All You Have to Do Is Believe(can't believe we are losing to Bush!)

TIME ^ | 09/11/04 | JOE KLEIN

[Uncle Miltie]

WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Bush has many well articulated policies.

Kerry has none.

Bush has successfully brought down two dictatorships and freed 50 million people.

Kerry helped North Vietnam enslave millions.

Bush has tax cuts, education reform, and Medicare prescription drug policy successes.

Kerry hasn't passed any major legislation in 19 years.

Bush is a nice guy.

Kerry is a lemon.

Bush is willing to defend Western Civilization, and fight the War on Terror.

Kerry will defer to the French.

How long must one go on with reasonable, general logic before a leftist "gets it?"

Forever, apparently.

[Savage Beast]

"It was an outrageous statement, which exposed the rampaging hubris of the Republican Party these days—and it should have been a big story."

Guess what, Joe--it's not the Republicans who are rampaging with hubris; it's the Left, the Democrats. This is why you can't believe your eyes and ears: You are in denial. You are delusional. The entire Leftist paradigm is a delusion.

Denial and hubris are the stuff of tragedy. Wake up before it's too late. If you don't, you're in for a surprise.

[Paladin2]

We can only hope that thh gloves will be off in Falujah after ~50 days.

[1stMarylandRegiment]

This is outrageous!!!!!!!

[Sam the Sham]

A much stronger argument was available, given the recent events in Iraq: Bush has chosen not to fight in the Sunni triangle, and the war cannot be won until he does. "You can't allow the enemy to have sanctuaries and expect to win," John McCain told me. "You have to go in and dig them out."

Maybe, just maybe, it is not our business to pacify the entire country. Maybe it is the business of the Iraqi government to pacify Samarra, Ramadi, and Fallujah by any means necessary.

[vox humana]

Bush seems to believe what he says and Kerry doesn't quite.

Even some of the most rabid rats have finally realized that Kerry is an empty suit.

[GoLightly]

Just as the violence got ramped up in the lead up to the handover, it's been ramped up again in an effort to turn the American election. Until November 3rd, it's gonna be everything plus the kitchen sink time in Iraq.

[AmericanVictory]

Kerry could have challenged Bush: "Fight the war, Mr. President, or bring the troops home."

Sure, Joe, sure.

What is that tune you're whistling?

[dead]

I question the timing of this article.

[DCPatriot]

"...By week's end, the mudslinging had been successfully muddled: the controversy was now about the stories, not the President."

YOU'RE D*MNED RIGHT!!!

This jerk doesn't even suggest forged memos and outright lies to sell books.

[BoBToMatoE]

uh, hate to tell this guy, but he has no idea what is going on in iraq. we are trying to train the iraqis to do their job and fight for their own freedom.

sure, we could very easily go into fallujah and whip/finish the terrorist off (i wish we could in a way). Instead, since iraq controls its own destiny and is soverign, we are left to being the "enforcers" until the iraqi national gaurd is ready to go.

i swear, these guys do not understand a) what is really at stake and b) how real wars happen.

in terms of causualties, we were losing what, a thousand men a day on iwo jima.. and it was nothing more than a smoldering volcanic rock. How would you like to see the press report that one?

Then you would have engagments like the battle of the buldge. If the media then, is like it is now, eisenhower would have been fired on the spot. (can you read the headlines of the FAILURE of the allies to spot the on coming advance)

One last thing, the guy doesnt understand that while confidence is one thing, the core issue is that people understand that bush will stand toe to toe with the enemy and meet them there - NOT HERE. Kerry in his acceptance speech said that he would respond when attacked. guess what, we were already attacked.

perhaps the most interesting thing is what mc cain said (and is what tommy franks has said as well). You cannot allow your enemy to have a safe haven. Guess what iraq was? a safe haven for al qeadia.

It might not be perfect now, but it is a lot better than what it was.

[pierrem15]

Exactly-- we will be there to "assist", but when one or more of these safe-havens for Baathist and jihadi murderers is razed to the ground, it will be the Iraqis who were terrorized by these scum who kill them and the new Iraqi govt who will get the credit.

[CWW]

Hey Joe, how come you didn't say that the Dems were displaying hubris when they repeated over and over again that Bush and Cheney's policies increased terrorism? Huh? What's' that Joe... yep, that's what I thought!

[Darkwolf377]

Doing his part to make the GirlyMan label stick to the Democrat party.

[The Old Hoosier]

Klein is actually among the more fair-minded on the left. Which is why his critique of Kerry is even more devastating.

[lancer]

Joe Klein is a liar. Why do you post anything he writes? We don't have time to read lies. Would you post a "news" story by Dan Rather?

[JaguarXKE]

WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Bush has many well articulated policies.

Kerry has none.

Bush has successfully brought down two dictatorships and freed 50 million people.

Kerry helped North Vietnam enslave millions.

Bush has tax cuts, education reform, and Medicare prescription drug policy successes.

Kerry hasn't passed any major legislation in 19 years.

Bush is a nice guy.

With Bush the First Lady is the lovely, demure Laura

With Kerry, the First Lady would be Dustin Hoffman in drag

Jag!

[DCPatriot]

At the same time, though, the U.S. military acknowledged the sobering fact that there were now "no-go" zones in Iraq, areas the U.S. had ceded to the terrorists—much of the so-called Sunni triangle, for example—which put a question mark on the President's claim that he was aggressively fighting that war."

What? LOL!

We all know he just wants to see more American soldiers die...anything to make this Administration appear wounded.