Daschle vows unity behind Bush

Washington Times ^ | 3/06/02 | Dave Boyer

[kattracks]

Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who last week criticized President Bush for the direction of the war in Afghanistan, is now praising the president's leadership.

In a resolution, Mr. Daschle declares that the Senate "stands united with the president in the ongoing effort to destroy al Qaeda." He also offers condolences to the families of U.S. troops killed in action.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"An aide to Mr. Daschle said his office received an increased volume of phone calls after his criticisms last week but did not know whether the callers supported or opposed his stance."

I think this this is the funniest line in the article. "Yeah, all kinds of folks were calling us, but we have NO IDEA WHAT they were saying!" Talk about a political tin ear.....

[I still care]

"The administration argued that ... we could in fact get the job done with relatively few American forces and significant Afghan forces," Mr. Biden said. "Now the administration has apparently concluded that it can't get done that way this time. It seems to be an inevitability. We are far from finished in Afghanistan. One of the questions that's going to be raised before it's over is, 'Do we need more military presence in Afghanistan to get the job done?' I suspect you'll hear that debate."

This is not the first time I have heard this. I kept thinking, am I crazy? I thought I heard Bush say VERY clearly it would take a lot of sacrifice and a long time. So I tried an experiment. Last time I heard the Demos say this, I went into a liberal doctor's office and repeated this statement to the most liberal people there. (You know, the one's that go around with the old Clinton bumperstickers still on their car?) In both cases I was corrected, that they heard the war would be long and hard. So I guess Bush did make it clear, and the Demos are just pulling their if you repeat a lie long enough maybe it will sound like the truth routine.

[Mo1]

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[EternalVigilance]

Man, I despise this SOB.

Enough that you would help me if I ran against him in 2004?

;-)

[Utah Girl]

Oh yeah, the aide has no idea is the phone calls were for or against Daschle's statements. How stupid does he think we are? Everyone in the media raves about how politically astute Daschle is, I've yet to see him be astute about anything, except for Jeffords' defection, and that was a big bribe. Oh, and President Bush's polls just came out, Gallup has him at 81%, I wonder if Daschle saw the polls, and decided discretion was the better part of valor, and backed down.

[Grampa Dave]

Well it obvious that this slimey waste of hair and skin got blistered by the polls, phone calls, faxes and email.

If I had a son over in harm's way, this jackass would be seeing me personally. We need no Jane Fondas in this war, not even midget troll Fondas.

Here is an exclusive picture of little Mullah Shorty Da$$hole eating crow this morning for breakfast. His wife had left the room to get new Pampers for him. We, then, took this shot of the evil little Troll:

Please contribute to Free Republic so that we have this vile little troll eating crow every morning in his high chair!

[Persuasion]

Thought that too ;)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #22

They are testing every angle to see if they can find an opening. Guess they found no angle. Everytime they try, it backfires. I am sure that the hard left wing of Dems is pressing their leadership hard to take more confrontational stance against Pubbies. The leadership tried and it did not work. I am happy to see all those militant liberals get depressed now. I am sure they are commiserating with al-Qaeda.

[Political Junkie Too]

I hope the White House (and Republicans in general) learned a lesson from this: fight fire with fire. Look at the results. No more comprising. No more "new tone."

The only way to change the tone in Washington is to beat down the Democrats into submission. Then the tone will change.

-PJ

[Capitalist Eric]

Tom Daschle is getting shorter by the day...if he keeps it up he will soon look like 'mini-me'.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

[truth_seeker]

An aide to Mr. Daschle said his office received an increased volume of phone calls after his criticisms last week but did not know whether the callers supported or opposed his stance.

Now if that isn't an obvious democrat lying! Of course they know by what degree the calls were protests, because they keep track.

There is NO other reason, to explain why he backed off the issue.

Hopefully the SD voters are keeping track, too. He has been consistently casting about, for any issue to discredit Bush--it is in the daily talking points. Can you say "No traction?"

[Nogbad]

Personally, just for a good laugh,
I would like to see Daschle run for president.

In a tank he'd look funnier even than Dukakis.

[MissAmericanPie]

This infintisable slug like creature is all over the map here lately isn't he. And leaving a slug like slime trail behind him too.

[Cloud William]

President Bush's polls just came out, Gallup has him at 81%, I wonder if Daschle saw the polls, and decided discretion was the better part of valor, and backed down.

You are far too kind. Daschle reacted to the polls all right, but it was the leftist programming in his feeble, misfiring synapses that caused the reaction. He is unfamiliar with discretion and as far as "valor" goes, well, his putrid name should never be used in the same sentence as that word.

[Semi Civil Servant]

Next five trial balloons Tiny Tom will launch to try to get an issue against the Bush and the Republicans:

No Leap Years under Bush. There were two during the Clinton Administration.

“Hooked on Phonics” eradicated during the 90’s. Now, it appears to be back and doing the bidding of the extreme right.

No football team from South Dakota has ever won the Superbowl. Is this connected to the Enron Scandal?

Somebody stole my little foot stool -- dirty White House politics.

I found this thingee in my iced tea. What’s up with that?

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

eat daschole, master Daschle!!!!!!!!!

[DoughtyOne]

Tom Daschle is a little punk. Just like the rest of his party, he couldn't care less about this nation. They are an embarassment to the human race. He'd sell his mother's heart before she died if he thought he'd benefit from it.

[Cobra64]

"Mr. Daschle, after meeting with Mr. Bush at the White House yesterday, downplayed the dispute over being kept out of the war loop...."

I've been sending VERY polite e-mails to the WH, to Vice President Cheney and President Bush regarding Daschle. Since Vice President Cheney is a WY guy and President Bush is a Texan, maybe they liked the idea I proposed that either one, or both of them, "take Senator Daschle 'out behind the woodshed and teach him some religion'."

PS, as I write, --- choppers still doing fly-bys around Indian Point nuke plant. They fly over my house.