I resemble that remark, as I'm one of those who feel that way. In partial response I offer the next post in this train.
Add to all this the recent news that the uranium story does have foundation in fact and we have a good opportunity for the GOP to expose this as a model of gotcha journalism and pack mentality seems invariably to be directed at Republicans.
Bush had a big speech in Pennsylvania yesterday that was all the rage on this forum, many stating that "Bush was on fire". Well, he may have been, but he was preaching to the choir and while from the postings it sounds like he got in a couple of zingers, it was hard to tell how far they went since typical of FR posters, there's more "gee whiz, we're winning" posts and precious little substantive observations as such on what they were watching.
I didn't hear that Bush mentioned the movies of Saddam's hell-hole prisons and tortures (that was the only "circus and playground" scenes most Iraqi's were aware of - take that, MM). I didn't hear that Bush quoted the Clintons, Kennedy and Kerry on Saddam's WMD and the need to rid the world of his threats, nothing on the uranium, nothing on Gorelick's memo handcuffing the intelligence community, etc., etc.
So for a voter sitting on the sidelines with all the liberal, media, Democrat charges against Bush, where is the response? Sure Kerry flip flops, sure he voted for the war before he voted against it, but what about these charges? (1) did Bush lie to the American public? (NO), (2) was the invasion of Iraq an optional war? (NO), (3) did Husseain grind up his victims alive, drop them from buildings, rape and kill children in front of their parents? (YES, YES, YES), (4) did Hussein help and support bin Laden in his attack on the US? (NOT ONLY YES but HELL YES), and (5) are the Iraq people better off now than under Saddam (YES). And as proof all Bush needs to do is cite the evidence that has come to light since we invaded Iraq that the media has been ignoring.
That's the kind of fireworks from him We need to see.
I have been so posting for months and have been excoriated daily as a DUer for my pains.
We do in fact have a good story to tell but we don't know how to tell a story good.
Speaking of weak and strong, just how many tea drinkers are there in Washington?
The Chinese claim to have invented tea. Emperor Shen Nung and all that rot. I've heard a better claim that tea was invented in an island province off of China -- a island with s distinct culture and langugage independent of China.
As always the big swallow the small unless LAW is respected, so that claim is lost except among the few surviving small found among the dust of the earth.
Free trade is lawless, and far from being a lever to improvement is more effeciently a slide to depravity and lawlessness. Better to support one's nieghbors job first -- has Mr. Bush forgotten that?
Prepare the tea, slaves -- for the EMPEROR!
B.S.
I was one posting on the live thread and my posts were mainly exact quotes from the event that I typed as they were said--straight transcription. (yes, I included approving comments as it WAS a spectacular event, whether you like it or not).
My, my; aren't WE full of ourselves.