Posted on 12/07/2006 6:56:01 PM PST by blam
"Did you hear some of the stupid questions during the ISG report. One idiot reporter asked the ISG if President is obliged to follow all their recommendations! How stupid can these people be? How can their little brain allow them to think for one second that the President of the United States is obliged to follow recommendations from a group of clowns. The President is more powerful than 66% of Congress on domestic issues, and have almost total control of foreign policy and a reporter with an IQ of 5 is asking whether he is obliged to follow the recommendations of the ISG. Just unbelievable."
First of all, no. I did not catch the press conference.
Second, you are being much more kind that I would have been by grading the intelligence of the questioner with a 5. Or, maybe you forgot a few zeros, ex. .00005 IQ.
Unfortunately I am not surprised by the question after all the recent questions I have heard or read about that come from the White House Press Corp. I have heard so many stupid questions, and the presumptions that are built into the framework of the question that not much surprises me any more when it comes to "journalists" questions.
Amen. God bless President Bush and God bless our troops.
Ditto.
Not one of the suits got out of the Green Zone on this 'commission'. It's bureaucracy at it's worst- stand up or step OUT!!!!!!
Agree, I was very generous with the IQ level of reporters :)
"Let's realize that any meaningful talk would involve appeasement. Iran and Syria would ask for alot. That is a road to nowhere."
I agree, that is why I am generally against the idea of talking with Iran and Syria on this issue, or other issues.
I don't believe in appeasement for the sake of appeasement. If I thought there was a real answer that would come from talking with Iran and Syria, I would consider it, but I really do not see any real actions coming from that.
One more thing. Those that say we should talk to Iran and Syria are not advocating, from what I can tell, that we talk to them by giving an unvarnished opinion.
Agreed.
BUMP!
Was surprised because he has really been having a hard time over Iraq in England - thought he might have caved by now.
The unseriousness of the comission is indicated by the inclusion of Sandra Day O'Connor.
True - never seen anyone this harassed
Lincoln. Even after he won re-election he had many enemies in Washington.
May be no truth in it, but the theory has been advanced that Stanton was complicit in the assasination. If Johnson had been killed, and he was not only because the hit-man lost his nerve, with Seward badly wounded, Stanton could have made himself dictator. What he might have had in mind, we don't know. We do know he was enraged when Sherman cut a deal with Johnston.
With Sherman in favor of Lincoln's policy and with Grant bound to back Sherman's hand, nothing was going to happen.
He knows he is right.
My view is that it would be absurd to withdraw American combat troops. However, I would use more of them to provide a good example for the Iraqis and hold thge rest in reserve. Of courser the Iraqis are totally dependent on American supply. The only question is: How many supporters does Mookie have among the security forces? We may have missed our chance to take him out two and a half years ago.
Thanks for the historical info.
A defiant ??
It still amazes me, that the liberal bleeding heart media acts like that is a bad thing
>>Bush has been wholly consistent since day one. If anyone believes he's lost his nerve, it's a reflection of that person's mentality, not Bush's resolve.
So that's what happened to social security refprm then....
We cannot allow the mentality of the Spanish to dictate the future of civilization.
Never thought the President would lose his nerve, or abandon his determination. He was not going to cave to the America-haters of the world. He was not going to bow down to the UN, the EU, or the leftists here at home.
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