* Bush Hasn't Given Speech Yet, And Libs Already Pi$$ing And Moaning *

[CheesyMuslim]

Sorry bout that,

1. But how is this being supportive of your Nation, when you can't even allow the President of the United States, to give his speech about whats needed to do in Iraq.
2. I say The President tells them all to pi$$ off!!!!!!
3. This is Americas war, and The President has the right to do what *He* thinks best in it.
4. The Libs have not a leggeth to stand on.

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

[Labrocca]

Thread moved to the new category of "political analysis".

[ECW]

I am willing to hear the man out. As I type this, it is 40 minutes before his speech. Usually, his own words come back to haunt him.

[Buck Laser]

I'm betting three minutes before the speech that he'll be his usual smarmy self. I would love to be mistaken.

[Cobra]

He's blaming it all on himself, I'm surprised. Not a bad speech so far.

[CheesyMuslim]

Sorry bout that,

1. But Bush nailed it!
2. Perfect 10.
3. He is dead on right!

Regards,
SIrJamesofTexas

[Cobra]

He was too stiff, he's always stiff when he speaks.

[Buck Laser]

At best, I'd give him a C-minus. I thought he was going to hyperventilate during the first few minutes. He did take some responsibility, in about as minimal a way as possible.

What worried me most was his total rejection of negotiation with Iran and Syria, despite the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. So cowboy diplomacy is still the rule in the White House.

Senators Durfee and Obama of IL made thoughtful and rational responses. The scuttlebutt is that republican senators Hagel, Brownback, Lugar, Warner and others aren't siding with him. In other words, the opposition he will encounter is thoroughly bipartisan. It'll be DOA, and he won't be able to claim partisanship did him in.

[lily]

What worried me most was his total rejection of negotiation with Iran and Syria, despite the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group.Â*Â*So cowboy diplomacy is still the rule in the White House.


I think we're worried about the same thing, but different, Buck. The talk of the carrier in the gulf plus his total lack of willingness to talk to Iran and Syria has the hairs on the back of my neck sticking up. Let me re-phrase that......not the lack of willingness, but the "I dare you."

As far as the speech goes, he wasn't there to ask the people what they thought, he was there to tell the people what he wants.

Senators Durfee and Obama of IL made thoughtful and rational responses. The scuttlebutt is that republican senators Hagel, Brownback, Lugar, Warner and others aren't siding with him. In other words, the opposition he will encounter is thoroughly bipartisan. It'll be DOA, and he won't be able to claim partisanship did him in.

Oh there will be some chest puffing and posturing, but in the end, what can anyone do, when not only has he got his mind made up, but troops almost on the ground. I'll have to admit, that was a smart move. Since they will be there, nothing can be done, just as I predicted.

[ECW]

3. He is dead on right!


Three thousand times over, I believe.

[Thirdparty]

At best, I'd give him a C-minus.Â*Â*I thought he was going to hyperventilate during the first few minutes.Â*Â*He did take some responsibility, in about as minimal a way as possible.

What worried me most was his total rejection of negotiation with Iran and Syria, despite the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group.Â*Â*So cowboy diplomacy is still the rule in the White House.

Senators Durfee and Obama of IL made thoughtful and rational responses.Â*Â*The scuttlebutt is that republican senators Hagel, Brownback, Lugar, Warner and others aren't siding with him.Â*Â*In other words, the opposition he will encounter is thoroughly bipartisan.Â*Â*It'll be DOA, and he won't be able to claim partisanship did him in.



Honestly, I have to agree, Buck. He rejected almost everything the Iraq study group came up with.

I may be going back for tour tres in a few months..............

[Drocket]

...and he won't be able to claim partisanship did him in.


What planet have you been living on? Of COURSE he'll claim it was partisanship that did him in. He'll be lying, but he'll claim it.

[CheesyMuslim]

Sorry bout that,

Note: In response to ECW:
1. But like I been saying America lost far more people last week on the highways.
2. And I The Highly Trained Republican Political/Biblical Adviser can't mention this enough?
3. These folks /hero's who died in Iraq, are affecting change.
4. Bringing in a better world, I might add.
5. Or at least that's the goal.
6. Trans-fats are killing many more this very minute, and the Liberal mindset screams like ECW pic, about our Military casualties.
7. That is a sad fact.

Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

[NortheastCynic]

I was dissapointed by our "new strategy" on the grounds that it is the "old strategy" with 20,000 more troops. Apparently adding manpower constitutes a new strategy to the good people of this Administration, but in my opinion we need less troops on the ground and more birds in the air; that is to say, we should be focusing on tactical air strikes and drone-warfare more than going door to door and putting American soldiers in harms way.

-NC

[Buck Laser]

...and he won't be able to claim partisanship did him in.


What planet have you been living on? Of COURSE he'll claim it was partisanship that did him in. He'll be lying, but he'll claim it.


Oh, I know he'll CLAIM partisanship! He's never been one to REALLY accept responsibility for his own actions. He pretends to, but look at the trail of disgraced and replaced military leaders who tried to point him in the right direction. We're living in a world where the Inmate has taken over the asylum.

[piratemonkey]

He's blaming it all on himself, I'm surprised. Not a bad speech so far.


He didn't really, though.

He said, "Mistakes were made."

That could mean he made mistakes, or the generals he just fired, or the Iraqi gov't.

Bush will never say, "I made mistakes."

[Stoner]

I thought Bush gave a great speech. Very well done.

It tremendous because Bush kept it short, simple and sweet. He admitted there were mistakes and that it isn't going as planned and corrections are needed.

Sending more troops is an excellent idea. Will vastly help the situation.

[piratemonkey]

Sending more troops is an excellent idea.Â*Â*Will vastly help the situation.


Why did the last three "surges" over the past three years not "vastly help the situation?"