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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 09:54 PM
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So how is McCain going to pay for the US military in Iraq for 100 years?
Isn't it time Obama/Clinton started to hit McCain right in the groin?

Their fossilized opponent McCain is trying to call the shots already.

So:-
1) Al Queada weren't significant in Iraq before George Bush invaded it. Many of the insurgents in Iraq haven't been Al Queada.
2) Why the hell hasn't Bush caught the so called demon of 9/11, Osama Bin Laden?
3) Why didn't the GOP-controlled congress and darling Bush and Cheney at the time start to address the items suggested by the 9/11 commission? Why did they not fund national security adequately?
4) Are we going to be at the mercy of the Chinese, Saudis, Korean investors with a debt of trillions of dollars so that we can fund another 100 years of a futile war?
5) People are beginning to suck in this 'I was a prisoner of war-I am going to bomb the hell out of you" McCain nonsense.

DO something!
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lligrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 09:57 PM
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1. I Think He Thinks China Will Continue To Fund It
with loans.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 09:57 PM
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2. with all of the oil we are going to suck out of Iraq...
...oh, wait...
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:01 PM
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4. so McCain's campaign is all about oil?
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:08 PM
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8. I guess I should have used the sarcasm smiley....
Edited on Fri Feb-08-08 10:09 PM by adsosletter
no...I think McCain hasn't offered any substantive explanation for how to finance an occupation of Iraq for an extended period of time.

I was making a sarcastic reference to the idea that Iraqi oil would finance the current occupation...when the fighting within Iraq, unleashed by the occupation, has made that possibility unworkable.

I am only referring to the justifications proferred by the neocons...not siding with them.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 09:59 PM
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3. According to Bush the democrats threaten peace and prosperity.
Edited on Fri Feb-08-08 10:00 PM by kikiek
He must have already moved to Europe or something. http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Bush_rallies_conservatives_for_camp_02082008.html


Bush rallies conservatives for campaign

Bush Says 'Prosperity and Peace' at Stake in November Presidential Election

DEB RIECHMANN
AP News

Feb 08, 2008 10:45 EST

Without naming John McCain, President Bush marshaled the conservative wing of the Republican Party on Friday to back the presumed GOP presidential nominee for the upcoming battle against the Democratic Party.

"The stakes in November are high. This is an important election. Prosperity and peace are in the balance," Bush told about 2,000 people attending the Conservative Political Action Conference. "So with confidence in our vision and faith in our values, let us go forward, fight for victory and keep the White House in 20
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:02 PM
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5. e wasn't saying that about McCain in the 2000 primary
how things change eh?
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:18 PM
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11. But this time he means it. And he isn't lying. Really.
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morningglory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:05 PM
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6. Don't you realize tax cuts GROW the economy?!!1 n/t
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:06 PM
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7. LOL!
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izzybeans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:09 PM
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10. Opps beat me too it.
Nice one.
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izzybeans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:08 PM
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9. With tax cuts, silly.
How could you forget?
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BlueManDude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-08-08 10:24 PM
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12. Why do people keep acting like our elections are rational events?
The electoral college is skewed in favor of the GOP and regardless of what people tell pollsters they don't vote on issues like health care. This is all about image and personality.
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