LIVE THREAD: Bush's Speech on Iraq (8:00 P.M. EDT)

www.freerepublic.com | May 21, 2004

[Howlin]

Speech begins at 8:00 P.M. EDT; carried on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, and CSPAN.

[Christian4Bush]

SCREAMING doesn't make you more believable or persuasive. Were that the case, Sam Kinison would have been president...or Chris Rock... ....or Howard Dean

Well, all I can say to that is... YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[Torie]

By the way, isn't the UN guy a foreigner?

[Darlin']

I'm giving some thought to going to this Inaugural, too.

[Faithfull]

I agree that the only way many of us will get through this is to stick together. I'd suggest too that Christians need to get busy getting out the vote. Ask your church to have voter registrations. Make certain your church has the Christian Coalition voter guides before the election. Start an email campaign to your family and friends with facts! If we all truly 'fight the good fight'...we can win! Put your faith into action...we need all the soldiers we can rally!

[tapatio]

This is not, however, just America's fight. And what is at stake is not just America's freedom. This is the world's fight. This is civilization's fight. This is the fight of all who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom.

After all that has just passed -- all the lives taken, and all the possibilities and hopes that died with them -- it is natural to wonder if America's future is one of fear. Some speak of an age of terror. I know there are struggles ahead, and dangers to face. But this country will define our times, not be defined by them. As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be an age of terror; this will be an age of liberty, here and across the world.

Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated

How quickly the American people forget the words of the President,September 20, 2001.

There is a saying "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it"

I just don't know how we can remind the American people of this when they don't want to listen!

The President told us it was going to be a long fight,how much does he have to keep repeating this!Even our leaders in the Senate and Congress have not been listening!

It is just so frustrating when a little citizen like myself understands this but half the leadership of this country doesn't!

The President has the right ideas about how to go about this war, but he is now in the position of having to battle the war on terror,and the war the left in this country has waged against him.I have never seen a President in all my days subjected to what this President has been subjected to, and through all that he has kept his strength of purpose.So let the talking head say what they want,they will never be more than a stain on a page in history!

[hole_n_one]

There used to be a functioning link to a wav. file of Dean's Iowa meltdown.

I have no idea why it's now being redirected to Amazon.com

[ConservativeMan55]

bump!

[Pukin Dog]

Which is precisely why I am challenging your claiming that Clancy is a sellout. That's a serious charge.

Yes it is. I stand by it.

[jonathonandjennifer]

For several weeks, up to about two weeks ago, I thought Morris was making a lot of sense with his comments about the politics of the election. Then, suddenly, he began to bash Bush and his chances of winning the election.
His comments about women voters seem incomplete. He seems to see all women as wanting the government to protect and take care of them. It seems to me that women now have varying degrees of three views on the protect issue; 1) Morris's view, 2) a strong man to protect them, 3) I'm tough and can take care of myself. I think Bush wins with 2) and 3.)

[LenS]

Clancy's batting for the House of Saud, which, for the moment, puts him on the Dem's side. After 9-11, it's hard to read his old stuff -- too much kissing up to the Saudis as our friends and Islam as a religion of peace that's being distorted by a few extremists. He especially loves his Prince Bandar character. In his last book, you can see him backpedaling to some extent (the successful Israeli-Palestinian peace effort of an earlier book has now failed), but he's still kissing up to Bandar.

To be honest, his Ryan character is a real wuss in terms of policy. Our enemies keep on hitting us with WMD's in the novels and Ryan retaliates with trials and a few targeted bombs (or does nothing with regards to the Chicoms) or assassinations. It's no wonder he's unhappy with Bush. Bush actually fights back.

[Flipyaforreal]

I love that picture!!

[Christian4Bush]

Great post.

None of the three accounts surprises me in the least, which is to x42's great shame. Bump for later!

[markman46]

No they are all Cranial Rectaly Inverted with severe Amarblosis

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Biden is "disappointed".

Is Biden the heir-apparent for the soon to be vanquished Daschle? If so, he should certainly get the lines right. LOL!

[arasina]

The new Dick Morris Weeble. Twirls and spins every which way.

[oceanview]

Sadr? He has a tiny fraction of support amongst the Shia. Its the media spin that has made him out to be some kind of messiah over there - don't buy it. He has perhaps a few thousand militiamen (less every day), his uprising hasn't taken root amongst the people in general. He is nothing more then a thug, like a Crip gang leader. There are 50,000 gang members in Los Angeles, should their leaders be represented on the city council there?

[hole_n_one]

Watching the big dogs play with each other is enlightening, entertaining and sometimes.......really, really scary!

[Miss Marple]

I don't buy the media spin. I was making an attempt at humor, which obviously failed. :-)

[BigSkyFreeper]

All I can say is the pundits were disappointing, and that my prediction that they wouldn't be happy with whatever he said came true.

Now, having said that, I feel humbled that I've pegged the media so well again.

[Howlin]

Practice makes perfect.