***... "This is not America's war to win or lose," said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"This is not a football game; this is not win or lose," moaned Sen. Joe Biden.
"There's no military solution for this," added Sen. Barack Obama - who nonetheless said he wanted to be sure that the troops had all the night-vision goggles and Humvees they need.
Of course, none of the Democrats suggested a realistic alternative to their preferred course of action: ordering a timetable for bugging out.
It took far-left Rep. Dennis Kucinich to point out the glaring problem in their position: "It's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war, and yet you continue to fund the war."
Well, yes. If the Democrats truly believe - as New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said - that "this war is a disaster" and "we must end this war," then they should be pushing hard for an immediate withdrawal and an end to all funding.
But they won't - because they know that, whatever their misgivings over the current situation, the American people would handily reject an immediate cut-and-run from Iraq.
And that's pretty much how it went, all night long.
Asked how they would change the U.S. military stance overseas if America were attacked once again by terrorists, the candidates all but proved the point Rudy Giuliani made earlier in the week: that, under a Democratic president, "we would go on defense" in the War on Terror.
"The first thing I would do is be certain I knew who was responsible," said John Edwards.
"I believe we should quickly respond," replied Clinton.
Obama, in a bizarre response, invoked Hurricane Katrina to declare, "The first thing we'd have to do is make sure that we've got an effective emergency response," and warned that "we can't . . . alienate the world community."
Not one even hinted at what Giuliani himself said - that before any such attack occurs, a president should go on the offensive and destroy the terrorists so that they don't even have a chance to strike. ...***
Gary Hart: An Open Letter to Mayor Giuliani
Dear Mayor Giuliani:
Since you have based your presidential campaign almost exclusively on your reaction to terrorist attacks on New York City, and since you have recently accused Democrats of being on the defense against terrorism and therefore guilty of inviting more casualties, I have one question for you: Where were you on terrorism between January 31, 2001, and September 11th?
The first date was when the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century issued its final report warning, as did its previous reports, of the danger of terrorist attacks on America. The George W. Bush administration did nothing about these warnings and we lost 3,000 American lives. What did you do during those critical eight months? Where were you? Were you on the defensive, or were you even paying attention?
Before you qualify to criticize Democrats, Mr. Giuliani, you must account for your preparation of your city for these clearly predicted attacks. Tell us, please, what steps you took to make your city safer.
Until you do, then I strongly suggest you should keep your mouth shut about Democrats and terrorism.
You have not qualified to criticize others, let alone be president of the United States.
Gary Hart
(co-chair, U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century)
P.S. You might ask these same questions of George W. Bush while you are trying to find a better reason to run for president.
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The second thing would be to file a class action suit.
This piece of excrement amazes me.
His wife is terminal and yet he continues to put his own ambitions above his family.
Why doesn't this guy either stick to NYC politics or join the democratic party? What a phony baloney he is.
Character matters! Giuliani’s headed for a great fall! Question is, will he bow out soon enough to avoid totally destroying the remaining credibility of the GOP?
Giuliani is a joke!
Rudy is just getting started at ripping new ones.
It will be glorious.
The dims will be gnashing their panties (made out of white flags in China)
Not to worry, John. No real Christian would ever be caught dead voting for the Demonic Democrat party. Look at the Dem lineup. All Satan's finest.
Reach out all you want, Howie, expect to get your hand slapped. Rudy, with all his warts is still better than the Liberal Dems.
Dean called him out on his train wreck of a personal life.
It looks like Rooty is the one that is desperate to divert attention from the subject Dean called him out on.
Poor Rooty. A leftwing liberal with the morals of a garter snake can’t even debate Dean.
Giuliani “fires back” at Dean re family life, whatever that is.
But you won’t hear Rudy, or any other Republican, hit the Democrats over immigration, big government, the welfare state, excessive taxes, the United Nations, individual responsibility or political corruption.
The presidential campaign in 08 is shaping up to be another non-issue campaign. Neither party will promise to lower taxes significantly, honestly confront socialism, lower spending, enforce immigration laws, cut pork, or run the crooks out of politics.
Where am I wrong? Anyone?
I haven’t decided who I’m voting for in the primaries but if Rudy wins the nomination you bet your sweet bippy that Im voting for him. His trouble spots of abortion & guns& 3 wives, etc. do not intrude on my life or my personal values. My wife and I are anti-abortion/pro-life and we will try to raise our son and soon to be born daughter accordingly. I have a gun and nobody is going to come in my house and take it away from me. BUT, maybe I’m at a Laker game or in downtown Los Angeles on business, maybe my family is with me, a suitcase nuke goes off because Hillary & the RATS pull the plug on the troops,further emboldening the enemy, rallying the Islamo radicals to hit the US and hit it hard.
This is a no-brainer for me. Rudy, McCain, Hunter, Thompson, Mitt...anyone of the bunch has my vote against the RAT.
Heh. Given what they put up with Bubba doing when he was president, if I were a Democrat, and I were smart (to the extent that’s not a contradiction in terms), I think I’d not want to make too much of Rudy’s marital problems.
The difference being, that we would not attack them over it, and would not attempt to politicize the war, as they have done.
They would receive far more criticism from their own party.
Ah, FR and Howard Dean joining hands together in common purpose.
Sickening.
It is so about time for a Republican to fire back at these Marxist pigs!! I really think that if some more Republicans started opening up, the Dems would nearly panic! They are so not used to actually having to defend themselves! They only know how to kick dogs that lay still,, not ones that bite back! I just hope Bush stays quiet and doesn’t undercut him!
“Of course, none of the Democrats suggested a realistic alternative to their preferred course of action: ordering a timetable for bugging out.”
The wacko leftist fringe now owns the Democrat party to the extent that none of the front runners, nor any future runner, is willing to say anything that might be taken to support a war effort supported by the Republicans.
Oh here we go. Dean and Hart make me laugh. Rudy ain’t “all that”, but he has heart, which is more than I can say about all the Dems who are attacking him.
Between him and the bitchslapping Duncan Hunter is giving them, this shaping up to be pretty darn entertaining :-D
PS: The world community hates our guts, Obama. Grow up FGS.
