Smirky says we should be happy we held elections

[deminks]

"in a time of war."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/11/20061111.html

One freedom that defines our way of life is the freedom to choose our leaders at the ballot box. We saw that freedom earlier this week, when millions of Americans went to the polls to cast their votes for a new Congress. Whatever your opinion of the outcome, all Americans can take pride in the example our democracy sets for the world by holding elections even in a time of war. Our democratic institutions are a source of strength, and our trust in these institutions has made America the most powerful, prosperous, and stable nation in the world.

So, was there a choice, Smirky? Was there a possibility you would not have held elections?

See also the Daou Report

http://daoureport.salon.com/synopsis.aspx?synopsisId=fb268fc5-fd62-4f57-8d80-760df1edf23d

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Shrub yearns for the day's of Antebellum ,and obedience .n/t

[liberalhistorian]

2. "Even in a time of war?"

When the hell have we NOT held elections in a time of war? Even during the worst period of the Civil War, when it really looked as if the country would be permanently torn apart, we still held elections. Jesus H. Christmas, that's truly frightening that he would even think such a thing, let alone say it.

OTOH, I'm heartened enough by the election results to know that if he had tried to cancel or postpone the elections, or if he tries in the future, all hell would have broken loose and he would not have gotten away with it, despite the best attempts of Faux and the corporate lackey press shills like Wolfowitz and Whora Noron O'Donnell.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. This is the same asshat who refers to voting as a "privilege."

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, we had elections during the Civil War and World Wars I and II! Why the hell would we not have elections now, when what we are in is not a real war but a a disastrous, bloody occupation whose actual consequences (i.e., a lot of dead people) der Chimpenfuehrer does his best to hide from us except when it's politically convenient. Damn straight we were having elections, if we had to crawl to the polls over broken glass. What a bizarre comment.

[liberalhistorian]

13. "Der Chimpenfuhrer!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

4. So who is going to tell him that we have always had elections "even in a time of war"

What a nincompoop! It just let's me know that he was daydreaming that somehow it would not be possible.

[bloom]

5. That's really stupid.

Linked off of the Daou link - (there are probably threads about this)

there is some rewriting on history going in the Newsweek article:

Hence, it seems, the innate appeal of the neoconservative argument, advanced in part by Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney (a 41 figure who got neocon religion after 9/11), to strike Iraq in a noble bid to transform the Middle East.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15674912/site/newsweek/


What are they trying to do ? Convince people that Cheney didn't really plan 9/11 (after all he wasn't even a neocon, then :sarcasm: ). Of course we know that Cheney signed the PNAC statement of principles in 1997.

[Wickerman]

6. That statement alone should be grounds for impeachment

though it would be WAY down the ladder amongst his list of sins.

[Webster Green]

7. The "decider" figures he threw us a bone by allowing elections..

What a fucking delusional asshole.

[Cha]

8. Taunting words from the

Shrinking chimp.

[Disturbed]

10. Need any more proof that this guy is brain damaged?

Hmmmm........

[Rosco T.]

9. That's a tip-off for '08 kids...

warned you.

[rzemanfl]

11. The first bill that comes out of the next Congress (probably the

minimum wage increase) should contain a rider that makes it clear 1) that voting is a RIGHT not a privilege, and 2) that the consequence of failing to hold elections is automatic impeachment of the President and Vice-President. If it is vetoed, the line is drawn.

[Zambero]

12. So while "bringing democracy" to Iraq we suspend it here?

Now we know. This is what "staying the course" was all about!