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Not the 'Real Vote'
Washintgon Post ^
| Feb 17, 2007
| WaPo Editorial
Posted on 02/17/2007 4:51:36 AM PST by edpc
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It would be nice to believe that Mr. Murtha does not represent the mainstream of the Democratic Party or the thinking of its leadership. Yet when asked about Mr. Murtha's remarks Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered her support. Does Ms. Pelosi really believe that the debate she orchestrated this week was not "the real vote"? If the answer is yes, she is maneuvering her party in a way that can only do it harm.
Sadly, I think the WaPo "epiphany" is more due to their desire to protect the Dems for '08, rather than real concern for troop welfare/morale and national security. Murtha was their Golden Boy when it suited their purposes.
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posted on
02/17/2007 4:51:36 AM PST
by
edpc
To: edpc
No, I'd say the WaPo doesn't want any blood on its hands when this unravels as they know it must in the event the Dems succeed in "bleeding the war machine dry". Even the WaPo has to recognize that the Dems are setting up Cambodia II here. And even the WaPo can't file that one into the Memory Hole fast enough. JMHO.
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posted on
02/17/2007 4:55:27 AM PST
by
ReleaseTheHounds
(“The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.”)
To: edpc
... it will deflect accusations that he is trying to do what he is trying to do. gee, dirty politics 101, what a genius, who knew?
To: ReleaseTheHounds
Buy Ammo.
If Murtha's plan works we may need it.
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:04:46 AM PST
by
sgtbono2002
(I will forgive Jane Fonda, when the Jews forgive Hitler.)
To: edpc
Two 9-letter words that have the same meaning:
DEMOCRATS
COWARDICE
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:09:11 AM PST
by
Road Warrior ‘04
(Kill 'em til they're dead! Then, kill 'em again!)
To: sgtbono2002
Buy Ammo. If Murtha's plan works we may need it.
Gun show in Tucson this weekend. BLOAT
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:09:47 AM PST
by
CPOSharky
(Year = 365 days. muzzy 'most holy' days = 450. Go figure.)
To: sgtbono2002
Buy Ammo.
If Murtha's plan works we may need it. Bingo.
To: edpc
To: edpc
Murtha was their Golden Boy when it suited their purposes. Lie down with 'Rats, get up with cholera.
To: edpc
What outrages me is not that the dems are riding over the cliff. Its the 18 republican horses they rode on. These reps have to be spat at. They are vile and that is the best I can say about them.
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:20:59 AM PST
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: edpc
What we have here is the media suddenly realizing that this will cause a backlash....they are warning the DEMS they are overreaching. This is the second article I have seen in which the media is worried of how this is playing in middle America.
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:23:42 AM PST
by
Dog
To: edpc
How nice of the WAPO (and probably the other media cheerleaders) to take notice.
They had a big hand in creating what's happening.
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:35:37 AM PST
by
OpusatFR
( ALEA IACTA EST. We have just crossed the Rubicon.)
To: edpc
Treason is as treason does.
If the American People can't see this for what it is, then all is truly lost.
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:36:38 AM PST
by
MountainPete
(democrats are Liars . . . the Truth ain't in 'em!)
To: Bushbacker1
democrats don't have enough integrity to be cowards.
They're a social black hole leading straight to hell.
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:38:40 AM PST
by
MountainPete
(democrats are Liars . . . the Truth ain't in 'em!)
To: edpc
Geez, it's unusual for the WaPost to tell it like it is.
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:40:43 AM PST
by
JoeGar
To: OpusatFR
How nice of the WAPO (and probably the other media cheerleaders) to take notice...They had a big hand in creating what's happening. Good point!
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:41:04 AM PST
by
libertylover
(If it's good and decent, you can be sure the Democrat Party leaders are against it.)
To: MountainPete
democrats don't have enough integrity to be cowards. Perfect.
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:43:00 AM PST
by
CPOSharky
(Year = 365 days. muzzy 'most holy' days = 450. Go figure.)
To: CPOSharky
Aye, chief!
Keep your ammo dry...
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posted on
02/17/2007 5:56:36 AM PST
by
MountainPete
(democrats are Liars . . . the Truth ain't in 'em!)
To: edpc
[Article]
It would be nice to believe that Mr. Murtha does not represent the mainstream of the Democratic Party or the thinking of its leadership. But Pelosi picked Murtha, didn't she? Twice. Steny Hoyer isn't writing this bill, is he?
Maybe it'll begin to dawn on David Broder and that bunch at the Stump that Pelosi is a bit more "rad" than they thought she was, and that she knows exactly what she's doing.
MHO, she and Murtha and Waxman are working on a "California impeachment package special" to nail Bush six ways from Friday -- during an election year.
Bush won't sit still to see his Article II powers invaded in this way, so they get a constitutional crisis and grounds to impeach that way. Then they'll use the contracts thing Waxman et al. are working on to degrade the President's political ability to defend the first proceeding -- a full-court press. They hate his guts and they're going to get him, and they're going to bury Republicanism and conservatism under a crossroads with a stake in our hearts.
Blink, and you'll wake up in a re-education camp.
To: JoeGar
Geez, it's unusual for the WaPost to tell it like it is. I think Pelosi surprised them. Turns out Hillary isn't the only vindictive b*tch in the DemonRat Party.
Heads up, guys, or fry.
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