Giuliani Ousted From Iraq Study Panel

Rudy was too busy making money hand over fist to bother with the war He cited "previous time commitments" in a letter explaining his decision to quit, and a look at his schedule suggests why -- the sessions at times conflicted with Giuliani's lucrative speaking tour that garnered him $11.4 million in 14 months. (from newsday, actually) How sad is it that Mitt is looking like best in show? Tags:Rudy Giuliani Iraq presidential campaign Republicans

Lies Lies Lies YEAH!, They're gonna getcha!

link So, at the Republican debate, Mr. Guliani drew a connection between Iraq and terrorism. This connection has been shown to simply not exist. Interestingly, both Gulie and Cheney have talked about this mythical connection in recent days. This is nothing more than playing on people's irrational fears, fears that fly (by definition) in the face of hard facts. Mitt, as well, seems confused about the IAEA. He seems to think that the IAEA didn't go into Iraq until after the war, and so we went in with the information we had at hand. Nice. Except, of course, Hans Blix and his team WERE in Iraq before the invasion. In fact, had Mitt been paying attention instead of…well…whatever else he was doing, he would have noticed that Hans had determined that here were no WMDs, that there was no meaningful intelligence that could seriously support the claim that the IAEA just hadn't found them yet. Lies or ignorance. Which is it, Mitt? The thing is, I've just gotten used to it. I've gotten used to the ChickenHawks tossing these lies around. That’s a bad thing. I think that, at every speaking event, at every single appearance on TV, the Democrats should show up with a written document listing off any of the lies uttered by any Republican. They should start any interview by reading the document, and then providing a web address where people can go and see the entire thing. Don't let one slip get through. Don't let them just make stuff up. If you do, then you don't deserve to win. Stand up. Fight. (Of course, this means that the Dems had best not tell any lies either. Which is a good thing.) Tags:Iraq lies WMD terrorism Republicans presidential election

So, at the Republican debate, Duncan Hunter of California said with regards to Iran's nuclear program: "I would authorize the use of tactical nuclear weapons if there was no other way to preempt those particular centrifuges" Right there is why no one should vote for this man. First, if you start nuking states to keep them from getting 'the bomb', exactly how are you better than anyone else? Second, all this will do is encourage people who already hate us to develop this technology Because now they KNOW it can get used against them. Third, you have to nuke the Korean peninsula Fourth, you have to nuke Israel. Fifth, and this is the big one, we all die. We nuke Iran. The Middle East, already not our biggest fan base, AND motivated by a eschatologically oriented religion, will see this as a sign for jihad. At that point, you will have no choice but to continue a massive, scortched earth campaign to quelle the region. You certainly won't have the conventional forces to do it. FURTHER, most of the rest of the world will oppose the initial nuking and will almost certainly stand against us. I can guarantee Moscow will, PyongYang, Beijing, etc. There's a reason that the damn things haven't been used militarily in 60+ years. At best? We return to a Cold War status, only it won't be as clear as East vs West anymore. Goodnight Gracie Tags:Republican iran Duncan Hunter presidential campaign

Voter Caging: The RNC is a criminal organization

Yes, its wrong to prevent people from voting Not for nothing, but when I badmouth the Republican party, it isn't always because of their political views. Much of the time its because they do horrible things like this. Though, as was recently pointed out by Rick Santorum, the Republicans can only win by underhandedness and fearmongering. Tags:republicans politics Monica Goodling Gonzales Rick Santorum