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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 10:34 AM Jun 2014

Iraq dredges up painful memories for GOP


By Alexander Bolton

For Republicans still smarting from the Bush years, this week’s Iraq deja vu brought back painful memories.

Amid the renewed chaos in the country, key figures from George W. Bush’s administration have reemerged in the public spotlight, bringing fresh attention to past mistakes the GOP would rather forget.

Now, as Republicans eye a Senate majority in an increasingly favorable political climate, Republican strategists say it would be better if the architects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq stayed off television.

“Whenever the conversation is on Iraq, it’s not good news for Republicans,” said John Ullyot, a GOP strategist and former Senate aide. “That’s not helped at all over the last week by a bunch of people who we hadn’t heard from in several years — Republican figures associated with Iraq from the Bush administration — who were suddenly back on major shows discussing the current state of affairs in Iraq.

“It was not a helpful reminder,” he added. “They probably should have stayed off the shows.”



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/210149-iraq-dredges-up-painful-memories-for-gop#ixzz35TO6ZxD1
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Iraq dredges up painful memories for GOP (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP
Dick got his libodem Jun 2014 #1
"The Bush years"? gratuitous Jun 2014 #2

libodem

(19,288 posts)
1. Dick got his
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 11:30 AM
Jun 2014

He could give a rip if he is ruining it for those coming behind him. He is selfish if nothing else. Same for the rest of his snakes.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. "The Bush years"?
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 11:39 AM
Jun 2014

What is this time of which Mr. Bolton speaks? Who, or what, was this "Bush" and what did it have to do with a so-called "administration"? The GOP does not have "painful memories"; today's Republicans are interested in one thing, winning the morning. All those folks who were on the Sunday talk shows yesterday are the subject of this morning's commentary. Morning win, baby! That's all that counts, all that matters.

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