Posted by Mayor on February 26, 2008 at 2:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Now we pay for a new electrical grid for Iraq. The same one we wiped out. Brilliant.

Posted by stand828 on February 26, 2008 at 4:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Has that mincing idiot Bush-puppet ever once questioned or criticized anything our moron president has done in this failed "war on terrah," as he calls it? George could say, "Lindsey, why don't you walk in front of that oncoming bus?" and our simpering senator would step into the road. Throw him out at election time...

Posted by majorjohnson on February 26, 2008 at 8:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites managed to pass a budget. The democrat dominated US house and senate still haven't got ours passed. Their government seems to be working better than ours. But of course, ours is full of socialists like the above posters trying to figure out how to further their fascist agenda of robbing every penny from the citizens and businesses in this country and making us all dependent on them at every step.

Your irrational hatred is showing. Please don't vote until you grow up.

Posted by Ralphy on February 26, 2008 at 9:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Budget hasn't passed yet because it's the most absurd yet to come from the bush administration... cut back on all domestic spending (medicare, education, etc.) and jack up defense/security spending, all the while getting rid of tax cuts for the middle class. brilliant!

Posted by greyrider on February 26, 2008 at 10:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I personally know one of the men in charge of training the Iraqis to defend themselves. He says the real reason we are still there is so politically incorrect, Bush will never expose it. He says you would not believe how pathetically stupid and uneducated the average Iraqi is. And before anyone responds, I do not mean this as an insult. It's really not their fault. Iraq has no real education system.

Posted by eyeinthesky on February 26, 2008 at 10:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

You would know palmettoman... nice classy post!

you guys are hilarious!!!

Posted by ironhorse on February 26, 2008 at 10:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The war on terror has been a success, 911 happened and then nothing else did, that says it all.

JohnQ; we belong there. Do you question why we are still in Germany, Korea, Japan? Stop bashing Bush and get back to your inflatable Jane Fonda doll you commie loser.

Posted by majorjohnson on February 26, 2008 at 10:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I take no value from your posts JohnQ, as you are very obviously a practicing fascist bound and determined that we should be ruled by a Mussolini. I know you have neither the historical comprehension nor the intelligence to understand this, but every plank of the democrat part is exactly the same as that of Mussolini's Italian Fascist party (on which Hitler based his NAZI party with the addition of genocide). I know that you have no comprehension of what the fascist party platform was because you call "neo-cons" fascist and yet proudly proclaim yourself a democrat.

Posted by crankyyankee on February 26, 2008 at 12:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Lindsey will be re-elected in a landslide! Wanna bet?

Posted by greyrider on February 26, 2008 at 12:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

JohnQ, Iraq USED WMD's. They obviously had them. Bush made the stupidest mistake in US history by waiting to consult with the Democrats and the UN before going after Saddam, giving him plenty of time to unload (no pun intended) his WMD's. Trying to deny their existence is ludicrous. Just because they are not in Iraq, doesn't mean Saddam didn't have them. Also, even the liberal media documented the relationship between Saddam and Bin Laden during the Clinton years. They have conveniently "forgotten" those broadcasts.

Posted by greyrider on February 26, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

When Bush ran for President, I always said I agreed with what he said, but the one thing that always worried me about him was he seemed like he was too nice of a guy for the job. You do have to have a bit of a mean streak when necessary. When the liberals started to lie about him and twist things, he never fought back, even when others could produce audio or video evidence to prove people were lying. Bush just got to a point where he gave up because he just doesn't have it in him to argue with anyone. He reminds me of the kind of person who, if he goes to a restaurant and his steak is cold, he won't complain. He'll just eat it and hope for the best next time. I am very disappointed in how he handled the whole matter.

Posted by greyrider on February 26, 2008 at 1:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

JohnQ, I quit listening to Limbaugh back in 1996. If you want to be a puppet of the left, this is America. That's your right. But if you believe ANYTHING that comes from Washington from EITHER party leadership, that's laughable. Your conspiracy theories are entertaining but inaccurate. Haliburton is a DEMOCRAT company. THEY own the majority of stock. If Bush wanted oil for his buddies, there's far more in Alaska and off the coasts of Florida and California than in Iraq.

Google it? I could go on for days about the urban legends on the internet.

Posted by the_yankee on February 26, 2008 at 1:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow all these comments but none showing support for our troops. Graham says our troops will be coming home,yeah right our son is shipping out in 2 weeks. Some lady commented to me the other day that she could not believe our son was being deployed, she thought by what the press was saying that no more were going. Ha! Everyone seems to want to complain about our system in this country, but do you do anything to change it except to complain! And, furthermore do you see anything out there better? Personally I love this country even with its major faults, and we have allowed all this to happen. So, lets not forget our men and women over there and sing there praises and pray for them,and our son.

Posted by yeahright on February 26, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Key comment by Graham being overlooked:

"Graham said the nation's oil production and entrepreneurship are up"

There's your missing "WMD"

wink,wink

Posted by greyrider on February 26, 2008 at 1:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

JohnQ, look at what I said. We know Saddam had WMD's at one point in Iraq because he USED them. Were there any WMD's when we moved in, of course not!! Bush was not cut out for alley fight that is modern-day DC politics. He took the easy way out and eventually gave up the fight just to appease the liberals. So I agree he sold us out, but not the way you mean. No one on the face of the earth denies Saddam USED WMD's against his own people. If you want to believe that he willingly dismantled his whole WMD program because he turned over a new leaf and just wanted us all to be friends, go ahead. You're not alone. If your next door neighbor threatens to kill you, you call the police, and he throws his gun out his window onto the other neighbor's porch, are you still in danger? After all, he no longer has a gun in his house.

Posted by greyrider on February 26, 2008 at 2:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

JohnQ, we finally semi-agree. Our country has major major problems and we will pay a price. Problem is, I don't see how the upcoming election will solve anything because NONE of the remaining candidates on EITHER side are any good. They would all be disasters as President. I'm already looking forward to the 2012 election.

Posted by greyrider on February 26, 2008 at 2:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

JohnQ

Saddam had the WMD's we gave him during the Iran/Iraq war in the 80's.

I agree.

You can't just bury or store these kinds of weapons for a decade or more without them deteriorating and becoming more of a hazard to your own troops than the enemy.

I agree.

Bush was feeding us lies about Iraqs prowess at weapons production.

I agree, but look at what you're saying. Bush took a real situation and exaggerated it. There is a difference. I agree with you on these points, but I still think Saddam had WMD's, somewhere, in some country. We have a lot of enemies (and no, not because of Bush). We've had enemies for a long time. Were these high-grade WMD's in great number? That I won't claim. But Saddam was definitely a threat worth removing. HOW we went about it was a disaster.

Posted by yeahright on February 26, 2008 at 2:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Why Saddam and not Kim Jong-Il?

perhaps because there's currently no oil in N. Korea to be had by the U.S. ?

Posted by greyrider on February 26, 2008 at 2:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

JohnQ, Bush is obviously going to go, and speaking as a conservative Republican, I can't stand Graham and don't trust him as far as I can throw him.

Posted by ironhorse on February 26, 2008 at 4:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

JohnQ, stick a flower in your hair, get in the VW bus, and head back to Berkeley.

We will be in Iraq for the next few decades, get used to it.

Posted by ironhorse on February 26, 2008 at 6:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I've been to Iraq three times and will most likely go again, that's what your tax dollars pay me to do. You are such a coward.

Posted by ironhorse on February 26, 2008 at 7:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

upjohnQ, you are one unpatriotic, self-serving liberal tree hugger.

The GOP will win in November so your vote for Ralph Nader will be wasted.

Clean your pocket pussy and go back to bed, Hardees opens early and we count on you to make the biscuits.

Posted by majorjohnson on February 26, 2008 at 10:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

JohnQ...you don't love this country. You are a fascist and a socialist. You despise the capitalist economy this country was built on, you despise the republic form of government this country was built on, you despise the constitution this country is built on. There is nothing about this country that you love other than the hope that we will devolve into a self destructive share the misery pit of hopelessness. You hate anyone that has actually achieved and your greatest desire is to take from those that have actually performed to give to those who chose not to.

You are the lowest form of American there is. You are an American who hates America because it allows people to raise themselves to a better life instead of lowering those who do to a lower life. Your goal is for everyone to be forced by government to the same level of misery. I hold you and those like you in the deepest contempt, because you discard the reality that allows people to rise above the poverty and desperation in order to tear them down to your level.

You have no idea what America is or has been, you have no realization that America has allowed more people to raise themselves out of poverty than any system that has ever existed, and what is really sorry is that even if you did you wouldn't care. You are one pitiful human being.

Posted by stand828 on February 27, 2008 at 3:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This is what America is all about...we can all disagree, and nobody is completely right or wrong. Well, I come pretty close to being right, but...

Bush has been a dreadful president...I think most people will agree on that. Too many of our brave soldiers have died in this war...I think most people will agree on that. The economy is in a downward spiral...I think most people will agree on that. So what about Bush has been good?

That Einstein had a report in his hands over a month before 9/11 saying that Bin Laden planned to attack within our borders using airplanes. Did he tighten up airport security? Did he follow up at all? Did he even bother to read it?

Should we support our troops? Absolutely, without question...the job they do should make us all proud. What we shouldn't support is an idiot like George Bush sending them into a needless war in the first place. This isn't the wild west and he isn't in a John Wayne movie.

Thousands of people have died because he made a mistake. And we're going to be paying for it for many years to come, both financially and with our reputation in the world. There is nothing about that disgrace of a president to defend.

Posted by walleyedwoman1215 on February 27, 2008 at 6:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I support our troops, but not this war. OMO, and expressing it is a precious right many patriots have died to protect.
ironhorse, your line. "Stick a flower in your hair, get in the VW bus, and head back to Berkeley," made me laugh so hard my husband came running! Thank you for a little levity in this debate.