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Ding Dong: ISG's Dead
Fox News Watch/NewsBusters ^
| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 12/16/2006 6:23:40 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
How do you know the Iraq Study Group report is dead? When on this evening's Fox News Watch conservative columnist Jim Pinkerton declares its "total evaporation" and the most aggressive liberal panelist doesn't bother to deny it.
Said Pinkerton:
"I think the most interesting thing has been the total evaporation of the Baker-Hamilton commission as a force in American politics. Of all people Laurence O'Donnell at the Huffington Post had a headline: 'Rush Limbaugh Is Right,' about the report, saying it is a formula for surrender. And whether you like it or not, Neal, Bush is not going to surrender Iraq."
View video here.
The "Neal" in question was of course leftist panelist Neal Gabler, and when his turn rolled around all he could say was that "as soon as [Pres. Bush] comes out with his policy, all the right-wing media are going to sign onto it and say how great this policy is."
Translation: ISG is deader than a smelt. We're moving on.
Finkelstein recently returned from Iraq. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isg; jimpinkerton; nealgabler
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To: cripplecreek
Newt needs a cabinet position!
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posted on
12/16/2006 6:45:02 PM PST
by
Issaquahking
(Trust can't be bought)
To: paulat
He has a lot more freedom this way. An elected official has to walk the line between truth and what's politically correct.
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posted on
12/16/2006 6:51:38 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
To: sageb1
Hmmmm...Putting aside the idea that I'd like to see the Dept. of Edu. dissolved, Secretary of Education? He could actually have major impact there. So...why didn't Bill Bennett get rid of it when he had the chance?
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posted on
12/16/2006 6:55:06 PM PST
by
paulat
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I don't see a big future for the Iraq Study Group Report/911 Commission Report boxed gift set.
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:06:15 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I hope nobody "offends" me today.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
To: Bahbah; governsleastgovernsbest
You know about smelt???? I am impressed :)Hey, even some of us southerners like smelt. I like mine fried golden brown, with onion rings!
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:08:44 PM PST
by
tarheelswamprat
(So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
To: governsleastgovernsbest; Bahbah
when you ate them, weren't they . . . dead?I've eaten many dead smelt, but thankfully none that ever smelt dead...
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:11:48 PM PST
by
tarheelswamprat
(So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Yes, but when you ate them, weren't they . . . dead? LOL. No, governs, we are Catholic and if they were running on a Friday, we just swallowed them live. No mackerels, go for the smelt. You go with what you have :)
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:15:58 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(Regev, Goldwasser and Shalit, we are praying for you)
To: paulat
Bennet said he quit Ed because he realized that the levers of power were not connected to anything. We have an arrogant, self-perpetuating bureaucracy which resists civiian control and change.
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:22:15 PM PST
by
ClaireSolt
(Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
To: ClaireSolt
Bennet said he quit Ed because he realized that the levers of power were not connected to anything. We have an arrogant, self-perpetuating bureaucracy which resists civiian control and change. I never remember him standing up like a man when he was at the helm and saying, "take this wall down!"
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:24:21 PM PST
by
paulat
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Great post. Everybody seems to think they're running the table on W.
They're not even in the game.
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:27:44 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Bahbah
***Hey, wait a minute, we used to go down to the lake when the smelt were running and catch them in buckets. Then we smoked them. ***
How did you roll them so they would not fall out the ends of the papers?
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:30:15 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(ISLAM "If you don’t know what you have to fear, you will not survive."---Hirsi Ali)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
So, in other words, we taxpayers just paid an enormous amount (of which I could probably retire on comfortably) for bullshit. Is that correct?...just wondering....
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:31:47 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:32:32 PM PST
by
Zeon Cowboy
("Show me just what Muhammad brought... and there you will find things only evil and inhuman.")
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
LOL. No, you bit their little heads off and chomped on the tails.
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:32:45 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(Regev, Goldwasser and Shalit, we are praying for you)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
ISG is deader than a smelt. It smelt like a smelt from the git-go.
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:37:45 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: OldFriend
"You know about smelt???? I am impressed :)"I never smelt a smelt that smelt like THAT smelt smelt...
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:57:49 PM PST
by
redhead
(...frammin' at the jim-jam, frippin' at the krotz...)
To: Bahbah; governsleastgovernsbest
He who smelt, it dealt it.
To: paulat
"So...why didn't Bill Bennett get rid of it when he had the chance?"
I've wondered the same thing. John Kasich was in favor of dumping it, too. I really like Bennett. Haven't seen much of him lately, but he was looking pretty funky the last few interviews I saw him do. Just didn't look well.
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posted on
12/16/2006 8:25:58 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: ClaireSolt
"Bennet said he quit Ed because he realized that the levers of power were not connected to anything. We have an arrogant, self-perpetuating bureaucracy which resists civiian control and change."
I didn't know he said that. He's right, of course, but I wish he hadn't abandoned the ship.
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posted on
12/16/2006 8:33:07 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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