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2004-02-23

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Posted by tipper 2004-02-23 10:12:58 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 No mention on how this guy plans to fight the war.

Nader, who turns 70 this week, was to lay out his campaign themes â including universal health care, campaign finance reform, fighting poverty and addressing environmental concerns â at a press conference Monday in Washington before campaigning in Texas later this week.

Maybe it'll just go away?

Posted by tu3031 2004-2-23 10:57:18 AM|| 2004-2-23 10:57:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Spot on, tu. Spot on. I'm sure he's more worried about global climate change that will kill us all (as shrieked from al-Guardian)...

Posted by eLarson 2004-2-23 11:13:54 AM|| 2004-2-23 11:13:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I stand corrected. This is from his website...

Opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq
The quagmire of the Iraq war and occupation could have been averted and needs to be ended expeditiously, replacing US forces with a UN peacekeeping force, prompt supervised elections and humanitarian assistance before we sink deeper into this occupation, with more U.S. casualties, huge financial costs, and diminished US security around and from the Islamic world. The faulty and fabricated rationale for war has the US in a quagmire. Already more than $155 billion has been spent, adding to huge Bush deficits, when critical needs are not being met at home. We should not be mired in the occupation of Iraq risking further upheavals when our infrastructure, schools and health care are deteriorating. Four years of free public college and university tuition for all students could be paid for by $155 billion.

It's about 20th on his issues list.The only surprise was he only says "quagmire" twice.

Posted by tu3031 2004-2-23 11:16:48 AM|| 2004-2-23 11:16:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "..Itâs primarily an intelligence and law enforcement operation."

Oh yeah, that'll deter them - the threat of prosecution. Them thar terror-ists''ll be quakin' in thar boots.

Four years of free public college and university tuition for all students could be paid for by $155 billion.

Er, if something has to be paid for, doesn't that mean it isn't truly "free"?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-2-23 11:41:38 AM|| 2004-2-23 11:41:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Four years of free public college and university tuition for all students could be paid for by $155 billion

He doesn't mention that these would be only Islamic schools..... since he would allow them to bomb all the others out of existance.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-2-23 11:50:21 AM|| 2004-2-23 11:50:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 an excellent article 10 outa 10 there.a very good short intelligent view of the last several years,thankyou

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-2-23 11:54:13 AM|| 2004-2-23 11:54:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Contrast Kerry's "law enforcement" position with Rumsfeld's in the next post.

Posted by Fred 2004-2-23 12:05:06 PM|| 2004-2-23 12:05:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "the NGOs, the permanent floating crap game of Western do-gooderism"
LOL! Steyn can sure coin a phrase - and this one is spot-on.

"Bush wants to take the war to the enemies, fight it on their turf. Kerry wants to do it through âlaw enforcementâ"
That sums it up rather nicely, for those who actually know who and what we're fighting. For those that don't or won't, nothing will sway them from their sloganism - write 'em off as lost. Meanwhile, let's get Dubya four more years to do the job and drive 'em f**kin crazy. Melike.

Posted by .com 2004-2-23 3:31:36 PM|| 2004-2-23 3:31:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Apparently, Bush is also winning the Vietnam War of words. It's gonna be a long campaign for "~~tomato~~Killer" Kerry.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-2-23 7:11:39 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-2-23 7:11:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 There are 3 things I do to start nearly every day:
1. Log in and read Rantburg.
2. Log in and read Steynonline.
Then, and only then, is it safe for me to:
3. Get a cup of coffee.

Posted by cpm 2004-2-23 8:08:46 PM|| 2004-2-23 8:08:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 cpm - I get the coffee first, but I'm very, very careful.

Posted by PBMcL 2004-2-23 11:56:50 PM|| 2004-2-23 11:56:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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