Comments on: Brooks Admits He Picked Facts ‘Out Of The Air’ To Defend Bush’s Iraq Policy

By: JHD

JHD — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:33:10 +0000

People listen to David Brooks only because they confuse him with the far more coherent and reliable *Foster* Brooks.

Once they realize he is not the â€œLovable Lushâ€ but the â€œDeplorable Doucheâ€ his stolen 15 minutes will be over.

By: barfly

barfly — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:20:17 +0000

Well, it took you guys long enough, TP. I pointed this out on another thread yesterday morning.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:57:21 +0000

didn’t brooks just pull a jayson blair…or, something like it. well, if he did, here is my replacement for brooks… salim muwakil.

By: Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:38:34 +0000

The Hillary exit plan debate has sharp political subtleties
If Cheney and Rumsfeld had not, in what is called an act of depraved indifference, blocked plans and strategies by State, CIA and the Military to prepare for worst case scenarios before engaging in Iraq, America would today have a third less casualties.
When Hillary says where is the plan, which of course the Military has game-played for ten different scenarios, she is saying that America will not again tolerate political operatives to force our Military into incompetent alternatives.
Hillary is stating that America does not want a White House political opinion or worse yet a Bush/Cheney political plan. Congress and the troops deserve a set of plans, in hand now thank you very much, created by the best minds so that the withdrawal will neither be delayed nor botched to give political advantage to the creators of this mess.
Military planning will indicate how many deaths, how much cost and what time frame(s) their withdrawal plans indicate.
Knowing the Military’s best estimates makes the overall cost of withdrawal more of a factual matter and less open to Bush/Cheney/Rove fear mongering, propaganda and general political sloganeering.

– cognitorex –

By: bud

bud — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:30:58 +0000

Brooks is nothing but Bill Kristol dressed in drag.

A left- flank neocon like Friedman that gets his talking point orders along with the rest

He is a disgrace and no longer a legitimate spokesman for authentic conservatives.

By: WaltTheMan

WaltTheMan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:46:16 +0000

Perhaps
Diogenes should be left to wander the aisles of the West Wing for the next 18 months. His search would be fruitless.

By: funky p

funky p — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:44:59 +0000

The Bush administration has yet to recognize the Iraq war is a complete failure and mistake.
Comment by Mstessyrue â€” July 23, 2007 @ 6:29 pm

I agree with you from our perspective the war is a disaster. The administration doesn’t see it that way because Iraq pumps millions of barrels of oil every single day from un-metered wells. I have yet to see any one in the media ask who pumps this oil, and who gets this oil, AND who gets paid for this oil. My best guess is the name Halliburton may pop up if anyone bothered to check. Under cover of chaos and destruction this looting continues unabated, unmonitored, and practically unnoticed.

By: Mstessyrue

Mstessyrue — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:29:26 +0000

This country and this war are in desperate need of radical changes. First and foremost is the need to pull our troops out of Iraq and stop the violence, poverty and terror that we are creating overseas as well as in our homes. Even now, President Bush would not admit defeat and the fact that this war is a disaster. The Bush administration has yet to recognize the Iraq war is a complete failure and mistake. There are more critical issues that affecting the lives of millions of americans and people world wide that our president is not taking actions against. Now the war has proven to be a failure and is causing more violence, terror and poverty in this world. According to the Borgen Project, it only takes $19 billion dollars annually to eradicate world hunger and poverty. However, our government has already spent more than $450 billion dollars over this fruitless war in Iraq. It is time for the Bush Administration to take a real interest in the lives of the American people as well as people who are in desperate needs around the world. Stop the lies and stop poverty now. Put away the arrogance and put the needs of the people before political gains.

By: BrianS

BrianS — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:47:37 +0000

To be fair to Brooks, he got the “facts” from the same place Bush got them.

Man, the White House has done ONE thing competently during Bush’s administration, and that is completely manipulating the media to believe anything they say. From claiming a Saddam-Al Qaeda link, to an Iraqi nuclear program, to mobile bio-weapon labs, to believing the Iraq War was making us safer from Al Qaeda, to the politically-motivated color-coded terror alerts, and now they claim US forces leaving Iraq is automatically bad, and the mainstream media lapdogs eat it up.

By: funky p

funky p — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:18:44 +0000

Here’s a number not pulled out of an orifice.

25%. Bush’s current approval rating as of this week:

71% of Americans Disapprove of the Way
George W. Bush is Handling His Job as President

A total of 71% of Americans say they disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president according to the latest survey from the American Research Group.

Among all Americans, 25% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 71% disapprove. When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy, 23% approve and 73% disapprove.

Among Americans registered to vote, 27% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 70% disapprove. When it comes to the way Bush is handling the economy, 23% of registered voters approve of the way Bush is handling the economy and 72% disapprove.

This is the highest level of disapproval and lowest level of approval for the Bush presidency recorded in monthly surveys by the American Research Group.

The results presented here are based on 1,100 completed telephone interviews conducted among a nationwide random sample of adults 18 years and older. The interviews were completed July 18 through 21, 2007. The theoretical margin of error for the total sample is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.

Overall, 25% of Americans say that they approve of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president, 71% disapprove, and 4% are undecided.

By: Jane E. Schneider

Jane E. Schneider — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:14:58 +0000

Youâ€™re quite right. Maybe a zombie?

Comment by funky p â€” July 23, 2007 @ 5:11 pm

Works for me — they need to have brains (acerebralists!), so they must be zombies.

By: funky p

funky p — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:11:16 +0000

I thought that vampires didnâ€™t have reflections?

Comment by Jane E. Schneider â€” July 23, 2007 @ 5:07 pm

You’re quite right. Maybe a zombie?

By: Jane E. Schneider

Jane E. Schneider — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:07:58 +0000

Troll catches his own reflection, runs like hell.

Comment by funky p â€” July 23, 2007 @ 5:06 pm

I thought that vampires didn’t have reflections?

By: funky p

funky p — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:06:37 +0000

Troll catches his own reflection, runs like hell.

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:59:51 +0000

In his twisted dreams mikey.

In his twisted dreams.

By: mikey r

mikey r — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:57:44 +0000

Brilliant, except that we didnâ€™t start this war.

Comment by Cynicon Implant â€” July 23, 2007 @ 4:28 pm

How did we not start this war?

When did Iraq attack us?

By: FunMe

FunMe — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:57:26 +0000

RepubliCONs = LIARS

NeoCONs = LIARS

CONservatives = LIARS

Call it what you want, but all these FREAKS are LIARS who have a special place waiting for them in hell.

Meanwhile, i hope the ghost of every dead soldier haunts them in their dreams and in thier patehtic lives!

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:55:00 +0000

Think hard little troll….. work those gears…..

Try some self righteous indignigation followed by dismissing me as beneath contempt for my callous indiferrence to your personal suffering.

Make it good.

By: funky p

funky p — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:53:00 +0000

Whatâ€™s the â€œpâ€ for â€” poulet?
Comment by Cynicon Implant â€” July 23, 2007 @ 4:20 pm

Classic â€” lose the argument, start the insults and name-calling. Thatâ€™s the way to keep the discussion on high level, Bartlebee.
Comment by Cynicon Implant â€” July 23, 2007 @ 4:41 pm

It took just 21 minutes to defame yourself. That makes you a hypocrite.

By: BARTLEBEE

BARTLEBEE — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:48:31 +0000

See little troll, once you come in and lie like a dockwhore, you lose whats called “all credibility”.

Your dads most likely upstairs screwing your sister right now, making another one of you.

I doubt very much if he’s dead.

And I care even less.