Monday, September 20, 2004

Republicans Critical of Bush on Iraq

from CNN International
"The fact is, we're in trouble. We're in deep trouble in Iraq," said Hagel, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees.

8 comments:

Sheryl said...

McCain is sort of putting Bush in a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Makes you wonder whether he was stumping for him, so that he could undermine him afterwards by backing off. Or maybe he figured if he stumped for him, he could get some policy leverage.

I kind of wondered about that. I know McCain is a Republican, but he's worked with Kerry on a lot of issues. They have gone against Bush together on a lot of issues, for that matter.

It's hard to see how more ground troops will calm things down in Iraq though.

9/20/2004 11:11:00 AM
Sheryl said...

Here's an article on it from the Washington Post someone emailed me:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34111-2004Sep19.html

9/20/2004 05:39:00 PM
Sheryl said...

Hmm...she sent me another one:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=7&u=/ap/20040920/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq

9/20/2004 05:41:00 PM
Sheryl said...

A guy in the local Peace Coalition was quoting Jay Leno:

"John Kerry criticized President Bush for not renewing the ban on assault weapons. Well, you can understand why President Bush doesn't want to renew the ban. These are the first weapons of mass destruction that he's been able to find." - Jay Leno ("Tonight Show," NBC, 9/13).

9/20/2004 11:26:00 PM
gecko said...

You know, I couldn't get through this one after "Several Republicans and Democrats took President Bush to task on Sunday's talk shows over his repeated assertions that all is well in Iraq." The reporter lost me at the opinionated spin right from the beginning.

It is only natural for some people within a group to distance themselves from views held by the majority of the group. I struggled with this for years.

Just because you have some background or the other doesn't make you the consumate expert. There are alot of Monday Morning Quaterbacks outr there calling plays on Iraq...

9/22/2004 12:24:00 AM
Anonymous said...

gecko- by monday morning quarterbacks, do you mean George H.W. Bush in his pre-war autobiography, detailing the inevitable chaos that would accompany a march to Baghdad? he was surprisingly accurate.

most people act out their Freudian impulses on an analyst's couch, not over Najaf.

9/22/2004 01:08:00 AM
X said...

What I found amusing was when Bush was confronted with the opinions of fellow Republicans against the current situation in Iraq (the interview with Assawi) and his response was,"well, they said they were going to vote for my reelection, so that's good enough for me." (not a direct quote, but close enough.)

9/23/2004 10:21:00 PM
gecko said...

I avoid autobiographies. As for predicting something before it takes place, it seems alot of politicians don't find that very safe.

As for Republicans not route-stepping the party line; There is an addage, "You can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time." I'm sure what the President meant was, given the "big picture" of all issues at stake, Republicans are standing firm behind a second term for him.

9/24/2004 08:22:00 PM

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