Inhofe calls Reid remarks ‘un-American.’
By on Apr 25th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Inhofe calls Reid remarks ‘un-American.’
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) should be recalled by voters over his ‘un-American’ remarks about the Iraq war, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK). Asked if the Nevada Democrat should resign from his leadership position because of his comments, Inhofe said: “I think it’s more serious than that. I think there should be a recall…for saying something as un-American as that.”
UPDATE: AmericaBlog has much more.
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OK Inhofe!!! As long as we can recall your Climate Change denying ass as well!!!
April 25th, 2007 at 4:25 pmMr. Inhofe?
Reality called… it misses you.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:26 pmROFLMAO
April 25th, 2007 at 4:26 pmWho cares what this moron thinks?
April 25th, 2007 at 4:27 pm…”al Ceerackas on the bus go WAA WAA WAA
…all around the town”…
…cry you inbred bi*ches…
…cry, piss and moan…
April 25th, 2007 at 4:28 pmHey, no problem.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:28 pmI recall Senator Harry Reid as having courageously spoken the truth.
Not bad, eh?
This is amusing.
Wasn’t Bush the one that said it’d be a heck of a lot easier to be a dictator? That’s a lot less ‘American’. It’s been awhile since I heard that phrase – I think it was the MCARTHY ERA. Sheesh, I thought we were over this.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:29 pmLike Inhofe has any credibility. He’s already proven again and again that he is out of touch with reality.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:29 pmWell, about half the country is now “un-American.” I guess we’re the domestic insurgency!
April 25th, 2007 at 4:29 pmIf we aren’t responsible for what happens in Iraq, and withdraw, how does that make an average citizen feel about global warming?
Not our country, not our problem?
April 25th, 2007 at 4:30 pmYeah, because you know, freedom of speech is totally unAmerican.
So is opposing groupthink.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:30 pmFrom the man that said that captured Iraqis deserve whatever torture we give them no matter if they are guilty or not.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:30 pmJames Inhofe: Professional corporate shill.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:30 pmAnd “war” that is the invasion, destruction and occupation of a country that had nothing to do with anything is NOT anti-American? Getting out of that mistaken “war” is as American as it can get.
If there are any anti-Americans, they are Bush himself and loyal Bushies like Inhofe.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:31 pmVerbalKint
Enough idiots to elect the guy evidently.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:32 pmI agree with comments 1 through 5…
BWAH Hahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
April 25th, 2007 at 4:32 pmAhh James “Don’t worry about Global Warming cause God’s still up there” Inhofe’s opinion of Harry Reid matters because?
This guy is a freekin loon
April 25th, 2007 at 4:32 pmTell Inhofe to put his votes where his mouth is. The Senate has procedures for censoring and even removing from office one of its own members, a form of impeachment. Inhofe should file for such removal if he thinks there is cause. It would be nice if a savvy reporter asked him if he would be willing and will do this.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:34 pmInhofe you are an idiot!
April 25th, 2007 at 4:34 pmInhofe is an idoit. In America we have the right to say anything we want, even remarks that belittle our troops like Reids remarks. Of course every single American should be upset about a Senator proclaiming our troops are loser. It certainly doesn’t deserve a recall. That is just nonsense. He will certainly be voted out of office in the next election cycle as anyone voting for a canidate that doesn’t support our troops or the American push to help people overcome S o c i a li s t regimes and dictators since every person in the world (outside of terrorists) would do just about anything including die for freedom and democracy. He has freedom of speech as he should. We AMERICANS of course would never vote yes to a canidate that is saying no to our troops and our way of life.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:34 pm72% does not half the country make. 3/4 yes. half no.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:34 pm#10: If we aren’t responsible for what happens in Iraq, and withdraw, how does that make an average citizen feel about global warming?
Accepting responsibility for what happens in Iraq will involve withdrawing U.S. troops from the region. There are no good military solutions for the U.S. in Iraq. Our best course of action will be to assist the Iraqis economically and diplomatically. The longer we maintain a military presence there, the longer our troops will be sitting ducks in the middle of a civil war.
Accepting responsibility for global warming involves reducing fossil fuel emissions worldwide. The connection you’re attempting to draw seems pretty lame to me…
April 25th, 2007 at 4:38 pmROGER-ROGER
You did it again. I’m now ready to call you a liar.
I asked you yesterday to find the quote where Reid said our “troops are losers”. But you didn’t and now you keep throwing out that chestnut.
STOP. You can do better. maybe
April 25th, 2007 at 4:38 pmROGER,
You think you can vote out the Senate Majority Leader. Especially on those terms. Did you forget that the Dems took power on the idea of ending the war. (Or as you would put it, ‘not supporting the troops’) That message seemed to resonate with the voters this last November.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:41 pm#1- I was thinking the same thing.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:42 pmAfter seeing this moron at the recent hearings get hammered by Pelosi for his petty remarks, it’s clear that Inhof is clearly not suited for his position. He’s burned out and embarrassed for himself that he enabled these past 6 years of total corruption (under his watch). I think it’s safe to say that Inhof may be held personally accountable for “NOT” investigating things which should have been investigated during that time. I wouldn’t be shocked if subpoenas are issued for Inhof himself down the line for his complicity in this obvious 6 year Obstruction Of Justice.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:42 pmInhof is the classic example of ‘PROJECTION’ – THE KETTLE CALLING THE POT BLACK. In aiding and abetting the most criminal administration in the history of this country, Inhof, himself, is the one who was “unpatriotic” and he continued his unpatriotic rant for 6 long years. He’d better be careful about whom he makes these remarks….in Inhof’s case, it’s “You spot it/You got it” and we know that’s true for his dereliction of duty.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:44 pm“We AMERICANS of course would never vote yes to a canidate that is saying no to our troops and our way of life.
Comment by Roger_Roger — April 25, 2007 @ 4:34 pm”
Real Americans would not, but YOU would…….
Since when did Reid state that it “was the troops fault”?????
YOU have been asked to provide the sound bite MULTIPLE times, but so far have not been able to provide it…..
Either provide it, or STFU!!!!
April 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pmInhofe may need to have his office reassigned to the basement of some out of the way storage facility.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pmCrump, I just read where Inhofe called the troops sissys with ammo. Got it from the same place Roger2 got his info.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pmDidn’t Inhof look like a frustrated old biddy at those recent hearings? I realize that male hormone ebbs with age but this guy is ridiculous in how picayune and petty he came across. I was embarrassed for this “girly man” myself.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pmCrump’s Brother
Roger-Roger is a conservative – which means most of the time he is either exagerating, or outright lying. The plain unvarnished truth is an anethema to conservatives, because the plain unvarnished truth tends to expose their utter BS.
I mean think abou it, this is a movement that believes the Virginia school massacre is a huge indictment, on the anti-gun lobby.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pmhellinabucket,
Not surprising!!!
I love a good debate. Let’s just keep it intellectually honest. It gets a little old, and it’s entire infantlie to put words in someone’s mouth like that.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:47 pmYaawwwn. This “un-American” label is getting boring and cliche.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:48 pmWhat a thin skinned SOB.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:49 pmRoger(x2),
Reid said “The war is lost”
And it is, the surge is NOT working, Iraq is in acivil war.
Ignoring those facts and keeping our soldiers there in the middle of a civil war is killing more of them.
Now call me unamerican for my comments, and this veteran will laugh at your sorry ass.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:49 pmI saw a tv program a couple of weeks ago (mainly dealing with the psychological problems soldiers returning from Iraq have and their challenges to get treatment) and while they were interviewing one soldier I noticed what appeared to be a bumper sticker on the wall behind him that read:
“WE ARE NOT SAFER
April 25th, 2007 at 4:50 pmOccupation Breeds Hate”
Have anyone, at any place or anytime defined what American means for these bozos?
April 25th, 2007 at 4:50 pmWhy do we elect to high government positions these morons who know nothing about the constitution? Or does he really know he is talking shit in another attempt to manipulate the public?
April 25th, 2007 at 4:51 pm#20 Roger x2,Strong>
I am trying to make sense out of your diatribe, but I cannot.
Here is what I have trouble with
“…Senator proclaiming our troops are loser…”
REID NEVER CLAIMED OUR TROOPS WERE LOSERS. He said the war is lost; and it is not because of our troops but because of Cheney and his gang of corrupt SOBs whose collective military experience equals 4 time defferment from service in Vietnam.
“…We AMERICANS of course would never vote yes to a canidate that is saying no to our troops and our way of life.”
WE JUST DID THAT ON 11/06/2006. We voted for candidates who were againsat the war, and for bringing our troops hope. 70% still believe that must be our policy. Are you suggesting 7 out of 10 people in this country are un-American.
Or is it that in your feeble mind being American is equal to being a war-mongering, corrupt, degenerate psycho.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:52 pmOh, my, but this is getting tedious.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:56 pmRoger Roger, you’re still an idiot…no one ever said the troops are at fault, it is the troops that are dieing that are being used as cannon fodder for Bush and Cheney’s push to secure and control Iraqi OIL, IT”S ALL ABOUT THE OIL, giving them democracy my a$$, it was never about that, it’s about the OIL.
And he will keep his seat, Imahole will have trouble holding on to his.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 25th, 2007 at 4:57 pmCrump’s Brother.
I’m all for different views and discussion from those viewpoints. I don’t find it from too many of the trolls at all.
It’s so easy to throw crap out and then dodge to another viewpoint/thread instead of defending it. All this hit and run slander without fact posting does is reinforce the impression one side has of the other.
I value sites like TP that question the administration and it’s policies. I also value the comments by many of the posters who have given some subjects much more thought than I. And the one’s who link to other sites I wouldn’t normally hunt out.
There are so few actual debates. Far too many insults and falsehoods with anger.
Don’t get me wrong though, I enjoy sharpening my viewpoints on some of the bushmen trolls that post.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:58 pmJosh Marshall at Talking Points Memo is sponsoring a contest for readers to send in their favorite instances of White House officials questioning opponents patriotism.
This wouldn’t qualify, as Imhofe isn’t part of the White House (and they’d probably deny it if he were). But I’m looking forward to the results of the contest.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:01 pmSince when is the truth un-American? Oh yea, since the neocons took control.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:08 pmC’mon PEOPLE!!!
ROGER ROGER supports liars, thieves, molesters, and crooks…
So DO YOU HONESTLY think he will answer a FACT that he knows he cannot refute???
Stick to distortions, slants, tired talking points, and lies, Roger Roger!
That is about the BEST you can hope for…
April 25th, 2007 at 5:15 pmI am a vet. I served in Desert storm. I am also very competitive. When Reid said we have lost the war, to me and most in the military, it is equal to calling each and everyone of us a loser.
When you say a Basketball team lost a game, every player on that team is a loser just like when you say the US military lost the war. The military is a team and when your team is a loser, the people on the team are losers. IN our world, you are either a winner or loser. In this case, Reid decided that our troops lost the war, thus they are losers in his eyes.
To me, this is horrid timing. Our troops aren’t even close to ending their mission. Furthermore, I am sure they are having a hard time trying to figure out how they have lost since they still have tons of men left and most their equipment. They are probably trying to add up how anyone would call there war a lose (effectively calling them losers) since they have killed many many more terrorists while only losing a few thousand of their teammates.
Look, you can try and defend Reid all you want but when you say a team lost, you are calling them losers. Anyone that loses, is a loser. I suppose you just don’t like the tone of that. We can’t call them winners either as the war is far from over. I have many many friends over there and I talk to most of them weekly. Most say Iraq is extremely boring. Most of the country is very kind and generous. They report that there are some pockets of resistence left but they are amazed at how it looks and feels compaired to when they showed up. Furthermore, they report that most of the kills they have made turn out to be outsiders and extremist youths. My buddy I just talked to said that for the most part, 99 out of 100 Iraqis are really nice people that act just like an American would.
That one maniac and/or the random extremist from Iran somehow get all the news when they blow up a bunch of women and children. Sadly, these extremist with their petty attacks are being effective as the Media and the far left are ready to hand them the country and pull out my friends. Most say they are extremely worried about the friends they have made in Iraq. They know that if we leave now, they are defensless against Iranian terrorist and AQ which is sad since the country is only about 1 year away from stability.
BTW, I was 11B infantry and fought in Desert Storm 1. I have been in Iraq long ago. I can tell you that most of the folks over there are friendly and kind and simply want a chance but need help. Why are you so eager to bail on them? What purpose does that serve forcing these people into a future of extremism and dictatorship?
April 25th, 2007 at 5:16 pmLOL
What Inhofe seems to be advocating is Un-Constitutional!
There is no Constitutional method for voters to “re-call” a Senator. So someone calling for actions that are un-Consitutional has the audacity to call someone who speaks the truth about the military situation in Iraq “un-American”…?
Oh the irony.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:17 pmAhhhh, becuase the Iraqi people, Sunni, Shia, Kurd, ALL want us to leave.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:19 pmThat’s funny I know troops that are and there and some that have returned and they say it is just plain nutz, and yes alot of Iraqis are very generous people, but MOST of them want us to go home, NOW!
One of my co-workers was so shaken by the war (worked in green zone too) that he could not return to work.
I also have taken in a Iraqi War Vet into my home to live cause she could not get it together on her own, my wife and I have helping her pull it back together, NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL SUPPORTING THE TROOPS! Something you conservatives most likely would never do.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 25th, 2007 at 5:22 pmRoger_Roger:
War is not a basketball game. You can win a basketball game. In war there are no winners, only losers who didn’t lose quite as much blood as the other guys.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:23 pm#
Have anyone, at any place or anytime defined what American means for these bozos?
Comment by Juan C — April 25, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
Their definition of “being a good American” is the same concept as “a good German”, ostensibly one who was not to blame for allowing Hitler to do the evil that he did, and who did not see the Holocaust as it occurred before their eyes.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:25 pm“Comment by Roger_Roger — April 25, 2007 @ 5:16 pm”
Your VIEW of what the military is and a basket ball team is not even equatable……
That is unless the basket ball team is being shot at, or having things thrown at them while they try to play the game…..
YOUR SIMPLISTIC view is just that!!!!!
I would like to say thank you for your service from one Vet to another though.
However, your TWISTING of words to FIT YOUR meaning is disingenuous…..
As a VET, I do not take Reids words to mean what YOU defined it to mean. I applaud him for standing up for the troops, who have no voice in the situation.
So stop with YOUR interpretation of what people say and stick with the context and what they say…… Use that education and military training of thinking logically about a situation to evaluate the WORDS that people are saying rather than what YOU want them to mean.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:27 pmWar is not a basketball game. You can win a basketball game. In war there are no winners, only losers who didn’t lose quite as much blood as the other guys.
Comment by toasterhead — April 25, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
Finally, some common sense. Thank you!
April 25th, 2007 at 5:28 pm“I think it’s more serious than that. I think there should be a recall…for saying something as un-American as that.â€
But saying that Senators should be recalled for their political speech is, itself, un-American.
I wonder if this could make Republicans shut down like those androids in the Star Trek episode.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:28 pmRoger Roger, thanks for your service. Read all of what Reid said instead of the soundbytes your fed.
Iraqis aren’t defensless, they are rudderless now. they won’t stand on their own until they are allowed to.
We shouldn’t have gone in and you being former military would know what a sin it is to have soldiers die for a fake cause.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:28 pmRoger,
thank you for clearing up the Reid quote.
I don’t really know where to start.
The President has failed our troops in several ways. Not going with enough troops to start the mission to ensure peaceful transition, not equiping them to the standards that all Americans would demand, and then bailing out on them when they come home and need medical attention.
This is not a military failure. THis is a failure of leadership. Surely you must see the difference. Harry Reid sees the difference.
You used a sports analogy. Ever notice how often in sports where the blame lies when things go wrong. With the coach.
The American people who want this thing ended (70% mind you) do not think the troops are losers. We think the President has failed miserably. ANd the troops have paidd the price.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:32 pmRogerx2, you’re trying to sway my opinion with 2nd hand information and experiences that are…what, over 15 years old? I’m sorry, that dog don’t hunt. Iraq is a lost cause. BUSH lost that war. Maybe if he had listened to the advisors who were telling him ‘You need more troops from the getgo, and you need to control the civil unrest you’ll get in Saddam’s fall’, we might not be talking about this. Hell, if he’d _finished the job in Afghanistan (WHY, Democrats, WHY don’t you push this. I mean really push it, get it out from every mouth by every leader…), we’d not be talking about it, and while Saddam may have still been in control of Iraq, we might have captured, tried, and executed bin Laden for his role in 9/11 and set up a modern democracy in Afghanistan, without pissing off a good part of the planet in the process. We’d not be talking about losing wars if that had happened…
Your side lost the war, Roger_Roger. The troops were unfortunate passengers in this bus going over the cliff (marked ‘Straight Talk Express’, if I may), but Cheney was driving, Condi was putting on her makeup and checking her shoes, and Bush had his head sticking out the window with his tongue flapping in the breeze. (Must…resist…cracking up at work…over…MENTAL IMAGE!!!) The short answer is that had there been different people in the government at the time, things would not look like they do today. Hey, Roger_Roger. How’s Afghanistan going?
April 25th, 2007 at 5:36 pmI thought Inhofe represents another planet. How would he know what American’s want when 70% want solutions to Global Warming and Inhofe doesn’t know what it means.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:36 pm“Are you or have you ever been a member of the Democratic party Mr. Reid!?” — McInhofe
April 25th, 2007 at 5:44 pm#53 I guess I should go the political route and spin what losing means like you folks are doing. When you say we lost, then everyone involved is a loser. Don’t even try to give me this soccer mom crap where even though we lost, everyone on our team is a winner because we tried hard, etc. etc. That is a lie when the soccer moms tell there kids that and it would be a lie now. We have 3 options and they are win, lose, and “in the middle of the war”.
It amazes me how the the left and their media friends are trying to spin this. How anyone can say the war is over one way or another is baffling. The Iraqi’s are still working towards democracy, freedom, and peace. STILL WORKING FOR IT!!!! How can you say we lost when we still have hundreds of thousands of troops ready to fight?? We also have the mass majority of Iraq that wants peace and every person in the world that is sane will fight to the death for democracy and freedom.
Are you simply advocating we walk away from the Iraqi’s and doom them? Are you doing that because it may net pelosi and reid a little more political power? Guess the power issue is obvious as they already bought the votes to remove troops from Iraq since most logical congressmen would never vote to bring our troops home in the middle of an engagement. All Americans should be ashamed that the leaders of congress bought the votes instead of let the people decide.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:45 pmRoger,
The president has failed the troops numerous times.
My question to you Roger is this. Who are we fighting?
April 25th, 2007 at 5:50 pmComment by Roger_Roger
Your spin doesn’t work.
And comparing a war to a basketball game?
That shows me you know nothing about war.
Face it, Bush and his cronies f*cked up.
He has lost the occupation. It is a civil war there now.
The soldiers have an almost impossible mission to separate the enemy from the civillian population.
The soldiers did not lose the war. The Bush administration pushing their insane agenda and not listening to any opinion other than what they wanted to hear, lost the war
Your insane diatribe shows me one thing. You are no veteran, you do not know the first thing about war. If you were in, you were probably assigned to the mess hall.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:56 pmSorry, but you forgot the “deal” that exists between Reid and his fellow Senator from Nevada, John Ensign. Under the deal, neither one will support a challenger to the other’s seat.
That’s why Ensign won re-election last year – Reid didn’t support the Democrat we put up against Ensign. And in 2004, Ensign didn’t support the Republican who ran against Reid (and in 2004, Reid was much more vulnerable than he was in 1998, when Ensign lost to him by a mere 400 votes).
As long as this state of “detente” exists, neither one is truly vulnerable to electoral defeat.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:56 pmRR, no one has said “let’s walk away from the Iraqis and doom them.” Most of the Democrats as well as the good citizens on this site are advocating a combination of monetary aid and serious diplomacy to help the Iraqi government and people.
Please stop with the straw men and the assumption that power is the issue here, you’re making yourself seem stupider than you really are.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:56 pm#63 Mis-stating it. Reid and Ensign, like almost every split-delegation in the Senate do not actively campaign against the incumbent Senator on behalf of their parties challenger. THis is nothing unique to Reid and Ensign, or any other state, but common practice.
Reid in NV, like Wyden here in OR WILL support their parties nominee, with fundraising, campaign staff assistance, etc.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:03 pmDemocratic presidential candidate and Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich has introduced articles of impeachment against VP Dick Cheney.
Specifically, there are three charges that the Vice President:
*Fabricated a threat of Iraqi WMD to justify a war of choice
*Fabricated the connection between al Qaeda and Saddam
*Is currently fabricating causes for war on Iran
April 25th, 2007 at 6:05 pmDoes he remember his comments during the original Abu Ghraib hearings? His outrage was directed at our outrage over the abuses.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:07 pmComment by Roger_Roger — April 25, 2007 @ 4:34 pmâ€
Go enlist, you worthless piece of chickenshit chickenhawk shit. What have you ever done to defend our way of lfe? Rooting for the dumbest coward to ever be in the White House does NOT make you patriotic…it makes you a knuckle dragging troglodyte troll.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:16 pmIt’s Inhofe. Pffft.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:18 pm“That’s why Ensign won re-election last year – Reid didn’t support the Democrat we put up against Ensign.”
I think the fact that Carter was dumb as a box of rocks had something to do with it. I saw him on CNN, and he seemed like a nice fella, but good lord.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:22 pmComment by Roger_Roger — April 25, 2007 @ 5:16 pm
Roger – YOU’RE a loser. You’re backing the losing team, that has lost all respect of over 70% of it’s citizens.
How does that feel?
April 25th, 2007 at 6:27 pm“Comment by Roger_Roger — April 25, 2007 @ 5:45 pm”
Well then……
If YOU support this “war” so much, then I suggest you put on that fatigue again and go fight it……
Otherwise, YOU are in the minority who thinks that this war is lost……
I guess YOU are more knowledgable than the MANY Generals who where in charge of this “war” in the initial stages????
Your SIMPLISTIC view is like saying that because GRAVITY is “only” a theory, it does not exist!!!!
April 25th, 2007 at 6:34 pmCorrection….
“Otherwise, YOU are in the minority who thinks that this war is lost……”
Should read….
“Otherwise, YOU are in the minority who doesn’t thinks that this war is lost……”
April 25th, 2007 at 6:37 pmIs this an opportune time to say: ” Inhofe, soak a rag in turpentine then shove it up your ass.”?
April 25th, 2007 at 6:42 pmTo a rethuglican, like inhofe, the truth is always unamerican.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:01 pmInhofe has no more credibility than Patrick1…
April 25th, 2007 at 7:08 pmRogerX2
Your posting style and content is getting old. You make reasonable sounding beginning statements, followed by the standard neocon talking point. It’s as if you expect the former to make the latter logical and palatable. It does neither.
Our military personnel are NOT to blame. They did what they were ordered to do and trained to do – destroy stuff. Bush campaigned against nation building but then sent our military to do just that and failed to do the planning and resourcing necessary, creating a chaotic occupation. The military cannot “win” the nation building occupation. But, they are not to blame because there is a failure in political leadership. Therefore, Bush is to blame. Bush is to blame. Bush is to blame. Bush is to blame….
April 25th, 2007 at 7:15 pmReid and Ensign, like almost every split-delegation in the Senate do not actively campaign against the incumbent Senator on behalf of their parties challenger.
Um, no.
“The home state of the Senate Democratic leader might not seem like the best place to be a first-term Republican senator up for re-election. But Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., is finding he could hardly ask for a safer haven.
Once bitter opponents, Ensign and now-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid emerged from a hard-fought 1998 campaign, which Ensign lost by 428 votes, to forge a close relationship.
Now Reid, in charge of growing the Democratic minority in the Senate, is signaling that Ensign is one Republican who won’t be in his cross-hairs…
‘The most powerful Democrat in the country is essentially saying that in my home state, I cannot find a Democrat to run against John Ensign. I mean, it’s laughable,’ said Jon Ralston, a nonpartisan Nevada political analyst who writes a column in the Las Vegas Sun and produces a daily political newsletter. ‘I guarantee no one has a chance to beat John Ensign without Harry Reid’s help. And he’s not going to help. … I think he thinks that relationship is just too important.’” – Reno Gazette-Journal August 13, 2005
April 25th, 2007 at 7:45 pmPredictable Rovian reversal. Mr. Reid should be recalled for doing his job. Mr. Bush, Mr. Gonzales, Mr. Inhofe, and their ilk should keep theirs while not doing them. Mr. Rove’s talking points designedly debase the coinage of what constitutes good performance. That way, an inattentive public doesn’t know where to turn and stays in place.
Hmm, the wagons are circling, but they’re already on fire and full of arrows.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:36 pmHarry Reid is my senator and I’m proud of him. Get bent, Inhofe.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:22 pmYeah, Oklahoma…I will pass on listening to you.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:04 pmOooops. He shoulda waited until after that poll came out– indicating it’s the majority opinion of Americans– before saying anything!
April 26th, 2007 at 12:01 amRogerX2
Frankly, you are an idiot. That aside:
Reid was advocating a change of strategy seen as the current strategy is not working.
Take a look at what you are saying, you are advocating stay the course, ostensibly because you righties, seem to think a little bit of blood in your cheeks is worse then a lot of blood spilt on Bahgdad’s streets. You are advocating killing people and getting your soldiers killed, because you don’t want to feel a little bit embarassed.
Most soldiers have enough spine to recognise that ultimately losing small is better then losing big, and a stalemate in Iraq would be losing big. It is costing America billions to keep soldiers in Iraq, it is costing America lives to keep soldiers in Iraq, it is costing America prestige to keep soldiers in Iraq. All to save you a little bit of face, because face it the war is lost, it is not treasonable to say the truth and you morons on the right are the prime cause of this loss.
you didn’t have the maturity to listen to your opponents when they pointed out just what it would take to win the war in Iraq. Instead you accused us of being nasty libruls. You didn’t listen to us when we told you the consequences of Iraq, and we have only been wrong in that the consequences have actually been worse.
You didn’t listen to us when we told you the evidence was shit, you just started replacing French with Freedom in everything. This is the big “I told you so” and it is not due to liberal influences that America is losing in Iraq, it is due to you rightwhingers, refusing to listen to your critics and recognise that your critics may well have valid points.
Liberal America, when you were in the driving seat was telling you to stop, repeatedly warning that there was a cliff ahead, and you drove America right over that cliff and now you are blaming the liberals for the damage done to America by your own actions.
It is time you rightwhingers grew up and took enough responsibility to admit it is your fault that things are the way they are now, and started supporting action to mitigate the worst of the consequences.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:46 amEric
Geat post. I added you to my blog roll!
April 9th, 2008 at 12:00 pm