Comments on: Bush administration has ‘no plans’ to declassify ‘grim’ Afghanistan NIE before the election. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:46:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ms_Joanne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5247020 Ms_Joanne Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:54:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5247020 <a href="http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/who-created-the-fannie-maefreddie-mac-sub-prime-mandate/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Who is responsible for the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Sub-Prime mandate?</strong></a> Exactly, GWB and his HUD appointee. Who is responsible for the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Sub-Prime mandate?

Exactly, GWB and his HUD appointee.

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246378 Doc Rock Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:18:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246378 It would just be too hard to spin right now. It would just be too hard to spin right now.

]]> By: drago http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246304 drago Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:10:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246304 <strong>Worst.</strong> <strong>President.</strong> <strong>EVER.</strong> McCain = Bush Throw the bums out. Eight is MORE than ENOUGH! Worst.

President.

EVER.

McCain = Bush
Throw the bums out. Eight is MORE than ENOUGH!

]]> By: SKdeA http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246270 SKdeA Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:43:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246270 NIE: We're losing. they hate to admit it. No one can ever win in Afghanistan - not even the Afghans. The place is cursed. NIE: We’re losing.
they hate to admit it.
No one can ever win in Afghanistan – not even the Afghans. The place is cursed.

]]> By: lurker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246202 lurker Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:02:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246202 OBL to Bush "checkmate" OBL to Bush “checkmate”

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246170 MapleStreet Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:35:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246170 3. Who lied - it has been in an earlier item on TP that Bush didn't speak because he didn't want to negatively impact the McSame campaign. 3. Who lied – it has been in an earlier item on TP that Bush didn’t speak because he didn’t want to negatively impact the McSame campaign.

]]> By: nofltwlt http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246152 nofltwlt Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:15:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246152 If Bush again will not tell Americans the truth of his disastrous reign of incompetence then it is up to the media to speculate, on the air, as to what this report will say when it does come out. This report MUST affect the upcoming election. All that this administration, with the help of John McCain, has done is pertinent to John McCain's intellectual, moral and ethical fitness for office. If Bush again will not tell Americans the truth of his disastrous reign of incompetence then it is up to the media to speculate, on the air, as to what this report will say when it does come out.

This report MUST affect the upcoming election. All that this administration, with the help of John McCain, has done is pertinent to John McCain’s intellectual, moral and ethical fitness for office.

]]> By: Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246128 Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:40:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246128 Our stupid endless pointless imperial occupation of Afghanistan? We need to end it now. Same goes for occupied Iraq. Basically, we just need to back up and back track and eliminate all the stupid right-wing deregulations that have occurred under Reagan, Bush I, Clinton and Bush 2. We need to re-regulate our financial markets. We need to dump NAFTA, GATT and WTO and rebuild our tariff walls, so that imported goods from China would cost the same as goods Made in USA. That way, LL Bean could stop selling Chinese communist made goods (about 90% of their sales items now) and go back and sell products made in Maine, made in New England and made in USA. We need to export something other than debt and craftily-packaged recycled mortgage paper. Our stupid endless pointless imperial occupation of Afghanistan? We need to end it now. Same goes for occupied Iraq. Basically, we just need to back up and back track and eliminate all the stupid right-wing deregulations that have occurred under Reagan, Bush I, Clinton and Bush 2. We need to re-regulate our financial markets. We need to dump NAFTA, GATT and WTO and rebuild our tariff walls, so that imported goods from China would cost the same as goods Made in USA. That way, LL Bean could stop selling Chinese communist made goods (about 90% of their sales items now) and go back and sell products made in Maine, made in New England and made in USA.
We need to export something other than debt and craftily-packaged recycled mortgage paper.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246126 katy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:27:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246126 a bit OT, but election related: remember my outrage last night, about bill fookin clinton on letterman? hell, i thought i was the only one who saw it, at least the only only who was pissed off about it... i don't know who this guy is, but he says exactly what needs said, and i think the message needs passed on. <em><strong>A Note to Bill Clinton</strong> Paul Slansky Given that we would never have had the odious George W. Bush in the White House in the first place if it wasn't for your bl0w jobs, Bill, it seems obvious that you owe it to the people of this country, and especially to the parents whose kids died in the Iraq War that Gore would never have started, and to all the parents whose kids would be killed in the WarFest that would be a McCain/Palin -- sorry, Palin/McCain administration -- to do everything in your power to get Barack Obama elected. But that's not what you're doing, Bill, and it's not going unnoticed. We see your rage, Bill, it's too huge to hide. We see that -- as Chris Rock so brilliantly pointed out -- it pains you to even speak Obama's name. We see you petulantly rooting against him even as you go through the motions of doing the barest minimum on his behalf to avoid being blamed if he loses. You're not fooling anyone, Bill. [...] [MUST READ] If Obama loses a close election -- one in which even one state where you could have made a difference goes for McCain because you sat home and pouted -- it will be on you. We will remember that you couldn't be bothered to rise above your petty resentments for something as trivial as saving your country from the enemies of everything you profess to believe in. <strong>We forgave you for Monica, Bill, but we won't forgive you for this.</strong></em> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-slansky-/a-note-to-bill-clinton_b_128755.html damn right. jeez that pissed me off. wonder if he'll redeem himself tonight on the DAILY SHOW. a bit OT, but election related:

remember my outrage last night, about bill fookin clinton on letterman?

hell, i thought i was the only one who saw it, at least the only only who was pissed off about it…

i don’t know who this guy is, but he says exactly what needs said, and i think the message needs passed on.

A Note to Bill Clinton

Paul Slansky

Given that we would never have had the odious George W. Bush in the White House in the first place if it wasn’t for your bl0w jobs, Bill, it seems obvious that you owe it to the people of this country, and especially to the parents whose kids died in the Iraq War that Gore would never have started, and to all the parents whose kids would be killed in the WarFest that would be a McCain/Palin — sorry, Palin/McCain administration — to do everything in your power to get Barack Obama elected.

But that’s not what you’re doing, Bill, and it’s not going unnoticed. We see your rage, Bill, it’s too huge to hide. We see that — as Chris Rock so brilliantly pointed out — it pains you to even speak Obama’s name. We see you petulantly rooting against him even as you go through the motions of doing the barest minimum on his behalf to avoid being blamed if he loses.

You’re not fooling anyone, Bill. [...] [MUST READ]

If Obama loses a close election — one in which even one state where you could have made a difference goes for McCain because you sat home and pouted — it will be on you. We will remember that you couldn’t be bothered to rise above your petty resentments for something as trivial as saving your country from the enemies of everything you profess to believe in. We forgave you for Monica, Bill, but we won’t forgive you for this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-slansky-/a-note-to-bill-clinton_b_128755.html

damn right. jeez that pissed me off.

wonder if he’ll redeem himself tonight on the DAILY SHOW.

]]> By: flavorino http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246110 flavorino Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:07:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246110 <em>Wayne Says: I posted this in a earlier thread. Does it seem like Bush is manipulating the election on purpose? You bet ya.</em> It's gotten to the point that I have to wonder if Bush's plan is to destroy our government, after all Grandpa Prescott Bush did business with the Nazi's and wanted to overthrow Pres. Roosevelt,maybe he's carrying on a family tradition. I just saw some figures flashed on the screen on the Bloomberg Financial Channel. I have the sound off. I don't remember the exact figures but it went something like this: 2009 Federal budget deficit: $468 billion dollars Cost of "bailout: $1.2 trillion dollars Cost of US wars $800 billion dollars I assume they meant the estimated final cost of the wars and proposed bailout. Bush and his gang have dug the grave of the US Federal Government, they used 9-11 as cover for doing it. Remember when he told us to go to the mall and spend after 9-11. Wayne Says:

I posted this in a earlier thread.
Does it seem like Bush is manipulating the election on purpose?
You bet ya.

It’s gotten to the point that I have to wonder if Bush’s plan is to destroy our government, after all Grandpa Prescott Bush did business with the Nazi’s and wanted to overthrow Pres. Roosevelt,maybe he’s carrying on a family tradition.

I just saw some figures flashed on the screen on the Bloomberg Financial Channel.
I have the sound off. I don’t remember the exact figures but it went something like this:
2009 Federal budget deficit: $468 billion dollars
Cost of “bailout: $1.2 trillion dollars
Cost of US wars $800 billion dollars

I assume they meant the estimated final cost of the wars and proposed bailout.
Bush and his gang have dug the grave of the US Federal Government, they used 9-11 as cover for doing it.
Remember when he told us to go to the mall and spend after 9-11.

]]> By: miatch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246108 miatch Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:06:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246108 WE PAID FOR THAT REPORT. It's ours. We can and should demand to see it. WE PAID FOR THAT REPORT. It’s ours. We can and should demand to see it.

]]> By: 5th Estate http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246090 5th Estate Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:58:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246090 Since I think 2003, but certainly since the summer of 2004 the NIE has never been promptly published. NIE = <strong>N</strong>ot <strong>I</strong>n an <strong>E</strong>lection. Since I think 2003, but certainly since the summer of 2004 the NIE has never been promptly published.

NIE = Not In an Election.

]]> By: sectionop92 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246088 sectionop92 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:57:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246088 It's the November 6th surprise! After Barack does his victory lap, Bush will try to dump on him with this. If Dumbya was anymore transparent, he'd be replacing Jessica Alba in the next Fantastic Four movie. It’s the November 6th surprise! After Barack does his victory lap, Bush will try to dump on him with this. If Dumbya was anymore transparent, he’d be replacing Jessica Alba in the next Fantastic Four movie.

]]> By: samsuncle http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246084 samsuncle Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:56:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246084 Obiously there is no good news in the estimate or else it would be released to the public. Time to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan and let those people settle their own differences. Afterall, the mission has been accomplished and the surge worked. Obiously there is no good news in the estimate or else it would be released to the public. Time to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan and let those people settle their own differences. Afterall, the mission has been accomplished and the surge worked.

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246078 tombaker Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:56:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246078 A little fresh info might actually help the dotard mcmaverick, since he's missed <strong>all</strong> his committee meetings on the Afghan conflict - but I'm sure Dubbie and Dickie are doing every duplicitous back-channel thing they can to help their pals "maintain and enhance revenues" even after they leave office, which means keeping a R in the WH. John McCain - <strong>Country</strong> (owes him a free pass) <strong>First</strong> A little fresh info might actually help the dotard mcmaverick, since he’s missed all his committee meetings on the Afghan conflict -
but I’m sure Dubbie and Dickie are doing every duplicitous back-channel thing they can to help their pals “maintain and enhance revenues” even after they leave office, which means keeping a R in the WH.

John McCain – Country (owes him a free pass) First

]]> By: stateofthedivision http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246076 stateofthedivision Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:54:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246076 Chuck 'em! Chuck 'em all! A pox on every Congressional and White House leaders' house.... Chuck ‘em! Chuck ‘em all! A pox on every Congressional and White House leaders’ house….

]]> By: spencers mom http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246066 spencers mom Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:53:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246066 They don't need to release the NIE for Afghanistan. The American people are waking up to the fact that Obama called it months ago. The same with Pakistan. And they are sitting up and taking notice of Obama on the economy. He appears calm, serious and thoughtful, but not weak. McStain is soiling himself trying to figure out what to say or what to do. I'm lovin' me some Obama more and more each day! But let's keep our eye on the ground game and let's not stop until the polls close on November 4th. PEACE They don’t need to release the NIE for Afghanistan. The American people are waking up to the fact that Obama called it months ago. The same with Pakistan.

And they are sitting up and taking notice of Obama on the economy. He appears calm, serious and thoughtful, but not weak. McStain is soiling himself trying to figure out what to say or what to do.

I’m lovin’ me some Obama more and more each day! But let’s keep our eye on the ground game and let’s not stop until the polls close on November 4th.

PEACE

]]> By: stateofthedivision http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246070 stateofthedivision Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:53:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246070 <strong>Congress caved on offshore oil drilling</strong> Fother chuckers! Kick the barstids out of Washington. I'm sick of Congress and BushCo greasing the skids for big oil and Wall Street. Congress caved on offshore oil drilling

Fother chuckers! Kick the barstids out of Washington. I’m sick of Congress and BushCo greasing the skids for big oil and Wall Street.

]]> By: Who Lied Today? http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246062 Who Lied Today? Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:52:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246062 Keeping it classified helps McCain. Keeping it classified helps McCain.

]]> By: tom http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-5246064 tom Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:52:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/23/nie-grim-afghanistan/#comment-5246064 Hopefully, some true patriot will leak it. Hopefully, some true patriot will leak it.

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