tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post7099382835970134411..comments2024-02-28T04:20:40.719-06:00Comments on THE LAST LIBERAL STANDING: Principle above PartyBob Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-63744684045502322832009-08-20T15:14:33.120-05:002009-08-20T15:14:33.120-05:00Wizard this is interesting
It's such a sad s...<a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/ABCs-Charles-Gibson-to-Cindy-Sheehan-Thanks-for-your-sacrifice-Now-get-lost-53803917.html" rel="nofollow">Wizard this is interesting</a> <br /><br /><i>It's such a sad story. Martha Raddatz [of ABC News] wrote a terrific book about one battle that took place in Iraq, and it was the battle in which Cindy's son was killed. And you look at somebody like that and you think here's somebody who's just trying to find some meaning in her son's death. And you have to be sympathetic to her. Anybody who has given a son to this country has made an enormous sacrifice, and you have to be sympathetic. But enough already.</i><br /><br />Cindy Sheehan was once in vogue. Now she is an annoyance. War is okay under Obama?<br /><br />My personal opinion aside, this yells of party over policy for all the wrong reasons.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303771842312819728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-24408008922410866912009-08-19T22:07:27.894-05:002009-08-19T22:07:27.894-05:00I do agree that Republicans and their constant gr...I do agree that Republicans and their constant grubbing for power and money lead directly to their betraytal of principle.<br /><br />And got them ousted.<br /><br />Clinton, however, did work hard with the Republican Congress and in the lost art of compromise was able to curtail the debit. GW Bush (a moderate), should have been treated to the same fiscal restraint.<br /><br />One could argue that given the current barrow and spend (pun intended), he was more fiscally responsible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303771842312819728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-48455283616619727992009-08-19T21:20:25.108-05:002009-08-19T21:20:25.108-05:00Lee has raised a good point about this year's ...Lee has raised a good point about this year's Daily Kos meeting, which largely ignored the occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan. One article I read pointed out that Kos folows the Democratic Party line nearly to the letter.<br /><br />Now I'm no fan of the Daily Kos by any means, but there actions speak volumes about their true priorities, which again reinforces my feeling about Party versus Principle. The political parties and their constant grubbing for power and money lead directly to their betraytal of principle.<br /><br />Thanks, Lee for making my point about Congress pushing back against the Republicans, proving beyond a doubt they are not against war, just anything Republican's favor.<br /><br />But keep in mind, Lee, that Republicans are every bit as bad. Bill Clinton was a moderate (even a conservative compared to President Obama), yet the Republicans fought him at every step, just because he was a Democrat.Bob Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-32556950203586849002009-08-19T16:17:44.758-05:002009-08-19T16:17:44.758-05:00Vigilante, you must have selective reading skills....Vigilante, you must have selective reading skills. You state an "obvious error" about a McCain quote, which is neither disputed or countered by what Wizard wrote.<br /><br />In fact it can be read to agree with the quote. Wiz states that congress would force the withdrawal. Neither can I read into this, as you have, that Wiz has flip flopped on afghan women.<br /><br />Also you deflect to the American People .vs. The anti-war crowd, like the Daily Kos Blog which has turned a blind eye to war now that GW Bush left office. I guess they were not against war, per say, just against anything GW Bush was for?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303771842312819728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-88354709970454209822009-08-18T20:59:35.776-05:002009-08-18T20:59:35.776-05:00A thoughtful piece, Wizard. Too many factual error...A thoughtful piece, Wizard. Too many factual errors here, however, to correct in one comment. The one obvious error is that McCain argued for our staying in Iraq for 50 years, as we did in Korea. I think that is your expectation for Afghanistan, too. In the past you thought our presence in Afghanistan was necessary to protect the honor of Afghan women. Ambitious.<br /><br />It's often pointed out that resistance to the War in Vietnam was largely fed by the near-universal draft. Americans, according to polls, are in favor of bringing the troops home from both Islamic theaters. However, because the occupations are being funded by future generation and staffed by professional soldiers, the urgency is not the same as it was in Vietnam. Bush told Americans to go shopping.<br /><br />Americans are always up in arms about what really affects their daily lives. This time it's not the draft for military service, but the drafting off of immense resources by the private, for-profit, medical insurance industry.<br /><br />It's my mission, as it should be yours, to point out that cutting expenditures in military expeditionary pursuits in the Islamic deserts* (which have accomplished nothing and are going no where) is a key to being able afford repairing fractures in our own infrastructure, of which healthcare is only part.<br />-------<br />* Pakistan is an exceptional, special case.Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-62855242435089331422009-08-18T20:32:08.732-05:002009-08-18T20:32:08.732-05:00You make honest common sense! Kudos. It's a g...You make honest common sense! Kudos. It's a great post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.com