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Democrats say Bush must admit Iraq blunders
Reuters ^
| 4/15/04
| Vicki Allen and Thomas Ferraro
Posted on 04/15/2004 2:47:02 PM PDT by kattracks
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It's obvious now why the media kept harping on President Bush' "mistakes" at the press conference.
A two pronged attack, set up by the arm of the DNC, laughingly known as the "free press".
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:47:06 PM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:48:43 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: kattracks
I'm probably stating the obvious, but the pressies' questions the other night, and now this "demand" by the Democrats, smacks of collusion.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:48:48 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: kattracks
Rangel and Leahy.
What a nighmare duo.
Thank God they'll never be in charge of this country.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:49:08 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)
To: kattracks
The nerve of Bush, not supplying John Kerry with TV-commerical-ready soundbites on demand.
To: kattracks
I still can't get over the questioning of the current administration by this commission over the Cole, Khobar, and the first World Trade Center bombings. WHOSE WATCH WAS THAT? And once more, and only once more, I promise, I will say - who was supposedly in possession of the magic ouiji board/crystal ball who could predict when these murderers would slam passenger jets in to a building (of course, after we appeased and enboldened them for years after prior attacks). I just love spending taxpayer money and airtime on Clinton historical revisionists. /sarcasm
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:51:43 PM PDT
by
ysoitanly
To: kattracks
From Scappleface --
April 14, 2004
Bush Admits Mistakes, Apologizes
(2004-04-14) -- In response to increasing pressure from White House reporters and Democrats, President George Bush today released a written statement admitting he has "made mistakes" and apologizing to the American people and the people of Iraq.
During last night's nationally-televised presidential news conference, Mr. Bush said he was unprepared for questions about his mistakes in office. He steadfastly refused to apologize for the 9/11 terror attacks. Instead, he again advanced the now-discredited theory that terrorists, not U.S. government officials, were to blame for the terrorism.
However, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said that "after much soul searching" last night, the president wrote the following confession and apology:
"I have made mistakes during my time in the White House. I frittered away months trying to convince the United Nations that it should free the Iraqi people from a brutal dictator who never fulfilled the terms of surrender from the Gulf War and who continued to fire upon Coalition aircraft patrolling the no-fly zone.
"It was an error in judgment to think that the U.N. Security Council would ever do anything more than talk in moralistic platitudes. My desire to build an international coalition from nations like France and Germany only served to delay the inevitable liberation of Iraq. I apologize to the people of Iraq and others in the Arab world, yearning to breathe free, who have placed their hopes in the only superpower that has the will and the way to set them free.
"This confession is good for the soul, so I would also like to admit that it was a mistake for me to keep Bill Clinton's counter-terrorism chief on my staff. I know now that Richard Clarke's presence in the White House was a knife hovering behind the shoulder blades of not only my staff, but of the American people who would later be betrayed by Mr. Clarke's desire for self-aggrandizement. I'm sorry for that.
"I'd also like to admit that it was a mistake to think that I could make friends with the Democrats by pouring funding into their top political agency, the National Education Association, or by creating a huge new medicare prescription drug entitlement. I can see now that no matter how often and how much you feed an alligator, he's always looking past the food in your hand and hankering for your arm, your heart, your head. My mistake...and I'm truly sorry.
"One last thing: In hindsight, it appears that I was premature in declaring an end to major combat operations in Iraq. I thought we had toppled the dictator. But as long as vermin like al-Sadr seek to glorify themselves, using false religion to oppress the people, the dictator lives on. He lives on in the hearts of the radical clerics who killed and then mutilated the bodies of Americans as surely as if their own hands were stained black from the charred flesh. I'm sorry that my statement caused some to believe that the war in Iraq had ended. It has continued for more than a decade and will not end until evil men like al-Sadr are purged and the cowl of fear is lifted from the face of the Iraqi people."
http://www.scrappleface.com/MT/archives/001670.html
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:52:31 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: All
WHERE IS THE GOP SENATORIAL RESPONSE? WHY HAVE THEY NOT RESPONDED IN THIS ARTICLE?
The GOP members of Congress are gutless, even the supposed conservatives. Only RINOs have stepped up to the plate. People like McCain and Powell. This is pitiful. Our conservative stalwarts are cowering under the table while Powell has to emerge from cancer surgery to rebut Kennedy and McCain has to fight off Russert's demands that he be Kerry's VP and announce his support for Bush.
Where are the Conservatives? Their silence is disgusting.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:53:58 PM PDT
by
Owen
To: My2Cents
I love that site. It's so good, sometimes it's hard to mistake for sarcasm, but it's what we all know. Thanks for the post.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:54:47 PM PDT
by
ysoitanly
To: kattracks
Always this mantra about turning over the war to unnamed "allies" or to the UN. But never, ever any explanation as to WHY this would be more beneficial, more efficient or more effective than what we are doing currently with the allies we have. Given the UN's record in handling these affairs I guess I can't blame them for their silence.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:55:03 PM PDT
by
scory
To: onyx
If the Democrats regained the House, Charlie Rangel would chair the Ways and Means Committee - that's pretty powerful!
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:56:13 PM PDT
by
Alissa
To: kattracks
Sane Americans say Dems must pound al-Reutzeeras.
Dan
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:56:53 PM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: kattracks
several Democrats said Bush must change course to prevent Iraq from becoming a quagmire
To prevent Iraq from becoming a quagmire? I thought the dim-dum-dems already said it was a quagmire.
Bush is doing just fine without pus-pocket dems interfering..why dont the dems just STFU about iraq and complain about the GREAT economic recovery?
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:57:14 PM PDT
by
Iron Matron
(Civil Disobedience? It's not just for liberals anymore!)
To: scory
Kerry wants to give the UN joint power with our military in Iraq.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:57:19 PM PDT
by
marajade
To: kattracks
The U.S. may not have even gotten to Iraq under war circumstances if the Liberals/Dems boy, Bill, had taken care of the nation's business when he had the chance.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:57:46 PM PDT
by
madison10
(Proud member of RAM since 1978.)
To: Alissa
Yes it is, but on the purse strings.
That chairmanship landed their last guy in prison.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:58:38 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)
To: kattracks
Well now, Senator Biden, how did
YOU vote when it came time to improve the military, the CIA, the FBI. Oh, let me guess, you voted nay.
Well, you scumsucking congress critters, when are we gonna have an investigation to those who created the d@mn problem to begin with. OH, Oh, and what about Frank Church and the Church commission that tore down the intelligence community so badly and stripped it of it's ability to do its job??? Oh that's right, he was a democRAT. And democRATS can do no wrong can they Mr. Biden. We all know that democRATS have GOOD intentions so therefore they are GOOD people huh?
May the people of the US finally see the democRATS for what they are. ANTI-AMERICANS to the core, with a few, very few exceptions such as Zell Miller.
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:59:08 PM PDT
by
el_texicano
(Liberals are the real Mind-Numbed Robots - No Brains, No Guts, No Character)
To: kattracks
Hey Democrats!
Pound Sand!
Bite the Wall!
Take a Flying Leap!
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posted on
04/15/2004 2:59:15 PM PDT
by
Rodm
(Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
To: scory
I have the same feeling about the UN. They're inept, corrupt. And they're supposed to be the solution?
To: onyx
Biden and Rangel...Or, as the two guys on Laura Ingraham's show would call them, "Bangel."
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posted on
04/15/2004 3:00:32 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
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