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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sandintoes who wrote (762698)	6/6/2007 11:12:41 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Not surprised that they would 'spin' it that way.... After all, there are telephone calls, and then there are TELEPHONE CALLS. (Remember that most Big Business --- Chamber of Commerce types, and a lot of smaller business --- home builders, etc., are all BIG supporters of keeping the immigration [legal or illegal] flood gates full-open.) And... much of the politician's campaign contributions depend on issues like this getting stirred around....

To: sandintoes who wrote (762698)	6/7/2007 11:21:10 PM
From: calgal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Edwards' Peculiar Brand of Patriotism David Limbaugh Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Reprint Information Immigration Bill Suffers Stunning Defeat Immigration Bill Fails Key Test Vote Prince Bandar Got Cash for Arms Edwards Rips Hillary's Terror Remarks Romney the Loner in Iowa I watched parts of the Democratic presidential debate, then downloaded the transcript. Of all the column fodder it contained, I was particularly taken by two responses of John Edwards that, I believe, fairly represent the Democratic Party's wrong-headed foreign policy worldview. His statements were at the beginning and end of the evening, and served as figurative bookends that nicely frame the Democrats' curious attitude toward this great nation they seek to lead. They tell us all we need to know about these would-be commanders in chief: that we cannot afford to have them anywhere near the Oval Office, especially as long as this war persists. Toward the beginning, moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Edwards to clarify his statement that the "war on terror is a bumper sticker, not a plan," in light of the freshly thwarted terrorist plot to bomb JFK airport and the surrounding area in Queens, N.Y. Does Edwards really believe, asked Wolf, that "the U.S. is not at war with terrorists?" Though he never answered the question directly, Edwards said — unconvincingly — he would use every means available to "find terrorists where they are" and "stop them." But he is sticking by his position that the "war on terror" has just been a bumper sticker and political slogan used by President Bush to justify every nefarious act he has committed, from "the ongoing war in Iraq, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, spying on Americans, torture." How can we possibly believe Edwards would do everything in his power to hunt down terrorists, since we know many of them are in Iraq and he is proudly advocating abandoning our mission there? Oh, yes, that's right, it's just a civil war, forgive me. Talk about a bumper sticker slogan. More offensively, Edwards' answer suggests that Bush was behind any and all bad things that might have happened at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib. It implies he truly does spy on innocent American citizens and directs that our prisoners be tortured. And why not? These charges fire up the kook base, just like Edwards' channeling of an unborn baby girl apparently fired up the jury in one of his legendary personal injury cases in 1985. newsmax.com