CNN: "Breaking: Democrats DEMAND BONER APOLOGIZE for BLAMING GENERALS"

[Dr Fate]

Why is no one in GDP talking about this?

It is huge over in GD and is also in LBN!!!

Get this story going folks- and demand that DEMS demand an apology!!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20061101/pl_usnw/reid__boehner_blames_the_military306_xml

[Hippo_Tron]

1. Well, two days ago this guy named John Kerry made some statement...

That the GOP took out of context and attacked him with (no surprise there). Until we have sufficiently beaten that to death and then beaten it some more, we can't move on.

[Dr Fate]

3. Yeah- what a boner.

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[Dr Fate]

2. helooo- where arrre you guys???

????

[GOPBasher]

4. Are the media covering this?

I haven't watched tv in days, but I really hope the media are covering this. You think they covered John Kerry's statement -- taken totally out of context -- enough?

[dchill]

10. What -

did Kerry say something?
;)

[GOPBasher]

22. lol -- Well I got just a tad bit of coverage telling me that.

:-)

[Dr Fate]

11. Only CNN & yahoo- DEMS need to get moving and quick...

...we are idiots if we are waiting for the Republican media people to bring it up.

DEMS like Harry Reid need to go on those shows and bring it up thmeselves.

[GOPBasher]

23. True. n/t

[Infinite Hope]

5. Email to all networks and demand coverage...a dozen or two people.

is all it takes.

[Dr Fate]

8. Email elected DEMS and demand that they go on TV shows to adress it.

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[Eric J in MN]

27. Email list? NT

NT

[Uncle Joe]

6. Why is Boner blaming the generals instead of Rumsfield?

Kicked and recommended

[Dr Fate]

9. Obviously he "thinks the troops are stupid"- that is why. n/t

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[Uncle Joe]

13. Or maybe he thinks the American People are stupid n/t

[kster]

12. I'm not sure, but he should apoligize......... talking points that

I learned from the GOP, and MSM...... :-)

[kster]

7. K n R ..nt

[robertpaulsen]

14. Not a usual GDP poster, but glad to K & R for this story!

:kick:

[Dr Fate]

15. Kick- Folks- help me keep this above those tired old Kerry threads.

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[ddbaj]

17. Bumping this...

Also, we need to raise hell about this e-mails, calls, whatever it takes.
Also, SPREAD THE LINK AROUND to anyone you know.

[Dr Fate]

16. Kick- Folks- help me keep this above those tired old Kerry threads.

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[Contrary1]

18. A steaming pile of BS...can Repubs serve up anything else?

BLITZER: You said "he's the best thing that's happened to the Pentagon in 25 years." You know, a lot of people strongly disagree with you, including an increasing chorus of fellow Republicans.

BOEHNER: Well, there are a lot of people who want to blame what is happening in Iraq on Donald Rumsfeld, but when you look at the transformation that our military has been through, it's nothing short of remarkable.

And I think there's only one person in America who could have brought about that transformation, and that is Donald Rumsfeld. He's smart, he's been through the Pentagon, knows how it works. And now we have a lighter, more flexible force, a quicker force. It would not have happened without him.

BLITZER: But, you know, General Zinni, who used to be the commander, Anthony Zinni of the Central Command, he says that Rumsfeld threw out 10 years of planning for Iraq, 10 years of strategy with 500,000 troops that would be needed, not to necessarily topple Saddam Hussein, but to win the peace quickly. He just threw that out because he wanted that lighter force and, as a result, the U.S. is paying the price right now.

BOEHNER: Well, Wolf, you have to understand that the generals who have been in charge of the Pentagon have been very resistant to change. It's the younger generals who understand this new force structure that we need to be -- to have the military of the 21st century. And so I think Rumsfeld is the right guy for the job, and I know the president supports him and I'm glad he does.

BLITZER: Let me read to you what a few of your fellow Republicans have said in recent days. "I don't like the guy. I simply don't think he has measured up on running the war on Iraq. Would I vote for a no confidence resolution on Secretary Rumsfeld? Yes." Chris Shays, Republican of Connecticut.

"If I had my way, he wouldn't be secretary of defense now. I would have accepted his resignation after Abu Ghraib. I have lost confidence in him." That's the Republican candidate for the Senate from Washington state, Mike McGavick.

And Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis, Republican of Virginia: "It's probably the only thing in my life I've ever agreed with Hillary Clinton about. He's probably a nice guy, but I don't think he's a great secretary of defense."

BOEHNER: Wolf, I understand that, but let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld. BLITZER: But he's in charge of the military.

BOEHNER: But the fact is, the generals on the ground are in charge, and he works closely with them and the president. We've seen this run up in violence as we get closer to the election, as we get closer to Ramadan, same thing we've seen over the last couple of years.

As we enter into Ramadan, we see this big spike in violence and there's no question, in my mind, that the terrorists, very smart people, are also trying to increase the violence as we get closer to the U.S. elections.

BLITZER: Well, I want to move on and get to some other important issues, but a quick question. Were you satisfied in the planning that the Pentagon did, specifically the defense secretary, not necessarily for getting rid of Saddam Hussein's regime, but for the post-war? Because it's been three-and-a-half years and $300 billion, $400 billion, 3,000 almost U.S. deaths ...

BOEHNER: Wolf, there's no question that there have been mistakes along the way. We're fighting an enemy that's unconventional, and we're -- and this has become the central front in our war with al Qaeda. Al Qaeda continues to bring people into Iraq to let off these bombs, to stir up sectarian violence and we're always have to adapt on the ground.

But the fact is, is that Republicans want to win. Democrats want to give up and pull out the troops. I don't think that's what the American people want.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0611/01/sitroom.01.html

[greeneyedboy]

19. the only thing that could make it better...

is if it really were BREAKING NEWS on CNN.com.

despite the thread title indicating it's from CNN, it looks to me like it's a paid press release quoting from dialogue on CNN.

but we can *make* it a bigger story if we harp on it until the Feigned Outrage Hyenas STFU about Kerry's remarks.

[Dr Fate]

20. I was catapulting the propaganda!!!!!

it was on CNN- we will agree that DEMS w/ media access need to get off their butts and hammer this home.

[carolinayellowdog]

21. You rule, Dr. Fate! This is a winner for us

What a difference a day makes!

[Contrary1]

24. Did my part...

posted it on the local neocon board. That sound you'll be hearing soon will be their tiny little heads exploding.

[Contrary1]

34. Update on my post to the Neocon board:

cue **crickets chirping**
Zip, zero, nada...a sure sign they have no comeback. Mission accomplished! :patriot:

[MGD]

25. Their creating a fallacy of recency in the minds of voters.

We can't let them have the last meme. Somebody needs to catch a Republican molesting a child and quick.

[MGD]

26. It makes us look like a bunch of Johny come latelys.

We need something bigger and worser to throw out to the news whores, something that they flat out can not ignore. We need to find a dead body in a Republican trunk somewhere.

"When I wish to make my enemy move, I attack a position he must secure."
Sun Tzu

[Dr Fate]

30. How are we late- he just said it today.

Let him give your excuse as his defense.

[MGD]

actually, he said it a couple of days ago and, as this is the final week,

of the election, by reacting to this non-issue with the same kind of non-issue, we appear to be without originality and,thus, Johnny Come Latelys. My point is, we need to offer up something juicy and irresistible to the media to make this story lose its traction so that it is not the last thing going through people's minds when they hit the polls.

"Let him give your excuse as his defense."
My excuse? I was making a joke, not an excuse.

[Dr Fate]

32. Oh- so we responded about as quick as they did to Kerry then. KICK

KICK!

[karynnj]

28. Not to mention that Cheney's waterboarding boo boo

actually tarnishes our standing in the world and really endangeres the troops. Where's Cheney's apology?

[IndianaGreen]

29. Iraq's FUBAR has many fathers, including generals that went along

with it. It also has its heroes, such as General Shinseki, who dared to say it would take hundreds of thousand more troops to secure Iraq than Rumsfeld did.

As to the current flap and finger pointing on Iraq, the more the merrier!

[montana500]

31. kick

kick

[Dr Fate]

33. kick

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