Comments on: Debate Thread #2 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:49:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1206532 MarkH Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:55:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1206532 <blockquote><p>Obama, will you help rein in Bush?</p> <p>Obama: yeah, sure. why not?</p></blockquote> <p>How does that square with voting to reauthorize and fund the war?</p>

Obama, will you help rein in Bush?

Obama: yeah, sure. why not?

How does that square with voting to reauthorize and fund the war?

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1206521 MarkH Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:51:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1206521 <blockquote><p>NAFTA the biggest mistake ever came to this country!!</p></blockquote> <p>“big sucking sound” — Ross Perot</p> <p>Where’s Ross now I wonder.</p>

NAFTA the biggest mistake ever came to this country!!

“big sucking sound” — Ross Perot

Where’s Ross now I wonder.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1206511 MarkH Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:49:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1206511 <blockquote><p>Clinton is relying on Reid and Pelosi to fix the economy.</p></blockquote> <p>Leadership you can believe in…if you haven’t got the real thing.</p> <p>John Edwards for President!</p>

Clinton is relying on Reid and Pelosi to fix the economy.

Leadership you can believe in…if you haven’t got the real thing.

John Edwards for President!

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1206040 cinnamonape Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:28:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1206040 <p>Well, if things are that bad…then maybe we shouldn’t have an embassy there. And I imagine that if things were that bad…those troops would have to be called “combat troops”. Maybe the “over the horizon” forces would be called in to help quell the mobs?</p> <p>Here’s Edwards’ plan from his website.</p> <blockquote><p>We should leave behind in Iraq only a brigade of 3,500 to 5,000 <strong>troops to protect the embassy</strong> and possibly a few hundred troops to guard humanitarian workers…Get over-the-horizon Quick Reaction Forces up to speed. Under the Edwards plan, combat troops should be withdrawn from Iraq within the next year. Even though the presence of U.S. troops has served as an attractive target for terrorists, our withdrawal will not remove the threat. As president, Edwards will deploy troops in Quick Reaction Forces in friendly countries including Kuwait, to perform targeted missions against Al Qaeda cells in Iraq./blockquote> </p> <p>from <a href="http://www.johnedwards.com/issues" rel="nofollow">www.johnedwards.com/issues</a></p></blockquote> Well, if things are that bad…then maybe we shouldn’t have an embassy there. And I imagine that if things were that bad…those troops would have to be called “combat troops”. Maybe the “over the horizon” forces would be called in to help quell the mobs?

Here’s Edwards’ plan from his website.

We should leave behind in Iraq only a brigade of 3,500 to 5,000 troops to protect the embassy and possibly a few hundred troops to guard humanitarian workers…Get over-the-horizon Quick Reaction Forces up to speed. Under the Edwards plan, combat troops should be withdrawn from Iraq within the next year. Even though the presence of U.S. troops has served as an attractive target for terrorists, our withdrawal will not remove the threat. As president, Edwards will deploy troops in Quick Reaction Forces in friendly countries including Kuwait, to perform targeted missions against Al Qaeda cells in Iraq./blockquote>

from http://www.johnedwards.com/issues

]]> By: Unrepentantliberal http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205977 Unrepentantliberal Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:19:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205977 <p>Good Gawd. McCain’s people “We’re happy with the results and doing great and we’re going to win South Carolina.” Juliani’s people, “We’re happy and doing great and we’re going to win Florida.” It’s almost like they are all happy they lost Michigan. Spare me please. Sometimes a turd is just a turd.</p> Good Gawd. McCain’s people “We’re happy with the results and doing great and we’re going to win South Carolina.” Juliani’s people, “We’re happy and doing great and we’re going to win Florida.” It’s almost like they are all happy they lost Michigan. Spare me please. Sometimes a turd is just a turd.

]]> By: BeltlineBetty http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205969 BeltlineBetty Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:19:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205969 <p>Edwards bringing up the homeless vets, PTSD, etc. I doubt Obama or Hill would disagree with what he’s saying.</p> Edwards bringing up the homeless vets, PTSD, etc. I doubt Obama or Hill would disagree with what he’s saying.

]]> By: marshen http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205953 marshen Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:17:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205953 <p>Don’t you think the American Embassy would be destroyed by the Iraqis the minute we pulled all the troops out?</p> Don’t you think the American Embassy would be destroyed by the Iraqis the minute we pulled all the troops out?

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205931 cinnamonape Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:15:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205931 <p>He means the two brigades guarding the Vaticanate, I guess?</p> He means the two brigades guarding the Vaticanate, I guess?

]]> By: Steve-AR http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205924 Steve-AR Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:14:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205924 <p>I agree..</p> I agree..

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205922 cinnamonape Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:14:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/15/debate-thread-2/#comment-1205922 <p>Just temporary ones. I guess the ones for the two brigades protecting Embassy personnel will not be “permanent”…and then there are the ones he wants for the “Rapid Response Force” “over the horizon” in Kuwait.</p> Just temporary ones. I guess the ones for the two brigades protecting Embassy personnel will not be “permanent”…and then there are the ones he wants for the “Rapid Response Force” “over the horizon” in Kuwait.

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