Reid To Bush: If You Come After Us, We'll Hit Back Every Bit As Aggressively

Okay, here's some color from inside the meeting today at the White House between President Bush and Congressional leaders about what to do to resolve the impasse over Iraq.

A source familiar with the meeting -- at which no compromise of any kind was reached, though Speaker Nancy Pelosi said publicly today that it had been "productive" -- shares a few interesting tidbits. First, the source says, Bush bristled and was taken aback when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid compared the current situation to Vietnam; he also appeared irked by those who said the war couldn't be won.

Second, according to the source, Reid told Bush that he understood that the White House would come after Congressional Dems after the veto of the bill with everything they had; Reid vowed to respond every bit as aggressively.

"Reid talked about a recent conversation he had with a retired general where they talked about the similarities between the current situation and Vietnam," the source relates. "He talked about how the President and Secretary of Defense knew that the war was lost but continued to press on at the cost of thousands of additional lives lost."

"The analogy to Vietnam appeared to touch a nerve with the President. He appeared a little sensitive to it," the source continued. "And he clearly didn't like to hear people in the room say that the war couldn't be won militarily."

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/apr/18/reid_to_bush_if_you_come_after_us_well_hit_back_every_bit_as_aggressively

Good for Reid. I hope he said it and I sure hope he means it. I'm worried about Levin who said that if there was a veto, they'd send back a "softer" bill with no withdrawal deadlines.

anything from discernable reality. Why he was so out of it.

Having a talk with people who aren't his sycophants.

and jr has never had to face her on his own without his 'base' supporting him..well guess what lil boots...it's lonely at the top. You wanted to be big cheese, well now you are and all that comes with it.

will he walk the walk??...i`m betting on reid

You can't give 'em an inch, or they will roll you up, chew you up, and spit your out. Them stomp on the remains.

a ruler.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? - John Kerry, 1971.

you can win the battles and lose the war.

throw his sorry ass in jail now

Is it reliable? I'd like to think that that's exactly what happened inside that meeting, and that Nancy's public statements don't reflect a new "friendly" attitude. I don't believe in compromising on this at all; in fact, I don't think they should have even met with him.

Talking Points Memo.

I like Josh. I know it's an anonymous source, but I really, really hope that's what happened in the meeting.:woohoo: for Reid if he really said all that!

been aimed at him. Yes, all the people who have said that his handlers make him think that God sent him and that his word is valued because of God.

him with a copy of the McNamara documentary - The Fog of War.

We will fight back!!!!!

OH MEOW

That's excellent.
:applause:

kitty sniper

:rofl:

:kick:

Go Harry Go!:bounce:

They dish it out, dish it back 10 fold!

BEFORE he has a chance to go after the Dems? How about putting the little sociopath on the defensive for a change? Isn't that preferable to this constant stimulus/response circle jerk they always fall into? How about taking the fight directly to the miserable incompetent bastard instead of waiting to get attacked first?

They would have a far easier time controlling the news cycle if they got out front of this, instead of letting BushCo set the agenda and then lobbing back a few dud grenades that don't get covered anyway.

Don't these people have access to anyone who knows anything about media manipulation? It's so fucking basic that you'd think they'd tumble to it just by accident one of these days. And even the corporate slut news readers, despite their obvious loyalties, will have to cover the attack before the response, which give viewers a rare chance to see Dems actually acting like an opposition party.

Ah well. They probably still think Carville is some media guru genius propagandist. Based on what he's been braying about lately, I'm starting to think that Bushism is a sexually transmitted disease.


wp

he can be fired, or at least humiliated.

taking down Cheney might scare some sense into the narcissist bully. i suggest we start there.

please, everybody, read this: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00200.htm