Vitter Needs Only 10 Hours In Iraq To Declare ‘The Surge Is Working Very, Very Well’
Vitter Needs Only 10 Hours In Iraq To Declare ‘The Surge Is Working Very, Very Well’
Yesterday, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Bob Corker (R-TN) returned from a brief trip to Iraq, proclaiming that they saw “clear success” on the ground. But their definitive claims of witnessing success were seriously undermined by their traveling partner, Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH), who admitted to reporters that the senators had only spent 10-14 hours in total in Iraq.
Now Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), the fourth member of the delegation, is taking his turn at making sweeping pronouncements of success in Iraq while downplaying the superficial nature of his trip:
Vitter said the surge is working.
The United States has made significant strikes against Al Qaida terrorist forces and reduced sectarian violence in the nation, he said.
Vitter said he met with the chief military commander in Iraq, U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, for about 90 minutes.
“My bottom line conclusion is that the surge is working very, very well,” said Vitter, who returned to the U.S. late Tuesday night.
Vitter, who was recently embarrassed in a prostitution scandal, is hoping that “the trip will help him play a more hands-on role in the upcoming Senate debate” over Iraq. “It was very, very helpful to see things on the ground,” he said.
He is also seemingly hoping that the publicity for the trip will help redeem his presently tattered image, as evidenced by his unusual pre-trip media blitz. Despite a request by the military that the trip not be announced until it was over, Vitter “sent an announcement to his home state media late last week”:
Voinovich, who headed for a Florida vacation today, announced the Iraq trip through his office, but only when he was leaving Baghdad late yesterday. The whole thing was characterized by his staff as extremely hush-hush until wheels-up.
Why, then, was his Louisiana colleague shouting it from the rooftops in advance?
Vitter, in fact, sent an announcement to his home state media late last week. In a statement that ran in Louisiana newspapers over the weekend, Vitter said: “With an upcoming congressional debate in September over the impact of the surge, I believe it is vitally important to see the situation firsthand. Our policy should be formed by the real general and soldiers on the ground, not the politicians - arm chair generals - in Washington.”
Vitter included the identities of the other travelers, including Ohio’s senior senator.
As former Washington Post Baghdad correspondent Jonathan Finer has noted, “those who pass quickly through the war zone should stop ascribing their epiphanies to what are largely ceremonial visits.”
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OK, so now when you get back home, you step up in front of the microphone and you say
"My bottom line conclusion is that the surge is working very, very well"
Got it?
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:57 pmI wonder if David sampled the local goods? If rugs are going for $1.... then I wonder what "company" sells for.
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 pmDidn't they have this same story yesterday?
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 pmUh oh.....more bad news......surge is working
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:00 pmGive these GOP clowns a flak jacket, an M-16 and kick em out of the $Green Zone$ and then listen to their new tune: probably won't be flinging the Bush BS any longer...
The lying election-stealing war-mongering Bush is an insane war criminal. Most of the idiots in the GOP have been goose-stepping along with the Bush gangsters for the last six years.
Kids, can you say, "oilnaziocracy?"
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:01 pmVitter went to Iraq to be briefed. It's his reason for going anywhere.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 pmHe switched his "hands-on" policy from sexual to political whores.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 pmWhen Vitter left Iraq, it was reported that his diaper was full.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 pmOf course Vitter thinks Iraq is going well. Large numbers of Iraqi women have had to turn to prostitution.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pmthose fake born-again types can lie all the want whenever they want - their religious delusions free them from any kind of moral/ethical constraints
it's not a "lie" to them if it's told to "heathens"
just like it's not "murder" to them if it's "heathens" being killed
religious zealot lowlifes (of all stripes) will bring humanity to an end one day
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pmI walked by the Iraqi embassy the other day and it looked pretty calm. Since that's technically Iraqi soil, does that mean I'm qualified to gauge the results of the surge?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pmTalk about brief interludes with strangers! LOL
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:04 pmOf course Vitter thinks Iraq is going well. Large numbers of Iraqi women have had to turn to prostitution.
Comment by thehim — August 23, 2007 @ 4:03 pm
Point, click, and SHIP!
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:04 pmComment by shane — August 23, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
Well, you’ve obviously never watched FOX (and good for you), or you’d know the answer.
Comment by ronjazz — August 23, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
Of course Vitter is happy with Iraq. He likes wearing a diaper doesn't he? He usually doesnt have an excuse to pee himself though. That made Iraq double plus good for him.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:04 pmThere is nothing more annoying that a reformed whoremonger! No shame. No shame whatsover.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:04 pmWhy does Vitter hate our troops?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pmHey, you're forgetting the Clinton mantra touted by all liberals everywhere: What goes on in someone's personal life has no affect on his ability to do his job. I almost forgot, liberals wrote the book on hypocrisy.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pmAre the diapers cheaper in Iraq?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pmIf it isn't ol' Pant-load Vitter back to spread some more love around. That hoodoo that he doodoo.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:06 pmThere is nothing more annoying that a reformed whoremonger!
Comment by osage — August 23, 2007 @ 4:04 pm
"Reformed" being the operative word.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:06 pmVitter's familar with quick "surges."
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:07 pmVitter went to Iraq to be briefed. It’s his reason for going anywhere.
Comment by UpFromTheSkies — August 23, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
Doesn't he prefer diapers to briefs (or boxers)?
When Vitter left Iraq, it was reported that his diaper was full.
Comment by Egreggious — August 23, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
Couldn't he find one of the Iraqi prostitutes to change him?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:07 pmwhy are no democrats going over to Iraq to say the contrary
Thats not what Blurpy Bardfast from Clapham Juntion , London said
" I was just in Iraq for 24 hours and the quagmire over there was unbelievable , after waiting 4 hours at the airport for a taxi that took me to a Baghdad market to buy a carpet, the streets were littered with bodies, the rotten corpses in the morgues which had no leccy were starting to give off a terrible rancid smell. I took me ages to find a bottle of water and for my evening meal I was eating worms dug up from the garden near my tent as the hotel Palestine had been bombed"
I mean come on - who do you believe Blurpy or Vitter
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:07 pm"My bottom line"
is that the bottom thats diapered?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:07 pmMcCain bought rugs for $5.00, Sen. Vitter picked up hookers.
-GSD
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:08 pmUm...who is paying for all of these 'pleasure' trips???
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:08 pmHow many Democrat got to do this little driive by through Iraq? Haven't heard any of them speak up about how great things are going. And if they aren't allowed to go, shouldn't we be hearing about that.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:08 pmThis coming from a man? who likes to be put in a diaper. This guy has no credibility.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:08 pmCaption:
Honey, I only had this many hookers on my trip.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:09 pm“My bottom concludes that the surge has worked very, very well...now could I get someone to wipe me please? I have American dollar!"
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:09 pmThe progtarded sheeple here--who've been brainlessly repeating the libelous mantra that 14 hours in Iraq isn't enough time to determine anything--need to be educated by cold, hard logic. The reason Vitter and Corker and Alexander are credible after all is because they spent 14 hours in Iraq talking to folks who have spent MONTHS there. These folks include people like Gen. Petreaus (who libtards hate because they hate the military, period), so when Vitter says the surge is working well, he's really repeating what folks with credibility (Petreaus) are saying to him! If progtards slur Vitter as a liar, they're really slurring Petreaus, confirming their animosity for the military. If progtards are so mentally ill that they disbelieve Vitter since he's a Repub, then they're shamed because members of their own ideology (Carl Levin, Mike O'Hanlon) have returned and agreed with Vitter's assessemtn. Once more, I totally embarrassed the progtards' "logic."
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pmyour going to have 3 weeks of cheap republicans coming back to the US telling you things are hunky dory
Washington International airport is selling rose tinted spectacles cheap for visits to Iraq
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pmThese guys are a joke. They are simply ridiculous and their motivations are utterly transparent.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pmCaption:
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pm'Then she asked me to use both thumbs.'
I've flown into Cincinnati International Airport several times, so that makes me qualified to report that Cincinnati is a very pleasant city that's clean, bustling, and has plenty of seating. The people there are very nice and happy.
Oh, Cincinnati International Airport is in Kentucky? Well, then I'm qualified to report that Kentucky also is very pleasant, clean, bustling, and full of seats and happy people.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:11 pmahhh, the propaganda drum beats on.
But, this guy - vitter - what should we expect from him? He's a politician - and politics and lies have gone hand in hand for ages....especially in times of war.
It seems we're learning some lessons - to not put faith in our so-called "leaders" because eventually we'll come across plenty of them who only have their own interests in mind.
Some additional reading on this:
"Politicians Lie? Say it Ain't So!"
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:11 pmhttp://www.populistamerica.com/politicians_lie___say_it_ain_t_so
I mean come on - who do you believe Blurpy or Vitter
Comment by Tobey Tall — August 23, 2007 @ 4:07 pm
But didn't Blurpy point out how little he paid for rugs at the market. Some guys are so negative.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:12 pm10 hours in country, including an hour and a half with General sock puppet. That leaves 8 and 1/2 hours for the ladies! You dog, Vitter!
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:12 pmYeah the surge in my pants!
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:12 pmHO!
Vitter: "Our policy should be formed by the real general and soldiers on the ground, not the politicians - arm chair generals - in Washington.â€
Well then, STFU.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:13 pm#29...you could do that on the phone. No need to waste the taxpayers' money.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:13 pmComment by VitterabetterChristianthanClinton — August 23, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
I am sure that Vitter shook the hand of each one of his constituants serving in Iraq>
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:14 pmVitter was busy with Iraq prostitutes he wasn't interested in what else was going on. At lease he can't be changed over there in Iraq because it's legal.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:14 pmHe should have a medical check up now. I just hope he doesn't say " I've sinned" again.
Washington International airport is selling rose tinted spectacles cheap for visits to Iraq
Comment by Tobey Tall — August 23, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
Haven't you heard? We call it Ronald Reagan National Airport now. And the whole airport is rose tinted in honor of The Gipper.
(Actually it's not, it's more of a puke yellow color.)
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:14 pmCaption:
"And then, and THEN!!!
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:14 pmThey let me sit in a jeep!!!!!
and - and - and even hold the steering wheel, like THIS!!!!!!"
Anyone who says Mike O'Hanlon is a member of my own ideology is itching for a fight.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:15 pmCompletely off-topic, but courtesy of RockRap:
Ronald Reagan on Dubya:
'A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son
around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the
political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all
the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40
and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over at The New
Republic and see if they'll hire him as a contributing editor or
something. That looks like easy work.'
From the just-published REAGAN DIARIES. The entry is dated May 17, 1986.
C'mere, trolly... Here, eat this.
And on-topic: It's unbelievable that Daiper Boy is still in office.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 pmOnce more, I totally embarrassed the progtards’ “logic.â€
Comment by VitterabetterChristianthanClinton — August 23, 2007 @ 4:10
You embarrassed the progtards' "logic"? I can assure you vitterlover, we are not embarassed by the likes of you.
Which puppet master has his hand up your ass telling you what to type? I guess Rove's still working hard at the WH. When does he leave your sorry ass behind?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 pm...and we should trust anything that Vitter says because...
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 pmConsidering his track record, I don't see why I would consider him a credible source for anything truthful.
Caption:
"She said it was amazing my thumbs were so large and my p*nis is so small."
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:17 pmVitter?
Vitter?
where have i heard that name before?
oh! that Vitter!
just what kind of "surge" was he referring to?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:18 pmComment by VitterabetterChristianthanClinton — August 23, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
Petreaus wears a diaper?!?! Do tell.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:20 pmCDS
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:20 pm…and we should trust anything that Vitter says because…
Considering his track record, I don’t see why I would consider him a credible source for anything truthful.
Comment by Julie — August 23, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
If his wife wants to believe him that's her business. Can't believe the folks still persecuting Bill and Hillary want to believe him though. Ironic isn't it?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:21 pmDear Senator Vittter
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:21 pmPlease STFU, as my senator I refuse to listen to any of your B.S.. Did you enjoy your dog and pony show.Good now sit down and shut up no one is listening to your lies. You are a Republican hack with no morals and completely delusional.
CDS
Comment by Egreggious — August 23, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
Huh?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:22 pmClinton Derangement Syndrome.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:23 pmFrom the just-published REAGAN DIARIES. The entry is dated May 17, 1986.
C’mere, trolly… Here, eat this.
And on-topic: It’s unbelievable that Daiper Boy is still in office.
Comment by NoOneYouKnow — August 23, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
Oh my god I need to the link to that too fing funny.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:24 pmComment by Norm — August 23, 2007 @ 4:21 pm
Any idea when this guy's term is up.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:24 pmThe reason Vitter and Corker and Alexander are credible after all is because they spent 14 hours in Iraq talking to folks who have spent MONTHS there. These folks include people like Gen. Petreaus (who libtards hate because they hate the military, period), so when Vitter says the surge is working well, he’s really repeating what folks with credibility (Petreaus) are saying to him! If progtards slur Vitter as a liar, they’re really slurring Petreaus, confirming their animosity for the military.
Ok, first of all if all these flunkies are going to do is repeat what the General tells them to repeat then they should just stay home & call in their trip. Or better yet wait until Petreaus gets his report from the WH and knows what the dealio really is.
Secondly, I guess you're forgetting all of the great military minds that have lined up repeatedly over the last 4 years and had differing opinions of the progress in Iraq. They've been ridiculed & reviled & I doubt you've been upset about that. GWB has gone through Generals like toilet paper as he searched for one that would stick to his party line. Petreaus doesn't speak for Petreaus, he speaks for the GWB administration. Once he speaks his mind, & that mind doesn't fit in lockstep with GWB he'll be gone. There is absolutely no respect for the military in the Rep side. They're just PR flacks & cannon fodder as far as the right are concerned.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:25 pmYou know, if I want to find a decent whorehouse in Baghdad, I'll ask David Vitter's opinion.
Aside from that, he can shut his ugly yap and take care of his bastard child.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:25 pm.
Clinton Derangement Syndrome.
Comment by Egreggious — August 23, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
Thanks, I lost it there for a minute.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:25 pmNew caption for the image.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:25 pmThe steak and lobster served at the KBR VIP dining facility is still the best!
keep your distance!
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:26 pmyou don't know where those thumbs have been!
Any idea when this guy’s term is up.
Comment by shane — August 23, 2007 @ 4:24 pm
I think he usually pays for a two-hour term.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:26 pmkeep your distance!
you don’t know where those thumbs have been!
Comment by LividLib — August 23, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
Um, I'm afraid we do. Better step further back.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:27 pmNoOneYouKnow, that quote from the Reagan diaries is a hoax.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6580
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:28 pmI think he usually pays for a two-hour term.
Comment by Egreggious — August 23, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
Really? You think he demands the diaper change last 1:55?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:28 pmIn an unrelated story, local prostitution in the Green Zone has had a recent SURGE in activity.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:28 pmCrap! I should have known it was a hoax; Reagan wasn't that literate.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:31 pmBackground captions:
Man behind Vitter:
"Love you, man!"
Woman to man in front of her:
"Wanna surge?"
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:33 pmSo Bush is sending all the ditto heads to Iraq before the big report next month and each one is saying the surge is working beautifully. Each one has spoke to Petraeus. Hmmmmmm Do you think Petraeus will say the surge is working? Seems like Rove had something to do with this propaganda campaign in the weeks leading to the "Report".
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:33 pmOK, any Congressional Republican wind-up dolls who haven't done the dog and pony show yet?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pmHe frequented whores....and he is a whore himself.
It would be funny, if sock puppet bastards like this weren't flushing the country down a toilet.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pmThis guy is a Clinton clone.
At least Clinton had morals:)
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pmClinton did it too.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:35 pm"I did not have sex with that woman (prostitute)."
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:37 pmVitter's words have less impact on the listener than Alan Combs' words on Fox.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:37 pmSenator Vitter is my kinda man. I'll wear my red dress for him.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:39 pmSee ya in the Oral Office big guy:0
Now WHY should anybody listen to a guy who likes to wear diapers and get spanked on the bottom like a baby?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:41 pmDid Vitter find an Iraqi lady to play mommy with him wearing a dirty diaper and getting spanked for doing some poop in it?
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:54 pmDavid Vitter's approval rating is at 66% in Louisiana. I guess Larry Flynt's efforts to smear him backfired.
That's ok - Dems own corruption in NJ and now NY.
I can't wait to hear the nasty things that get said about Gov. Bobby Jindal when he runs for President. Call him a dothead TP - you know you hatemongers want to.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:58 pmDid Vitter find an Iraqi lady to play mommy with him wearing a dirty diaper and getting spanked for doing some poop in it?
Comment by Jay Randal — August 23, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
No. The Iraqis kept their woman far away from Vitter. I believe an insurgent male stepped in to do the job!
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:58 pmOf course he'd have a cheery view of his trip, he got 5 packs of diapers for 5 bucks at the local market.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:58 pmJay Randal - shouldn't you be permforming abortions or something?? God, you are such a hateful pig.
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 pmHow much do these dog and pony show trips to Iraq cost us taxpayers?
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:02 pmAlso, can someone enlighten me about the Vitter diaper thing? I have a pretty good imagination and it ain't pretty, but what is the deal?
LOL post 82 H.W.V. > so you defend a creepy Senator who hires hookers to treat him like a baby? You are one sicko GOPer bud.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:02 pmClinton knew what a real "surge" was. wink wink ;)
Bill "surged" on my blue dress. It was a suckcess.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:03 pmDavid Vitter’s approval rating is at 66% in Louisiana. I guess
Comment by Hillary Whacked Vince — August 23, 2007 @ 4:58 pm
Vitter did his own smearing. If the people in his state don't care about his actions then so be it. Guess Louisiana has had worse scumbags in the past and will have worse ones in the future.
Just wish they wouldn't put them in a national position of power, keep them in their state legislature.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:05 pmJay Randal - shouldn’t you be permforming abortions... OooOOOOooouch!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:05 pmbuzzbomb > Vitter hired female prostitutes to take a mommy role and he would strip naked and wear a diaper. As a baby he could ask mommy for a tit suckle and a spanking for pooping in his diaper. (Also the hookers had to be named Wendy like his wife.)
I have NO idea why citizens of Louisiana defend him. Maybe they like to wear diapers too?
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:07 pmVitter the Shitter says: "My bottom line conclusion...[BushBot BS Follows]"
Whoa, there, wingnut Diaperman... that's a mighty poor choice of words!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:10 pmWhat's up, Bob?
Keep up the great work at the CIA!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:11 pmDid he take his hookers along with him??????????
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:12 pma couple of abortions that SHOULD have been performed:
1. Hillary Whacked Vince
2. Bob
oh well! so much for the gene pool!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:12 pmgive him a diaper and send him over there for 10 months
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:13 pmThose fake born-again Clinton types can lie all the want whenever they want - their religious delusions free them from any kind of moral/ethical constraints
it’s not a “lie†to them if it’s told to “childrenâ€
just like it’s not “murder†to them if it’s “little innocent babies†being killed
religious zealot lowlifes (of all stripes - Clinton included) will bring humanity to an end one day
Comment by tom baker
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August 23rd, 2007 at 5:13 pmwell said tom
The reason Vitter and Corker and Alexander are credible after all is because they spent 14 hours in Iraq talking to folks who have spent MONTHS there.
Exactly right. So when y'all bad about Vitter, Corker, Alexander, and all the other's coming back with positive reports about the progress being made in Iraq, y'all's really talkin' bad about the US troops.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:14 pmHeyoooOooooooo Markarster!
CIA rules!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 pmWhy's everyone talking about Murderous Abortions?
I thought the topic was about the US winning Iraq!!!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:17 pmIf Vitter had done the diaper thing with male hookers, then he would have been forced to resign from the Senate.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:18 pmWhy’s everyone talking about Murderous Abortions?
I thought the topic was about the US winning Iraq!!!
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
The occupation of Iraq IS an abortion.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:19 pmTROLL ALERT!!!!
mr. p/bob/mark/et al is off his meds again!
Need a feces Clean up in Aisle 4
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:21 pmThe occupation of Iraq IS an abortion.
Comment by yikes — August 23, 2007 @ 5:19 pm
It's time to "D & E" the Republican party.
... or "D & X" if you're feelin' NASTY!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:21 pm.
What’s up, Bob?
Keep up the great work at the CIA!
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
Mr. P, CT, could you two go get a room.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:25 pmJust incredible that GOPer trolls would defend a creepy Senator like Vitter who wears diapers as a sex fetish. Makes me sick thinking about it.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:26 pmExactly right. So when y’all bad about Vitter, Corker, Alexander, and all the other’s coming back with positive reports about the progress being made in Iraq, y’all’s really talkin’ bad about the US troops.
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 5:14 pm
F*ck you Pbrain. CIA, indeed!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:26 pmJust incredible that GOPer trolls would defend a creepy Senator like Vitter who wears diapers as a sex fetish. Makes me sick thinking about it.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 23, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
What's pathetic is he couldn't be discreet and we all had to hear about it.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:28 pmDid christo-fascist prostitute poodle Vitter bring a change of diaper, or did it expect to be pampered?
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:32 pmMakarios or any other Repuke troll, please explain how you are supporting the troops from your bedroom in the corner voting to keep the troops in the clusterf*ck known as Iraq. The Dems want the troops home. How can you call what you or your party are doing as support for the troops? If anything you're supporting GWB and he has shown time & time again that he doesn't give a shit about the troops.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:33 pmOh really now?
So how much wandering through the streets of beautiful Baghdad did this Bushie shill actually do?
Clear success in this clown's head probably amounts to them being able to fill in the car bomb craters from last week.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:38 pmOther members of Congress who have determined the surge may be working:
Democratic Rep. Brian Baird "saw enough progress on the ground that he will no longer vote for binding withdrawal timelines."
Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney "suggested that his trip to Iraq made him more flexible in his search for a bipartisan accord on the war."
Also changing his tune is Democratic Rep. Tim Mahoney of Florida, who says the troop increase 'has really made a difference and really has gotten al-Qaida on their heels.'"
Even ThinkProgress' own candidate, Sen, Clinton, acknowledged this week that the surge is paying military dividends:
'Clinton said new tactics have brought some success against insurgents, particularly in Iraq's Anbar province.
"It's working. We're just years too late in changing our tactics," she said. "We can't ever let that happen again. We can't be fighting the last war. We have to keep preparing to fight the new war."'
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:49 pmJust incredible that GOPer trolls would defend a creepy Senator like Vitter who wears diapers as a sex fetish. Makes me sick thinking about it.
Comment by Jay Randal
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:53 pm--------------------------------
Consenting adults right Jay?
Jays a prude.
Bob lol > do you know the difference between sex and a fetish? Maybe you believe a grown male wearing diapers with a hooker is OK, but I think it is sick. Perhaps you dress in leather pants with the crotch cut-out?
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:58 pmComment by Dave C — August 23, 2007 @ 5:33 pm
The US should stay in Iraq until the job is done. Dems, Reps, and Independents all know this. Only the far left fringe moonbats, here at TP want full blown genocide.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:00 pmMakarios > Already genocide in Iraq, thanks to Bush, but you GOPers just do not seem to notice it.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:07 pmI didn't ask your opinion on the war in Iraq Makarios. I asked how you can say the Reps support the troops. Daily there are reports about soldiers being sent back to Iraq with health issues, about underfunding of veteran health facilities, lack of pay for troops etc. And Dems want them home. Feel free to bypass the question, that's your schtick... hurl accusations but avoid any personal responsibility.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:07 pmFeel free to bypass the question
OK
Considering I never claimed that Republicans supported the troops on this thread. In case you forgot, the topic was about the US winning Iraq!!!
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:12 pmComment by Jay Randal — August 23, 2007 @ 6:07 pm
No, there isn't.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:12 pmOh yes there is!
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:15 pmThe US should stay in Iraq until the job is done. Dems, Reps, and Independents all know this. Only the far left fringe moonbats, here at TP want full blown genocide.
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Wasn't Bob saying yesterday we should nuke the middle east into submission, sounded pretty close to genocide to me. No Mak I don't want genocide, I also don't want to destroy the US military over one man's ego.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:18 pmConsidering I never claimed that Republicans supported the troops on this thread. In case you forgot, the topic was about the US winning Iraq!!!
You made the suggestion that the posters here were talking bad about the troops. My point is that you support keeping the troops in Iraq, the posters on this board by & large support bringing the troops home. You can continue to dodge the question but the point is you support having someone else fight your war. A war that you don't feel obliged to join, but you support the deaths of other fellow Americans on your behalf. You ignore any suggestions that this war was unnecessary or misguided to begin with. If you really were concerned about not doing anything negative to the troops (as you showed concern about earlier) you'd be more interested in getting them home ASAP. Continue to blubber Republican talking points without giving any thought to the consequences.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:18 pmI never claimed that Republicans supported the troops on this thread.
btw Markarios, are you suggesting that the Reps don't support the troops? Or just more wishy washy nonsense to avoid the tough questions?
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:21 pmToday's sign of the apocalypse.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:21 pmI can't think of anyone better to get an opinion from than Vitter, I mean, look what he put his wife through. Gutsy, gutsy guy.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:24 pmMakarios > Already genocide in Iraq, thanks to Bush, but you GOPers just do not seem to notice it.
Comment by Jay Randal
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:25 pm------------------------------
Did not Bill "The Greatest President Ever" Clinton do genocide too? Rwanda 800,000?
Put ole Bill back with Hillary in 2008.
Bob lol > do you know the difference between sex and a fetish? Maybe you believe a grown male wearing diapers with a hooker is OK, but I think it is sick. Perhaps you dress in leather pants with the crotch cut-out?
Comment by Jay Randal
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:29 pm--------------------------------
Jay you know an awful lot about crotch cut-outs and leather to be acting like you're offended bubby.
Repuke talking dolls. Just pull the string and out of their mouths comes " The surge is working , the surge is working". I bet Bin Laden is laughing up a storm.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:31 pmAnother happy ending for Mr. Vitter.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:32 pmHey as long as he (Vitter) can keep his personal life separate from his public job who cares. That's the libby code of conduct right? AskBillClinton.com
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:32 pmConsenting adults right Jay?
Jays a prude.
Comment by Bob
But a free blowjob without any fetishes involved is impeachable. Okaaaaaaay....
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:34 pmFree blowjob. No such thing bubby.
It cost Bubba his integrity:)
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:39 pm#
Hey as long as he (Vitter) can keep his personal life separate from his public job who cares. That’s the libby code of conduct right? AskBillClinton.com
Comment by Bob — August 23, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
At least Bill wasn't paying for sex, which is illegal last time I checked. I do have to say Bill's taste in women was a bit ummmmm lacking.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 pmYeah, I guess the BJ\'s are only free once a year, on a guy\'s birthday, if he\'s lucky.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 pmSounds like Vitter poop hiself again.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:45 pmOh yes there is!
Comment by Jay Randal — August 23, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
Nope.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:50 pmbtw Markarios, are you suggesting that the Reps don’t support the troops? Or just more wishy washy nonsense to avoid the tough questions?
Comment by Dave C — August 23, 2007 @ 6:21 pm
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I'm saying that I don't know why the fuk you would even ask that question. Stay on topic, liberal. No one cares about your sappy sob story, shithead.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:52 pmI’m saying that I don’t know why the fuk you would even ask that question. Stay on topic, liberal. No one cares about your sappy sob story, shithead.
Ha ha ha. I could have called that. What a moron... can't even answer a simple question like "do the Reps support the military?" That is f*cking amazing. It's ok, it's not like we don't already know the answer. You do too, you just can't think of any lies to spin it the way you'd like to believe it. Maybe invoke the ghost of Tillman to help you out.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:54 pmNope.
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 6:50 pm
"This is an act of ethnic cleansing, if you will, almost genocide, when you consider the fact of the target they attacked, and the fact that these Yazidis are really out in a very remote part of Ninevah province where they're, there is very little security, and really no security required up until this point," the commander of American forces in northern Iraq, Army Major General Benjamin Mixon, told CNN.
DISCREDITED. NEXT ALIAS PLEASE!!!
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:58 pm“This is an act of ethnic cleansing, if you will, almost genocide, when you consider the fact of the target they attacked, and the fact that these Yazidis are really out in a very remote part of Ninevah province where they’re, there is very little security, and really no security required up until this point,†the commander of American forces in northern Iraq, Army Major General Benjamin Mixon, told CNN.
DISCREDITED. NEXT ALIAS PLEASE!!!
Comment by pete — August 23, 2007 @ 6:58 pm
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Thanks for proving my point, pete.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:59 pmHa ha ha. I could have called that. What a moron… can’t even answer a simple question like “do the Reps support the military?†That is f*cking amazing. It’s ok, it’s not like we don’t already know the answer. You do too, you just can’t think of any lies to spin it the way you’d like to believe it. Maybe invoke the ghost of Tillman to help you out.
Comment by Dave C — August 23, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
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That's not the question you asked, doucher. This is:
Damn you're dumb, even for a liberal.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:01 pm“do the Reps support the military?â€
"are you suggesting that the Reps don’t support the troops?"
Yeah, those are completely different questions. I can see how you could be confused. Now keep avoiding a very basic question & parsing words to avoid the truth.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:02 pmI can see how you could be confused. Now keep avoiding a very basic question & parsing words to avoid the truth.
Comment by Dave C — August 23, 2007 @ 7:02 pm
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I'm not confused at all.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:03 pmJeez... TP sucks these days.
I guess all the liberals are to depressed to go online.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:06 pmI’m not confused at all.
Then stop acting like you don't understand the question, or that you've been asked multiple questions when the gist of them is all the same... do the Reps support the military? If you're not confused then you're just plain stupid. Now continue to avoid speaking the obvious truth... you & your party don't give a f*ck about the military... they're just cannon fodder... better them then you. Coward.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:06 pmVitter likes prostitutes Sooooooooo much he dicided to become a prostitute himself.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:07 pmThe reason Vitter is so optimistic about Iraq is:
Iraqi women: Prostituting ourselves to feed our children - CNN.com Group is working to raise awareness of the problem with Iraq's political leaders; Two Iraqi mothers tell CNN they turned to prostitution to help feed their ...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/15/iraq.prostitution/index.html
MyDD :: Prostitution Legalized in Iraq An old custom called Muta'a, meaning ecstasy in Arabic, is once again legal in Iraq. Banned by Saddam and viewed by Sunni Muslims as prostitution, ...
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:08 pmhttp://www.mydd.com/story/2005/5/11/125339/111
do the Reps support the military?
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Yes.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:11 pmComment by Dave C — August 23, 2007 @ 7:06 pm
There are more conservatives in the military than there are liberals, idiot.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:12 pmThere are more conservatives in the military than there are liberals, idiot.
Really? Got any stats? How about dudes like McConnell, Lott, Kyl, Boehner, Blunt, Giuliani, Romney, Thompson, Hastert, Armey, Delay, Frist, Santorum, Cheney, Ashcroft, GWB, Jeb Bush, Wolfowitz, Rove & Gingrich. What's up with them? Ok to send men to war, not ok to serve?
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:43 pmGive it up Dave C.
Think Progress despises the military and government and free enterprise. Socialism and liberalism have given the world nothing. Dukakis in an army helmet was the laughing stock of the world. Democrats haven't had a good military leader since Truman. We didn't see enough of Kennedy but he was very hawkish and passed it onto his buddy LBJ. Dems got us into Vietnam and it took an ultraconservative like Nixon to bail us out. Millions died during the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge and liberals could give a flying rats behind. Clinton was busy trying to do Monica to care about Rwanda. Nice track record there buddy. Carter's policy of trying to "be nice to everyone and the world will love us" really worked wonders in freeing the hostages. Arab world is praying 5 times a day to Allah in hopes that Kucinich is elected. They think he is the reincarnation of Carter.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:59 pmthe reps don't seem to care much for soldiers once they come back. I mean cmon terrible health system, shorter time at home, longer deployment times, equipment shortages that would make a russian weep, inability to plan appropriatley, Yup they support the troops all right, long as the troops stay healthy and keep their mouths shut.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:22 pmDid not Bill “The Greatest President Ever†Clinton do genocide too? Rwanda 800,000?
Put ole Bill back with Hillary in 2008.
Comment by Bob — August 23, 2007 @ 6:25 pm
More than that dead in Darfur under Bush and the Republican congress. Do you have a point.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:33 pmIt cost Bubba his integrity:)
Comment by Bob — August 23, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
It wasn't the blowjob that did that. It was the republican witchhunt, remember.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:35 pmAnother Chickenhawk, diaper-wearing, dildo-azzed, "christian" HYPOCRITE speaks his "mind".
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:38 pmThanks for proving my point, pete.
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 6:59 pm
His post was too complicated for you so you dismiss it. You are such a loser. Sign up, we want to take a poll on how long it takes you to get fragged. I'lll take 21 days.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:38 pmI’m not confused at all.
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 7:03 pm
Sure you are. Want to explain the cart joke from the other day.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:40 pmTP sucks these days.
I guess all the liberals are to depressed to go online.
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 7:06 pm
I guess that's why you're hear. Sucking is your "thing".
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:41 pmGen. Jack Keane says a BRITISH SURGE is called for.
Lead by Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and Vitter.
The Diaper/Dildo Chickenhawk Brigade!!
Boo-yah!!!
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:42 pmJeez… TP sucks these days.
I guess all the liberals are to depressed to go online.
Comment by Makarios — August 23, 2007 @ 7:06 pm
Naw, they're just sick of your retarded little comments and your inability to ever write an original thought, Mr. Pee.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:49 pmHe's thinking. Trying to come up with a way to explain why there are so many chickenhawks in the Bush Administration in a single word. I guess he'll just say it's off topic. Moron.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:10 pmTen hours? I watched Fox yesterday and I can confirm that the insurgency is in a persistent vegetative state.
I have an idea what to do with all those stray cats too. Call 1-800-CAT-KILR
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:18 pmThe purpose of the surge is to provide security so the government
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:51 pmcould do it's job. Regardless of the situation "on the ground" if there
is no progress by the government then the surge has failed.
Just a hunch, but at least 15 minutes of that trip was spent getting him laid.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:33 pmMy computer is Congressional papers and stuff, you can't see it.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:43 pmI've decided to not seek re-election...
Which has nothing to do with me being investigated by the FBI.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 pmI will be giving up my seat before my term is over...
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:46 pmIraq is kick ass...
Please don't fire me.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 pm"Yesterday, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Bob Corker (R-TN) returned from a brief trip to Iraq, proclaiming that they saw “clear success†on the ground. "
-TP-
...the EXACT same success they saw before they left for Iraq...
August 24th, 2007 at 12:20 am...In fact, due t' th' lack o' legitimate industry and commerce...
...several new brothels have sprung up in Iraq...
...with a delectable array of choice young thangs...
...that my colleagues and I had the pleasure to sample during our fact finding mission...
...yessiree Bob my surge wuz workin'...overtime..."
-David Vitter (R-Lousyassana)-
August 24th, 2007 at 12:28 ammy bottom line conclusion is that vitter and mccain and the rest of the tourists who drop into the green zone are a bunch of c*nts
August 24th, 2007 at 12:59 amWho's the bigger idiot? The idiot or the idiots who voted him into office?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:01 amVitter is using the troops to resurrect his own damaged image. Spending a few hours inside the green zone are not enough to assess the progress on the ground in Iraq. Fact is the surge which was supposed to push political reconciliation has not worked at all.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:45 amHow many prostitutes was Vetter able to contact in his heroic 10 hours, and did he bring his own diapers or did our tax dollars pay for them?
Just wondering.
August 24th, 2007 at 4:16 amIf this clown can make a judgement on conditions on the ground in Iraq after spending only 10 hours there, he should be able to write a series of books on the relationships of prostitutes and their johns. How about it Mr. born-again christian, care to enlighten those of us still in the dark about whores?
August 24th, 2007 at 9:01 amVitter: In my trip I discovered, at first hand that there is also prostitution and madams in Iraq.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:26 amDavid Vitter......the expert on whores AND wars.
August 24th, 2007 at 3:40 pmI can’t wait to hear the nasty things that get said about Gov. Bobby Jindal when he runs for President. Call him a dothead TP - you know you hatemongers want to.
Comment by Hillary Whacked Vince — August 23, 2007 @ 4:58 pm
Dems got us into Vietnam and it took an ultraconservative like Nixon to bail us out. Millions died during the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge and liberals could give a flying rats behind. Clinton was busy trying to do Monica to care about Rwanda. Nice track record there buddy.
Comment by Liberalismisdead
Your monikers already reveal that you aren't much into facts,
August 25th, 2007 at 12:50 amHillary Whacked Vince/liberalismisdead, but for your reference, Bobby Jindal is not Governor (he lost that election) but a Congressman filling the seat in the House of Representatives that used to be held by the dishonorable Senator Vitter. I just love how you neoCONs use the Rovian tactic of trying to accuse liberals/progressives of things you people are actually guilty of. I guess it's too hard for you to recall that the person who most infamously called an American citizen of Indian descent "maccaca" was former Senator George Allen, whom several neo-CON pundits expected to be the next Republiscum candidate for president.
As for even less recent history (way beyond your capacities, I suppose), it was under Eisenhower (with Nixon as VP) that the United States first got involved in Vietnam, though it is true that LBJ greatly expanded that. And it was Ford--not Nixon--who ultimately pulled US troops completely out.
Finally, if Clinton was perhaps paying too much attention to Monica to bother with Rwanda, maybe we can say that Dumbya has been too busy with male hooker Jeff Gannon to give a hoot about Darfur. Not such a nice track record, stupid troll.
So Vitter goes to Iraq, and its all Hillary's fault. Welcome to the
Reich Wing cloud coo coo land. If Monica had not blown Bill, we
wouldn't be in this mess today. Good to know the Sanctified Reich
Wing, with representatives like Foley, and Haggard, are around to
insure Godly virtue in or Government, and put real meaning into the
value part of "Family values".
Or, republican Reich wing perverts, that live in glass houses, should
August 25th, 2007 at 12:02 pmnot throw stones. Clinton is history. Try living in the here and now,
when looking for scapegoats. Good luck with that.
funny,,,, Hillary does a visit and her information is "state of art",,, I think whats got ya all bothered about VITTER is not what he said about the SURGE,,, (you all know it won't work before it happened) But that this VITTER guy had the DECENCY to restrict his HUMPTY DUMPTY to a BROTHEL and a whore.... vs... the DEMO CLINTON model of DOIN it in the WHITE HOUSE,,, and then NOT going all the way.... what the heck is that all about? (just some more LIB crap about not being able to follow thru).
August 26th, 2007 at 12:21 amMaybe you would be happier with VITTER if he did the deed in the congressional bathrooms? Now there's a real man.
Stop it,,, Clinton is History,,,,
don't anyone else compare the CLINTON story of sex in the OVAL OFFICE with VITTER and his sex in a brothel...
they don't even compare and are not EQUAL,,,,
Having the decency to confine yourself to a prostitute vs an INTERN (working for you) makes these 2 examples completely incompatible...
Even though the feminatzis can excuse bill,,, (he did'nt really mean too) Vitter on the other hand,,, did it because he Hates WOMEN and AMERICA.
PS,,, do ya think Hillary can tell the difference?
August 26th, 2007 at 12:36 am