Comments on: Kristol: Iraq Chaos Shows That Insurgents Are ‘Worried,’ Recent News Is ‘Slightly Optimistic’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:55:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Meredith Ramsay http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1653499 Meredith Ramsay Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:13:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1653499 This is the same Bill Kristol who, during the first Clinton administration, brilliantly eliminated any hope of health care reform, no matter how watered down, by composing this talking point, to be repeated by Republicans in every public forum, ad infinitum: There is no health care crisis in this country. We have the best health care in the entire world. People come here from all over the world to get health care. Clinton needed a national campaign issue, so he dreamed up the so-called 'health care crisis' to get votes. This is the same Bill Kristol who, during the first Clinton administration, brilliantly eliminated any hope of health care reform, no matter how watered down, by composing this talking point, to be repeated by Republicans in every public forum, ad infinitum:

There is no health care crisis in this country. We have the best health care in the entire world. People come here from all over the world to get health care. Clinton needed a national campaign issue, so he dreamed up the so-called ‘health care crisis’ to get votes.

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1648832 big papa Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:10:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1648832 <strong>I wonder if there are any Tornadoes where Kristol lives... ...just wondering out loud...</strong> I wonder if there are any Tornadoes where Kristol lives…

…just wondering out loud…

]]> By: W Hackwhacker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1648763 W Hackwhacker Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:58:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1648763 "Magical thinking:" a belief that one can influence distant events or can sense connections between things that have no known physical connection (thanks to Princeton's Emily Pronin). Keep on believin', Wee Willie! “Magical thinking:” a belief that one can influence distant events or can sense connections between things that have no known physical connection (thanks to Princeton’s Emily Pronin). Keep on believin’, Wee Willie!

]]> By: Mandi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1647514 Mandi Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:57:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1647514 But are the Sunni insurgents that worrying now or the militias? But are the Sunni insurgents that worrying now or the militias?

]]> By: pissedoff http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1646030 pissedoff Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:16:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1646030 Bill Kristol is a terrorist and should be treated as such Bill Kristol is a terrorist and should be treated as such

]]> By: karin http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1642888 karin Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:04:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1642888 we so have to take up a collection and send bill kristol to iraq. let him walk in the shoes of an iraqi civilian as well as a military person. let him have no bodyguards--he has never even been to a war zone. when he uses the word "we" he is talking about the kids over there. are his own kids in iraq? oh, how i would love to see the bunch of them drive from the baghdad airport and on the streets with no one but themselves protecting them. they would piss their pants. ugh. we so have to take up a collection and send bill kristol to iraq. let him walk in the shoes of an iraqi civilian as well as a military person. let him have no bodyguards–he has never even been to a war zone. when he uses the word “we” he is talking about the kids over there. are his own kids in iraq? oh, how i would love to see the bunch of them drive from the baghdad airport and on the streets with no one but themselves protecting them. they would piss their pants. ugh.

]]> By: Barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641917 Barfly Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:59:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641917 <em>The last of course would be Rush Limbaugh.</em> Comment by Later I don't know how much we use foxholes anymore, but I definitely wouldn't want to ride in the same Humvee with that gasbag. "Little Rusty" has a history of bad personal hygiene. It's what kept him out of the service. The last of course would be Rush Limbaugh.

Comment by Later

I don’t know how much we use foxholes anymore, but I definitely wouldn’t want to ride in the same Humvee with that gasbag. “Little Rusty” has a history of bad personal hygiene. It’s what kept him out of the service.

]]> By: Later http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641891 Later Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:54:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641891 Of all the ridiculous characters in this great big ball of shit that is rolling down the hill, I think just about every American male can pretty much agree that Kristol, that pathetic weisel, is the second last person you would want to be partnered with in a foxhole on the battlefront if you were in that situation. The last of course would be Rush Limbaugh. Of all the ridiculous characters in this great big ball of shit that is rolling down the hill, I think just about every American male can pretty much agree that Kristol, that pathetic weisel, is the second last person you would want to be partnered with in a foxhole on the battlefront if you were in that situation. The last of course would be Rush Limbaugh.

]]> By: SBG http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641820 SBG Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:24:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641820 <em>LOL. There’s really nothing funnier than a rich, preppy Manhattan Jew read the mind of a fundamentalist Sunni half a world away.</em> Reminds me of the good old days when Dr. Frist was diagnosing brain dead patients from 20 seconds of patched together video tape shot halfway across the country. LOL. There’s really nothing funnier than a rich, preppy Manhattan Jew read the mind of a fundamentalist Sunni half a world away.

Reminds me of the good old days when Dr. Frist was diagnosing brain dead patients from 20 seconds of patched together video tape shot halfway across the country.

]]> By: meika http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641804 meika Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:17:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641804 potatoes are too good for him, let him eat tofu the rest of his life potatoes are too good for him, let him eat tofu the rest of his life

]]> By: TerrytheTurtle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641713 TerrytheTurtle Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:55:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641713 And of course, everyone knows post #120 from UB is not the real UB. And of course, everyone knows post #120 from UB is not the real UB.

]]> By: Thompson http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641688 Thompson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:45:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641688 Where is my comment? Where is my comment?

]]> By: Thompson http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641682 Thompson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:43:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641682 He must have smoked too much reefers. He does not look too well! He must have smoked too much reefers. He does not look too well!

]]> By: Outraged in Louisville http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641490 Outraged in Louisville Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:46:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641490 Memo to Kristol: If the news gets more "optimistic" and the Insurgents get any more "worried," the USA will be forced out of Iraq in short order. Nice job, Billy. We need more of your commentary on FOX News. Memo to Kristol: If the news gets more “optimistic” and the Insurgents get any more “worried,” the USA will be forced out of Iraq in short order. Nice job, Billy. We need more of your commentary on FOX News.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641427 Jay Randal Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:33:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641427 Well Zooey if Israel will not take Kristol, then he can be sent into exile to Siberia, Russia. Let him farm potatoes for the rest of vile life! Well Zooey if Israel will not take Kristol, then he can be sent into exile to Siberia, Russia. Let him farm potatoes for the rest of vile life!

]]> By: Admin http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641206 Admin Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:07:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641206 comment deleted comment deleted

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641174 Zooey Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:04:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641174 Jay, What makes you think Israel wants him? :P Jay,

What makes you think Israel wants him? :P

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1641139 Jay Randal Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:02:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1641139 Kristol must be deported to Israel immediately and never allowed to ever return to the United States for the rest of his disgusting Neocon life! Kristol must be deported to Israel immediately and never allowed to ever return to the United States for the rest of his disgusting Neocon life!

]]> By: Tuna http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1640618 Tuna Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:19:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1640618 LOL. There's really nothing funnier than a rich, preppy Manhattan Jew read the mind of a fundamentalist Sunni half a world away. Kristol doesn't even understand the mind of the Williamsburg hipster that makes his coffee at Starbucks. What a moron. LOL. There’s really nothing funnier than a rich, preppy Manhattan Jew read the mind of a fundamentalist Sunni half a world away. Kristol doesn’t even understand the mind of the Williamsburg hipster that makes his coffee at Starbucks. What a moron.

]]> By: VerbalKunt http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/comment-page-3/#comment-1640534 VerbalKunt Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:08:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/#comment-1640534 Barfly, When can I tongue your browneye? Ooops! wrong blog. TP PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS GO THRU too la Barfly,

When can I tongue your browneye?

Ooops! wrong blog.

TP PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS GO THRU

too la

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