Posted on 07/29/2006 2:05:06 PM PDT by jmc1969
As he campaigned for Republicans running for Congress in West Virginia, President George W. Bush confidently predicted that his party will retain control of Congress — but with his approval ratings mired in the 30s, gas prices topping $3, war spreading in the Middle East and Iraq in turmoil, some in the GOP are nervous.
Democratic leaders, say that they would bring an end to the U.S. presence in the war-torn nation.
"The first thing I think we would do is have a real strategy for how to get out of Iraq," said Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former presidential candidate, on ABC News' "Good Morning America Weekend Edition." "We don't need a president who says they're going to leave this to the next president. That's not leadership. It's the kind of thing that got us in there in the first place with no plan."
Although Dean said Democrats would do a better job with Iraq, the public now favors Republicans over Democrats in handling terrorism by seven percentage points, according to the ABC poll.
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Run AWWWWAAAAAY! Is not a solution to the problem Howie.
Well thank you, ol' Cut-and-Run Dean.
"We don't need a president who says they're going to leave this to the next president. That's not leadership. It's the kind of thing that got us in there in the first place with no plan."
But Howie, that would be Bill Clinton you are talking about,
and you'd be right, that wasn't leadership!!!
The Democrats are the Iraq problem.
Cool! Not that they've ever fixed anything before, but I'll bring the popcorn.
Oh Howard, please make Iraq and the war on terrorism THE issue this fall. If that doesn`t work for you, there is always the economy or how raising taxes is good.
They run run, run away... don't they know that someday we will pay?
We leave. Iran and the Baathists split Iraq. Kurds get killed. If Saddam hasn't been executed yet he is freed. Islamic violence and justice rule the land. But we are able to stop the Islamist wave sweeping the world at Okinawa. See, no problems. < /moonbat mode>
GOP needs to come out swinging on these pocketbook issues though. I really wish Bush would articulate his policies more forcefully. Tell Americans the real reason why gas prices are high. Why raising the minimum-wage only hurts the very people it's supposed to help. Why entitlement programs need to be phased out.
Howard dean is the best campaigner for the GOP
Actually, Dean is correct. Don't blow a fuse, let me explain. The Democrats will solve the Iraq problem - for the American public, and for a short period of time. For the Iraqis, of course, the Democrat solution will probably be a bloodbath followed by dictatorship. In the long run, the solution to the Iraqi problem will create a much bigger and nastier problem, possibly in the form Iran armed to the teeth with nukes, North Korea selling nukes and missles to the highest bidder, or any of the other problems that will fester and grow once our adversaries know that the American response to any difficult problem will be giving up and running away.
Whatever happens to Congress in 2006 will almost certainly impact who wins the White House in 2008, and some analysts believe Republicans would do better by losing this year.
Only a liberal would think you win my losing. LOL. They didn't have that attitude when Dems had 50 years of rule.
Iraq becomes Iran's western province - and is made the launch pad for their new nuclear arsenal pointed first at Israel, then Europe, and finally America.
In Democrats' minds, "problem solved".
Appeasement now!
I'm hard pressed to think of a single problem dems have made a dent in and have come close to solving (recognizing that no politicians can fully solve any problem).
I suppose surrender is a resolution...of sorts.
WATCHA talking bout? Remember Not2Bright fixed the North Koreans, and Ol' BJ Klintoon got the "troops out Christmas"
The Democratic solution is the Chamberlain solution and we all know where that went.
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