Comments on: Media Troglodytes

By: Roberts

Roberts — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 03:41:00 +0000

I lived in California in the period that McClosky represented the Bay Area and I would emphatically state that McClosky was not respected in the GOP. McClosky was – as seems to be a tradition among representatives from the Bay Area – a nut.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 23:29:02 +0000

suellen:

The man I was referring to passed away recently. He could survive Korea, but not Parkinsons.

He was a very good man and I am sure your dad is also.

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:10:32 +0000

An interesting piece of weaselwording on McCloskey’s part: Kerry “Öincapable of deliberate deceit or dissemblingÖ” Does that mean McCloskey thinks Kerry can’t tell the difference between truth and fantasy anymore, as when he falsely claimed this week that he attended the ‘91 Iraq ceasefire signing?

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:09:55 +0000

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:32:35 +0000

But an image of Michael Moore popped into my head. He was wore a dress and turned his tear stained face to the camera:

Wow. That’s an image I could have done without.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 17:19:03 +0000

Hey, Rick Ballard — Are you in Columbus OH? I’m flying there on business tonight and will be there until Wednesday. Drop me a note — my open email address is on my TypeKey profile.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:51:01 +0000

JacobR asks:

“Mr Allawi, how many regiments of competent, loyal, combat ready Iraqi troops do you have under your orders ? How many such regiments are actually fighting the terrorist, in support of democracy?”

… and Allawi would answer:

“The Iraqi government now commands almost 50,000 armed and combat- ready Iraqis.

By January it will be some 145,000. And by the end of next year, some 250,000 Iraqis.”

… which JacobR would know if he read the transcript of Allawi’s speech but would have a helluva time finding out from the troglodytes.

By: shel

shel — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:34:50 +0000

A little OT:

Wow, Terrye, your comment about the Marine minister sounds just like my dad. He was one of the Chosun Few in Korea, made the same promises, came back (badly wounded) and became a Methodist minister!! And still is, at 74; this morning they are dedicating the stained glass windows at his little church. The only difference is that, although he has voted Republican, in his life he has leaned mostly Democrat. He’s on the fence about this election, I think because he watched only mainstream news and not even Fox. My brother and I are working on him.

suellen

By: Syl

Syl — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:18:59 +0000

Terrye

It is true that Iraq is not a diversion. It is also true that some resources are finite…like translators and Arabic speakers. However spreading that resource a little thin is no reason to have held off on Iraq.

In fact, if it’s Arab speakers we need, guess what Iraq has given us. ))))))))

Look at the pool of Arab allies we now have.

If wmd and Saddam weren’t enough reason to do Iraq, this is!

CIA: We don’t have enough Arab speakers and allies!

Bush: I’ve got a great idea!

By: Terrye

Terrye — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:28:43 +0000

Syl:

This whole Iraq is a diversion thing is silly. If that is true all those Dems would not have voted for the war in the first place and unless Kerry has Osama hid under his bed he can’t promise to deliver.

Maybe John Kerry does not realize it but a nation that has bases all over the world can chew gum and walk at the same damn time. He has a fit over pulling some men off the DMZ after a half century but Iraq, a country that we have been flying sorties over for more than a decade is a distraction.

In 1998 Clinton made a point of calling for regime change in one country: Iraq, not Afghanistan. So if we are distracted it is a distraction and a problem that Bush inherited from Clinton and the Dems.