Democrats say Bush didn't deliver (Senators Reed & Kerry)

The Dems are nothing but Republicans and need to get a backbone and fight Bush.

Even Clinton and other hawkish Democrats have come under criticism from liberal anti-war activists, many of whom will hold sway over presidential primary contests.

As far as I'm concerned she is DOA as a President if she can't take a stand.

We will be nominating an actual Democrat this time.

How about Boxer/Conyers?

...keep practicing.

Hillarity is toast. It's the republicans (some of which are in the Dem party under the label DLC) that are supporting her, in order to divide the Dem party.

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some highlights:

Sens. Reed and Kerry were great. Back to reality now, America--here is how the prez has led you into La-la Land.

Reed: This speech does not answer the questions the Senate has. Where's the plan?

Kerry: This speech was another aircraft-carrier moment. He only talks in front of troops. He draws a false line to make his case. These are America's troops, not HIS. He won't admit that our troops in Iraq are part of the problem--everyone else knows this. The Democrats aren't for leaving a failed state, no matter what the other side tries to say.

Kerry: Murtha and the rest of us are all moving in the same direction. It doesn't demoralize the troops--they say "thanks for speaking out". We've been proven correct over and over--and I am completely comfortable fighting for our troops.

Reed: The prez had to give this speech because of the people, not Murtha. And you can see how the Senate is putting pressure on him, too.

Kerry: The prez painted a statistical but unrealistic picture about the troops. He ignores the political/diplomatic part of the solution and only talks about the military part.

Our dems need to add one more thing. They must talk about the WAR PROFITEERING every chance they get. Many Americans are not aware of what's going on.

it was part of original scheme and continues today. (I wonder how many Thanksgiving dinners Halliburton served up this year vs. how many they billed for?)

any more.

proud that I am a democrat and on the correct side.

Bush followed by Pelosi followed by repub followed by Reesd and Kerry.

Democrats Attack Iraq Strategy
Sen. Kerry, Sen. Reed Say Bush Plan Ignores Basic Realities
By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 30, 2005


Democratic lawmakers charged today that President Bush has failed to set forth a coherent strategy to win the war in Iraq and called for the establishment of measurable benchmarks for progress so that U.S. troops can be gradually withdrawn.

The Democratic criticism came in response to a presidential speech at the U.S. Naval Academy today and the release of a new 35-page White House document entitled, "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq." In the speech, Bush denounced critics who he said want "an artificial timetable" for drawing down the nearly 160,000 U.S. troops now in Iraq. Bush said that "setting an artificial deadline to withdraw" would send a message that America is "weak" and "unreliable," would signal enemies in Iraq to wait out the United States and would "vindicate terrorist tactics of beheading and mass murder."

In a Capitol Hill news conference, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said they were disappointed by Bush's plan, which they said fell short on specifics and ignored basic realities in Iraq.

"The president," Reed said, "failed to answer the question that all Americans are asking: how do we know progress is being made there?"

Kerry accused Bush of resorting to "straw man" arguments in denouncing his critics' calls for a drawdown of U.S. forces....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113001136.html

"President Bush has failed to set forth a coherent strategy to win the war in Iraq ..."

And you were expecting just WHAT?

Who knew?

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* seems to be saying the only way they can get on their feet is with more and bigger government. Why doesn't he call on the Iraqis to 'Pull Up Their Bootsraps'?

The republican scheme sounds an awful lot like 'Welfare for Iraqis', if you ask me. Or a really bad case of social engineering: republican style.

n/t