Reid: Boehner Blames the Military

[KittyWampus]

Reid: Boehner Blames the Military

11/1/2006 6:04:00 PM

To: National Desk

Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both of the Office of Harry Reid

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid released the following statement on House Majority Leader John Boehner's decision to blame the troops for Republican failures in Iraq.

"John Boehner ought to be ashamed. He's blaming our troops for failures in Iraq. If he wants to cast blame, he can start by looking in the mirror because he and his Congressional Republican colleagues have rubberstamped the Bush Administration's failed policy for nearly four years. Our troops in Iraq have performed bravely. It's political leaders like Congressman Boehner and Donald Rumsfeld, who have failed. I expect President Bush and Congressional Republicans, who demanded John Kerry apologize, hold their own party's majority leader to a much higher standard. There's no spinning his disparaging comments. He made them. He needs to apologize."

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House Majority Leader John Boehner: Wolf, I understand that, but let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld.

Wolf Blitzer: But he's in charge of the military.

House Majority Leader John Boehner: But the fact is the generals on the ground are in charge and he works closely with them and the president.

CNN, 11/1/06

http://www.usnewswire.com/

[bluestateguy]

1. He should apologize

[bronxiteforever]

2. Boehner's Boner-This will be all over the wires

LMAO:rofl:

[saigon68]

19. This will go nowhere who the hell knows Boehner ? NO ONE

The sheep could care less

Now Clinton's Penis or Kerry's wife or purple hearts. Now there a Rovian topic for hate

[Kagemusha]

3. Civilian control of the military!!! We do remember that mantra, right!?

Like hell the generals are in charge!!! Even Wolf knows that!!!

[Dr Fate]

4. Reid needs to go on television shows and hammer this home.

As well as every other DEM w/ media access.

[robertpaulsen]

6. Yes! Flood all those MSM talking head shows.

And throw their hypocritical rhetoric right back in their face!

[Dr Fate]

5. Kerry threads are being kicked as opposed to this one? SHAME.

SHAME!!!

[brentspeak]

7. The Dems need to get on board with this

[dicknbush]

8. Here is the "Boner" info...give him a call and let him know he needs to..

APPOLOGIZE!!!

Butler County Office
7969 Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Suite B
West Chester, OH 45069
[phone]
[phone] fax
Miami County Office
12 South Plum Street
Troy, OH 45373
[phone]
[phone] fax


Washington, D.C. Office
1011 Longworth H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
[phone]
[phone] fax

[Anakin Skywalker]

9. Tough-Man Boehner Will Not Apologize, You Watch!

Gotta stay the course, etc., just like the idol Bush.

[K8-EEE]

10. K&R -- what an ASS....MAKE THEM TAKE RESPONSIBILITY! N/T

GRR!

[LTR]

11. He did it on MSNBC too the other day

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/30/boehner-rumsfeld-marvelous-job/

O’DONNELL: Let me ask you about how to win and what the strategy should be to win. You have a number of candidates, Sen. Mike DeWine in Ohio who says Secretary Rumsfeld should resign. You have Anne Northrup, a congresswoman, who says he should resign. Congressman Shays in Connecticut, a Republican, Congressman Steele — he isn’t a congressman, he is running for the Senate — he says Rumsfeld wouldn’t be my secretary of defense. And yesterday you said Secretary Rumsfeld is the best thing that has happened to the military in 25 years. Why?

BOEHNER: When you look at the transformation that has occured over at the Pentagon, a lighter, quicker force, it would not have happened without the leadership of Donald Rumsfeld.

O’DONNELL: What about the management of the war in iraq?

BOEHNER: The management of the war in Iraq is being handled by the generals on the ground. Gens. Casey and Abizaid are doing the best they can given the situation. You understand that the terrorists coming out of al Qaeda have made Iraq the central focus in their war with us, and they’re also out there stirring up sectarian violence. This is the central front, and to blame it on Rumsfeld —

O’DONNELL: But the best the military has had in 25 years?

BOEHNER: I think he’s done a marvelous job.

[mcg]

12. digg.com lists several entries on Boehner blaming the military

http://digg.com/search?s=Boehner

[David Zephyr]

13. K&R

:thumbsup:

[Canuckistanian]

14. Hmm, the generals are responsible for failure, Rummy is a god....

Do I have that about right?

[KittyWampus]

15. wonder if this will get play on the news today

[underpants]

16. First Guiliani and now Boner

Way to go guys! :thumbsup:

:sarcasm:

[Evergreen Emerald]

17. This is a great example of how hard it will be for the dems to overthrow this regime

The neo-cons control the media.

What ever lying, frenzied, attack they want to make will get air time from everyone in the media.

Conversely: when a republican says something, astounding, disgusting, (as Boner did), the media protects him. It will be hushed as much as possible.

The media elevates a story and the public assumes it is a story simply because it is given air time. We will have such a hard time overcoming the power disparity.

[Bake]

18. The generals will not like this.

And I wouldn't want to be the one pissing THEM off!

I criticized Kerry for his gaffe. But Boehnert's Boner is waaaaaaaay worse, because it wasn't a botched joke! He honestly is trying to blame the generals.

Of course, if one is a Puke, nothing is EVER his/her fault.

Bake