohnHuang2
they seek him here...they seek him there...damned elusive he is!
42
posted on
12/17/2003 11:20:19 PM PST
by
xp38
To: xp38
He must be in a spider hole! ;-)
43
posted on
12/17/2003 11:23:53 PM PST
by
JohnHuang2
("GW is driving the Rat Lunatics into a deeper (QUAGMIRE OF) insanity every day," says Grampa Dave)
To: JohnHuang2
Thanks for the ping!
To: Alamo-Girl
Welcome :-)
45
posted on
12/17/2003 11:38:22 PM PST
by
JohnHuang2
("GW is driving the Rat Lunatics into a deeper (QUAGMIRE OF) insanity every day," says Grampa Dave)
To: kattracks
Some people can be so very creative - this was written
by an Army Mom this afternoon....
Two Weeks Before Christmas!
T'was two weeksbefore Christmas, And all through Iraq,
The people still worried that Saddam would be back.
The soldiers went out on their nightly patrol,
Capturing the bad guys was always their goal!
With raids seeming endless in the triangle Sunni,
We hoped that not all of Iraq was so looney!
We gathered the tribe of Saddam, in Tikrit,
And suddenly now they all started to snit!
They told of a farm where Hussein just might be
Odierno then called on our boys- from the great 4th
ID!
More rapid than Baathists our soldiers they came,
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name
Now Delta, Now Rangers, Now Cavalry too!
On Green Hats, on Pilots, I need all of you!
Go to that farm and secure it right now!
Capture his ass- you guys know how!
Off went our soldiers under cover of night,
So stealthy, so quiet with no trace of light
While we back at home were eating our lunches,
Our boys on the ground were following hunches!
And then it was time for the raid to begin.
The first target came up -empty within!
Could it be our Intel was wrong once again?
No! Somewhere nearby is the wolf in his den!
And then, in a twinkling, camouflage torn away
In a hole in the ground did their quarry lay
Dazed and confused, right at them he looked,
Did the stupid old fool know his goose was now cooked?
He was dressed all in rags from his toes to his head,
And his beard was as matted as 12 day-old bread!
How the mighty had fallen, could this be Hussein?
One look in his eyes was to know he's insane!
Our boys got their man - how proud we all are
The relief in our country is felt near and far
A bath he has had now -yet he'll never be clean
Forever tainted with mass torture and his Fedaheen
To our soldiers we give our undying respect
You always give more than we ever expect
We hope you can have now a night with some fun
Your loved ones back home say- JOB DAMN WELL DONE!
Deborah Sandberg
Proud Army Mom (101st)
14 December 2003
Stay Safe !
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posted on
12/17/2003 11:39:39 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Support Mental Health !........or........ I'LL KILL YOU !!!!)
To: kattracks
I remember Bush telling someone, "I don't do nuance".
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posted on
12/17/2003 11:52:09 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(America .. the LIGHT of the World)
To: Squantos; Neets; Dog; Miss Marple; ohioWfan; mystery-ak; TruthNtegrity; Molly Pitcher; Utah Girl; ..
God bless that Army mom and her soldier!
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posted on
12/17/2003 11:53:52 PM PST
by
kayak
(We got him!)
To: Squantos
Excellent!
God Bless our troops and their loved ones.
To: JohnHuang2; kattracks
One strongly suspects that the White House sat on the story of Saddam's arrest for a day so the Times could put out its regular Sunday bad news: "A Baghdad Neighborhood, Once Hopeful, Now Reels As Iraq's Turmoil Persists," "Saboteurs, Looters and Old Equipment Work Against Efforts to Restart Iraqi Oil Fields," "It's Going to Be a Bloody Christmas," "Dean Strives for a Nuanced Approach to Foreign Policy." The New York Times hasn't looked this foolish ... well, I guess since the day before. Last laughing BUMP!
To: Cincinatus' Wife
G'morning, Cincy :-)
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posted on
12/18/2003 12:04:57 AM PST
by
JohnHuang2
("GW is driving the Rat Lunatics into a deeper (QUAGMIRE OF) insanity every day," says Grampa Dave)
To: JohnHuang2
Hi JohnHuang2!
To: hocndoc
LOL! Great to go to bed with a good laugh, especially at the expense of the leftist liberal scum.
To: kattracks
Hi, Ann!
To: Squantos
Fantastic poem!!! A genius of a mother.
To: Squantos
Fantastic poem!!! A genius of a mother. I hope she is sending it to Iraq - a lot of our guys over there should have a chance to read it.
To: little jeremiah
This new software is quicker than my brain, eyes, or fingers!
To: kattracks
bump
58
posted on
12/18/2003 12:49:46 AM PST
by
expatguy
To: kattracks
ping
59
posted on
12/18/2003 2:27:18 AM PST
by
lainde
To: Cincinatus' Wife
First we had to be vewy, vewy quiet, until we were vewy, vewy sure....
(sarcasm) And people were willing to believe that the only purpose of Bush's visit to the troops Thanksgiving night was to slip in some homeless man from DC, so he could be planted in Ad Dour for a photo op of soldiers pulling "Saddam" from a "spider hole", then whisk him away where he is held incommunicado.
Double hit. First, Bush apparently gets to do a little personal taunting of a helpless homeless guy, then the apparent capture is timed to burst upon the unsuspecting public, just in time for the height of the Christmas season, to grievously wound the hearts of those persons of tender sensibilities that wish to protect the rights and dignity of widely notorious tyrants.
George W. Bush is just cruel, just too cruel. Has the man no mercy or compassion?(/sarcasm}
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