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RUSH LIMBAUGH LIVE THREAD, WEDNESDAY August 23, 2006
Reuters

Posted on 08/23/2006 8:52:59 AM PDT by angcat

SOME WEDNESDAY SPIN! Most in US see no tie between Iraq, terror war: poll Tue Aug 22, 10:29 PM ET A majority of Americans no longer see a link between the war in Iraq and Washington's broader anti-terrorism efforts despite President George W. Bush's insistence the two are intertwined, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released on Tuesday. Fifty-one percent of those surveyed said the war in Iraq was separate from the U.S. government's war on terrorism. The findings were a considerable shift from polls taken in 2002 and early 2003, when a majority considered the two to be linked, The New York Times said. As recently as June, opinion was evenly split, with 41 percent on both sides of the divide. Now only 32 percent considered Iraq to be a major part of the fight against terrorism, the newspaper said. According to the poll, 46 percent said the Bush administration had concentrated too heavily on Iraq and not enough on terrorists elsewhere. Fifty-three percent said going to war in the first place was a mistake, up from 48 percent in July, The New York Times said. Bush's approval ratings remained unchanged at 36 percent. His popularity has been damaged by the unpopular war in Iraq, in which the U.S. military death toll is 2,610. As recently as Monday, Bush defended the invasion of Iraq as crucial to preventing more domestic terror attacks. "If you believe that the job of the federal government is to secure this country, it's really important for you to understand that success in Iraq is part of securing the country," Bush said during a news conference. The unpopularity of the Iraq war has many Republicans nervous about the party's chances in the November midterm elections in which Democrats are seeking to retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. The Times/CBS News poll of 1,206 adults was conducted Thursday through Monday and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.


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To: angcat

Hey angie! Thanks for posting the thread today!


41 posted on 08/23/2006 9:40:52 AM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: angcat

FoxNews Alert:

12 arrested/detained for questioning on that flight from US to Amsterdam to India this morning.

No further details.


42 posted on 08/23/2006 9:40:55 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

OK, I was beginning to think the inet nazis here were blocking it at noon. It happened yesterday during Rush, too.


43 posted on 08/23/2006 9:41:23 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (Nothing says security like the smell of gunpowder.)
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To: Jake The Goose
It is my humble opinion that John McCain suffers from delayed stress syndrome or some type of related disease fr0m his POW time. He was severely mentally affected by his inprisonment in Vietnam and still suffers it today.

RA, Nam vet 1970

44 posted on 08/23/2006 9:41:28 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Back home in Alabama after 14 years in hell of WA state.)
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To: Roccus

do people attack the FR site?


45 posted on 08/23/2006 9:41:43 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE BECASUE OF THE BRAVE!)
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To: Sensei Ern
OK, I was beginning to think the inet nazis here were blocking it at noon. It happened yesterday during Rush, too.

I thought MNJohnnie broke the internet. The server failed right at 12:00.

46 posted on 08/23/2006 9:42:45 AM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: TomGuy

Heard on the radio that the pilot became "uncomfortable' with several passengers and asked for instructions. He was told to return, which he did. Said passengers were detained. Amsterdam, I believe.


47 posted on 08/23/2006 9:43:08 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Heheheh. :)


48 posted on 08/23/2006 9:43:18 AM PDT by TexasPatriot8 (Irrational is the person who is offended by the mention of a God that he doesn't believe exists.)
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To: Jake The Goose

People pick Rudy, over Newt? thats messed up just messed up.


49 posted on 08/23/2006 9:43:36 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE BECASUE OF THE BRAVE!)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Yes, occasionally they do.


50 posted on 08/23/2006 9:43:40 AM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Unfortunately no. It took me by surprise, but I did have the remote and used it wisely.


51 posted on 08/23/2006 9:44:10 AM PDT by b4its2late (There are good terrorists - dead ones.)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

So I've heard. On occassion I've seen mass postings of porn.


52 posted on 08/23/2006 9:44:26 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: A.Hun
The server failed right at 12:00.

Very unusual.

I wonder if there really isn't a DUmmy conspiracy.

53 posted on 08/23/2006 9:44:35 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (If you don't love Jesus, you can go to hell.)
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To: RetiredArmy

I think you are right - I met Admiral Stockdale, (who was also in the Hanoi Hilton for many years) in 1980.

The Admiral, while brilliant and courageous his entire life, was, how shall I say it - unhinged.

No fault of their own perhaps - understandable - but not part of the needed resume to be Commander in Chief.


54 posted on 08/23/2006 9:44:39 AM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: A.Hun
I thought MNJohnnie broke the internet.

Yeah, I had the same thought at the top of the hour. If he couldn't be here, no one else was gonna be here either...fortunately he let the zapper go. I have heard that there are DOS attacks launched against FR, but I don't know...does anyone know?

55 posted on 08/23/2006 9:44:44 AM PDT by LibertyLee (George W. Bush a Great President--US out of the UN and UN out of the US!)
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To: TexasPatriot8

lol


56 posted on 08/23/2006 9:44:47 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE BECASUE OF THE BRAVE!)
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To: Roccus
..."The Path to 9/11" shows the CIA and the Northern Alliance surrounding Bin Laden’s house in Afghanistan. They're on the verge of capturing Bin Laden, but they need final approval from the Clinton administration in order to go ahead. They phone Clinton, but he and his senior staff refuse to give authorization for the capture of Bin Laden, for fear of political fall-out if the mission should go wrong and civilians are harmed.

therein is the essential difference between a president who is decisive and unconcerned about "political fallout"...and the poseur that was too busy having a grand ole time playing at being president: BJ Clinton.

57 posted on 08/23/2006 9:45:11 AM PDT by aligncare (Proud 40 year nonmember of the ACLU.)
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To: TomGuy
That's the flight they escorted with F-16's to an airport?
58 posted on 08/23/2006 9:45:27 AM PDT by b4its2late (There are good terrorists - dead ones.)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

For Newt - the country needs a new Cabinet post.

Chief Intellectual Officer.

The man may not win a national election - but no one can hold a candle to his mind, and understanding of issues.


59 posted on 08/23/2006 9:46:12 AM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: aligncare

The tape is going to be in the machine for this mini-series.


60 posted on 08/23/2006 9:46:31 AM PDT by Roccus
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