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| Bush Whacks Dems on Appeasement; Obama Insulted |
| 2008-05-15 |
| Good stuff from the Prez today: In a particularly sharp blast from halfway around the world, President Bush suggested Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II. “Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” said Bush, in what White House aides privately acknowledged was a reference to calls by Obama and other Democrats for the U.S. president to sit down for talks with leaders like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “We have heard this foolish delusion before,” Bush said in remarks to the Israeli Knesset. “As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American Senator declared: ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.” Team Obama took offense: “Let’s not confuse precondition with preparation,” said Gibbs of any talks with Iran. “Obviously these meetings would be full of preparation. But we’re not going to sit down and engage Iran, unless or until they give up their nuclear weapons program.” Oh really? Hot Air has Obama singing another tune — on tape and on his website. |
| Posted by:Glitch Omeresh8938 |
| #28 SAME > MCCAIN > argued that by Year 2013, IRAQ should be a FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY + MOST US TROOPS SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINALLY COME HOME FOR GOOD??? Again, 2008 - 2012/13> DECISIVE PERIOD FOR BOTH US-LED/CENTRIC OWG-NWO, as well as RADICAL ISLAM-IRAN as per SAVING THE JIHAD BY ACQUIRING STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES. Lest we fergit, NET > RUSSIA IS ANTICIPATED BY MANY TO BECOME A MUSLIM MAJORITY NATION by 2030-2050. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-15 23:27 |
| #27 CNN > BLITZER SIUATION ROOM + BEST POLITICAL TEAM > JOE BIDEN INTERVIEW = Biden labeled Dubya's speech as B***S**** and argued that Dubya was the greatest appeaser, NOT THE DEMS, as per Dubya's Admin calls to talk = foster negotiations wid Iran[NOT WAR]??? CAFFERTY also layed into Dubya. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-15 23:08 |
| #26 Wow! Seems i was a bit off in my estimate of the 'why' for the comments. Guess I should study subtleness rather than brute direct in your face. thanks.... |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. (from home) 2008-05-15 22:20 |
| #25 I would not be surprised to see Bush be more active in this campaign than had previously expected. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-15 21:45 |
| #24 Thank you TW. I didn't want anyone to take offence. lotp, they don't watch the news in Foggy Bottom, they make it! |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-15 21:38 |
| #23 Sorry, #15 Querent - all the available stock went to Alaska Paul in return for his getting the zoning variance for me to run the rail spur through the neighborhood to the back of my house to boost the popcorn supply. (I didn't ask him how he did that He's got a picture of my industrial-strength popcorn popper - if you ask him nicely he might show it to you. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-05-15 21:38 |
| #22 I think the domestic audience he wanted to reach is paying attention to the trip. They get the news in Foggy Bottom? |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-05-15 21:01 |
| #21 you talking 'bout me? |
| Posted by: Barack O Bama 2008-05-15 20:49 |
| #20 If Obama hadn't said a word the President's comments would have been ignored. It's not as if the MSM wants to report anything the President says. But he had to go and complain, so now everyone notices. This is another one of those 'staff mistakes', right? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-05-15 20:29 |
| #19 I think the domestic audience he wanted to reach is paying attention to the trip. Nimble Spemble dear, I think that might possibly be the most subtle statement ever made at this site. I had to read it twice to realize you were pointing to realize you didn't just mean Rantburgers. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-05-15 20:28 |
| #18 I thought he was talking bout the Arafat grave kissing penis farmer and Obamba was just jealous. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-05-15 19:58 |
| #17 the idiots really got their panties in a bunch, especially when W left it so open-ended who he was referring to. Let's you know who the wound hurt. F*ckers. When Biden and Pelosi are unanswerable for their traitorous behavior, the country is lost. Let the 527's play HA's tape and their outraged reactions and say: "who do you want to run this country?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-05-15 19:51 |
| #16 Good for Bush on this one. The Israelis have been showing manifest appreciation to Bush for not deserting them when they need a friend. He was reassuring Israel, in speaking to the Knesset, that America will not abandon her. And that Americans would be quite foolish in electing a commie and Muzz to its highest office. I especially enjoyed hearing the disgraceful little pissant Daschle squeal like a scalded chiuahua. This pond scum is a washed up has been. Now he's trying to ass kiss his way back into a cushy government job with Hussein. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-05-15 19:36 |
| #15 NS, if that happens, Barbara will be able to retire a billionaire on the popcorn proceeds... (where do i buy stock in her popcorn concession) |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-05-15 16:21 |
| #14 I'd like to see Bush do McCain a favor and bomb Iran so that it is no longer a threat, accept Cheney's resignation and then declare that he's accomplished all he can and resign himself. Leave Pelosi President and let her fight it out with Husseoin and Hildebeast. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-15 15:58 |
| #13 I'd like to see Bush do McCain a favor and continue to pound the Dems on this from now on. McCain believes in the WoT so he shouldn't complain about the Pres. getting pointed by the Dhimmis. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-05-15 15:52 |
| #12 NS, re# 11, I think that is eggzactly the case. A brilliant move, whoever came up with the idea. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2008-05-15 15:18 |
| #11 So why did W do it on a trip, and not from the Oval Office? I think the domestic audience he wanted to reach is paying attention to the trip. That's why the donks are up in arms. A lot of moving parts in this election. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-15 14:41 |
| #10 Let's see, who could he have been referring to? . . . Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Kerry, Edwards, Kucinich, Sheehan, Soros, Carter, Dodd, . . . the list is almost infinite. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-05-15 14:09 |
| #9 So why did W do it on a trip, and not from the Oval Office??? seems like distance dilutes. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-05-15 14:02 |
| #8 They're all going non-linear, Pelosi, Biden, Emanuel. Bush should give the speech. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-15 13:18 |
| #7 Dems need to be whacked often on their defeatist appeasement stand. I guess the 911 wake up call missed them back in 2001. They must have been doing something else at the time. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-05-15 13:06 |
| #6 Gee.... you seem suprised.... BO is, and always has been, a liar of the first order. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-05-15 13:04 |
| #5 Obama is a black Cater and Edwards rolled into one. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-15 12:59 |
| #4 It's a twofer, NS. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-05-15 12:39 |
| #3 The intrinsic advantage in such discussions of a well-earnt degree in history. Poor Candidate Obama only studied political science, and of course law. What and why trump mere how, every time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-05-15 12:39 |
| #2 When questioned, one of Bush' flacks said they were thinking og Csrter when they wrote it. Normal, then, that Hussein should take umbrage. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-15 12:28 |
| #1 You know which dog's been hit, cuz that's the one what barks. |
| Posted by: Grenter Protector of the Geats4975 2008-05-15 12:21 |