Posted on 01/03/2010 7:25:56 PM PST by ricks_place
When Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill was trying to unseat incumbent Jim Talent in 2006, she frequently bashed President George W. Bush for being incompetent on terrorism. As she told NBC's Tim Russert, "This is not an administration that's ready to protect us."
McCaskill argued throughout her campaign that Bush had made the nation more vulnerable to terrorism by invading Iraq, and she harped on the devastation of Hurricane Katrina as proof that Bush had left the nation susceptible to attack.
McCaskill, who used a wounded Iraq veteran and a woman with Parkinson's disease in her ads attacking Talent for budget votes and stem cell policy, also attacked Bush for domestic wiretapping.
And she favored withdrawing all troops from Iraq by 2008 because the Bush troop surge was "a wild failure" that had bred a "culture of dependency" in Iraq. "We are not breeding a democracy," she warned.
But that was a long time ago, politically speaking -- before McCaskill became one of the first senators to endorse Barack Obama, before she voted to extend the same domestic wiretapping she once deplored, before she joined her fellow Democrats in congratulating the Iraqis on their new framework for national elections, before Obama committed 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and before he became responsible for keeping Americans safe from terrorism.
Now Obama is under attack for the way his administration handled the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jetliner, and McCaskill and other Democrats are crying foul.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Liberals = Hypocrites.
So why did talent loose?Did he run a piss poor campaign?Did he have a tin ear for what she was doing to him?
Quote from the article:
“The horse is standing in the pasture. The barn door is wide-open. Obama wants to know who made the hinges.”
Ah, that’s just beautifully put.
The RATS squeal like the pigs they are when they get flogged with their own security lapses.
Talent was too mild mannered....a typical country club republican.
Conservatives want everyone to live by the Golden Rule (ie treat others like you want to be treated).
Liberals want everyone ELSE to live by the Golden Rule (ie treat ME like you want to be treated, I’ll treat YOU like crap).
Hot doggies... I got me a new tag line. Too bad there’s not enough space for a hat tip.
Talent was no Country Clubber. He just didn’t stand up for himself when he should have.
Talent lost because he was a milquetoast. He actually bragged about how much he worked with Democrats and how bipartisan he was. He didn't draw a clear contrast with his opponent thus disgusted conservatives stayed home or voted for that Libertarian in the race.
I'm glad Talent lost. He was your typical Republican squish.
They have leadership?
Jim was NOT a country clubber, and I am no wimp. But I almost cried when my state put mccaskill in. To call her an oxygen thief offends oxygen thieves everywhere..
Talent was actually a pretty good conservative. But 2006 was a terrible year for Republicans across the board.
Claire is just another “box-o-rocks” female like “Babs” Boxer.
Funny about those rinos aint it.The dems couldnt run against a better loser if the planted him theirselves.
Barbie Boxcar, otoh, is just a run-of-the-mill rich completely useless nattering twit. Some 'feminist', eh? W/O hubby's money, she'd still be handing out fliers in North Beach.
I live in Babs and Diane’s state...I am screwed beyond anything you could ever imagine.
Why did Talent lose?
SEIU & Black Panther Party ballot stuffing in and around Saint Louis, nothing more. Nothing less.
Much like Minnesota and their JOKER of a 'Senator' AL (call me recount & call me again recount & ...)FRANKEN-stein ...
btt
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