Comments on: Poll-Axed http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/ Forward Movement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:04:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: karennkc http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-13601 karennkc Wed, 16 May 2007 20:43:10 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/#comment-13601 In reply to Jules Crittenden (Blog Bits): I would gladly give up the present Congress entirely if the entire administration goes with it. In a heartbeat. An Open Letter To President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Senators Bond, McCaskill, Rep. Graves & The Entire Congress: Have a draft or end the war. This is a wealthy nation of 300 million people and there is no excuse why they cannot replace equipment and make the people – especially the ones who were in such fervor to start this war – fight it. It has been reported that the northern commander in Iraq says “he did not have enough troops for the mission in increasingly violent Diyala province.” The surge is no surge at all and only increases the risks to troops, both the ones who are “taking the fight to the enemy” in Baghdad and the ones who are left short-handed in other provinces. The administration ignored advice from military experts before the war that it would take several hundred thousand troops to occupy a country the size of Iraq. The Army’s new counterinsurgency manual calls for as many troops to occupy Baghdad alone, as are in the entire country. The so-called surge does not get it. Another report says, “Scores of civilian deaths from heavy U.S. and allied reliance on air strikes to battle Taliban insurgents are threatening support for the Afghan government and creating strains within the alliance.” We have heard so many times that we can’t give up or it all will have been in vain. What do you call this? In reply to Jules Crittenden (Blog Bits): I would gladly give up the present Congress entirely if the entire administration goes with it. In a heartbeat.

An Open Letter To President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Senators Bond, McCaskill, Rep. Graves & The Entire Congress:

Have a draft or end the war. This is a wealthy nation of 300 million people and there is no excuse why they cannot replace equipment and make the people – especially the ones who were in such fervor to start this war – fight it.

It has been reported that the northern commander in Iraq says “he did not have enough troops for the mission in increasingly violent Diyala province.” The surge is no surge at all and only increases the risks to troops, both the ones who are “taking the fight to the enemy” in Baghdad and the ones who are left short-handed in other provinces.

The administration ignored advice from military experts before the war that it would take several hundred thousand troops to occupy a country the size of Iraq. The Army’s new counterinsurgency manual calls for as many troops to occupy Baghdad alone, as are in the entire country. The so-called surge does not get it.

Another report says, “Scores of civilian deaths from heavy U.S. and allied reliance on air strikes to battle Taliban insurgents are threatening support for the Afghan government and creating strains within the alliance.” We have heard so many times that we can’t give up or it all will have been in vain. What do you call this?

]]> By: corndog http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-13575 corndog Wed, 16 May 2007 12:38:22 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/#comment-13575 Materialist, I think the word "witnessed" is the key here. If watching things as they go past equals strong leadership, then okey-doke, all hail the maximum leader. Otherwise, you need to list some actual accomplishments before you make the case that he's anything other than impotent and a weakling. Materialist,

I think the word “witnessed” is the key here. If watching things as they go past equals strong leadership, then okey-doke, all hail the maximum leader. Otherwise, you need to list some actual accomplishments before you make the case that he’s anything other than impotent and a weakling.

]]> By: materialist http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-13560 materialist Wed, 16 May 2007 01:49:41 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/#comment-13560 Since his set-back in the 2006 congressional elections this "lame-duck" president has continued to oversee one of the strongest economies in national history, stonewalled all democrat initiatives beyond the re-naming of post offices, increased the pressure in Iraq, held his (albeit low) approval ratings while the democrat congress has promptly tanked and witnessed a pro-American shift in, of all places, France. For an "impotent weaking", this fellow ain't doing so bad. Since his set-back in the 2006 congressional elections this “lame-duck” president has continued to oversee one of the strongest economies in national history, stonewalled all democrat initiatives beyond the re-naming of post offices, increased the pressure in Iraq, held his (albeit low) approval ratings while the democrat congress has promptly tanked and witnessed a pro-American shift in, of all places, France. For an “impotent weaking”, this fellow ain’t doing so bad.

]]> By: corndog http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-13533 corndog Tue, 15 May 2007 23:22:10 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/#comment-13533 The poll says that approval has actually gone up since the Democrats booted the Republicans. As for Bush, though: ``The country doesn't believe George W. Bush, it doesn't trust him, and with 19 months to go it's only going to get worse,'' predicts Ed Rollins, a Republican strategist who ran Ronald Reagan's 1984 presidential campaign. ``There is nothing the president can do to get his (poll) numbers back up.'' An impotent, weakling president. The poll says that approval has actually gone up since the Democrats booted the Republicans. As for Bush, though:

“The country doesn’t believe George W. Bush, it doesn’t trust him, and with 19 months to go it’s only going to get worse,” predicts Ed Rollins, a Republican strategist who ran Ronald Reagan’s 1984 presidential campaign. “There is nothing the president can do to get his (poll) numbers back up.”

An impotent, weakling president.

]]> By: El Cid http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-13519 El Cid Tue, 15 May 2007 20:09:30 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/#comment-13519 http://www.news2wkrn.com/vv/2007/05/15/fred-thompson-responds-to-michael-moores-debate-challenge/ Hope this comes through...This is why I like Fred Thompson for Pres. http://www.news2wkrn.com/vv/2007/05/15/fred-thompson-responds-to-michael-moores-debate-challenge/

Hope this comes through…This is why I like Fred Thompson for Pres.

]]> By: Blogmeister USA http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-13515 Blogmeister USA Tue, 15 May 2007 16:13:02 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/#comment-13515 <strong>Congressional Approval Down, Bush Holds Steady</strong> A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush. Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress, down slightly from last month's reading (33%) and this year's high point of 37%,... Congressional Approval Down, Bush Holds Steady

A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush. Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress, down slightly from last month’s reading (33%) and this year’s high point of 37%,…

]]> By: The_Real_JeffS http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-13510 The_Real_JeffS Tue, 15 May 2007 14:35:57 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/#comment-13510 Congress impeaching itself is most appropriate, fully inline with the narcissim they've been displaying for quite some time now. Congress impeaching itself is most appropriate, fully inline with the narcissim they’ve been displaying for quite some time now.

]]> By: RebeccaH http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/comment-page-1/#comment-13507 RebeccaH Tue, 15 May 2007 14:09:19 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/05/15/poll-axed/#comment-13507 OK, is everyone ready for the onslaught of excuses for why this is irrelevant? Schadenfreude would be so much more satisfying, if we weren't all going down with the sinking scorpion together. OK, is everyone ready for the onslaught of excuses for why this is irrelevant? Schadenfreude would be so much more satisfying, if we weren’t all going down with the sinking scorpion together.

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