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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:44 PM Original message |
HOT !! HOT !! Leaked Letter Reveals GOP Strategy: Talk About Anything But Escalation |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. the party of cowards |
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countmyvote4real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. And perpetual fear-leaders. n/t |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Good one! |
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countmyvote4real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Thank you, TS. |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. No surprises there. The Publicans are getting their azz kicked on their prosecution of the war |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. In Summary: "If we debate, we lose." |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. yes, good move. what a laugh |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. After all, this is a Crusade, right? |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:32 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. No kidding! Me too! (n/t) |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Islamist comes from the same street dictionary as nukular |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
79. that is bushspeak, "Islamist" it is total BS just like * |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, they followed their instructions, didn't they? One by one they spouted the party line. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. That they did. It was like a constant replay of a bad B grade movie. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. well, I have to say, I did hear a lot of talk of dread, fear, extremeists |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wow. The debate I watched seems even sleazier now than as I watched it. They are robots. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hence all the bizarre tangents from the Republicants today. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hoekstra tried to be a History prof today---on Islam. but he failed. |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Seems to me they are really betting the farm on this deal - |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. same ol tired song |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. So what the Reps are saying is... |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
80. there are more of than them, I am sick of it also. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Link to letter: |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Here are some Repug comments from the House floor today: |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Better check the Neilson's, Ileana ... |
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okoboji (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. radical jihadists ........ are watching |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Who wants to watch now? |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not a word about what is best for Iraq. No concern for the troops. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. it was the Dems today that talk of the troops and DEATH |
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War Pigs (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Can't magine why this shouldn't be forwarded to the troops early |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
88. The troops are aware. |
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Hailtothechimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. So "not losing" is more important to them than "getting it right" |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Can someone get this to Keith O. |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
59. I just heard it referred to on NPR this morning. But it was so damned casual. Just mentioned |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. The "surge" unfortunately is already happening... |
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bearfan454 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
57. I'm with you. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. So, don't debate, cowardly Republic Party... |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
25. I listened today and actually told my husband that the Rethugs are not |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
26. You know when grown folks are talking sometimes the kids |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
27. Makes you go "Wha...?" |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
28. Only confirms what most already suspected. The love of Republics for paper trails is amazing. |
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Egalitarian (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
29. GOP educates the American people about radical Moslems |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. The only people who know the views of radical Islamists |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. Isn't it a little bit funny that Faux has been running a show called |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
32. I have lost all sense of respect for anyone associated |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
67. the logic reaches even further |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
33. We are hardly surprised, are we... |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
34. Has anyone seen anything about this posted in the MSM? |
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Red Zelda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Too much weather to cover |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #34 |
60. It was mentioned on NPR this morning. Very low-keyed. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
36. In other words, "Let's play the ol' xenophobia, divide-and-conquer |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. catapulting the propaganda as * once said. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
39. Nary a whisper about this in the corporate news media so far. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
40. nothing new |
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And the Oscar goes (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
42. These were arguments _for_ escalation - this is prepping for Iran |
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Charleyski (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. "Here We Go Again" Anti War video |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
44. "debate should not even be about the Iraq war" - (R) in a nutshell. |
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Doondoo (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
46. K&R |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
47. The Republicans are being incredibly stupid. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Their overall strategy is to try to change the subject by talking about anything but Iraq. |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
49. These damn Republans need to be removed... |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
52. K&R |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
53. Do you think we can get this to our local newspapers at least? I think I will call |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
54. Was that a DUer just on C-SPAN ?? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
55. Disgusting. I hope people now begin to realize how power corrupts. |
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Felinity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
58. One of the Democratic Reps should read the letter into the record |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Like Maxine Waters |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. Oh, I would sooo love that! nt |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
61. How the hell do you defeat a radical belief? You certainly cannot kill all those who hold the |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
62. Can you edit your OP? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
63. Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) is sticking to the script in House debate on Iraq-Cspan now |
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IWantAChange (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
65. What's the next Repug debate strategy? Is it - "LOOK - THERE'S A PONY!!" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
66. You've got your damn opening, Democrats. Now FUCKING CLEAN THEIR CLOCKS. |
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Old Smokey (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
69. bunch of pukes |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. Companion piece to this - remember the "robust operation"? |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
71. Wow |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
72. Contact Shadegg--my godawful Representative, I'm ashamed to say: |
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MsMagnificent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
73. Downright racist |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
74. If your RRRW Rep uses the talking points Shadegg proposes, call their |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
75. Dems on the floor, should make this letter POSTER size and put it on the easel next to them |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
77. If this doesn't hit the MSM hard and well, I propose we take up a collection for a full-page ad |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Where can I send my |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. I feel your pain; at least I KNOW where Shadegg's loyalties lie. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
78. was this article sent to Keith Olbermann |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. It has now. ;) NT |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
83. There is NO defeating radical muslims.... |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
85. The Letter |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
86. Why do they need to "convince" us of anything? True threats should be self-evident |
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connecticut yankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
87. No mention of 9/11? |
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