Tweety with parents of dead soldier

[yankeedem]

Edward Schroeder (?), they are blasting this war, calling it a waste, wants us out of Iraq. Well worth watching if you catch the replay.

[leftchick]

1. "Enough Is Enough"!!!

Thank God This is on TV!!!!

[SoCalDem]

17. Tweety-bird is a waffler. He says whatever seems expedient

Tomorrow he will be back to his old self, drooling over our "handsome, young, vital, sexy president in his jeans"..

[maveric]

2. What is Tweety's response?

Is he agreeing with them?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. he is being polite, inquisitive and respectful

hasn't really said one thing to agree or disagree.

[rodeodance]

4. I head a similar parent this am. on cnn saying this. I do not know if same

family.

[chimpymustgo]

5. He closed the interview saying more people need to hear from people

like you.

I wonder if Tweety remembers how he cheered the "manly" chimp when he landed on the aircraft carrier. Someone should send him a tape. Embarassing.

[wurzel]

11. It was one of the most embarassing moments on Television.

He acted like a gushing groupie.

[roguevalley]

20. he and Gordon Liddy were discussing bush's 'manly' attributes.

his dick, essentially.

[kskiska]

23. He was even attracted to Howard Dean once

admiring his "manly forearms," liking the way he rolled up his shirtsleeves. Tweety has issues.

[rodeodance]

6. yes, he wa quiet for once.

[rodeodance]

7. some major saying the real target (symbolic) is the American people, not

the troops. He is right. col Allard. Ret. us army (he is a regular on talk shows).

[rodeodance]

8. Rummy saying the number of troops in Irag is the # of troops the leaders

in the military want. bla bla.

[rodeodance]

9. obviously he thinks we need more troops. He is not privy to private

discussions of how many troops are needed. Thinks need 200,000 or more to control the insurgency.

[rodeodance]

12. "a war that never ends"--we go in, clear an area, but not secure it--they

come back----

[babylonsister]

15. Tweety has sons. I'm sure he's worried about

this senseless war, too, and draft possibilities.

[SoCalDem]

18. HIS sons would never have to go.. People with connections

always get a pass

[roguevalley]

22. not now. Bush made sure there is ZERO outs. No deferrments

for anyone on any issue.

[Bucky]

24. Yes, and then he restored dignity to government. Then he saved us from WMD

The children of the rich and connected will not be put in uniform to protect the oil that provides their way of life. Count on it. There may be a few who have enough honor and love of country to volunteer--and you can bet their stories will be highlighted when they run for Congress in five years. But no children of the beltway elite will go under duress to serve their country.

What do you think this is, America?

[seabeyond]

25. tweety was the only one questioning the merits of war prior to our

invasion. he was not a fan of going in. about the only backbone in the man. but i do remember that.

[Jeanette in FL]

10. What an interview

I don't know how those parents did that. But they made their point clear. As the father said "Bush had his chance, it is not working, Piss or get off the pot. The mother said "Doing the same thing over and over again is the definition of insanity" Both parents made the point that the president tries to make a distinction "Either you support the troops or you are against us" and they both said that You can support the troops and be against this administrations policy. If anyone has contact info for the parents, I would like to send my condolences and to tell those parents we are with them 1000%. Chris Matthews is nothing but a fucking media whore, yeah he might of been against the war but he did nothing to call this administration to task. I still have goosebumps from listening to those parents. How sad!

[rodeodance]

13. Tweety called this a midwestern expression that he would not repeat.

Piss or get off the pot.

[flordehinojos]

27. i wish that at the end the mother had said clearly and inequivocalby,

"Yes we need to be out of Iraq Now," rather than,(somewhat paraphrased) put in more troops if you're going to stay or otherwise get out.

[Son of California]

14. Just caught the interview

And heard the anger and the disillusionment of the entire Midwest in those two parent's voices.

Considering that the Iraqi govenment wants to draft a constitution sans women's rights - so we are sacrificing the lives of all those brave young men and women for this farce? to set up some idiotic theocratic semidemocracy where women are treated as property?

I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no patience for any culture so f___ing obsolete that they can't wrap their monkey brains around the idea that men and women should be absolutely equal in the eyes of the law. Any culture that can't handle this basic fundamental truth of Democracy does not deserve the kind of sacrifice we have been making in Iraq.

how long until the Democrats stand up and make absolute withdrawl a central piece of their platform?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. no shit.

most of my family is closer to Attila and Freeperland than DU, but lately, I think they have begun to listen. The most conservative is actually agreeing that if the Downing memos are real, that impeachment shoudl be considered.

Overall, Mathews did not do a bad job. I think that he is doing pretty well today.

Those parents really get you in the heart, don't they?

[RamboLiberal]

19. BTW, CBS Evening News had an interview with these parents

saying basically the same thing.

This one hit Ohio really hard. Except for the most hardcore koolaid drinkers I think there's a hell of a lot of * voters who see this and are questioning now why the hell we're in Iraq and saying get it done or get out!

I love the point Mrs Schroeder made, either have a draft or bring 'em home. We all know there's no way in hell * and the cabal would go for a draft with the midterms next year. They'd be sure to lose the Congress.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

21. Amazing that Hillary can't standup for women's inalienable rights in Iraq.

[Jeanette in FL]

26. Yeah, Really, nt