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Bush's war support rising?
Washington Times ^ | 31 August 2007 | Jon Ward

Posted on 08/31/2007 3:23:51 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher

The White House believes it has made significant progress over the past month in swaying public and political opinion toward supporting a continued U.S. military effort in Iraq, one of President Bush's closest advisers said in an interview.

"The end of the August feels a lot better than the beginning of August when it comes to where we are relative to perceptions of our Iraq policy and what is working," said Ed Gillespie, counselor to the president.

Congress returns Tuesday from a monthlong recess that did not go according to plan for Democratic leaders and the antiwar movement, who were looking to September as a time to force Mr. Bush into changing course in Iraq.

That moment may still come. But August brought numerous reports from regional specialists and even Democratic members of Congress that the president's surge of 30,000 troops is producing positive results.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: georgewbush; iraq; pollsoniraq; support; term2; war
It's working. We gotta hang in there.
1 posted on 08/31/2007 3:23:52 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher

get’r done!


2 posted on 08/31/2007 3:53:06 AM PDT by Bowie39th
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To: Bowie39th

Shssh, don’t tell anyone, maybe it will go away. I am praticing for my new career as a jouralist. How am I doing?


3 posted on 08/31/2007 5:33:35 AM PDT by Jigajog
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To: Aussie Dasher
Anatomy of a Tribal Revolt

Long read, but well worth it

4 posted on 08/31/2007 5:38:18 AM PDT by SShultz460
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To: Jigajog

Give me $1000 and I’ll tell you you’re doing a great job!

(I’m practicing too...)


5 posted on 08/31/2007 5:47:22 AM PDT by Miztiki (My vote will be for the best candidate, but my heart and soul longs for God's Kingdom)
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To: Aussie Dasher

The Surge is Working and the Rats are Trapped

Pray for W and Our Troops


6 posted on 08/31/2007 5:50:47 AM PDT by bray (Member of the FR President Bush underground fighting FR BDS)
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To: bray

“The Surge is Working and the Rats are Trapped”

The Rats are trapped only if the good guys have the b*lls to spring the trap, i.e. on the campaign trail, call each and every one of them a disembling, traitorous, fellow-traveling coward, intensely and often. Use their own documented statements to corner and then skewer them, relentlessly, unmercifully.

We can’t, of course, assume that the Rat’s auxilliaries (the agenda MSM) will helpfully point out how wrong-headed and counter productive to the war effort (and, by the way, most helpful to the enemy) the Rat anti-war strategy has been.

These people must be held accountable (unlike after Viet Nam) and we are the only ones who can do it.


7 posted on 08/31/2007 6:00:47 AM PDT by Stand W (Fetchez La Vache!)
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To: Stand W
"and we are the only ones who can do it."

Boy are we ever screwed.

8 posted on 08/31/2007 6:24:48 AM PDT by SShultz460
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To: Stand W

Amen to that, sir. I’m hoping that Thompson will do just that. I have to say, though, I thought he looks a little frail these days. Anybody else feel the same way?


9 posted on 08/31/2007 6:53:38 AM PDT by dooltotheend (uir)
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To: Jigajog
Shssh, don’t tell anyone, maybe it will go away. I am praticing for my new career as a jouralist. How am I doing?

LOL! WELCOME ABOARD!

10 posted on 08/31/2007 7:00:46 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Aussie Dasher

Support for the war always goes up when Bush goes out and stumps for it.

But then the idiot retreats into his cocoon. and all the gains get lost.


11 posted on 08/31/2007 7:54:52 AM PDT by pacelvi (In general, Democrats are the only real reason to vote for Republicans. - Thomas Sowell)
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To: dooltotheend

Fred has been working closely with a traing coach.
His philosophy is “a lead dog runs hardest.”


12 posted on 08/31/2007 8:08:23 AM PDT by DonnerT (Lean and mean runnung machine.)
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To: DonnerT

That shoul be “lean” dog nod lead.


13 posted on 08/31/2007 8:10:16 AM PDT by DonnerT (Lean and mean runnung machine.)
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