Posted on 11/12/2005 5:16:19 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Santorum Critical Of Bush, War In Iraq
(AP) PHILADELPHIA Sen. Rick Santorum took a rare swing at President Bush, saying the war in Iraq has been less than optimal and that some blame for that lies with the White House.
Santorum, a conservative Republican and usually a strong Bush ally, said the unpopularity of the war should be shared between the White House and the media.
Certainly, mistakes were made, Santorum said of the wars conduct. But thats a criticism you can make of every conflict.
The comments, made after a Veterans Day speech at the Union League in Philadelphia on Friday, came at the same time the Pennsylvania senator stressed he wasnt trying to distance himself from the president, who spoke moments earlier about 80 miles away at the Tobyhanna Army Depot.
Bushs poll numbers are the lowest of any time during his presidency, in part due to the climbing death toll in Iraq. He is also blamed by some for the loss of the Virginia governors race, in which he appeared with Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore the day before the election. Kilgore lost.
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You see, you actually read the article. Some people around here can't be bothered by that - getting angry for no reason and bashing somebody is more important, regardless of the facts.
Specter fought hard to get Santorum into the Senate. Santorum returned the favor. Criticizing him for this is assinine. It is even more assinine to think that a Senator would come out and oppose the appointment of the senior Senator from his own state to chair a powerful committee. Have you no sense at all?
Indeed - the only harsh words were for the media's representation of the war, which doesn't show up in the headline. No wonder the liberal press is having such an impact on the opinion of this country when even FReepers fall for their propaganda time and time again.
Please see my Post 116
I bet that is a statement you would hear out of the President himself.
I'm not sure how that qualifies as "bashing" or "taking a swing at " or even "critical of Bush."
I'm curious, have you ever run for a political office that involved an entire state? Do you know anyone who has? Do you attend party functions or local precinct meetings? Do you vote in all party primaries?
I'm asking in all seriousness.
By the way, this is the media Modus Operandi to defeat Republicans:
- create enough negative spin over a person and event or issue
- force the Republicans to respond to their questions/claims
Either the Republican is shown to be a 'mindless robot' for defending something the media attacks, *or* their quote is used as grist for the usual...
"even Republicans are now questioning (item XYZ) ..."
The latest example is the media firestorm over the pre-war intelligence, an issue that have been digested and re-digested ad infinitum. The media latest trick is to take biased polls to concocte the 'Bush is unpopular' story, then feed that into a spin cycle to get Republicans to peel off their support.
The best defense to this is a good offense.
Somehow, the Democrats are defining the debate. We are talking about a pointless 3-year-old argument about the pre-war intelligence rather than the more important question "What do we do now in Iraq?"
We need to be shaping the questions and the debate.
"Specter fought hard to get Santorum into the Senate. Santorum returned the favor. Criticizing him for this is assinine. It is even more assinine to think that a Senator would come out and oppose the appointment of the senior Senator from his own state to chair a powerful committee. Have you no sense at all?"
Er, no they don't. Good points you make.
Does Specter play by your so-called rules? No, he doessn't. If he did then he would have gotten the Alito hearings to start sooner and he would not be so obstructionist.....to Repulican goals. Your so- called "rules" only go for us. Give it a rest with this pose of being an understanding realist.
He then went on to questioned how the public would have felt about World War II if the media had reported only the body count and not news of cities liberated by the Allies.
Which gives us an LSM headline: Santorum Critical Of Bush, War In Iraq.
Do you really think that fits what he said?
BINGO
Don't bail yet. The headline is a lie.
Headline is a lie.
I know this is going to be a wee bit unpopular around here, but I'm starting to wonder about Santorum. He certainly does not appear to be the hardcore conservative that we thought he would be.
Did anyone read the news that George Soros is funding the races of middle of the road Republicans through the Mainstreet Republicans, a PAC of small business Republicans?
Wake up, guys.
The headline is a lie.
What do you mean lately? Ever since he's been in Congress I've been unimpressed.
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