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DEL.ICIO.USsenator webb’s democratic response
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
after listening to the same old bs from bush, it was great to hear senator webb. this paragraph was the most striking and got to the heart of bush’s leadership or lack thereof-
“Like so many other Americans, today and throughout our history, we serve and have served, not for political reasons, but because we love our country. On the political issues — those matters of war and peace, and in some cases of life and death — we trusted the judgment of our national leaders. We hoped that they would be right, that they would measure with accuracy the value of our lives against the enormity of the national interest that might call upon us to go into harm‘s way.”
webb comes from a military family. he fought in vietnam, his son is currently in iraq. he has tremendous moral authority to speak about the catastrophe bush has wrought.
mike
Comments
By getalife
January 24, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this
Yes, he did a great job and he is a new star in the political arena.
By John
January 24, 2007 01:02 PM | Link to this
Interesting choice in putting Webb up there. If you recollect, he was a very vocal critic of the Clinton’s in the 90’s, basically calling them dangerous and evil. He also said that the Clinton’s couldn’t be trusted. I wonder how he and Hillary get along now?
By Shawny
January 24, 2007 01:10 PM | Link to this
“Clinton’s couldn’t be trusted”.
Well, he doesn’t qualify to be a rocket scientist.
By hterrya
January 24, 2007 01:18 PM | Link to this
John - Who cares what Senator Clinton thinks or how she gets along with Senator Webb?
As Sen. Webb said, “The president took us into this war recklessly. We are now, as a nation, held hostage to the predictable — and predicted — disarray that has followed,” and Sen. Clinton helped the current corrupt president do it. When he is impeached, Sen. Clinton should be impeached along with him.
By Roy
January 24, 2007 06:04 PM | Link to this
Praise the Lord! Kerry withdrew!
By @@
January 24, 2007 06:52 PM | Link to this
ml:
At one point during Webb’s speech he began to grin like a “mule eating briars”, but yet the topic he was addressing wasn’t funny.
Did he pass gas or something?
By N-GA
January 25, 2007 05:55 PM | Link to this
@@,
If you can’t say (post) something intelligent (or at least on topic), you shouldn’t say anything at all.
Perhaps you should find a flatulence blog, or ask your question of someone who was in the room when Senator Webb was speaking.
My father was in his 23rd year of service when I became eligible for the draft in the mid 1960’s. He had flown 50 combat missions in WWII, and was (at the time) working in military intelligence. When I received my notice to report for a physical, he all but encouraged me to seek other alternatives. But I went anyway because my father had gone, and because he had raised me with the belief that we all owe our country service when it needs us. We were misled then, as we were about Iraq. My father later told me that his attitude about me serving was based upon intelligence to which he had access to that made him feel that the USA was not in Viet Nam to win.
Thankfully my son is past the age of serving…this private war is not one where our country needs us to serve. It is one where our country needs us to resist…and speak out…and ask questions…and vote. And only then can we say that we are patriots supporting our soldiers and our country.
By Scooter
January 26, 2007 06:01 PM | Link to this
Dang ml, you had a perfectly good toon in Ford getting kicked around by the free market for not thinking progressive enough. You took a good tune and damaged it with your hyper partisan tendency to include Iraq and Bush. Just because you and the dems don’t remember Saddam to be a threat in 98, or a defiant S.O.B. since 91, doesn’t make it so he would’ve ever cooperated with the UN. Especially since Saddam corrupted the Oil for Food Program and bought favor with veto carrying members… I mean allies. Defeatism and false trust are a dangerous combination for the preservation of our lifestyles’.
By mb
January 29, 2007 08:12 AM | Link to this
…and if you’re fishing on Sunday, bring your beer with you.
By hterrya
January 29, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this
The occupation and destruction of Iraq by the United States has left that country in a pitiful situation, Saddam or no Saddam.
War mongering, blustering, and a pathetic trust in a demented, corrupt president are a dangerous combination for the preservation of our freedoms, Scooter.
By mike
January 29, 2007 01:59 PM | Link to this
interesting outlook on saddam since it was the us government who aided him when he really rose to power. something this government has always done in the past in other countries but I guess there will always be those who believe all but the truth.
By Acworth Mike
January 31, 2007 09:01 AM | Link to this
I don’t think he realizes that the band isn’t following. He is obsesed with power and thinks he’s on a religious venture. Our president thinks he’s right and is leading our country off a cliff. All this for oil?
By BigPandaBear
February 1, 2007 01:29 PM | Link to this
Bush,Sr. was well-advised not to go all the way into Iraq after rescuing Kuwait for Global Oil interests. Bush II foolishly, arrogantly marched into the Mideast Mess w/the advice of Neocons and oil companies because Saddam was juggling the oil prices a little!! The tragic deaths of our young people in Iraq is even less in our national interest than Vietnam was.
By getalife
February 1, 2007 03:40 PM | Link to this
He just had another pretzel moment
By Ed
February 1, 2007 04:07 PM | Link to this
” Let’s chat………..” SCARY.
By bloomfld
February 2, 2007 02:18 PM | Link to this
Apparently, the entire executive is criminal. The president pre-emptively attacked a sovereign nation without just cause. For all you people who think that Saddam was a bad person and we had “just cause” to pre-emtively attack; we helped him become that way with our corporate sponsorship of his chemical bombing of Iran. Both Bush and Cheney put us in this war of choice for the benefit of the oil companies, who are acquiring (or have already acquired) PSA accounts that give them 70% of revenue from the oil.
Bush has exhibited criminal insanity in his belief that, as quoted to Seymour Hersh in 1998, “Great presidents Win Wars!”. He actually thinks that he can be considered “GREAT” if he can “WIN!”.
Cheney’s motive is to bankrupt the United States through his contracting to Halleburten and like corporations without competetive bidding allowed. My question is why are these 2 criminals still occuppying the White House?
By Apocalypse
February 2, 2007 05:31 PM | Link to this
Mark it down: We are going to war with Iran and my dreams will come true.
By mike flinn
February 2, 2007 05:57 PM | Link to this
I know this is off-topic and maybe someone can hip me to a more appropriate place to express my appreciation for Mr. Luckovich’s appearance last night in Boise but I draw a weekly editorial for our local weekly alternative and just wanted to say thanks for a great evening. I can’t help being influenced by Mike’s work and it was so cool to meet him. My stuff’s better for him being in the world. mflinn.com
By backroads
February 5, 2007 02:47 PM | Link to this
Any statue of Zig-Zag Zell needs yo have two mouths. That way he can talk out of both sides at the same time.