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HK July 7th 09 05:43 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
jps wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:02:41 -0400, Captain Marvel of Woodstock
wrote:

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 06:27:57 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

What are you liberals so worried about?

She's everything they claim they like in women - strong personality,
effective leadership, mother, interesting life story, good looking and
smart, but...


"Friends with a domestic terrorist"

Said how many times? 20 - 30 - 40?

Whips people into a frenzy and then says nothing when the audience
suggests killing Obama?

Extorts money from the state to pay for things that clearly aren't
kosher expenses by any measure.

That's not a woman I admire. She makes me sick.



Since Palin is quitting her political office, I wouldn't mind seeing the
media step back from reportage of her a bit, except, of course, when she
makes a political appearance or speech. *Then* it is perfectly
acceptable to slam her to the mat.

jps July 7th 09 05:56 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:46:18 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
om...

I guess that's hard for you and others here to understand.

Oh...speaking of Sarah, I suppose she and her lawyer have never heard of
New York Times v. Sullivan. Elected public officials, basically, cannot
use the courts effectively to attempt to chill criticism or reportage
about how they handle their jobs.



You really need a new angle. There's a difference between legality and
common decency.
Those of the extreme left persuasion are walking away from the difference.

Eisboch


You've never encountered the "extreme left." What you imagine is
extreme is within a very narrow band, that exists in your head.

No matter, I don't expect it'll expand before you expire.

Eisboch[_4_] July 7th 09 06:03 PM

More fun with Sarah
 

"jps" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 06:12:59 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:31:27 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
m...
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:11:42 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
news:uJKdnfxCzo7GNs_XnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@earthl ink.com...



Palin Hit With Another Ethics Complaint


Yawn.

When will they stop? Batting average isn't very good.
Even the FBI acknowledged that one of the allegations
that may have violated a Federal statute was meaningless
and without merit.

And people wonder why she quit. She should have stood at the
microphone, looked straight at the camera and given the media a one
finger
salute.

Eisboch

"The Media." Right. As if she didn't bring any of this on herself.

So much for "personal responsibility."



Given some of your posts of late, I don't consider you to be much of an
expert on "personal responsibility". Screaming at a TV set in a fit of
rage , using acute profanity in front of your kids and then bragging
about
here it isn't my kind of adult personal responsibilty.

A thought while you are furiously typing your response .....


tough ****.

Eisboch

I suppose you never swore in front of your children. Nor did you ever
yell at the television.

You're just the picture of personal responsiblity, Dick.



Of course I have done both. But never with the type of vulgar profanity
you boast about.
I have a degree of personal responsibility, you see. I am not a prude by
any means, but I have more respect for people in general, my family and
for
myself to publically utter the type of vulgarity you seem to have no
problem
with.

You must be a real trip in the conference room.

Eisboch


Vulgarity is in the eyes of the beholder.

In my eyes vulgarity is sending kids to die in a war of choice. Dick
Cheney is a vulgar person who rightly deserves my hatred. I hate him.
He's an evil ******* who cares nothing for the people he's ****ed,
apart from Scooter Libby.

That's vulgarity, Dick.

You were among the rah rah chorus of vulgarity that happened on our
watch.

You're among the selfish, vulgar citizenry who'd deny another medical
care for 2% of your wages. You've said as much in your critiques of
Obama's "out of control spending."

That's vulgarity, Dick.

My vulgarity is reserved for those who think others are less deserving
than themselves, since they're successful and others had the same
opportunities and choices. Unfortunately the world doesn't work in
such a binary fashion and some people get screwed no matter their
desire, fortitude, earnestness, willingness, indiustry, etc.

To deny them health care is vulgar.

That's vulgarity, Dick.






Are you having fun slinging your BS?

I really don't care what you think. You have little or no credibility in my
eyes.

Eisboch



jps July 7th 09 06:13 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:02:27 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
om...
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
m...
I guess that's hard for you and others here to understand.

Oh...speaking of Sarah, I suppose she and her lawyer have never heard of
New York Times v. Sullivan. Elected public officials, basically, cannot
use the courts effectively to attempt to chill criticism or reportage
about how they handle their jobs.


You really need a new angle. There's a difference between legality and
common decency.
Those of the extreme left persuasion are walking away from the
difference.

Eisboch



Uh...the point here is that Sarah and her legal beagle last saturday
threatened a reporter specifically with a lawsuit and other news
organizations generally with lawsuits if they reported there were "rumors"
floating around about her and potential legal problems.

That's the "legality" here.

Palin doesn't even have a stump to stand on in attempting to chill such
reportage. Perhaps if she calmed down some, and stopped playing "poor,
poor pitiful me" and the perpetual victim, she wouldn't be so obviously
earning the reputation as a nutcase she now has.

You know, if the internet had been around in the days of Joe McCarthy, he
would have lasted about a week. It's important to stomp political
demogogues into the ground, over and over and over and over, until they
show no possibilities of being revived for future political games. Palin
is a demogogue.



Yada, yada, yada.

You have fun. I have to go put the charger on the VW bus, then go sell some
guitars.

Eisboch


Richard driving a VW bus is false advertising.

jps July 7th 09 06:27 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:03:06 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 06:12:59 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:31:27 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
om...
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:11:42 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
news:uJKdnfxCzo7GNs_XnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@earth link.com...



Palin Hit With Another Ethics Complaint


Yawn.

When will they stop? Batting average isn't very good.
Even the FBI acknowledged that one of the allegations
that may have violated a Federal statute was meaningless
and without merit.

And people wonder why she quit. She should have stood at the
microphone, looked straight at the camera and given the media a one
finger
salute.

Eisboch

"The Media." Right. As if she didn't bring any of this on herself.

So much for "personal responsibility."



Given some of your posts of late, I don't consider you to be much of an
expert on "personal responsibility". Screaming at a TV set in a fit of
rage , using acute profanity in front of your kids and then bragging
about
here it isn't my kind of adult personal responsibilty.

A thought while you are furiously typing your response .....


tough ****.

Eisboch

I suppose you never swore in front of your children. Nor did you ever
yell at the television.

You're just the picture of personal responsiblity, Dick.


Of course I have done both. But never with the type of vulgar profanity
you boast about.
I have a degree of personal responsibility, you see. I am not a prude by
any means, but I have more respect for people in general, my family and
for
myself to publically utter the type of vulgarity you seem to have no
problem
with.

You must be a real trip in the conference room.

Eisboch


Vulgarity is in the eyes of the beholder.

In my eyes vulgarity is sending kids to die in a war of choice. Dick
Cheney is a vulgar person who rightly deserves my hatred. I hate him.
He's an evil ******* who cares nothing for the people he's ****ed,
apart from Scooter Libby.

That's vulgarity, Dick.

You were among the rah rah chorus of vulgarity that happened on our
watch.

You're among the selfish, vulgar citizenry who'd deny another medical
care for 2% of your wages. You've said as much in your critiques of
Obama's "out of control spending."

That's vulgarity, Dick.

My vulgarity is reserved for those who think others are less deserving
than themselves, since they're successful and others had the same
opportunities and choices. Unfortunately the world doesn't work in
such a binary fashion and some people get screwed no matter their
desire, fortitude, earnestness, willingness, indiustry, etc.

To deny them health care is vulgar.

That's vulgarity, Dick.



Are you having fun slinging your BS?

I really don't care what you think. You have little or no credibility in my
eyes.

Eisboch



Another selfish "conservative" who doesn't want to face the truth.

Can't field an argument so you spew some nasty personal insults and
run away.

You have no credibility in my eyes either, Dick. No wonder you could
side with a quitter like Palin.

thunder July 7th 09 07:23 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:42:33 -0400, JustWait wrote:


Nothing for nothing, but she is a potential Presidential candidate. I
would expect media coverage of her, especially when she does something
as unusual as resigning in mid-term.


Did you have a problem when Obama quit being a Senator to run for
President? I mean, just because he didn't make an honest announcement,
doesn't mean he kept the job..


Hey, I don't have a problem with Palin stepping down, but then, I'm not
an Alaskan, nor did I vote for her. We did have a Governor step down
recently, McGreevey, and while the circumstances were different, I
wouldn't expect him to be able to win a race for local dogcatcher. There
is an issue of public trust. McGreevey broke it, and Palin? It's for
the public to decide, but I would say she did.

jps July 7th 09 07:56 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:23:31 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:42:33 -0400, JustWait wrote:


Nothing for nothing, but she is a potential Presidential candidate. I
would expect media coverage of her, especially when she does something
as unusual as resigning in mid-term.


Did you have a problem when Obama quit being a Senator to run for
President? I mean, just because he didn't make an honest announcement,
doesn't mean he kept the job..


Hey, I don't have a problem with Palin stepping down, but then, I'm not
an Alaskan, nor did I vote for her. We did have a Governor step down
recently, McGreevey, and while the circumstances were different, I
wouldn't expect him to be able to win a race for local dogcatcher. There
is an issue of public trust. McGreevey broke it, and Palin? It's for
the public to decide, but I would say she did.


She's not running for another office, she's running away from a
contract she signed with the state of Alaska to do a job until it was
finished.

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.

thunder July 7th 09 08:20 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:54 -0700, jps wrote:


She's not running for another office, she's running away from a contract
she signed with the state of Alaska to do a job until it was finished.

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.


She's also become quite adept at playing the "victim". The world's
picking on me. The world's picking on my family. Whether true or not,
it's not a quality wanted in a POTUS, IMO.

jps July 7th 09 08:25 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:20:43 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:54 -0700, jps wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:23:31 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:42:33 -0400, JustWait wrote:


Nothing for nothing, but she is a potential Presidential candidate. I
would expect media coverage of her, especially when she does something
as unusual as resigning in mid-term.

Did you have a problem when Obama quit being a Senator to run for
President? I mean, just because he didn't make an honest announcement,
doesn't mean he kept the job..

Hey, I don't have a problem with Palin stepping down, but then, I'm not
an Alaskan, nor did I vote for her. We did have a Governor step down
recently, McGreevey, and while the circumstances were different, I
wouldn't expect him to be able to win a race for local dogcatcher. There
is an issue of public trust. McGreevey broke it, and Palin? It's for
the public to decide, but I would say she did.


She's not running for another office, she's running away from a
contract she signed with the state of Alaska to do a job until it was
finished.

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.


I imagine she was simply driven from office by frivolous law suits and
unfounded charges. I hear she is a half million in debt from the legal
bills.


Maybe she shouldn't have put herself in that position. Taking per
diems for living at home? Putting your kid's travel expenses on the
state? Pressuring the head of the state police to fire a relative
who'd already answered to charges and been disciplined?

She brought these things on herself.

jps July 7th 09 08:30 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:20:46 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:54 -0700, jps wrote:


She's not running for another office, she's running away from a contract
she signed with the state of Alaska to do a job until it was finished.

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.


She's also become quite adept at playing the "victim". The world's
picking on me. The world's picking on my family. Whether true or not,
it's not a quality wanted in a POTUS, IMO.



She eagerly embraced the kitchen long before she recognized the open
flame.

Poor Sarah. Lacking any personal gravitas or dignity, her problems
are necessarily accounted to external forces. Charles Gibson,
evildoer working for "the media."

I wonder if she knows what the Bush doctrine is yet.

thunder July 7th 09 08:43 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:20:43 -0400, gfretwell wrote:


I imagine she was simply driven from office by frivolous law suits and
unfounded charges. I hear she is a half million in debt from the legal
bills.


I don't know, but does that pass the smell test? If they were all
frivolous, why was she spending big bucks on legal fees? On top of that,
most states have legal departments that are there to protect the state.
Why was she going to outside representation? There were no charges, just
ethics complaints.

JustWait July 7th 09 08:56 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:54 -0700, jps wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:23:31 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:42:33 -0400, JustWait wrote:


Nothing for nothing, but she is a potential Presidential candidate. I
would expect media coverage of her, especially when she does something
as unusual as resigning in mid-term.
Did you have a problem when Obama quit being a Senator to run for
President? I mean, just because he didn't make an honest announcement,
doesn't mean he kept the job..


So, he didn't have a problem when Obama quit on his constituients? Years
before the Presidential election? Hypocrites..


Hey, I don't have a problem with Palin stepping down, but then, I'm not
an Alaskan, nor did I vote for her. We did have a Governor step down
recently, McGreevey, and while the circumstances were different, I
wouldn't expect him to be able to win a race for local dogcatcher. There
is an issue of public trust. McGreevey broke it, and Palin? It's for
the public to decide, but I would say she did.

She's not running for another office, she's running away from a
contract she signed with the state of Alaska to do a job until it was
finished.

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.


I imagine she was simply driven from office by frivolous law suits and
unfounded charges. I hear she is a half million in debt from the legal
bills.


JustWait July 7th 09 08:57 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
thunder wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:54 -0700, jps wrote:


She's not running for another office, she's running away from a contract
she signed with the state of Alaska to do a job until it was finished.

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.


She's also become quite adept at playing the "victim". The world's
picking on me. The world's picking on my family. Whether true or not,
it's not a quality wanted in a POTUS, IMO.


Half million in bogus legal charges... If that happened to you would you
feel like you were a victim of a scam?

HK July 7th 09 09:07 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
jps wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:20:43 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:54 -0700, jps wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:23:31 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:42:33 -0400, JustWait wrote:


Nothing for nothing, but she is a potential Presidential candidate. I
would expect media coverage of her, especially when she does something
as unusual as resigning in mid-term.
Did you have a problem when Obama quit being a Senator to run for
President? I mean, just because he didn't make an honest announcement,
doesn't mean he kept the job..
Hey, I don't have a problem with Palin stepping down, but then, I'm not
an Alaskan, nor did I vote for her. We did have a Governor step down
recently, McGreevey, and while the circumstances were different, I
wouldn't expect him to be able to win a race for local dogcatcher. There
is an issue of public trust. McGreevey broke it, and Palin? It's for
the public to decide, but I would say she did.
She's not running for another office, she's running away from a
contract she signed with the state of Alaska to do a job until it was
finished.

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.

I imagine she was simply driven from office by frivolous law suits and
unfounded charges. I hear she is a half million in debt from the legal
bills.


Maybe she shouldn't have put herself in that position. Taking per
diems for living at home? Putting your kid's travel expenses on the
state? Pressuring the head of the state police to fire a relative
who'd already answered to charges and been disciplined?

She brought these things on herself.



I enjoyed reading how she billed the state for expenses...that was
classy, eh?

jps July 7th 09 10:54 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:25:34 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:25:01 -0700, jps wrote:

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.

I imagine she was simply driven from office by frivolous law suits and
unfounded charges. I hear she is a half million in debt from the legal
bills.


Maybe she shouldn't have put herself in that position. Taking per
diems for living at home? Putting your kid's travel expenses on the
state? Pressuring the head of the state police to fire a relative
who'd already answered to charges and been disciplined?

She brought these things on herself.


When you compare those things to what most politicians are doing, it
is really chump change.


Oh, she's a paragon of virtuosity. Do you expect it's okay for these
guy and gals to play dirty? I don't. They make good salaries for
what they do and if they don't think they're compensated enough, they
should bring it up with the governing body or not accept the position.

She ended up spending a whole lot less than
virtually any other governor in the country for her living expenses.


How in the world have you come to that conclusion? Is the Rand
Corporation now tracking living expenses/governor?

Most governors don't charge per diems and mileage because they have 2
or 3 state troopers chauffeuring them around in state limos and they
live in the mansion eating government food. When they travel they stay
in a suite in a 4 star hotel on the government dime.


Are they following the rules? If so, bully. She didn't follow the
rules. Are we a nation of laws only for the common pleeb?

My thought was that if this is all the "corruption" they can come up
with given all the effort they spent digging, she was really pretty
honest.


Apart from trying to get her former brother in law fired for what had
already been addressed and closed.

Competent and smart may be an issue we could talk about. I did not
vote for McCain/Palin, but I couldn't vote for Obama either. Flip
Flopping on the war and the other things that he started out opposing
killed him for me.


She's undereducated for her chosen profession. Apart from being
telegenic, she's neither bright nor studied and she wears thin in a NY
minute.

It was a stupid gamble on the part of the Republicans and she'd helped
to set them on a faster downward spiral than they were on pre-Palin.

Good, like a junkie, the R's aparently need to hit bottom before they
pick themselves up and decide to be productive members of society.

jps July 7th 09 10:59 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:26:58 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:30:04 -0700, jps wrote:

I wonder if she knows what the Bush doctrine is yet.


I am not sure I know what the Bush Doctrine is.


Pre-emptive strikes against a country that has taken no action is
among the main tenets of the Bush doctrine.

Seems like an important policy to know for one who aspires to join the
most elite political executive team on the planet.

The lowest member of the state department would be expected to
understand the Bush doctrine.

HK July 7th 09 11:19 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
jps wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:25:34 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:25:01 -0700, jps wrote:

She's a quitter in addition to being an incompetent ignoramus.
I imagine she was simply driven from office by frivolous law suits and
unfounded charges. I hear she is a half million in debt from the legal
bills.
Maybe she shouldn't have put herself in that position. Taking per
diems for living at home? Putting your kid's travel expenses on the
state? Pressuring the head of the state police to fire a relative
who'd already answered to charges and been disciplined?

She brought these things on herself.

When you compare those things to what most politicians are doing, it
is really chump change.


Oh, she's a paragon of virtuosity. Do you expect it's okay for these
guy and gals to play dirty? I don't. They make good salaries for
what they do and if they don't think they're compensated enough, they
should bring it up with the governing body or not accept the position.

She ended up spending a whole lot less than
virtually any other governor in the country for her living expenses.


How in the world have you come to that conclusion? Is the Rand
Corporation now tracking living expenses/governor?

Most governors don't charge per diems and mileage because they have 2
or 3 state troopers chauffeuring them around in state limos and they
live in the mansion eating government food. When they travel they stay
in a suite in a 4 star hotel on the government dime.


Are they following the rules? If so, bully. She didn't follow the
rules. Are we a nation of laws only for the common pleeb?

My thought was that if this is all the "corruption" they can come up
with given all the effort they spent digging, she was really pretty
honest.


Apart from trying to get her former brother in law fired for what had
already been addressed and closed.

Competent and smart may be an issue we could talk about. I did not
vote for McCain/Palin, but I couldn't vote for Obama either. Flip
Flopping on the war and the other things that he started out opposing
killed him for me.


She's undereducated for her chosen profession. Apart from being
telegenic, she's neither bright nor studied and she wears thin in a NY
minute.

It was a stupid gamble on the part of the Republicans and she'd helped
to set them on a faster downward spiral than they were on pre-Palin.

Good, like a junkie, the R's aparently need to hit bottom before they
pick themselves up and decide to be productive members of society.




One of the reasons Palin was picked was the hope McCain and his advisors
had that her selection would attract some of the women who were
disappointed that Hillary Clinton was not on the Democratic ticket.

That reason alone demonstrates how little understanding the Republicans
have of educated, smart women.





TopBassDog July 8th 09 04:27 AM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Jul 7, 9:09*am, HK wrote:
JustWait wrote:
thunder wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:27:57 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


What are you liberals so worried about?


Nothing for nothing, but she is a potential Presidential candidate. *I
would expect media coverage of her, especially when she does something
as unusual as resigning in mid-term.


Did you have a problem when Obama quit being a Senator to run for
President? I mean, just because he didn't make an honest announcement,
doesn't mean he kept the job..


* As for those 16 ethics complaints, one
of which she filed against herself, they haven't all been without
foundation. *She did have to repay moneys for her children's travel. *
A minor offense I'll grant you, but most of the complaints are the
result of political infighting in one of our more dysfunctional and
corrupt states. *Still, none of this would be news worthy on a
national level, if she wasn't a potential Presidential candidate.


Uh...Obama did not quit his job as U.S. Senator nor did he quit "being a
U.S. Senator" to run for a higher office. He remained in the Senate.


Very true, Herr Krause. Now, can you name one of his many
accomplishments in the four years of his office?

Eisboch July 8th 09 04:33 AM

More fun with Sarah
 


On Jul 7, 9:09 am, HK wrote:

Uh...Obama did not quit his job as U.S. Senator nor did he quit "being a
U.S. Senator" to run for a higher office. He remained in the Senate.



Actually, Obama resigned early .... November 17th, I think. The last
senator to do so was JFK.
Obama didn't want to remain in his Senate seat during his lame duck period.

Eisboch



jps July 8th 09 05:50 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:38:33 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:59:34 -0700, jps wrote:

I wonder if she knows what the Bush doctrine is yet.

I am not sure I know what the Bush Doctrine is.


Pre-emptive strikes against a country that has taken no action is
among the main tenets of the Bush doctrine.


That sounds more like an Olbermann rant than an official policy.

What does Bush say the Bush doctrine is?


You'll have to consult the neocons for the correct answer.

People for a New American Century is the group.

jps July 8th 09 08:48 PM

More fun with Sarah
 
On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:32:16 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:50:01 -0700, jps wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:38:33 -0400,
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:59:34 -0700, jps wrote:

I wonder if she knows what the Bush doctrine is yet.

I am not sure I know what the Bush Doctrine is.

Pre-emptive strikes against a country that has taken no action is
among the main tenets of the Bush doctrine.

That sounds more like an Olbermann rant than an official policy.

What does Bush say the Bush doctrine is?


You'll have to consult the neocons for the correct answer.

People for a New American Century is the group.



It certainly appears to me "the Bush Doctrine" is a term made up by
the democrats and is anything they don't like about him. I have never
actually heard a concise definition.

It is also interesting that the best known "doctrine" the Monroe
Doctrine was actually named many years after he left office.
(according to the Presidents series on the History Channel)


This seems pretty concise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine

D K[_17_] July 9th 09 01:10 AM

More fun with Sarah
 
Eisboch wrote:
On Jul 7, 9:09 am, HK wrote:
Uh...Obama did not quit his job as U.S. Senator nor did he quit "being a
U.S. Senator" to run for a higher office. He remained in the Senate.



Actually, Obama resigned early .... November 17th, I think. The last
senator to do so was JFK.
Obama didn't want to remain in his Senate seat during his lame duck period.

Eisboch



I still contend that if a politician has enough confidence in their
ability to be elected for a higher office, they should immediately
resign so they can focus their efforts and not abandon their constituents.

D K[_17_] July 9th 09 01:12 AM

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wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:27:47 -0700 (PDT), TopBassDog
wrote:

Uh...Obama did not quit his job as U.S. Senator nor did he quit "being a
U.S. Senator" to run for a higher office. He remained in the Senate.

Very true, Herr Krause. Now, can you name one of his many
accomplishments in the four years of his office?


I think senators should have to resign when they run for president
because they ARE ignoring their senate duties. They don't really get a
chance to read most of the legislation they vote for as it is and
being on the campaign trail means they are not reading any of it.


You beat me to it. It also shouldn't be limited to presidential candidates.

jps July 9th 09 01:25 AM

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On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:02:16 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:48:17 -0700, jps wrote:

It certainly appears to me "the Bush Doctrine" is a term made up by
the democrats and is anything they don't like about him. I have never
actually heard a concise definition.

It is also interesting that the best known "doctrine" the Monroe
Doctrine was actually named many years after he left office.
(according to the Presidents series on the History Channel)


This seems pretty concise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine

Concise would be a paragraph, not a rambling 30 page Wiki with 86
footnotes.
If the point was that Bush had a fractured foreign policy with unclear
objectives and disastrous outcomes, no argument.
Let's see how Obama does and if he will ever settle down on a policy.
So far he is just extending what Bush was doing, right down to the
date of this "camp outside the city" initiative.


That was negotiated between two "sovereign" nations before Obama took
office. The Iraqis can't wait to get rid of us.

jps July 9th 09 03:05 AM

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On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:20:27 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:25:22 -0700, jps wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:02:16 -0400,
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:48:17 -0700, jps wrote:

It certainly appears to me "the Bush Doctrine" is a term made up by
the democrats and is anything they don't like about him. I have never
actually heard a concise definition.

It is also interesting that the best known "doctrine" the Monroe
Doctrine was actually named many years after he left office.
(according to the Presidents series on the History Channel)

This seems pretty concise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine

Concise would be a paragraph, not a rambling 30 page Wiki with 86
footnotes.
If the point was that Bush had a fractured foreign policy with unclear
objectives and disastrous outcomes, no argument.
Let's see how Obama does and if he will ever settle down on a policy.
So far he is just extending what Bush was doing, right down to the
date of this "camp outside the city" initiative.


That was negotiated between two "sovereign" nations before Obama took
office. The Iraqis can't wait to get rid of us.


I bet they do. (wait)
We won't leave until they are no longer a threat to Israel.
We certainly were nit out on Jan 20 as Obama started promising and he
has been stepping back from that ever since.


Sheesh. He said that during the campaign and almost immediately
backed away by saying that he wouldn't do anything that would
destabilize our responsible withdrawal.

He took one large step backwards and when he became president he
reassessed the situation and made what was a good call.

Again, the terms of our withdrawal were negotiated with Iraq when Bush
was in office. It was, in fact, on a schedule very similar to what
Obama was promoting during the latter days of the election cycle.

jps July 9th 09 06:36 AM

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On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:16:29 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:05:50 -0700, jps wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:20:27 -0400,
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:25:22 -0700, jps wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:02:16 -0400,
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:48:17 -0700, jps wrote:

It certainly appears to me "the Bush Doctrine" is a term made up by
the democrats and is anything they don't like about him. I have never
actually heard a concise definition.

It is also interesting that the best known "doctrine" the Monroe
Doctrine was actually named many years after he left office.
(according to the Presidents series on the History Channel)

This seems pretty concise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine

Concise would be a paragraph, not a rambling 30 page Wiki with 86
footnotes.
If the point was that Bush had a fractured foreign policy with unclear
objectives and disastrous outcomes, no argument.
Let's see how Obama does and if he will ever settle down on a policy.
So far he is just extending what Bush was doing, right down to the
date of this "camp outside the city" initiative.

That was negotiated between two "sovereign" nations before Obama took
office. The Iraqis can't wait to get rid of us.

I bet they do. (wait)
We won't leave until they are no longer a threat to Israel.
We certainly were nit out on Jan 20 as Obama started promising and he
has been stepping back from that ever since.


Sheesh. He said that during the campaign and almost immediately
backed away by saying that he wouldn't do anything that would
destabilize our responsible withdrawal.

He took one large step backwards and when he became president he
reassessed the situation and made what was a good call.

Again, the terms of our withdrawal were negotiated with Iraq when Bush
was in office. It was, in fact, on a schedule very similar to what
Obama was promoting during the latter days of the election cycle.


If he is just doing what Bush was going to do, where is the "change"?
I was excited about a candidate who was going to end this stupid 18
year war, not keep it going another 18 years.

Afghanistan is even worse. Now Obama is saying we will have the
Russians "help" us in Afghanistan.
How do you think the Afghan citizens will feel about that?
We are certainly creating terrorists far faster than we can kill them.


1. Obama is keeping his word to get us out of Iraq. Bush took a 3 day
raid and turned it into six years. Surely you understand that
withdrawing is a sensitive endeavor for many reasons.

2. Afghanistan is complicated. I didn't want to go in originally and
still would prefer we weren't there but the situation is among the
scariests on the planet. Not in Afghanistan of course, but Pakistan.
If al Qaeda and those Afghani fundamentalists team to take Pakistan,
we've got a serious problem on our hands. That's not very far afield
at this point. Our presence there is probably the best investment we
could make to ensure nuclear war doesn't break out.

HK July 9th 09 08:32 PM

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wrote:
On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:36:29 -0700, jps wrote:

If he is just doing what Bush was going to do, where is the "change"?
I was excited about a candidate who was going to end this stupid 18
year war, not keep it going another 18 years.

Afghanistan is even worse. Now Obama is saying we will have the
Russians "help" us in Afghanistan.
How do you think the Afghan citizens will feel about that?
We are certainly creating terrorists far faster than we can kill them.

1. Obama is keeping his word to get us out of Iraq. Bush took a 3 day
raid and turned it into six years. Surely you understand that
withdrawing is a sensitive endeavor for many reasons.


Actually this was a 100 hour mission from 1991 that has gone on for 18
years. Do you want to bet whether we will still be there in 2012? How
about 2016?
2. Afghanistan is complicated. I didn't want to go in originally and
still would prefer we weren't there but the situation is among the
scariests on the planet. Not in Afghanistan of course, but Pakistan.
If al Qaeda and those Afghani fundamentalists team to take Pakistan,
we've got a serious problem on our hands. That's not very far afield
at this point. Our presence there is probably the best investment we
could make to ensure nuclear war doesn't break out.


Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.
All of the excuses really sound like "Ho Chi Minh trail" stories to me
and we know how that worked out.



I don't think we as a society have internalized the concept that our
military might basically is useless in fighting dedicated insurgencies
or religiously backed organizations in underdeveloped countries.

Obviously, we have the wherewithal to take on a uniformed military force
like Iraq's, one that is organized along traditional military lines and
orders of battle. That's why we were able to impose a peace in Bosnia.

But we're really not facing that sort of adversary these days. We didn't
learn from our loss in Vietnam, and we didn't learn from the loss the
Soviets suffered in Afghanistan.

The reality is this: Iraq will collapse when we leave, no matter when we
leave, and Afghanistan will never settle down with us around. Pakistan
is likely to go down the tubes, too. Our best bet there is to help our
Indian friends keep crazed Pakistanis from destroying their country, too.


Vic Smith July 10th 09 01:35 AM

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On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:21:02 -0400, wrote:



Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.


I'll explain it, as I remember it.
We went in to get Osama Bin Laden. Remember 9/11/2001?
Then he fled to Pakistan when we left it to ragheads to do our job in
Tora Bora.
Then we failed again, by not pursuing him into Pakistan.
Killing him was the mission.
Tommy Franks was a **** up. Glad he's gone. Best thing that ever
happened to the U.S. Army.
Of course Bush, Rumsfeld, and that whole crew were **** ups.
We needed a Patton on the battlefield, and had Tommy Franks running
things from an air-conditioned room in Tampa, Florida.
Seems Franks always refers to Osama as "Mr. bin Laden."
Wonder if Patton ever said "Mr. Hitler," or "Mr. Goering."
Osama Bin Laden is still alive.
Shame, shame.
Why are we still there? Can't leave until Bin Laden dies.
It would be an admission of our abject failure.
He'll probably die of natural causes.
Shame, shame.
No vengeance for our victims and our country.
All this talk of the Bush crowd being hard asses.
Biggest bunch of pussies this country ever had.
Talk, talk, talk.
Osama Bin Laden is still alive.
Businessmen running the country. A country isn't a business.
That was Franks' college degree. Bachelor of Business Administration.

--Vic

jps July 10th 09 02:32 AM

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On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:43 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:21:02 -0400, wrote:



Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.


I'll explain it, as I remember it.
We went in to get Osama Bin Laden. Remember 9/11/2001?
Then he fled to Pakistan when we left it to ragheads to do our job in
Tora Bora.
Then we failed again, by not pursuing him into Pakistan.
Killing him was the mission.
Tommy Franks was a **** up. Glad he's gone. Best thing that ever
happened to the U.S. Army.
Of course Bush, Rumsfeld, and that whole crew were **** ups.
We needed a Patton on the battlefield, and had Tommy Franks running
things from an air-conditioned room in Tampa, Florida.
Seems Franks always refers to Osama as "Mr. bin Laden."
Wonder if Patton ever said "Mr. Hitler," or "Mr. Goering."
Osama Bin Laden is still alive.
Shame, shame.
Why are we still there? Can't leave until Bin Laden dies.
It would be an admission of our abject failure.
He'll probably die of natural causes.
Shame, shame.
No vengeance for our victims and our country.
All this talk of the Bush crowd being hard asses.
Biggest bunch of pussies this country ever had.
Talk, talk, talk.
Osama Bin Laden is still alive.
Businessmen running the country. A country isn't a business.
That was Franks' college degree. Bachelor of Business Administration.

--Vic


It's morphed into something larger than bin Laden or al Qaeda. It's
now threatening the further destabilization of Pakistan and access to
nuclear weapons.

We didn't take care of business the first time with the Taliban, now
we've got the same problem the USSR had before Afghanistan helped
cause their bankruptcy.

Brilliant.

Vic Smith July 10th 09 04:52 AM

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On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:32:39 -0700, jps wrote:



It's morphed into something larger than bin Laden or al Qaeda. It's
now threatening the further destabilization of Pakistan and access to
nuclear weapons.

That's all overblown, IMO.
The Pakis can take care of the Taliban, which come in different
colors. And the Northern Alliance - former Taliban - may have been
on the verge of defeating them when 9/11 interceded.
9/11 was Osama bin Laden, a Saudi, and Al Qeada.
Taliban is a side show of the ever-changing tribal muslim savages
holding sway in Afghanistan.
Besides that, the Taliban are mortal enemies of Shia Iran.
We can leave at any time - except bin Laden is alive.
Once he's dead, and if we left - doubtful now because we would be
abandoning "women's rights" - if Iran got nukes they'd probably nuke
Afghanistan instead of Israel. Taliban can't strike back.
They have no friends. Not even the Pakis, who are only about 15%
Pashtun, mostly on the north border areas.

We didn't take care of business the first time with the Taliban, now
we've got the same problem the USSR had before Afghanistan helped
cause their bankruptcy.

Brilliant.


Nation building.
The only business we had there was to kill Al Qeada and bin Laden.
And we didn't get the job done.
Now we're stuck there to prevent women from being kept in burkhas and
thrashed.
BTW, the Soviets were fighting the Pakis, the U.S. and some others
when they were there. U.S. and NATO strength is already more than
half of the max strength the Soviets had there.
Soviet total KIA was about 14,000 over about 8 years.
Hard to compare then and now. Taliban have no allies.
The big problem is telling people how to live.
Social engineering.

--Vic

thunder July 10th 09 11:36 AM

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On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:43 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.


I'll explain it, as I remember it.
We went in to get Osama Bin Laden.


Lest we all forget, the Taliban offered up Bin Laden on several
occasions. Not that I blame Bush for rejecting the offer. After 9/11,
we all wanted blood, myself included, but then, who would have thought
that 8 years later, bin Laden would still be breathing free air.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001...an.terrorism11

HK July 10th 09 11:51 AM

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thunder wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:43 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.

I'll explain it, as I remember it.
We went in to get Osama Bin Laden.


Lest we all forget, the Taliban offered up Bin Laden on several
occasions. Not that I blame Bush for rejecting the offer. After 9/11,
we all wanted blood, myself included, but then, who would have thought
that 8 years later, bin Laden would still be breathing free air.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001...an.terrorism11



If there was one thing the Bush misadministration mishandled perfectly,
it was dealing with other nations, governments, and organizations.
Besides, it *wanted* a war of convenience.

Convenient, wasn't it? :)

jps July 10th 09 05:12 PM

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On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:51:11 -0400, HK wrote:

thunder wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:43 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.
I'll explain it, as I remember it.
We went in to get Osama Bin Laden.


Lest we all forget, the Taliban offered up Bin Laden on several
occasions. Not that I blame Bush for rejecting the offer. After 9/11,
we all wanted blood, myself included, but then, who would have thought
that 8 years later, bin Laden would still be breathing free air.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001...an.terrorism11



If there was one thing the Bush misadministration mishandled perfectly,
it was dealing with other nations, governments, and organizations.
Besides, it *wanted* a war of convenience.

Convenient, wasn't it? :)


If you wants a war, you gots to have an enemy. It would have been
very inconvenient to have captured Osama.


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