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Obama Statement on Supplemental Bill that Sets a Target Redeployment Date

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Posted by Dave D. 2007-04-26 19:39|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 With lower approval ratings than the Presidents' (and that's pretty low), Congress represents at best about 1/3rd of the people in this country at this time. What in the blue bloody hell makes them think they speak for all of us?

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-04-26 20:17|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-04-26 20:17|| Front Page Top

#2 FOTS:
Re. "What in the blue bloody hell makes them think they speak for all of us?"

They're in office, and you're not. And the system is gamed towards the incumbents. So when they speak for themselves, for practical purposes they speak for all of us, like it or not.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-26 20:30|| 2007-04-26 20:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Barack, why don't you send out one of your minions to pick you up a pack of Marlboro's and maybe calm the fuck down...

Posted by tu3031 2007-04-26 20:34|| 2007-04-26 20:34|| Front Page Top

#4 As I read this, I kept feeling that this is another repeat of the Vietnam War. But not in the manner of how the leftist portrayed it. The Congress back then, forced a retreat by cutting the funding sources to the troops, and leaving the South Vietnamese to the less then tender ministrations of the Communist North. I wonder how many congressmen serving back then during the Vietnam Era voted in support of this nonsense. The politicians have learned nothing.

More ever, Osama Bin Laden and his minions had been expecting this to happen and was counting on the politicians see this eventually happen.

Posted by Dino Sniting9266 2007-04-26 21:02|| 2007-04-26 21:02|| Front Page Top

#5 "A better way of putting it would be, 'We're one signature away from yet another self-inflicted American defeat.'"

No, the correct way of putting it is, "We are one signature away from giving over millions of Iraqis and others in the Middle East and Afghanistan to mass slaughter by ~~Iran~~ terrorists. But it's worth it if it damages the Republicans, and especially George Bush. Anyway, it's not like the Iraqis ~~are white~~ can vote for us or anything."

F*ck the traitorous weasels who voted for this. And the camels ~~their Saudi and far-left loony bribes~~ they rode in on.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-04-26 21:13|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-04-26 21:13|| Front Page Top

#6 "So that our troops can come home" > okay-y-y, but JUAN WILLIAMS + ALAN COLMES on FOX have both said, as I understand them, that the Dems intent is only to end active US-led combat or ground operations in Iraq, likely at worst to reduce the scale of US force levels in Iraq-ME, NOT TO COMPLETELY WITHDRAW OR PULL OUT, although JUAN did later say on FOX TV the USA should just up and "PULL-OUT".

This is just more indicia/evidencia that its the US DEMS/DEMOLEF WHOM ARE IN IDEO + POLITICAL
"QUAGMIRE", THAT POLITIX + PC HAS REACHED SUCH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL "CRITICAL MASS", INCLUDING IN NATIONAL POLITICS, THAT DE FACTO HARM OR DESTRUCTION TO AMER NATIONAL-GLOBAL INTERESTS IS PREFERRED TO LOSING POLITICAL POWER OR ADVANTAGE.
Their agendas and -isms are so perverted and convoluted they can't tell right from wrong, an enemy from a friend, good or evil, etc. anymore. JACK BAUER + "24" > EXISTENCE + LIFE IS ONLY THE NEXT 24 HOURS, OR LESS, FROM DESTRUCTION.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-26 21:36|| 2007-04-26 21:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Their agendas and -isms are so perverted and convoluted they can't tell right from wrong, an enemy from a friend, good or evil, etc. anymore.

Indeed.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-26 22:22|| 2007-04-26 22:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Glenmore said They're in office, and you're not. And the system is gamed towards the incumbents. So when they speak for themselves, for practical purposes they speak for all of us, like it or not.

No, they do NOT! It is the American people's duty to inform them of the error of their ways when they assume such dictatorial authority and/or to remove them from office, by force if necessary, under the Constitution.

When Constitutional officers refuse to abide by their Constitutional duties and no longer represent the will of the American people, the Constitution obligates the people (and the military, not coincidentally) to act to restore the will of the people.

The problem currently is that 99% of the people of this country have the same attitude that Glenmore has stated here and are unwilling to act in the fashion necessary to insure Constitutional officers act in a proper and responsible manner and in such as fashion as will insure they actually do represent the will of those they are ostensibly supposed to represent.

As Jefferson said (paraphrased), a little revolution every now and then might not be all that bad.

When a representative government represents less than 1/3rd of the people it governs that government is no longer representative and that revolution is not far behind IMO.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-04-26 23:41|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-04-26 23:41|| Front Page Top

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