Posted on 11/19/2005 8:31:44 AM PST by Jeff Head
Edited on 11/19/2005 10:06:39 AM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]
Regarding Senator John Kerry's comments this morning (November 19, 2005) on Good Morning America's Weekend edition, where he said of President Bush and the War in Iraq, "What we need is a little more commander-in-chief, and a little less campaigner-in-chief,”...let's see, Mr. Kerry, President Bush took us to war in Iraq as the Commander in Chief. In the midst of that war, he defeated you in a presidential election where this very issue was the principle part of the deabte...and he defeated you with the largest voter turnout in the history of this country, by a clear majority. In that time and since, our military and diplomats, under his command and leadership, have:
No, Mr. Kerry, your lame attempts to paint this historical mission and tremendous victory in negative terms and throw that negativity on the very leader who had the foresight and the commitment, in the face of abject corrupt opposition abroad and here at home, do not "carry" (or should that be "Kerry") any weight of moral certitude whatsoever. These attempts by yourself and others to try and use your political position to influence us to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory and, "cut and run", are nothing Moore than odorous political gas passing in the wind.
- Completed the fastest, most effective military advance in military history.
- Defeated the 4th or 5th largest military in the world in quick fashion.
- Freed 30 million people from abject tyranny.
- Deposed one of the most ruthless tyrants of the last fifty years, along with his Ba'athist party.
- Destroyed all attempts by the remaining Ba'athists and their terrorist allies to regain the upper hand, killing the tyrant's two sons and capturing him in the process.
- Secured the vast majority of the nation and handed sovereignty back to the Iraqi people on schedule.
- Held the 2nd largest, freest vote in Iraqi history to vote on their own interim government, in the face of and despite terrorist attempts to thwart and disrupt that process.
- Had the interim Iraqi government develop and introduce a republican constitution on schedule, in the face of and despite terrorist attempts to thwart and disrupt that process.
- Held the largest free vote in Iraqi history to approve the constitution that the interim government proposed, with even the Sunni minority now participating in that vote, in the face of and despite terrorist attempts to thwart and disrupt that process.
- Assisted the Iraqis themselves in putting the former tyrant on trial for his crimes.
- Are preparing for what will undoubtedly be the new largest vote in Iraqi history to elect their own government under their new constitution, again, in the face of and despite terrorist attempts to thwart and disrupt that process.
- Trained an Iraqi military that is now actively taking major support and lead roles in fighting for their own free nation against their terrorist enemies, losing many more of their own lives, and spilling more of their own blood in that process than our own soldiers.
And just who does the Whine All the Time Choir think is going to echo those words to the American people. Even the "Conservative" pundits spend most their time regurgitating DNC Talking Points. Doesn't do any good for Bush to go out and give a stellar speech, like he did today, only to hear all the supposedly "Conservative" pundits spend all their time whining about "Bush's lousy PR". The fact of the matter is the whiners in the Conservative movement spend all their time complaining about OUR side instead of DOING. Sorry but just WHINEING bout a problem does NOT excuse the Conservative from having to DO things too.
Using my my best "fake" liberal voice, "Who is to blame"?
So political seniority and personal gain to a politician, in your mind, shouldn't be the major drive in decision making for a lawmaker?
That sounds like something Mia might do. It's a good image of what we observed last night!
Thanks for the compilation, Jeff. I'm hoping we continue to engage the enemy like we did last night.
lol, CNN couldn't bring themselves to do live coverage after the vote -- they were on pre-recorded stuff (larry king live & then anderson cooper from two hours earlier). It was really weird, and soooo transparent!
more like worst in the last 150 years.
bttt
The power hungry are to blame.
I thought it was "let go, let gov."
Power is a good thing when it is backed with righteousness, however when it is bagged tightly by an individual or a group then it becomes a demise placed upon mankind.
Based on power corrupting, the most successful of the power hungry tend to have sufficient personality disorders to make them persist toward success when more reputable people would draw the line.
Well said Lady Jag, however why is this so in a free society?
A couple hundred years of networking.
I guess I will have succumb and lose my individuality and become a member of the whole for the better of society.
Life under Communism...
Bump!
Heck, I re-did my Windows today with system restore, and got back old Kerry stuff I saved, if anyone is interested.
Just one link (that has many links within):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1257200/posts
Saddam was horrible...but in numbers he does not begin to compare with the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, or Pot Pol. Probably only because of lack of opportunity...but it is the US who had denied him that opportunity.
Thanks...we can all raise the standard, in wahtever circles of influence we find ourselves in.
Excellent. bttt
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