[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.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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.

[Darkwolf377]

Democrats were perplexed, depressed and awestruck. How could Cheney get away with saying, in effect, that a vote for Kerry was a vote for terrorism?


The same way Kerry got away with saying Bush not extending the gun ban was helping arm terrorists--to NO outcry from the media.

[Happygal]

But Bush truly believes—and these are admirable beliefs—in the power of "freedom" and the evil of Islamist radicalism. He is secure enough to acknowledge the possibility that he might be proved wrong. Two weeks ago, he told TIME that history would be the judge of his policies—it would take decades to sort it all out—but he was confident about the choices he had made.

Well, I'm in Ireland. And I won't vote in this US Presidential election. But the outcome of it WILL affect me. Becaue the leader of Free World, and the policies he pursues, have a knock on affect throughout the free world.

I want to see a man who is SECURE in his own judgement, and a man SECURE in his own mind about terrorism in that position.

History may well be the judge.
And I truly believe, history will be very kind to George W. Bush.

[DCPatriot]

"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."

Was he the "prominent Democrat" he spoke to?

[deport]

This one runs all over the field hoping to hit some kind of explosive..... They appear to really have no clue at this stage.... If it can only persist for 50 more days.....

[Mark]

Joey, you forgot to mention that your man served in Vietnam.

[ultima ratio]

Of course Bush has ceded zones in Iraq to insurgents. But this is not a sign of Bush's failure--as the terrorists and leftwing pundits believe. It is rather a measure of Bush's strategic thinking. This was a deliberate tactic--designed to minimize our casualties until after the election when Bush can better focus on an all-out effort. Right now, given how the old media exploits any casualties for political benefit, it is better to temporarily cede some ground. Once the election is over, Bush can pull out the stops and clobber the enemy.