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To: Suma who wrote (123449)	10/23/2009 9:43:22 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540881

Cheney is just another voice from the Apocalypse that is re-branding the Republican Party now. I'm sure he doesn't care that he left office with 30% approval ratings and 80% of the voters convinced the country was going in the wrong direction. He can give speeches and interviews and know he'll get a minute or two on the news, that's all he cares about now. With an image like that, the Reps can be both the Party of No and the Party of Imminent Doom. Soccer moms just love to go out and vote for causes like that. Cheney still thinks it's still 2004, LOL. Wrong.

To: Suma who wrote (123449)	10/23/2009 9:44:31 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 540881

Lots of people are paying 400 bucks for an a ounce of marijuana. The experience will last them a lot longer than hearing that talk.

To: Suma who wrote (123449)	10/23/2009 9:51:05 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 540881

There are certainly some people on the right who hate Obama enough they are willing to see the US take hits (like the Olympic bid failure) because they think these somehow damage Obama. But I suspect those folks are in the minority. After the weird spectacle of some on the right being unhappy about our president winning the nobel prize, some conservatives came out and said, "Hey, I'm an American and my president won something." So that's nice, right? Same with terrorism. I'm sure there are some republicans (probably most) who are glad Obama's police strategy is working, and that we have actually foiled attacks. Those few people who might want an attack to show Obama is "bad" are really crazy. It's just best to ignore them. As for Bush Cheney et all, almost everyone who has been in office wants to make money after- that's just our system. Nothing wrong with it. I am glad Obama did not hastily increase our troops. I think it's time for us to leave. What we would "win" in Afghanistan is, and always has been, invisible. I'm not sure anyone has a realistic view of what a "win" would look like- and I can't remember when someone successfully subdued the Afghans: en.wikipedia.org The Brits and the Russians have both enjoyed sojourns in Afghanistan.... I'm hoping we can cut our Eastern adventure short, before we waste more lives and money.