The real reason for Bush's secret trip to Iraq

[wndycty]

HE WAS BEING UPSTAGED!!!



U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites), center, poses with U.S soldiers, most from New York state, after a Thanksgiving dinner at the military base in Bagram, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003. Clinton promised that America will stand with Afghanistan as it tries to rebuild after a quarter-century of conflict, and warned Taliban rebels that they 'are fighting a losing battle.' (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031127/481/xar10711271502



New York Senator and former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites) lunches with U.S. troops in Bagram Airbase, north of Kabul, November 27, 2003. Clinton, in Afghanistan (news - web sites) for a Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops, said on Thursday the United States would continue in future to commit the resources and forces needed to defeat 'terrorists' in the country. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood



New York Senator and former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites) (R) greets a U.S. soldier in Bagram Airbase, north of Kabul, November 27, 2003. Clinton, in Afghanistan (news - web sites) for a Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops, said on Thursday the United States would continue to commit the resources and forces needed to defeat 'terrorists' in the country.REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. She really DOES look presidential

Thanks for posting

[maddezmom]

2. I think you are right

Thanks for the pics...his are coming on the TV as I write this post.

[hippiechick]

3. 'Zactly

The BFEE's spite for Bill/Hill knows no bounds.


:hippie:

[impeach the gop]

4. L.dotter's having orgasms over there way

http://www.lucianne.com/threads22.asp?artnum=93812

Reply 1 - Posted by: kiwi2, 11/27/2003 12:30:19 PM

I just saw this on the news and had to hop on to Lcom.

Wow.

This makes me very proud of my president, but I'm concerned for his safety.

Pray for his safety!


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Reply 2 - Posted by: SteelerD, 11/27/2003 12:31:23 PM

We have a great man in the White House.

God Bless President Bush. And God Bless America.

We have much to be thankful for, especially having President Bush in the White House.


Shit. What drugs can these people be doing to get so silly?

[L.A.dweller]

The same drugs

their great leader took.

[bookman]

11. Don't post those statements!

You've ruined my Thanksgiving Meal!


:puke:

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

5. They MUST think she's going to run

There's no other reason that I can think of for Bush to go except to try and diffuse the situation.

That they still cling to the idea that she's running next year is amazing to me, and that they try to coordinate PR counterstrikes against her just shows how far up their asses their heads are.

We could be swearing a new president in Jan. 2005 and they would still cling to paranoid conspriacy theories that would conclude with her becoming president.

"Oh my god! If President _______ dies and then Vice President __________ dies and then Speaker of the House _______ dies and then x number of senators die, Hillary Clinton will be president! It's all coming true! Newsmax was right!!!"

[asjr]

16. trip

It is not too much to imagine when a Dem wins in 2004 and tries to move into the WH, GW will cite some long forgotten homestead law and refuse to leave. He thinks that house belongs to him alone.

[pippin]

6. yeah! Hilary!!

You go gal! shame the chimp!! :yourock:

[donsu]

7. Hillary visited an aircraft carrier before Smirk too

it's in her book. and she didn't showcase her breasts, as Smirk showcased his privates when he went aboard the carrier

thanks for the pics

women power

[wndycty]

10. CNN's reporter in Baghdad

Speculated that this it may have been an attempt to upstage Hillary. LOL If we scream loud enough we might get someone to notice this.

[loudnclear]

30. The Bushcos are now saying that this was planned back in October

Another obvious lie. I wish there was a way to sink this lie. You know as well as I do that this was not planned that far in advance because no one knew what the situation would be like today in Iraq, especially when in October the insurgents were kicking our butts on a daily basis.

[Aidoneus]

8. that, and

if it was announced in advance then the locals might've prepared a 'welcoming party', maybe directing him towards the 11th floor of the al-Rashid hotel in Baghdad.

[kentuck]

9. Karl says to Dubya...

"Dubya, we got a big problem. That bitch from New York is over there with the troops and making you look like the chicken shit you are."

"Well, if they can get me in and not let anybody know, I might go in for a couple of hours. Maybe we can pull all the shades and turn the lights out as we approach? I'm so afraid Karl that I could just shit on myself...But if anybody finds out about it, I'm turning around and coming back to the ranch, OK?"

[celestia671]

12. She is awesome!

She actually went to a military base and sat among the troops, while Bush hid out at the airport in Baghdad!


Hillary for President!:yourock:

[CityZen-X]

15. Campaign Visits

This will be the Resident Evils tactic when the Chimp campaigns in 2004!

[StClone]

13. Desperate Gambit

If ever a see through manuever was made, it was the the flying monkey going to Baghdad.

Rove is not a genius. Only the really dumbest of the proganada dupes will see this as grand. A reasonable person would see this for what it was: a stunt aimed at people sitting around at Thanksgiving seeing the chimp pissing away money on a stunt.

Mission accomplished? If you want to appear as a chicken hit and run bullcrapper. Yeah Mission Complete, but unaccomplished.

[Elidor]

14. Someone should tell Reuters she's not a republican

[kentuck]

17. Good catch!

they wish! :)

[Nailzberg]

28. I think they mean she's the person on the right

As if we couldn't tell which one she was in that picture.

Ususally in captioning when they place the party after name, it includes the state they represent.

[slater71]

18. You got that right.

The nazi Rove, told Bush, that he better get his ass off of vacation and over there before Hillary gets there. They are scared to death of her if she ran this time.

[wndycty]

19. CNN"s Walt Rogers. . .

. . .thinks it might be a response to Hillary's visit. American reporters in Baghdad learned of the trip from an AP bulletin.

[wndycty]

20. . . .and he (Rogers) is spinning this as a political move.

He is not rolling over for Bush.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

23. Rodger may become unemployed soon.

Hint, Hint

[Unknown Known]

21. Hillary's eating dinner with the troops!! Great photos!

Meanwhile the chimp is whisked in and out in 2 hours, so KKKarl can have some more photos for fundraising from the fatcats.

And we're paying for this! Doesn't that make you all warm and fuzzy?:puke:

[Robin Hood]

22. Here is why Bush really went to Baghdad. Just reported on CNN.

He went there to strong arm Ali al-Sistani.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/27/sprj.irq.main/index.html
Also Thursday, the head of the Iraqi Governing Council met Thursday with a top Shiite leader to discuss the cleric's disagreement with the latest plan to transfer sovereignty from the U.S.-led coalition to the Iraqis.

Jalal Talabani, the council head, met in Najaf with Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who complained about loopholes in the plan, focusing on what he called the lack of grass-roots Iraqi voter participation and the lack of Islamic influence in the constitution.

The transition plan -- announced earlier this month by the coalition-picked Governing Council -- calls for regional caucuses to pick a national assembly by the end of May.

The assembly is to choose a transitional government by the end of June. Sovereignty would be transferred from the coalition to Iraqis in July. The constitution would be written and democratic elections would be held by the end of 2005.

Sistani's views are important since Shiites represent 60 percent of Iraq's population, and his objections could thwart efforts to gain widespread support for transitional plans.

The discussions came as the U.S.-led coalition and the council try to restore stability in the face of daily guerrilla attacks and credibility to the U.S.-led efforts at nation-building.

[wndycty]

24. Kick

:kick:

[LastTime2BeFree]

25. It was very pro-war for Hillary to do this

I hope all those against the war on terror accepts this fact.

[wndycty]

26. Whatever. . .

. . .she reached out to those who are serving our country.

[rocktivity]

31. You can support the troops without suporting the war

This I know, because Republician Trent Lott tells me so.


rocknation

[lancdem]

32. Being against the war isn't Iraq

is not the same as being against the war on terror.

[Malva Zebrina]

27. Brilliant

Hillary looks real good.(compare to the vacant, little girl, frump-o-lump) She does, indeed, look great, intelligent, concerned and serious. Hillary does have what it takes to run for president of the US. That Bush had to siddenly jump on AF1, pretend it was kept secret for security reasons, to try to pre-empt Hillary, who was upstaging him, says a lot. His reaction reeks of desperation and fear--I would hope that HIllary has enough savvy to fend off Rove and his minions and give them all a run for their money. This trip will add a lot to Hillary's resume. It is not, however the first time she has travelled in support of people who are in a precarious position.

She looks wonderful.

[Military Brat]

29. Our troops in Afghanistan are in trouble and need support, too

Dark cloud looming on the horizon. I cannot express my appreciation enough for Hillary. Grace under pressure. First class all the way. And as for supporting the war in Iraq and/or Afghanistan because she visits the troops there, well, she knew she would be dissed and smeared because of it but she went anyway, not like "turkey boy" and his little trick to improve the polls.

That's the difference, Hillary does what is right even when she knows she will get blasted in the press. bush seldom does what is right and gets a free ride either way. Go figure.

Anyway, follow the leader, bush. Follow the leader.

[lancdem]

33. At first I wasn't sure

but more and more I think you may be right.

[number6]

34. Thanks for posting.

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