What a Flip-Flopper!

Bush Lowers Temperature of Iraq War Debate By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent
1 hour, 21 minutes ago



BEIJING - After fiercely defending his Iraq policy across Asia, President Bush abruptly toned down his attack on war critics Sunday and said there was nothing unpatriotic about opposing his strategy.

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"People should feel comfortable about expressing their opinions about Iraq," Bush said, three days after agreeing with Vice President Dick Cheney that the critics were "reprehensible."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051120/ap_on_re_as/bush_asia

Must be jet lag.

They've been making contradictory statements back and forth these past few weeks, I've noticed.

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Something going on with the Plame case?

Maybe even Ronald Reagan!

You better hope Peter Pace can sooth the waters but I think you went a Bridge Too Far - a freshman ReTHUGlican calling a Marine with 37 years service a "coward" - you don't even know what hatred you earned.

If I were a pigboy I would be hearing "Fix Bayonets" but a smart guy like you will figure out how to slip a stickin - on the other hand maybe not.

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY November 18, 2005

Congressman Murtha is a respected veteran and politician who has a record of supporting a strong America. So it is baffling that he is endorsing the policy positions of Michael Moore and the extreme liberal wing of the Democratic party. The eve of an historic democratic election in Iraq is not the time to surrender to the terrorists. After seeing his statement, we remain baffled -- nowhere does he explain how retreating from Iraq makes America safer.


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The president also praised Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pa., as "a fine man" and a strong supporter of the military despite the congressman's call for troop withdrawal as soon as possible.

Hmmmm, backpedaling so furiously and quickly means they are catching major flack from their own base, imo

I guess they know already the sleazy stunt pulled by the repub house members was a major bust instead of what they had hoped for, the embarrassment of the dems. It was the reverse ergo back pedal is in order.