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Dubya should kick his dumb butt all the way back across the Rio Grande.
1 posted on 10/22/2006 7:40:05 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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There needs to be a pink slip in that little boy's pay envelope...


2 posted on 10/22/2006 7:46:08 PM PDT by redhead (Valley Trash: The beer of champions!)
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More douche-bags in State I see... state is full of these wieners... mostly the reason they aren't in a more practical section of gov't.

The traitors there are second as dangerous as the moles in the "Justice Dept" the past 6yrs...
3 posted on 10/22/2006 7:47:16 PM PDT by FreedomNeocon (Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
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I have a feeling he did.
This jerk "misspoke" before and no one stopped him.


4 posted on 10/22/2006 7:48:01 PM PDT by the Real fifi
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No mulligans.

People DIE because of this kind of propgandist BS encouraging the evil ones.


5 posted on 10/22/2006 7:48:07 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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I think it's written in the US Diplomat Handbook, don't talk to Al-Jazeera.


6 posted on 10/22/2006 7:48:34 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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This loser needs to be fired. This whole "misspeak" thing is BS and he knows it. A diplomat's job (esp. one as qualified as this jerk, see previous postings.) is to speak the right words at the right time. He didn't misspeak, he knew exactly what he was doing when he dissed the administration.


7 posted on 10/22/2006 7:48:57 PM PDT by pnh102
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"U.S. State Department official Alberto Fernandez told Al Jazeera television..."

What the heck is anyone in our government doing on the TV channel which touts our enemies (even more than CNN!)???

Fernandez needs to be sent somewhere else, like the dark side of the Moon.




10 posted on 10/22/2006 7:57:02 PM PDT by RicocheT
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You can't have your own diplomats say crap like this, not fire them, and retain any credibility.
11 posted on 10/22/2006 7:57:28 PM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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Par for the course from a foggy bottom minion.
12 posted on 10/22/2006 8:00:06 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead (At worst the Pope's comments might cause a "war of words" but mohammedans prefer a "war over words".)
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Some diplomat! What is he ... channeling Bin Ladin?


14 posted on 10/22/2006 8:09:26 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Never Forget)
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That this treasonous bastard still has his job is outrageous! He should have been fired within seconds of finishing the interview.

It's this kind of total crap that's gonna bring on the Second American Revolution. People are getting fed up with Politically Correct squishiness.
15 posted on 10/22/2006 8:32:15 PM PDT by upchuck (Q:Why does President Bush support amnesty for illegal aliens? A:Read this: http://tinyurl.com/nyvno)
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The rest of what he said, which properly was a message to the Arab world to quit being such morons and thinking they 'won' when something goes badly for USA in Iraq, when in fact it is a loss for the Arab world. I frankly think it was a throwaway line to the Arabs to acknowledge "hey, we make mistakes, but our democracy is strong because we admit them. Now, go ahead and start admitting mistakes of your own, dammit" ... : "We focused today, and the media focuses on blame. There is no doubt that there is plenty of room for blame. Blame of the United States or others, but we haven't focused enough on the future and the possibility of failure in Iraq. If we are witnessing failure in Iraq, it's not the failure of the United States alone. Failure would be a disaster for the region. We, all of us in the region, countries in the region, have a role in what is happening in Iraq. Failure in Iraq will be a failure for the United States but a disaster for the region. We must all focus on saving Iraq for the sake of the Iraqi people and for our sakes, us in the West, and also you in the Arab world. I know that sometimes there is a kind of gloating in the Arab world that America has problems in Iraq. I fully understand that. But, in the end, we must think of the Iraqi people, the Arabs, the Muslims and the citizens of Iraq more than gloating about the United States.
17 posted on 10/22/2006 8:46:45 PM PDT by WOSG (Broken-glass time, Republicans! Save the Congress!)
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There have been a couple of threads posted re this story. I thought that I read somewhere earlier that the "diplomat" said he was "misinterpreted" and "misquoted", lol. So now he back-pedals and apologizes.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723739/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723816/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723903/posts
18 posted on 10/22/2006 8:46:51 PM PDT by khnyny (God Bless the Republic for which it stands)
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LibWacker,


Dubya should kick his dumb butt all the way back across the Rio Grande.


A single bullet will do for this traitor ... and instead use the plane ticket for some (heroic) GI to visit his mother at Christmas ...


Patton-at-Bastogne

"May God and His Angels Guard Your Sacred Throne, and May You Long Become It."

Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, Scene II


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22 posted on 10/22/2006 9:06:58 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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isn't karen hughes not number 2 inthe state dept.? THIS guy should be on his way to the congo by monday.


23 posted on 10/22/2006 9:23:39 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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BBC now reports him apologizing!!

US official retracts Iraq remarks

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US official retracts Iraq remarks
A US marine flies over Iraq (file image)
Mr Fernandez said that US policy was open to 'strong criticism'
The US state department official who said that the US had shown "arrogance and stupidity" in Iraq has apologised for his comments.

Alberto Fernandez, who made the remarks during an interview with Arabic TV station al-Jazeera, said that he had "seriously misspoke".

His comments did not represent the views of the state department, he said.

His remarks came at a time of intense scrutiny of White House Iraq policy, with mid-term elections due next month.

Mr Fernandez is an Arabic speaker who is director of public diplomacy in the state department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.

On Saturday, he told the Qatar-based broadcaster that the world was "witnessing failure in Iraq".

Upon reading the transcript of my appearance on Al-Jazeera, I realised that I seriously misspoke
Alberto Fernandez

"That's not the failure of the United States alone, but it is a disaster for the region," he said.

"I think there is great room for strong criticism, because without doubt, there was arrogance and stupidity by the United States in Iraq."

State department spokesman Sean McCormack initially said that Mr Fernandez had been quoted incorrectly and rejected his comments.

And in a statement posted on the state department's website, Mr Fernandez retracted his remarks.

"Upon reading the transcript of my appearance on al-Jazeera, I realised that I seriously misspoke by using the phrase: 'There has been arrogance and stupidity' by the US in Iraq," he said.

"This represents neither my views nor those of the state department. I apologise."


24 posted on 10/22/2006 9:50:08 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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"You're fired"

That should do it! Besides, first the guy said he was "misquoted" in the translation - and now he says he "misspoke" - which means HE LIED!!

These are members of the "Shadow Party" which is undermining our government and our president. This guy needs to be fired - NOW!! It's the only way they're going to be able to stop this mouthing off overseas to our enemies.


25 posted on 10/22/2006 9:55:03 PM PDT by CyberAnt (Drive-By Media: Fake news, fake documents, fake polls)
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He should be fired all right, preferably from a 16 inch gun.


26 posted on 10/22/2006 10:20:34 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Islamo-terrorists: Strike force of the MSM)
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"Dubya should kick his dumb butt all the way back across the Rio Grande."

He's a Cubano.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14560221/site/newsweek/


27 posted on 10/23/2006 3:02:15 AM PDT by Mila
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Why does he still have a job?


29 posted on 10/23/2006 9:11:40 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." (Psalm 53:1))
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