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Are the neocons losing it? Pat Buchanan
WND ^ | 3-24-2006 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 03/25/2006 12:38:33 PM PST by rcocean

Are the neocons losing it?

William Kristol of the Weekly Standard now demands the firing of Donald Rumsfeld. William F. Buckley, whose National Review branded the anti-war right "unpatriotic conservatives" who "hate" America, now calls upon Bush for an "acknowledgement of defeat."

But it is a March 20 essay in the Wall Street Journal that suggests the neocons may be coming unhinged. Written by Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes.. calls on Bush to fire press secretary Scott McClellan, chief of staff Andy Card, political adviser Karl Rove, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Treasury Secretary John Snow – and Vice President Richard Cheney.

"The trickiest issue is how to handle Karl Rove," says Barnes.

That Bush is in trouble is undeniable. But his people are not Bush's problem. His policies are. It is these policies, not his advisers, that have given us huge deficits, 12 million illegal aliens, a trade deficit running at $800 billion a year and a no-win war that is bleeding our country.

If Bush should follow Barnes' advice and throw his most loyal people to the wolves as a PR stunt, he will have earned their lasting contempt, and that of the country. For all will know he was scapegoating them for his own failures – failures that come of having listened to the neocons who are even now slipping out of camp, rehearsing alibis and blaming Bush for not heeding their brilliant advi

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To: tennmountainman

"What are we doing to deal with Iran now?"

Free Republic does not have that level of clearance!

LLS


81 posted on 03/25/2006 1:28:55 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
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To: ChadGore

Except thats not what a neocon is.


82 posted on 03/25/2006 1:30:21 PM PST by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: Raycpa

"The only people besides Pat that I'd like to never hear from again is Bill Kristol and McCain."

I'm with you on that if you add 'Slick Willie' and his wife - the 'wide-load'.


83 posted on 03/25/2006 1:32:05 PM PST by LADY J
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To: advance_copy

"Katrina's storm damage in political terms for President Bush is lasting; it has not been (and may never be) repaired."

This train of thought is pure Bovine excrement. I am living through Katrina hell... lost two homes and a business. President Bush is LOVED here in the affected areas. He has not suffered one iota in the South. It's just a MSM fabrication with which to bash him and his Presidency.

LLS


84 posted on 03/25/2006 1:34:00 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
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To: johnny7

Now THAT is funny!


85 posted on 03/25/2006 1:40:13 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Bill Crystal has turned into a "woose"


86 posted on 03/25/2006 1:40:28 PM PST by jayadams
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To: Darkwolf377
Do you go with the "Ronco General Patton Official Replica Helmet", or did you just glue a bowling trophy onto a hardhat for your official militia headgear? ;)

LOL, a Pickelhaube engraved with "Low Handicap, Friday Late League, 1995, sponsored by Fat Al's Chophouse."

87 posted on 03/25/2006 1:43:51 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Exactly. The media is trying to drown him in the flood waters, but everyone SAW Ray "Chocolate City" Nagin and Kathleen Blankstare on TV and we KNOW these two morons were the main culprits.

Another media myth is that poor blacks were mainly affected by Katrina. Hogwash. The lower 9th Ward in New Orleans was all black, but Lakeview, Chalmette, Meraux and Slidell were almost all white and they were hit just as hard.


88 posted on 03/25/2006 1:46:38 PM PST by LSUfan
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To: Petronski
a Pickelhaube engraved with "Low Handicap, Friday Late League, 1995, sponsored by Fat Al's Chophouse."

I prefer the much more stylish "Good Sport Award, for Perfect Attendance, Ladies Candlepin League" plaque. The guys think it looks like a replica of the monolith in 2001, but I think it adds a touch of dignity to our "War Planning Sessions" which take place in the cellar every Saturday night.

89 posted on 03/25/2006 1:53:17 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (No respect for conservatives? That's free speech. No respect for liberals? That's hate speech.)
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To: Petronski

ROFL!!!! Good one! :D


90 posted on 03/25/2006 1:55:28 PM PST by Paul_Denton (The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It's a dump.)
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To: tennmountainman; bkepley
Instead of debaring the article, you blame Pat

The more savagely they denounce Pat for saying something, the more correct Pat probably is for saying it.

91 posted on 03/25/2006 2:02:11 PM PST by Age of Reason
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
The anti-American, hate-Bush bandwagon is getting overcrowed these days.

Wow. Classic conservatives are anti-American. Good to know. I hope the bushbots must be enjoying the kool-aid.

92 posted on 03/25/2006 2:02:21 PM PST by Jibaholic (We wouldn't let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas? -- Josef Stalin)
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To: MBB1984
Bush is in trouble. Conservatives are becoming increasingly upset over his big spending and his failure to secure the border and fight illegal immigration.

Obviously you hate America. All real conservatives favor Bush's policies across the board!

That response was sarcasm, but it is also indistinguishable from the bushbots.

93 posted on 03/25/2006 2:05:08 PM PST by Jibaholic (We wouldn't let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas? -- Josef Stalin)
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To: Age of Reason

--The more savagely they denounce Pat for saying something, the more correct Pat probably is for saying it.

You're right about that. Keeps the money rolling in from his Kevin Phillips seat.


94 posted on 03/25/2006 2:05:54 PM PST by bkepley
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To: jayadams

He joined the "Castrotti"!

LLS


95 posted on 03/25/2006 2:14:31 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
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To: bkepley
"The topic was road rage and Sam was going on about "just today I must have cut some guy off and he started yelling at me and giving me the finger [Sam starts pretending to give the finger]" etc..and Kristol says "Are you sure he didn't just recognize you Sam?"

sounds like a good joke to me. Why is this bad to crack jokes?

96 posted on 03/25/2006 2:19:39 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* “I love you guys”)
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To: ChadGore

Are you truly a 'neocon', or are you a '60's 'paleolib'?


97 posted on 03/25/2006 2:20:26 PM PST by CowboyJay (Rough Riders! Tancredo '08)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

--sounds like a good joke to me. Why is this bad to crack jokes?


I'm not sure what you're saying. I thought it was outstandingly funny and I'll never forget it.


98 posted on 03/25/2006 2:23:49 PM PST by bkepley
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To: ChadGore; hedgetrimmer; rcocean
I'm proud a new Conservative

"new conservative" = oxymoron

That is, unless you can have such a thing as new traditional values and

Favor changes while favoring being opposed to change.

99 posted on 03/25/2006 2:24:01 PM PST by Age of Reason
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To: rcocean

Well, maybe the neocons have lost it.

When it comes to 'losing it' Pat Buchanan is an expert.


100 posted on 03/25/2006 2:50:45 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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