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Politics : The Next President 2008 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (131)	12/1/2006 9:16:56 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3215

Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Vilsack on Friday dismissed Republican Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record)'s call for more U.S. troops in Iraq, arguing it would be wrong to "make a big mistake bigger." Vilsack, who announced his candidacy for the White House on Thursday, questioned McCain's proposal to send another 20,000 combat troops to Iraq to quell the insurgency. The Arizona senator, considered the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, has stood alone in calling for additional troops. "I fundamentally disagree with Senator McCain on this. I think he is wrong. We cannot afford to make a big mistake bigger," the Iowa governor said to a burst of applause at the New Hampshire Technical Institute. "We've stretched our military too thin and I'm not quite sure where Senator McCain thinks we can get these troops," said Vilsack, who made similar comments during a radio interview. Vilsack criticized the Republican during a stop in New Hampshire, the first primary state and one of five on the governor's kickoff campaign tour. Currently, the United States has about 140,000 troops in Iraq. Vilsack said communities in Iowa are suffering from a lack of teachers, firefighters and other community members who have been serving extended deployments as part of the National Guard. Vilsack proposed pulling troops out of southern and central Iraq, where most of the violence is occurring. "We've created a culture of dependency in which the Iraqis are essentially using America either as an excuse or a reason not to confront the problem.... No matter how long we are there, no matter what we do, eventually they have to decide for themselves, do they want safety and security and stability or not?" But Vilsack said he would maintain some troops in the northern part of the country to allow for a quick response if the stability of the Mideast is at stake. A military presence may also be necessary to put pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear program, he said. Vilsack called for more aggressive diplomacy to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Once American troops are out of harm's way in Iraq, he said he'd encourage regional involvement in reconstruction. "And I'd be asking some serious questions about where our money has gone and what has been done with it," he said. news.yahoo.com

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (131)	12/4/2006 11:30:36 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 3215

Romney Was Pro-Gay Before Being Anti-Gay, and hired Illegals Before Being Anti Illegals huffingtonpost.com Unlike Kerry, who's supposed "flipflop" on the 87 billion funding package was actually the right thing to do, as has been proven by the fact that there is no accountability for the money spent in Iraq, nor any plan for how to pay for it, Romney seems to be guilty of hypocrisy on his top two issues, which let's face it, is just obvious pandering to the religious right whom he suspects will distrust him because he's a Mormon. And a Yankee elitist.