Posted on 10/07/2004 10:01:06 PM PDT by neverdem
Nice prediction and thanks for the link. I just got a form letter from Admiral Hoffman today. The Swiftees could use more sheckles. So could the NRA-PVF. Hmmm
Parallels
"I voted for the 87 billion, before I voted against it"
John Kerry
"We believed what the witness told us before he realized he'd been duped"
Dan Rather
"I believe Paul Bremers statement was true when taken out of context"
John Kerry
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   John "V" Kerry now admits he was at the VVAW Executive Steering Committee Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri from November 12-15, 1971 This was John "V" Kerry's first US Senate vote. Kerry claims he voted "Nay". Isn't that special! |
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Almost ROFLMAO as I try to be serious. That's pretty d@mn good, and it rhymes with Jerry!
My father always used first initial middle name ...as his father's first name was also his.
If he hates his first name, why use the initial?
"Nevertheless he should have kept has mouth shut before the election..."
by patriciamary.."
Pretty well sums it all up.
[Nice response, nobody will read it, Bremer should have stayed on the sidelines.]
You would have respected, and trusted my father who used first initial, middle name.(His father was called by my father's first name)
I am overwhelmed with the feeling that Kerry has seen his peak and President Bush is about to pull away.
dvwjr has consistently shown that Pres. Bush holds a 4-7 pt lead, when polls are properly weighted and averaged, and counsels mature calm and patience.
Vice Pres Cheney has shown how to deflate Kedward's massive egos and show them to be, generously, disingenuous.
Afghanistan will hold elections immediately
RCP shows the electoral situation to be optimistic.
Alawi has spoken strongly of his confidence; the PM of Poland has expressed his regard for Pres. Bush and his utter disgust with Kerry.
Deufer has spoken truth - it cannot be hidden!
Bremer has taken his stand in our favor
And Howlin just keeps on, well, HOWLIN - !!!
I live three blocks from Washington University in St. Louis, and my wife works there - the security is astonishing, as usual for these (wife will be escorted on and off campus tomorrow).
(Fortunately) I will spend the weekend in the woods helping train 72 new adult Boy Scout Leaders (with 21 other dedicated volunteer trainers). I will miss FR, but i am curiously looking forward to the refreshing break and a return to action Monday.
Be Well All
To distinguish us from our fathers, and to fill the blanks in those damned bubble forms from the 60's.
I am *. **** *******
"President Bush has said that Iraq is the central front in the war on terror. He is right. Mr. Zarqawi's stated goal is to kill Americans, set off a sectarian war in Iraq and defeat democracy there. He is our enemy.
Our victory also depends on devoting the resources necessary to win this war. So last year, President Bush asked the American people to make available $87 billion for military and reconstruction operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The military commanders and I strongly agreed on the importance of these funds, which is why we stood together before Congress to make the case for their approval. The overwhelming majority of Congress understood and provided the funds needed to fight the war and win the peace in Iraq and Afghanistan. These were vital resources that Senator John Kerry voted to deny our troops."
ping
You would have respected, and trusted my father who used first initial, middle name.(His father was called by my father's first name)
No offense was intended. I was only trying to convey my initial impression. I do my best to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. My father disliked his first name. He preferred the colloquial of his middle name.
You didn't offend me..I just wanted you to know it is done by ordinary people for various reasons.
The press has been curiously reluctant to report my constant public support for the president's strategy in Iraq and his policies to fight terrorism. I have been involved in the war on terrorism for two decades, and in my view no world leader has better understood the stakes in this global war than President Bush.
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Thanks for the ping, Howlin. This is a very important op-ed, and much more in keeping with the Bremer we have been watching for the past 18 months.
In common usage, he is John Smith. His legal signature is X. John Smith, just as with Bremer. Bremer doesn't go around calling himself L. Paul Bremer...the press does that because it is his legal name.
Remember, at the time of the Iraq attack we went in early because we had intel that gave the probable location of Saddam to the President. They missiled the place and launched the war.
It was a good reason to enter prior to being fully prepared. Cut off the head of the snake, and many times you kill the snake.
It had us enter the war WITHOUT the Army Division that Turkey would not permit to cross their country. This would have been many more boots on the ground, it would have had a number between the number that attacked and Shinseki's higher number. One extra division would have covered a wide geographic area.
In sum, we had more than enough to win a war in record time. We had planned more than necessary to simply win the high intensity war phase, and they would have provided additional security. We did not get to use them because of Turkish reluctance.
We went ahead without them for a solid military reason, the decapitation of Iraq's leadership.
BTTT!!!!!!!
His full statement will never see the light of day in the press. That's the kind of partisan nation in which we live. Is there any hope that this will ever be corrected?
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