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	<title>Comments on: Bush As Lincoln: Spinning the Commander in Chief</title>
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		<title>By: ccmask</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/22/bush-as-lincoln-spinning-the-commander-in-chief/#comment-468935</link>
		<dc:creator>ccmask</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Nice post scarecrow.  Imagine if nobody clapped at the scotus.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice post scarecrow.  Imagine if nobody clapped at the scotus.</p>
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		<title>By: Ivy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ivy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I’d love it if somebody asked him to sketch a rough map of Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bet he couldn’t do it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’d love it if somebody asked him to sketch a rough map of Iraq.</p>
<p>Bet he couldn’t do it.</p>
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		<title>By: john in sacramento</title>
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		<dc:creator>john in sacramento</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The plan is simply&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misere&quot;&gt;Misere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We stay in Iraq until after the next pResident is sworn in and then when we “lose” it’s their fault&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The plan is simply</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misere">Misere</a></p>
<p>We stay in Iraq until after the next pResident is sworn in and then when we “lose” it’s their fault</p>
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		<title>By: litigatormom</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/22/bush-as-lincoln-spinning-the-commander-in-chief/#comment-468413</link>
		<dc:creator>litigatormom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-467616&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;OldCoastie @ 2 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wow! Bush, the great military strategerian? who knew?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;‘morning all…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bush knows that the strategery has to be a strategery for victory, not a strategery for defeat. And he knows that we won’t lose unless we leave.  Ergo, any strategery that keeps us there is a strategery for victory. That’s all he needs to know.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-467616"><em>OldCoastie @ 2 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Wow! Bush, the great military strategerian? who knew?</p>
<p>‘morning all…</p>
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<p>Bush knows that the strategery has to be a strategery for victory, not a strategery for defeat. And he knows that we won’t lose unless we leave.  Ergo, any strategery that keeps us there is a strategery for victory. That’s all he needs to know.</p>
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		<title>By: freepatriot</title>
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		<dc:creator>freepatriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-467827&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;klyde @ 92 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is way off topic but is there anything more moronic than a 46 year old never married  man telling women that they have to be married to be fullfilled?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;some guys will say ANYTHING to get a date&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;this is obviously a sample mating tactic from a rather DESPERATE male&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-467827"><em>klyde @ 92 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>This is way off topic but is there anything more moronic than a 46 year old never married  man telling women that they have to be married to be fullfilled?</p>
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<p>some guys will say ANYTHING to get a date</p>
<p><em>this is obviously a sample mating tactic from a rather DESPERATE male</em></p>
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		<title>By: freepatriot</title>
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		<dc:creator>freepatriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-467661&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;lina @ 42 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-467651&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;mandrake @ 32&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;What a fool I was to even hope that neocons would be completely discredited after the many failures in Iraq.  They are still driving this train.  I think jr. allowed the ISG just to shut Poppy up and perhaps, in the end he enjoyed giving them the back of his hand as a rebuke to Poppy, and running back to the underskirts of Cheney and the neocon cabal who are no doubt blowing the Lincoln analogy up his @$$ since he is so worried about his legacy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My god these are evil people.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m sorry, but 78 people were killed in Iraq today and I’ve just had it with these people.  They are like the flesh-eating zombies in Night of the Living Dead.  They feed on the flesh and blood of innocents and cannot be stopped.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maybe if we came after Kristol with a lit torch, he would shrink away from the flames and run into a cave or something.  Then we could seal it up and hear from him no more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;John Amato called Kristol “William the Bloody.”  I’d shorten that to Bloody Bill.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;why would you want to insult “Bloody Bill Anderson” like that ???&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bloody Bill Anderson may have been a war criminal, but at least Bloody Bill had the balls to do the fighting himself&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;kristol is a cocktail wienie warrior. he talks a good game in the upscale parties in Washington DC, but kristol hasn’t ever been on a real battle field&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-467661"><em>lina @ 42 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-467651"><em>mandrake @ 32</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>What a fool I was to even hope that neocons would be completely discredited after the many failures in Iraq.  They are still driving this train.  I think jr. allowed the ISG just to shut Poppy up and perhaps, in the end he enjoyed giving them the back of his hand as a rebuke to Poppy, and running back to the underskirts of Cheney and the neocon cabal who are no doubt blowing the Lincoln analogy up his @$$ since he is so worried about his legacy.</p>
<p>My god these are evil people.  </p>
<p>I’m sorry, but 78 people were killed in Iraq today and I’ve just had it with these people.  They are like the flesh-eating zombies in Night of the Living Dead.  They feed on the flesh and blood of innocents and cannot be stopped.</p>
<p>Maybe if we came after Kristol with a lit torch, he would shrink away from the flames and run into a cave or something.  Then we could seal it up and hear from him no more.</p>
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<p>John Amato called Kristol “William the Bloody.”  I’d shorten that to Bloody Bill.</p>
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<p>why would you want to insult “Bloody Bill Anderson” like that ???</p>
<p>Bloody Bill Anderson may have been a war criminal, but at least Bloody Bill had the balls to do the fighting himself</p>
<p>kristol is a cocktail wienie warrior. he talks a good game in the upscale parties in Washington DC, but kristol hasn’t ever been on a real battle field</p>
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		<title>By: Kathy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I totally disagree!  As I heard on the radio the other day, Bush is EXACTLY like Lincoln — they both have holes in their heads!  YUCK! YUCK!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I totally disagree!  As I heard on the radio the other day, Bush is EXACTLY like Lincoln — they both have holes in their heads!  YUCK! YUCK!</p>
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		<title>By: squiddy</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/01/22/bush-as-lincoln-spinning-the-commander-in-chief/#comment-468112</link>
		<dc:creator>squiddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Bush’s delegatory skills:&lt;br /&gt;
“I trust your judgement entirely, General.&lt;br /&gt;
Now do everything I tell you or else.”&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush’s delegatory skills:<br />
“I trust your judgement entirely, General.<br />
Now do everything I tell you or else.”</p>
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		<title>By: semper ubi/fubar</title>
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		<dc:creator>semper ubi/fubar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Sooooooo, this is all Bush’s policy from here on in?  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well then, I guess we can look back in one F.U. and see how it’s all working out.  But who will they blame the impending disaster on 6 months from now, if this strategery is really really really Bush’s idea this time?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sooooooo, this is all Bush’s policy from here on in?  </p>
<p>Well then, I guess we can look back in one F.U. and see how it’s all working out.  But who will they blame the impending disaster on 6 months from now, if this strategery is really really really Bush’s idea this time?</p>
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		<title>By: della Rovere</title>
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		<dc:creator>della Rovere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The comparisons with Lincoln by our fanatic right-wingers are clearly self-serving. A better case can be made for the similarities between Bush and Jefferson Davis. Dissatisfied with the skillful but defensive maneuvering by Joseph Johnston outside of Atlanta, Davis opted to replace Johnston by John Bell Hood a Texan of a very aggressive nature. Here is an account of how he fared:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“As the army was forced back to the outskirts of Atlanta, Jefferson Davis relieved Joe Johnston of command of the army, and replaced him with Hood. Davis had become disenchanted with Johnston’s defensive, delaying tactics and hoped that Hood would prove to be more aggressive and forceful. He was not to be disappointed in this regard. Hood wasted no time in launching a series of ill-considered and unsuccessful counterattacks which did little to prevent Sherman’s slow strangulation of Atlanta. He was finally forced to evacuate the city.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Having been ejected from Atlanta, Hood attempted to interdict Sherman’s supply lines. Failing this, he led his army off to threaten the Ohio Valley in the hope that Sherman would follow him out of Georgia. Instead, Sherman assigned Thomas’ army to deal with him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aggressive as ever, Hood virtually wrecked his own army, throwing it into a series of reckless frontal assaults against the Union forces at Franklin. Thomas finished it off at Nashville soon after. Retreating with the remaining fragments to Tupelo, Mississippi, he relinquished his command in January of 1865.”&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The comparisons with Lincoln by our fanatic right-wingers are clearly self-serving. A better case can be made for the similarities between Bush and Jefferson Davis. Dissatisfied with the skillful but defensive maneuvering by Joseph Johnston outside of Atlanta, Davis opted to replace Johnston by John Bell Hood a Texan of a very aggressive nature. Here is an account of how he fared:</p>
<p>“As the army was forced back to the outskirts of Atlanta, Jefferson Davis relieved Joe Johnston of command of the army, and replaced him with Hood. Davis had become disenchanted with Johnston’s defensive, delaying tactics and hoped that Hood would prove to be more aggressive and forceful. He was not to be disappointed in this regard. Hood wasted no time in launching a series of ill-considered and unsuccessful counterattacks which did little to prevent Sherman’s slow strangulation of Atlanta. He was finally forced to evacuate the city.</p>
<p>Having been ejected from Atlanta, Hood attempted to interdict Sherman’s supply lines. Failing this, he led his army off to threaten the Ohio Valley in the hope that Sherman would follow him out of Georgia. Instead, Sherman assigned Thomas’ army to deal with him.</p>
<p>Aggressive as ever, Hood virtually wrecked his own army, throwing it into a series of reckless frontal assaults against the Union forces at Franklin. Thomas finished it off at Nashville soon after. Retreating with the remaining fragments to Tupelo, Mississippi, he relinquished his command in January of 1865.”</p>
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