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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 12:07 PM
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The Nation spotlights OurKarlRove blog
Editorial from The Nation:

A similar strategy is favored by the OurKarlRove blog, which offers Rovian spin for Democratic ends, courtesy of a 38-year-old independent in Philadelphia. The imaginary Rove advises Democrats to avoid micro-managing war funding, which only risks entangling the party in "Bush's disastrous strategy." Instead, Democrats should strive to be the country's "Chief Financial Officer," providing broad strategic direction and reminding the public that since Bush "is still solely responsible for the war effort, every loss America takes is a result of a failed Republican foreign policy strategy." OurKarlRove also chides some Democrats' framing of withdrawal: "Stop talking about getting our troops 'out of harm's way.' Our armed forces volunteered to be trained to be in harm's way. That's their job. It's the Generals' job to ensure their troops are safe, not the Congress."

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My response fuck Karl Rove!
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 12:11 PM
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1. Anyone who says that the troops 'volunteered' to be dangerous situations
is right. They did. BUT NOT FOR A BUNCH OF GREEDY POWERMAD LIARS, the volunteered for their country. That is in most cases. They crazies just found a place where they thought they could kill with impunity.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 12:21 PM
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2. To be precise, the troops volunteered to support and DEFEND the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same.

If they are enlisted, they also agreed to obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over them.

The officers don't take that 'obeying orders' part of the oath. Their oath is SOLELY to the Constitution. It's up to them to be brave, it's why they have special status. A number of them have disappointed, sadly, and a number of them have admitted it.

It's a bit of a stretch, isn't it? Especially since we aren't at WAR. I'm still waiting for the "Day That Will Live...in INFAMY" address. Good thing I didn't hold my breath, I'd be dead and dried up at my desk.

All we got was "fightem over there, don't fightem over here, dead or alive, mission a-codpiece."

Not terribly inspiring, that.
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