Thursday, October 05, 2006
Chickenhawks and Dead Soldiers
War Lovers * Hastert, the Ex-Wrestler, Fighting to Save His Position
More than 'just a comma', Mr. President -- ask the families and friends of dead and wounded soldiers. Peter Baker in the Post: "As he heads out on the campaign trail, haunted by an unpopular war, President Bush has begun reassuring audiences that this traumatic period in Iraq will be seen as "just a comma" in the history books. By that, aides say, he means to reinforce his message of resolve in the long struggle for Iraqi democracy." The champions of the war in Iraq -- President Bush, VP Cheney, Secretary Rice -- never took part in armed combat. The vice president took multiple deferments during Vietnam war. As more and more Americans are questioning our presence in Iraq, the war lovers are beginning to sound shrill in their attempts to justify their position and to spread fear. They are making noise in the hope that fear will again do the trick.
Dennis Hastert In A Firestorm
Facts As of October 5th the total for dead American soldiers stands at: 2736 of which 20 died this month. Since President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" appearance, May 1, 2003: 2597 Since the president said "'Bring them on" July 2, 2003: ', 2529 Since VP Cheney said "......they are in their in their last throes" May 31, 2005: 1070 Source: Iraq Coalition Casualties |
Dennis Hastert In A Firestorm
Is he going to survive ? Within the short course of a week, Speaker of the House, Denny Hastert (R-Ill), has become a pitiful figure. The power and glory went up in smoke after revealations about torrid e-mail messages sent to House pages by former Congressman Foley came to light. Now he is spending all his time trying to prove that he did nothing wrong by failing to take action against Mark Foley. His speakership is in jeopardy. In worst case scenario the conservatives might not be satisfied until Hastert gives up his seat.....resigns from Congress. "A longtime chief of staff to disgraced former representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) approached House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's office three years ago, repeatedly imploring senior Republicans to help stop Foley's advances toward teenage male pages, the staff member said yesterday."
When I think of Hastert I see a buffoon talking in front of tv cameras about changing names of french fries and french toast to 'freedom fries' and 'freedom toast' in the House cafetaria because France refused to join the president's 'coalition forces' for his war against Iraq. Utterly juvenile, but I guess it played well in Peoria. And so it goes.
