Gen. Tommy Franks as the next vice president?
Three of the eight announced 2008 Republican presidential candidates are considering retired Army Gen. Tommy Franks as their vice presidential running mate. Franks has been strongly criticized for his closeness to Donald Rumsfeld and his lack of pre-invasion planning for Iraq. A book by a highly commended active duty Army officer said that Franks was “slow to grasp the realities of the war” and “overly optimistic” in his assessments.
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The Repubs just keep shooting themselves in the foot. Might want to switch the gun off of full auto. ^_^
August 31st, 2007 at 10:41 amThese trial balloons are filled with lead. Noriega’s out of jail — maybe give him a roll? How about Reagan’s corpse — he’ll have about as much to offer now as he did back in the ’80’s.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:43 amWhy not Tom DeLay? He’s not busy.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:45 amwon’t Duke Cunningham be out of prison by the time the election takes place?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:46 amLarry Craig will be looking for a new gig.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:46 amI’ve got a great idea! How about a Cheney-Franks ticket?
I can see the bumper stickers now — Cheney-Franks ‘08 . . . from those wonderful guys who brought you the Iraq Quagmire
August 31st, 2007 at 10:46 amI think Franks is a great choice, at least he hasn’t had a public affair, or is mormon.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:47 amTpers would like someone like Chavez.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:47 amI feel safer already. Freddy and Tommy? Gimme a break.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:47 amThompson/Franks 2008!!!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:47 amI just wish someone named “Beans” were running for President ; )
August 31st, 2007 at 10:49 amChavez would get 99.9% of the vota from Libs. Kinda like when Saddam was (s)elected with 99.999% :)
August 31st, 2007 at 10:49 amI would love to see a Thompson/Franks ticket. That would be outstanding.
The lazy and the ignorant.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:50 amThompson is finished before he’s even begun. He isn’t capable of staying interested enough to pursue much of anything. His boredom threshold is exceedingly low.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:50 amWhat America needs is a lazy, old Hollywood type who is also a lobbyist-lawyer.
I am surprised that Republicans want Barney Frank as a running mate though.
-GSD
August 31st, 2007 at 10:51 amComment by Bob — August 31, 2007 @ 10:49 am
Bob would get 100% of the Stupid Vote!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:53 amHis boredom threshold is exceedingly low.
Comment by troqua — August 31, 2007 @ 10:50 am
But it’d be so cool to have the First Lady do a pole dance at the Inauguration!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:54 amBob would get 100% of the Stupid Vote!
And he would still demand a recount.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:55 am#
Chavez would get 99.9% of the vota from Libs. Kinda like when Saddam was (s)elected with 99.999% :)
Comment by Bob — August 31, 2007 @ 10:49 am
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But Saddam was more a friend of the repubs
August 31st, 2007 at 10:55 amUnnamed “Republican Party operatives.”
Speculation just to get the TP toadies worked up. TP plays you guys like fiddles and counts on your predictable reactions.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:57 amWhat America needs is a lazy, old Hollywood type who is also a lobbyist-lawyer.
Either that or a millionaire trial-lawyer hypocrite who is also a hedge-fund opportunist.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:59 amWhy in the world would any Repub running for president want to “round out the ticket” by putting in ANYBODY with any connection to the current state of affairs?
Of course, the point is moot. More than half of the country say they plan to vote for a Dem for president. Decisions like this from the Repubs aren’t likely to sway that back their way.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:59 amFranks may be the dumbest of all the generals in the Iraq Quagmire. If yiou read Rick’s book, FIASCO, it is very clear.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:59 amFranks was for the UAE guarding our ports. So the republicans want to put this man in as VP.
next.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:59 amGreat! We’ve already seen Lust(Craig etal), Gluttony(record Repug earmarks),Greed(Cheney), Wrath(Chimpy), bloated self Pride(Rove)…why not evoke the other two deadly sins Sloth(Thompson) and Envy of past military leaders with an ACTUAL PLAN(Franks)
August 31st, 2007 at 11:00 amWhat tune are we being played? I hope it’s Mozart and not some screetchy hillybilly fiddle tune.
BTW: The Republican party plays you guys like the skin-flutes that you are.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:04 amRead Cobra II
August 31st, 2007 at 11:04 amThe GOPrs are still towing the (use the military for politics) line. Hopefully, the Electorate is wise to it now.
Couldn’t find the FISA blogger todo thread so I will post the viz. here:
TP is not “shaping online opinion”. The opinions expressed by the comments look genuine and original to take them as such. TP (Center for Amer~~) is only providing a forum whereby mutual political leanings meet in a transaction of ideas. This does not constitute “shaping online opinion” as Faiz presented at the FISA hearing.
I want to point that out. It would be appreciated if Faiz provide some clarification.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:10 am> Kinda like when Saddam was (s)elected with 99.999% :)
when reagan was supporting and arming him he got 100% :)
Whoever the dem candidate is needs to get Clark as Vp… I like Obama better but I think it will be hilary…Clinton/Clark vs. Crossdresser/Frank …bring it on…
August 31st, 2007 at 11:12 amsounds a bit like a planned coup. tommy boy is insane, and thus the perfect helper for another insane war criminal in the making.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:17 amtommy, the Hague is calling, pick up the phone
I think Tommy Franks is perfect. The republican party is imploding anyway, might as well help it along as much as possible.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:21 amAnyone who really thinks that Tommy-boy should be a serious VP contender needs only to read Bob Woodward’s “State of Denial” to see what an absolute lunatic Franks is — this guy’s as much of a cowboy as Georgie and Dickie and Rummy; goin’ in with both guns blazin’ and askin’ questions later (or not at all).
So perhaps the best repuke ticket for this country would be McCain/Franks — then we’d be SURE that only the criminally insane would vote for the repuke ticket in ‘08…
August 31st, 2007 at 11:22 amDon’t forget, that it was Tommy Franks who, in the 2004 election, fell on his sword for George W. Bush and said that it was he (Franks) who planned the “Mission Accomplished” scam as a way to make our European allies think that all the heavy lifting had been done in Iraq so that they would join the coalition.
In other words, Franks said it was his idea to do this big scam in order to fool Europeans into joining the coalition.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:24 amTP plays you guys like fiddles and counts on your predictable reactions.
Comment by Troll — August 31, 2007 @ 10:57 am
Yep, just like the way you do exactly what you’re supposed to do, right… on… CUE!!!
August 31st, 2007 at 11:28 amComment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 31, 2007 @ 11:28 am
A topic like this is internal (meaning progressives only) and not for nazi-lockstep trolling GOPrs to get involved with.
So thanks but no thanks. Go troll on other topics to justify your trolling experience!
August 31st, 2007 at 11:31 amGo troll on other topics to justify your trolling experience!
Comment by James Saville Row — August 31, 2007 @ 11:31 am
Huh??? WTF???
August 31st, 2007 at 11:37 am“slow to grasp the realities of the war” = perfect for the job.
Kinda, sorta like what we have now.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:38 amComment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 31, 2007 @ 11:37 am
Totally meant for ‘Troll’. I need to avoid those guys like the plague…Trolls should not be getting involved in topics that have to do with progressives seeking redress from their forum operators. I’d have been steamed royally too.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:48 amComment by James Saville Row — August 31, 2007 @ 11:48 am
S’okay…
August 31st, 2007 at 11:50 am“We don’t do body counts.”
August 31st, 2007 at 11:52 amClinton Donor Story being censored and suppressed by TP
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Anyone see that photograph of Mr. Hsu and Hillary together.
A picture is worth a thousand dollars, I mean words.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:52 amBut Saddam was more a friend of the repubs
Comment by Chris L — August 31, 2007 @ 10:55 am
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beautifully done….kudos.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:55 amBob - people like you are going to actually make me support Hillary.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:57 amFranks is a screw up, he let tons of ammo and weapons lay around behind him as he went to Baghdad. He was for the war, willing to buck others who were against it and was one behind doing it with the few troops the administration wanted. This guy is not the type the country needs in office. As a veteran, I think he is one more yes man, the type we grunts felt got many of us killed in Nam. And for what?
August 31st, 2007 at 11:57 amClinton Donor who gave one million to Hillary is a criminal on the lamb. Ok next.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:59 amBob do ya have a link, I’d like to see that.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:00 pmA topic like this is internal (meaning progressives only) and not for nazi-lockstep trolling GOPrs to get involved with.
So thanks but no thanks. Go troll on other topics to justify your trolling experience!
Comment by James Saville Row — August 31, 2007 @ 11:31 am
Establishing a “Free Speech Zone” are we?
August 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pmfrom Bob,
A picture is worth a thousand dollars, I mean words.
Comment by Bob — August 31, 2007 @ 11:52 am
How true. Anyone have that link to the picture of Rummy shaking Saddam’s hand?
Video’s pretty good to. Remember when Dick Cheney said getting Saddam isn’t worth soldier’s lives.
Pictures, video and other evidence is worth millions of words. All that will be told about the worst president in the history of the US.
See bob, you piss and moan about doners and ignore the barbarians robbing us blind.
maybe you have a cut in it. What say you bob? Sold your soul?
August 31st, 2007 at 12:14 pmFranks is also the guy who lied about Tora Bora at a pivotal moment in the 2004 campaign when Kerry was correctly making the charge that the US let Bin Laden slip thru and escape.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:18 pmEstablishing a “Free Speech Zone†are we?
Comment by hacker bob — August 31, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
Yes, now get in the cage. who let you out anyway?
August 31st, 2007 at 12:19 pmThompson and Franks — between them, they’ve got an IQ over 100.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:25 pmYes, now get in the cage. who let you out anyway?
Comment by ronjazz — August 31, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
I picked the lock.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:25 pmClinton Donor who gave one million to Hillary is a criminal on the lamb. Ok next.
Comment by ForTruth — August 31, 2007 @ 11:59 am
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buffoon…he only said he would raise a million for her, he only donated 23,000, which Hilary - unlike GOPers in the past in similar situations - has said she would donate every cent to charity…
yes I know as a GOPer you may not know what charity is but just google it, it’s a good thing :) well for humans that is.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:27 pm‘A criminal on the lamb.’
Wow, I think that’s even more illegal than trolling in the MN airport bathroom.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:58 pmhellinabucket sez:
Ask and ye shall receive.
Again, happy to be of service.
August 31st, 2007 at 1:01 pmTommy “We Don’t Do Body Counts” Franks?
the same Tommy Franks that said “the only people who care about Depleted Uranium are Dead Iraqis”?
THAT Tommy Franks? no kiddin’?
August 31st, 2007 at 1:18 pmTommy Franks is a bum!
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August 31st, 2007 at 1:23 pmOMG.
August 31st, 2007 at 1:59 pmFranks for VP?
Giuliani for Pres?
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
That should sink the GOP for the next twenty years and maybe that will give the rest of us enough time to clean up the mess and put the country back on the right track again.
Bring him on!
August 31st, 2007 at 2:03 pmLol Franks is a stupid and butt ugly General > he will not be an asset to the GOP.
August 31st, 2007 at 3:42 pmor is mormon.
Comment by Krazny
the prior comment from the ‘progressive party’
September 1st, 2007 at 1:17 amunlike GOPers in the past in similar situations - has said she would donate every cent to charity—
yeah now that he was busted publicly!
September 1st, 2007 at 1:19 amAnyone who really thinks that Tommy-boy should be a serious VP contender needs only to read Bob Woodward’s “State of Denial†to see what an absolute lunatic Franks is
and what nutjob is head of the DNC?
September 1st, 2007 at 1:21 am