Months After Bush Is Gone, Rep. King To Introduce A ‘Victory In Iraq’ Resolution Honoring His Surge
Months After Bush Is Gone, Rep. King To Introduce A ‘Victory In Iraq’ Resolution Honoring His Surge
The Washington Times reports that on Wednesday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) will be introducing a “Victory in Iraq” resolution, “chronicling the success of the troop surge in Iraq and warning the new Commander-in-Chief that if he changes strategy, he takes ownership of whatever happens on his watch”:
“Our military has achieved a definable victory, and I want to tell them that America appreciates them,” said Mr. King, who has visited with troops in Iraq six times, most recently in September. “They’ve left a legacy and it’s up to the new leadership to preserve and enhance the victory they’ve achieved.”
King — who once said that Obama would turn America into a “totalitarian dictatorship” — further said that the measure should be seen as “less of a criticism of Mr. Obama and more of an encouragement that he ‘expand on the victory rather than walk away.’” King’s resolution has 30 co-sponsors. He was hoping to get to 100, but because of Obama’s announcement, the “time to move is now.”
However, Obama’s redeployment plan is doing just that. Obama himself has acknowledged that in part because of the surge, there is now a calmer security situation in Iraq that has opened up room for political progress. In his speech announcing his Iraq strategy last week, Obama made clear that withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq is part of this process:
To understand where we need to go in Iraq, it is important for the American people to understand where we now stand. Thanks in great measure to your [U.S. troops'] service, the situation in Iraq has improved. Violence has been reduced substantially from the horrific sectarian killing of 2006 and 2007. [...]
The drawdown of our military should send a clear signal that Iraq’s future is now its own responsibility. The long-term success of the Iraqi nation will depend upon decisions made by Iraq’s leaders and the fortitude of the Iraqi people. Iraq is a sovereign country with legitimate institutions; America cannot – and should not – take their place. However, a strong political, diplomatic, and civilian effort on our part can advance progress and help lay a foundation for lasting peace and security.
It’s not surprising that months after President Bush has left office, King wants to pay him a tribute. After all, in January, King joined a few other Republican lawmakers for a 40-minute tribute to Bush. “I’m here to say thank you to President Bush for the things that he has done when he’s had his steady hand on the till of leadership, and especially with our national defense,” gushed King. Watch that tribute here.
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Will the moment be memorialized w/ a Special Edition pop-up book?
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 pmA non Jeff Christie article. Thank god.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:43 pmI wonder if King will also honor all the Sunni insurgents Petreaus put on the U.S. payrole?
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 pmOnce again, a Bushie demonstrates the R’s belief that the Iraq “war” started with the surge. What a freakin’ maroon.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 pmYou go moron!! Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 pmWow, a VICTORY tribute! And when will the parade be when the troops come home? Maybe next week, you know, get them home before Easter so we can celebrate with our boys the way they deserve?
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 pmWell that seems to be money well spent. Now about that investment in early ed. Doesn’t that seem like just more pork barrel spending to you folks? I won’t stand for that sort of big government waste.
Hey you,
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 pmCan I get some more of that vegetable I call ketchup over here on my freedom fries. I’ll still tip shitty but just bring me the ketchup. I am a WASP god damn it!
Didn’t they already put up a big sign “Mission Accomplished”. That’s enough for me.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:51 pmFascinating. What was it King said last year about what the declaration of a “Timetable” would do?
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:51 pmMonths After Bush Is Gone, Rep. King To Introduce A ‘Victory In Iraq’ Resolution Honoring His Surge
– - Better run this idea past Rush first.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 pmDidn’t that Iraq man pay enough of a tribute to chimpy when he threw his shoes?
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 pmWell,it’s not like congress has anything better to do. Too bad he’s not a senator, if Reid didn’t allow it onto the floor they could filibuster.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 pmThis congressman King is just as unhinged as the leader of the pack, Rushpo Limpbone.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 pmI hope this resolution gets sent to a steering committee where it dies from neglect. This is stupid. The Republicans continue to ignore the fact that the invasion of Iraq was illegal, that support for it was won with lies (remember Dick Armey (R-TX), with tears in his eyes, talking about how they told him Saddam had suitcase nukes that he was ready to pass along to al Qaeda? – all lies), that it made the entire world less safe, and that al Qaeda has gotten stronger since the invasion. Not to mention thousands of our troops (and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis) are dead now because of it.
So what are they celebrating again?
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 pmIt’s another distraction Wayne. Anything to not work on cleaning up the mess they made.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pmIt’s not surprising that months after President Bush has left office, King wants to pay him a tribute.
Months? Months? We’ve barely moved from President Obama’s first “days in office” to “weeks in office” but we sure as shit aren’t at “months in office”!
Today marks the end of the 6th week in office for our new president. Yes, we all want to forget the Bush years, but let’s keep some perspective. And honesty.
PEACE
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 pmHow many months (plural) has Bush been gone?
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 pmI guess we are going to witness a rewrite of the history of the last 8 years of Bush. These guys have a short memory and a vivid imagination. If I remember correctly old Rummey was advised of the surge troop strength prior to the start of the war and he fired the military brass who recommended it. Now we want to honor the Bush Adminstration for their steady hand. Sounds liking trying to make a “silk purse out of a sows ear”. These guys are such loosers!
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:04 pmI could have sworn that losers from CA, I had to double check.
Well, this makes as much sense as Mission Accomplished.
Will these guys forever have their heads up their as*?
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 pmDoes anyone know which color coded terrorist alert status we are currently at? I sort of need to know as I try to coordinate my wardrobe in such a way as to emphasis my paranoia
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:19 pmYeah, right just like Vietnam was a “victory”. I give praise and thanks to all the soldiers and all the fallen soldiers BUT NEVER EVER to George W. Bush who put these men and women in harms way.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 pmthe troll in the hole
is quietly resting alone
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I like this. I like this a lot. Well Done. A little too sort of Zen but still. I like it a lot…
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 pmKing is such an asshat that there is nothing else to say about him—the man is absolutely batshit insane—–who are the people who elect this clown?
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:22 pmYou guys are really having a great week…keep it up. I love it!!!
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:24 pmConcerned Kenyan Says:
Thank you for all you did and keeping us safe, President Bush!
I guess you forget 911 happened months into the Bush Admin
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:26 pmConcerned Kenyan Says:
Thank you for all you did and keeping us safe, President Bush!
– - Ya know, except for that Mulligan that wingnuts extend to you over that pesky 9/11 brouhaha.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:26 pmThe Representative should bring a resolution to the floor honoring himself as the Roscoe P. Coltrane of the GOP.
King is nothing but a mindless, subordinate stooge.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:30 pmIf they keep fondling their surge, they’ll go blind.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:31 pmI never knew a person, confined to a security bubble, could don a cape, fly around, and defeat terrusts but yet not find Osama Bin Laden.
Amazing how those super hero powers work..or not.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 pmXisithrus Says:
I never knew a person, confined to a security bubble, could don a cape, fly around, and defeat terrusts but yet not find Osama Bin Laden.
bin Laden hides in a lead-laden fortress.
Or in Bush terms, his base of operations is in a Pakistani ghetto.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 pmIt’s not surprising that months after President Bush has left office…
– - Chronologically? Or metaphorically?
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:44 pmbin Laden hides in a lead-laden fortress. -=S92=-
As I understand Osama Bin Laden carries kryptonite and lives within a faraday cage replete with a harem of virgins that repels the super electromagnetic forces Dubyas neutrino insight which easily passes thru his leaden cranium!
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:44 pmJust go ahead and make it retro-active to “Mission Accomplished Day.” Make it a national fcking holiday. Freedom Day cause we’re so more free than we would’ve been. Tack it to the Universal Health Care Bill.
Stop kissingass, Mr. Brownnose, he can’t help you now and that will look silly if the war crimes ever get processed.
We’re safer since the President that presided over the worst attack in US history and the disasters that followed is no longer in office. That’s the victory.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:45 pmRep. Steve King (R-IA), FUBAR!
And you can anniolate Bush as the saviour at the SMU innauguration of the dictator.
Hiel Bush.
SMU . . . shame.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 pmdbadass Says:
Does anyone know which color coded terrorist alert status we are currently at? I sort of need to know as I try to coordinate my wardrobe in such a way as to emphasis my paranoia
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I suggest duct tape, in quantities… it’s the perfect accessory to any wardrobe.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 pmEthnic cleansing killed a million people and displaced another 5 million. That is a hollow victory. More important than the surge was the cease fire called by al Sadr once the ethnic cleansing was nearly complete.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:53 pmConcerned Kenyan Says:
Xisithrus Says
So, 9/11 was planned in 2 months?
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
I vote for this as the most ignorant comment of the day.
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:55 pmConcerned Kenyan: So, 9/11 was planned in 2 months?
Bush was sworn in January 20, 2001
911 was nearly eight months later Kenyan..hello.
So the economy going bad happened in two months?
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:56 pmI vote for this as the most ignorant comment of the day. -=JES=-
I am forever amazed of the ability to forget uncomfortable facts by limbots
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:58 pmLemme see, 8×30=240
Dubya was well past the 100 day mark when 911 occurred Kenyan.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:01 pmRich S, yes you forgot to say hello to the crazy Kenyan.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:12 pmspencers mom Says:
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Chuck U. Farley Says:
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Maybe they’re using ‘months‘ because Bush pretty much ‘left office’ in, what, October or thereabouts? Either that or they got one of those Simpson’s calendars with the extra month in it: “Lousy Smarch weather!”
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:12 pmDid I miss anything?
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 pm–
just me sneaking up on you….
Rich S Says:
Did I miss anything?
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I’d suggest the functioning half of your brain…
… but apparently you neither noticed or cared.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:20 pmRich S Says:
Did I miss anything?
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Yes, apparently you missed the past 8 years of Bush dictatorship.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:29 pmRepublicans Hate Facts,
Thanks. Did you notice my appreciation by not abreviating your name? Sometimes I have the patience to reply in detail, but I have such a hard time dealing with fools, especially those of the right wing mentality.
I’ve heard the best is yet to come on the memos. I can’t wait to see what the defence is for that.
As for the topic of the post, can’t we wait and see before we declare victory on anything? Here’s one victory worth celebrating, the day Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rice are all sent to jail. Uncork the Champagne!!
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:31 pmRich S Says:
(Jumping up and down impatiently in front of a microwave after hitting the ‘minute plus’ feature) “What’s taking so *!#@% long?!!!”
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 pmComparing the president to the great terrorist funding president Reagan? LOL!
Fix
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:40 pmRich S,
No, Reagan sold weapons to terrorists.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:40 pmReading Rich S makes me miss JK’s tourettes.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 pmHi Rich S.
your boy? great President Reagan? Whay are you so ideologically driven?
That Reagan thing sort of hints at you being a fraud. I hope I am wrong but still when people try too hard it usually sets off the spidey senses
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 pmComparing your boy to the great President Reagan?
Can we hope that you were just highlighting President Obama’s youthfulness?
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 pmAnd with the Contras. How many innocent people did they kill?
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:46 pmRich H Says:
Reading Rich S makes me miss JK’s tourettes.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 pm
And notice that dbadass didn’t offer Rich S dinner… ;)
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:47 pmWell we can hope that Jane and please forgive me my cynicism but we also might just have us a cracker on the line. It is unfortunate but it happens…
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 pmAs you plant your feet firmly on an ideology driven blog. LOL!
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March 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 pmJust out of curiousity just where the fell is gravity holding you down? Am I going to end up talking to an idiot?
what the “hell” is “fell”?
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:52 pmShow some respect, you whiney crybaby leftie Pinkos.
HOOOO-AH!
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:52 pmRepublicans Hate Facts #75,
Let’s continue. Iran agreed, released the hostages after the election and our great leader did in fact sell them weapons.
He also armed the Nicaraguan Death Squads who killed thousands of innocents including US citizens and Catholic nuns in order to overturn a government he didn’t like in exchange for drugs. The drugs being cocaine which was then flooded into US cities.
What a guy. What leader. Let’s name an airport after him – whoops they already did. Oh, and didn’t they try to add his likeness to Mt. Rushmore.
To borrow from you RHF -ROTFL!
And by the way Rich S – what victory?
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:54 pmdbadass, I was trying to take the high road (for a change)!
I’m off to bed, see you tomorrow probably.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:55 pmI’m surprised that Bin Laden hasn’t issued a Thank You to Bush since he was so helpful in achieving the goals of destroying the US economy, ending American Freedoms, and for the recruiting bonanza for Al Quaida that the Iraq occupation has proven to be.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 pm@republicans hate facts -
Click the link and get a [bleeping] clue.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:57 pmhttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/24/obama-announce-iraq-withdrawals-completed-months/
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to remove all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by August 2010, administration officials said Tuesday, ending the war that defined his upstart presidential campaign three months later than he had promised.
The withdrawal plan — an announcement could come as early as this week — calls for leaving a large contingent of troops behind, between 30,000 and 50,000 troops, to advise and train Iraqi security forces and to protect U.S. interests.
Obama built enormous grass-roots support for his White House bid by pledging to withdraw troops 16 months after taking office. That schedule, based on removing roughly one brigade a month, was predicated on commanders determining that it would not endanger U.S. troops left behind or Iraq’s fragile security.
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Heh… you gotta love Fox…
“his UPSTART campaign”… upstart… sounds kinda like uppity, no?
So, he’s ending it THREE WHOLE MONTHS later…
This must be SUCH a disappointment to folks like Rich S… prolly a McCain supporter… wanted us to stay 100 years…
The US and the whole damned friggin’ world would be soooooo much better off if Botch hadn’t gone in the first place.
Saaaaaay… is Rich S one of those GOOPer sore losers?
Hey, Reich… you feelin’ sorry for yourself tonight?
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 pmKick ass music.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 pm—
didn’t that go out sometime around 1982 maybe it was 85. I don’t know all that stupid ass ZZtop Sammy Hagar type shit never caught my ear
@republicans hate facts -
You’re beautiful when you’re angry, sweetie.
xoxoxo
March 4th, 2009 at 12:00 amRaygun that miserable excuse for human being is sweating in Hell waiting for the blood he spilled to trickle down so he can quench his never ending thirst.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:01 am@republicans hate facts -
Later, you get the last word, brainstem. Sorry that the Yahoo boards no longer exist for your level of discourse.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:03 amRonnie is dragging a huge number down to his little hot spot.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:03 amXisithrus Says:
bin Laden hides in a lead-laden fortress. -=S92=-
As I understand Osama Bin Laden carries kryptonite and lives within a faraday cage replete with a harem of virgins that repels the super electromagnetic forces Dubyas neutrino insight which easily passes thru his leaden cranium!
bin Laden got his hands on a Luthor Corp. powersuit with enhanced elephant busting and hypno-power properties (just in-case he had to nab Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain). When Bush found out, he went to the weaponers of Halliburton for his own unit based on a cross between Omega Red and Thor (don’t ask how that combo would work), but they kept asking for more time and more money. By the time the Ultra Patriot armor was ready, it cost $2 trillion and Barney wrecked it looking for the chuck wagon from the TV commercials.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:05 amWho’s that greasy washed up rocker that does the hunting shows?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:06 amThe stupidity of this particular resolution aside, can congress stop ALL of the stupid resolutions. I did not elect them to give each other congratulations. Anyone else sick of this crap in general?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:06 amAnd while we’re at it, just who exactly help prop up Saddam? Was that Reagan, Bush or both. Probably both. And who supplied the Taliban while they were fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan? Definetly Reagan.
Seriously, only Dem.’s have tried to achieve peace in the Middle East. Think (I know it’s hard for you two) Carter and Clinton.
The rest of you republican aholes are nothing but a bunch of chicken hawk war mongers. Who are too stupid to remember the people your fighting today are the ones you armed yesterday.
By the way, if you idiots can open your minds, the topic of this post, what’s the victory?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:06 amNo shit I once got stuck for a few hours with 38 Special. It was almost like being forced to drink your own urine to survive in a stuck elevator? I am not kidding. I really had to put up with them. It suck because I was trying to be polite but they still kept asking me if I thought they rocked… Damn that was a tough day…
March 4th, 2009 at 12:07 amYa gotta love it.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:08 amYes, its true, I do hate traitors.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:08 amALL CAPS. A true sign.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:09 amRich S Says:
Let me guess, you’re dead heads?
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March 4th, 2009 at 12:09 amYou need a miracle…
Ya gotta love it, LOL!
March 4th, 2009 at 12:10 amMake no mistake. This is a hate site.
– I hate when you say things like that. Can’t we just snuggle?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:10 amSomebody help this poignant cat out.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:10 amWinning a victory for a war whose objectives were never defined… that takes some doing…but, but, but… if McCain had been elected… he had plans for 100 years of Iraq war…. what does that mean?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:10 amHmmm… are these the same j-offs who were here Sunday?
Why are my spidy senses tingling?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:11 amHey, I haven’t sent death squads to kill thousands of innocent people. Now, that’s a real manifestation of hatred or ignorance and greed.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:11 amwho’s the weird, righty sigfried and roy act?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:12 amahem… it’s a perl script.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:13 am… from what I’ve heard.
OK, you little short-bus, clinically snark-challenged ALL CAPS jerk-*ff, did you even bother to look at my link?
Didn’t think so.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:15 amThe marginalized remnants of the Republicans in Congress are reduced to this sort of hollow attempts to revise their own history. If that is all they can come up with, it will be another sad election for the GOP. Whining losers, dingbats, religious nuts and corporate sell outs.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:17 amLet me explain it S-L-O-W-L-Y, Yahoo Board dipwad. I did that graphic. That’s on my website. You totally missed the original point.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:18 amYou’re beautiful when you’re angry, sweetie.
xoxoxo
‘night
March 4th, 2009 at 12:18 amThe list of GOPtards is getting pretty short, but the list of their crimes is pretty long.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:21 amBush and his GOP buddies played right into Bin Laden’s hand. I’d have thought a Texas alcoholic would have been a better poker player…..oh yeah that’s right he’s a rich preppy that could always get more money from Daddy.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:27 amI think these were the same smug clowns who were here Sunday.
Gee, Bobby… was that a self-portrait at yer blog?
It must be painful… bein’ so smart and superior ‘n… well… having NO ONE recognize it.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:29 am“It must be painful”
Quite the contrary.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:34 amI don’t think Sigfried and Roy came here because they “had a point to make”.
They just think they’re really clever.
Must be hard… having a blog as cool as Bobby’s and having NO ONE come there.
Thread after thread… and no comments. Ouch.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:35 amBobbyG Says:
Quite the contrary.
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Yeaaah… that’s ’splains all the heavy traffic over at “BobbyG’s Hose of Laffs”…
Turning ‘em away at the door, huh?
And for some strange reason… you choose to stick around here.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:36 amThe GOP should save its propaganda for W’s Liebury or sewage treatment plant.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:37 amHardly the point. No one ever won a popularity contest by attending to factual detail, not in this culture anyway. Not why I do it. I don’t require the validation of anonymous screen name Yahoo Board clowns desperately searching elsewhere for screaming ALL CAPS attention.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:40 amI hang here for the topical posts, not the comments (especially right now, it’s just cheap fun while I wait for Jon Stewart to come on).
Sorry, y’all gotta do better than that.
…uh, nah…won’t hold my breath.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:42 amALL CAPS.
Utterly telling.
LOL!
March 4th, 2009 at 12:44 amBobbyG Says:
I don’t require the validation of anonymous screen name Yahoo Board clowns desperately searching elsewhere for screaming ALL CAPS attention.
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BUT… you are here… and replying…
***eyes roll***
Oh… the irony…
March 4th, 2009 at 12:45 am“YOU DESPERATELY BEGGED me to GO VISIT YOUR SITE! ”
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No, as*hat, I simply pointed out that you missed the point. You persist.
First Rule: Stop digging.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:45 amYeah, BobbyG isn’t an anonymous screen name…
Bob?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:46 amStop digging.
10 minutes ’til Jon Stewart.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:48 amBobbyG Says:
No, as*hat, I simply pointed out that you missed the point. You persist.
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Hmmm… says he doesn’t need the validation… yet evinces strong annoyance at the fact someone won’t… validate… his… point…
Hmmm… little bit of a contradiction there, Bobby… where’d Siegfried go?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:48 amMalik Says:
Is there a mirror in your parents basement. Wipe the dirt off of it and use it.
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So Malik… why’d you drop the link to the website?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:49 am.
Dear Bobby,
Life sucks being a Twinkie without the filling…
… NO?
.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:51 amrepublicans hate facts Says:
TROS, yeah it’s like TOYING with a MOUSE that doesn’t even REALIZE it’s IN THE MAZE! ;)
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Well… yeah… watcha gonna do? No one ever said problem solving was a rodent’s strong point.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:51 amFor the record, “republicans hate cognition,” I was a Precinct Captain for Obama, Nevada #1142. Face it, you just erroneously took the snark bait and (predictably) ran with it, and now cannot stop.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:51 amI have TIVO. But prefer to watch it live. 5 minutes.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:52 amCome in, planet MARS!
March 4th, 2009 at 12:54 amthis is steele from the rnc and rush sent me over here because the word is there are a couple of moronic rnc trolls over here making republicans look bad…..wait a minute, what’t that? Never mind, it can’t be helped.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:54 amWhy? What do you think you’d accomplish, Bob? Could you explain this for those of us on the sidelines? You know, waiting for you to make a point.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:56 amThere you have it, folks. Bye.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:56 amThere we have what?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:57 amthere you have it man…….the troll finally caught it’s tail.
March 4th, 2009 at 12:58 am@alpuz3
OK, I gotta go. We won Clark County (and the entire state) by a mile for Obama. Scroll back up to the original post that got this started. #85. Moron took the bait, and has been doing Holy Grail Black Knight at the Stream Crossing ever since.
Cheers
March 4th, 2009 at 12:59 amOkay, BobbyG… I went to your site. I understand the Monty Python reference. I’ll wait and see…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:05 amMalik, what’s your story?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:06 amMalik Says:
You’re a liar.
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You’re in over your head, Malik…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:07 amAt least Bobby says “bye,” unlike bitbutt.
Bizarre thread…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:08 amWhen BobbyG comes here and deliberately provokes a reaction for his own entertainment, it’s a little hard to feel any… empathy for him.
It really is kinda like false pretenses… he says he doesn’t need “validation” but then sticks around and acts annoyed that he’s not getting it…
The Dixie Dregs I can understand, Bobby… but John Mayer? Oh… puke…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:08 amMalik was here this morning and at the time, he linked his name to a website that called TP “Think Proganda”.
Actually came across a whole lot like Trajan… and now, he’s ditched the link.
Sooooo… who knows…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:11 amYeah… Malik. Who the hell cares.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:12 amIs King planning on bronzing the flight suit, complete with codpiece?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:14 amIt sure does have to be one tough gig… being cryptic on the internets and all, Malik.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:14 amMalik Says:
Although laws had been broken, and Reagan’s image suffered as a result of Iran-Contra, his popularity rebounded. In 1989 he left office with the highest approval rating of any president since Franklin Roosevelt.
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So, Malik… are you saying that Reagan was as good as president as Clinton?
Whoa… high praise… for Reagan… even w/ the deficits… and Iran-Contra…
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/15/opinion/pollpositions/main4724068.shtml
Both of our two most recent two-term presidents – Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton — ended their eight years in office with high marks. Each had approval ratings of 68 percent when he left office.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:15 amMalik Says:
You certainly don’t.
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Ouchie ouch ouch… that’s gonna show in the morning.
Why did you ditch the link?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:15 amReagan, the leader of the personal responsibility party completely ducked any responsibility for Iran-contra. What a hypocrite.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:19 amClinton may have been impeached (although not convicted, so who cares?), but Ronnie should have been imprisoned for Iran Contra.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:20 amHow much money and time did the GOP waste with their phony impeachment?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:21 amYou Ronnie Raygun lovers bought that fake image hook, line & sinker — and amazingly enough, continue to do so!!
He preached less government and lower taxes and fiscal responsibility to his adoring sheep, but actually delivered a much bigger government, higher taxes on the people who could least afford it, and the highest national debt EVER (until GWB came along).
FOOLS.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:23 amWhat? … What are you going on about? Jesus. Malik, go to bed.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:23 amChanging the subject doesn’t change the fact that Reagan was a criminal who’s actions led the deaths of thousands of innocent people.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:24 amMalik, I’m so sorry your feeling are hurt over TP and Newshounds.
You should start your own blog. I’m sure your Mom will enjoy it.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:29 amFox news is obviously biased and a waste of time. They love the scantily clad females and the shouting matches. Facts and honest discussion, not so much.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:29 amMaybe somewhere some fat cat might have had a heart attack at the prospect of paying his fair share of taxes.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:29 amMalik Says:
How many people have died due to obamas actions? Any idea?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:29 am
How many? Please cite any figures — reputable news sites only.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:31 amHere’s a cartoon for you, Malik.
Try not to get too excited…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:33 amWow, I’m gone for an hour or so and look what I missed. Rich S and Bobby G, is that a new boys band?
TroS, you slapped them down good. Brought a smile to my face. I guess they never answered why there should be a vicotry proclamation for the surge. I mean we don’t really know, do we.
And as for that ahole of all, Reagan, did they ever explain why the loved the guy that armed our enemies? Didn’t think so.
Oh no, just when you think it’s over, another truely special gem appears, Malik.
Oh oh, and Bobby G (what a name!) called you “cat” and “short-bus”, how did you ever survive?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:34 amMalik Says:
Troops don’t matter, anymore?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Specious argument — typical.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:36 amMom lick, you aren’t being honest. Are you cheering for more troops to die so you can demonize Obama?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:37 amMalik Says:
Oh, looky. the zoo conveniently stopped keeping track of casualties and bombings on Jan. 15th. How nice!
March 4th, 2009 at 1:36 am
I’m glad your blog is the only other one on the internet keeping track of things. Oops! No blog. Sorry…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:40 amMalik Says:
January 15, 2009
Official: U.N. Gaza complex hit with white phosphorus
March 4th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Does that get you excited, Malik?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:41 amYou got to love this guy “Malik.” Probably some fat as* transparent white racist gop loving war starting (but not fighting) cracker, choosing a “black” name to infiltrate Think Progress.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:42 amMalik Says:
January 15, 2009
Official: U.N. Gaza complex hit with white phosphorus
March 4th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Still a specious argument.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:42 amUS troops used White Phosphorus on the people of Falluja. That was US troops, but not under the leadership of President Obama.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:42 amMalik Says:
That’s not even specious, it’s idiotic!
March 4th, 2009 at 1:41 am
Owie, that hurt! Now I’ll be sad for days and days…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:43 am.
Bobby,
… But the wrapper said it was cream filled!
Impressions count for something. Nice to finally be introduced…
… Genuinely.
.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:44 am“Malik” actually I don’t, it was your ahole president that started this whole thing. We thinking people are trying to figure a way out of it.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:46 amZoey,
OT.
NO (R)ush breath, PLEASE!
.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:46 amSorry, Max! :-D
March 4th, 2009 at 1:48 amSick and dishonest to think that troops only matter for political gain. So many lives wasted by the greedy policies of the GOP and now President Obama is working to safely and securely extract our troops from the harm Bush so carelessly put them in front of.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:50 amMalik, you go ahead and just work all that out of your system. I stopped caring what piss-soaked morons thought about me many years ago.
Then when you’re all done, you can go back to your obsessive/compulsive masturbation with both hands.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:52 amZooey,
Damn, lost a ‘o’ …
Now, is the argument being made by a human specious…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:55 am… Or a specious human?
“Malik” you dickwad, you asked me if I had a problem with Zooey’s opinion, which you misinterpreted.
Then you tried to misinterpet mine.
I don’t have a problem with Zooey at all or any of her opinions.
You are a major fuc*ing idiot. I can see your going to add as much substance to this thread as the morons who were on here earlier and chicken shi*ed out.
Poor fake black “Malik.” Go get compassion somewhere else, your sure not going to get it here.
By the way, do you think it’s appropriate to pass a resolution praising the “vicotry” of the surge?
No, I didn’t think so.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:57 amTell it to Bush and cohorts….they are the one that refused to allow the returning Flag draped coffins of our fallen soldiers to be photographed. Bush did everything in his legal powers and beyond to hid the ugliness of his war of choice.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:58 am.
Dear Malik,
Run a blog?
I don’t…
… Just wondering.
.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:58 am.
Dear Malik,
Troll much?
I don’t…
… Just wondering.
.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:01 amFake black “Malik” Fuc* Off.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:01 am.
Dear Malik,
When did you start counting the fallen soldiers on your blog?
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March 4th, 2009 at 2:02 am“Malik” address the post or take a hike.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:03 amMalik, do you still call them Freedom Fries or have you sold out to the cheese eating surrender monkeys?
March 4th, 2009 at 2:03 amRHF,
What’s up with this Malik? He comes in “fallen troops fallen troops” WTF. I’d bet a million bucks he never served. What an ahole, and pretending to be “black”? Black like what Michael Steele?
I dealt with some nonsense on this board, but I wish you’d let him have it (your better at it than me).
Really, this is a scum of the earth troll.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:12 am.
Dear Malik,
You do know the difference between the troops and a soldier?
You do know that the term troops refers to many, as in a unit, battalion, squadron, etc. comprised of several soldiers of varying ranks…
… NO?
Now, while the sum of the fallen could make a battalion, it was not a battalion that has been fallen but instead, men and women who were following orders…
… NO?
So where’s THAT recognition in ignoring each soldier that has fallen by lumping them into a cohesive and indistinguishable unit known as a “TROOP”?
Or did you mis-proof read your post?
It can happen…
… THAT, I’ve done before.
.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:13 amThis is so funny! I found one of Malik’s old comments that was linked to a blog — his, I would guess.
Not a single post about troop deaths or injuries, but lots of racism and Fox love. He even uses the words “house negroes.” It appears Malik is sporting a superiority complex for which he is not qualified.
Is anyone surprised by this? :-D
Goodnight!
March 4th, 2009 at 2:16 amIt looks like you guys scared away fake black “Malik.”
March 4th, 2009 at 2:16 amSomebody should keep a tally of these dipshits that spout off without a clue.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:18 amand lo! King (R-IA) spelled out the gospels. And Dubya was mighty in his surging plans and it did erupt successfully upon the world!
and lo! Republicans gnashed their cheetos and the downed their due and squealed AMEN Rep. King. Let us sing these Hymns of Dubya’s prowess!
Thus has a Republican written, Thus how the Republicans will pretend.
Ahhhhh men!
March 4th, 2009 at 2:19 amIt was the Pentagon that claimed, “We don’t do body counts”.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:21 amConcerned Kenyan Says:
Thank you for all you did and keeping us safe, President Bush!
Yeah thank you chimpy for keeping us safe. before your arrival we were getting attacked every month.
March 4th, 2009 at 4:36 amHow has the Surge worked if the surge troops are still there a year and a half later?
March 4th, 2009 at 5:29 amIt’s all propaganda; have you notice that there are no real press stories coming out since the Surge began?
What happens when/if we stop paying off the Sunni’s? (with the conveniently missing 12 billion dollars).
the economy’s in the crapper
500,000 more people found themselves unemployed last month alone
people are getting their houses foreclosed
this is the best legislation repukies can send through congress these days? a waste of taxpayers money to honor their head assclown who used to be in charge 43?
March 4th, 2009 at 5:54 amOkay, let me see if I’ve got this straight….George Bush who never did a press conference exclaiming we “won” or had “victory in Iraq” is now having Steve King come forth to say George Bush is the victor president, when it was President Obama who made it publicly known that our troops will be fully out by 2011?
Okay, I get it. When the economy continues to collapse, it’s President Obama’s fault, but when he’s the one who tells our soldiers that most of them will be out of Iraq by August 2010 and all of them will be leaving the country in 2011, he doesn’t get the credit.
Spit.
March 4th, 2009 at 6:41 amHAHAHAHA
I bet chimpy’s assk(ssers won’t erect a public monument to the holey one. hahaha
People around the world have already embraced President Obama. No question. repugs can’t stand it.
This is just nuts and seem nazi-ish or nazi-ese. It’s a lie and should be discredited. troll like.
Hey can revert or rename “Dulles Airport” using raygun is just stupid.
Also Stop with the Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport. It’s too freakin long and SCJ Marshall deserves his place in the sun. It’s total bs why MD won’t drop the BW part. It’s is on the the line of appeasing racist. It’s what rachel calls wtf.
MD still has an old white fart, who black-faces it up to his idol the Mammy singer. These are today’s repugs.
President Obama’s leadership will lead us to grow…
BTW — I love the Stimulus is working logo.
Simply Brilliant!
March 4th, 2009 at 7:29 amDon’t be so quick to write-off BobbyG.
Pretty damn insightful, highly intellectual blog actually.
His original post (and accompanying link) was PURE SNARK.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:43 amMaryland continues to use BWI to let people know that it is an option when going to DC. Dulles was build to replace Reagan (Washington National) airport but is farther from DC than BWI.
Additionally, BWI is close to Amtrak and Marc trains that connect to Washington’s Metro at Union Station. There is also a light rail line to Baltimore in the terminal at BWI.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:47 amLets see, we landed on Normandy beaches on the 6th of June 1941. And, less than a year later, May 7th, 1945 we had Germany’s unconditional surrender. Why is it the Surge just does not feel like we’re quite there yet?
March 4th, 2009 at 8:49 amkeeploosingmypassword Says: “…on the 6th of June 1941. And, less than a year later, May 7th, 1945
Not only do you keep losing your password, it also seems you can’t keep track of numerals.
Oh, and losing is not spelled with two “o’s”.. or maybe you are loosing your passwords upon us …
March 4th, 2009 at 8:53 amDuh, less than 4 years later!
March 4th, 2009 at 8:56 amNevar, don’t go away. I may need you around to correct me some more yet. I’m just glad someone reads these comments!
March 4th, 2009 at 8:58 amWhy?
March 4th, 2009 at 9:02 amDec. 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
June 6, 1944 D-Day
May 7, 1944 VE Day
Aug. 14, 1945 VJ day
March 4th, 2009 at 9:04 amWe’re not doing to well with math today, are we?
March 4th, 2009 at 9:07 amSorry, May 7, 1945 VE Day
Coffee still brewing!
March 4th, 2009 at 9:07 amLOL
Have good day guys, I’m going to leave for work early, just in case my watch is off by a year or 3…
March 4th, 2009 at 9:11 amSee you tomorrow Nevar, Mar. 5, 2010!
Have a great day.
March 4th, 2009 at 9:17 amand we’ll all do the Time Warp again…
it’s just a jump to the left…
March 4th, 2009 at 9:31 amOne more thing: Malik claimed repeatedly that Obama is responsible for the use of white phosphorous bombs, and cited reports dated January 15, 2009 in post 239
Malik Says:
January 15, 2009
Official: U.N. Gaza complex hit with white phosphorus
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Post 227, also by Malik, starts the argument thusly:
Malik Says:
jb Says:
Changing the subject doesn’t change the fact that Reagan was a criminal who’s actions led the deaths of thousands of innocent people.
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How many people have died due to obamas actions? Any idea?
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So, when was President Obama sworn in? My recollection is January 20, 2009. Methinks Malik is very confused by such simple things as dates and calendars and lots of other stuff.
March 4th, 2009 at 9:33 am“Malik” is the Olbermann obsessed troll who would like to see a nuclear bomb dropped on Chicago. He’s garbage and he knows it, and the only thing that brings him any kind of peace at all is the notion that maybe, somehow, those evil, evil libs are guilty of the same selfishness, cowardice and stupidity that guide him through his life.
March 4th, 2009 at 9:47 amThis guy King is a disturbed individual…..Maybe he should stick to writing scary novels~!! OH! Wrong Stephen King…..my bad. Nevertheless, the guy is scary, to even presume to do this, given all these documents coming out now about the Bush Administration and all. What he said about changing the Iraq policy, effectively making it Obama’s problem, sounds like nothing more than a childish threat!
March 4th, 2009 at 9:48 amOnce again, Rep. King is a true embarrassment to Iowa. He is weighing whether or not to run for Governor of the State. What a joke, outside of his backwoods district, he is HATED by Iowans.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:24 amHey Malik-
I know you have fun cutting and pasting from Johnny $’s place but could you explain one thing?
Greta’s interview aired on 2/19/09 correct?
Obama was in Arizona, a state he lost, on 2/18/09, correct?
The transcript of the interview STARTS like this:
So can you tell me where TP went wrong?
Obama was in AZ the day before the interview took place… Greta either falsely claimed that she had conducted the interview that day or falsely claimed that Obama had only visited states he’d won… and even if the interview was conducted before the visit- the visit had obviously been announced- as you point out they discuss it in the interview, so wasn’t Greta at very least being disingenuous?
Thanks.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:37 am“I’m here to say thank you to President Bush for the things that he has done when he’s had his steady hand on the till of leadership, and especially with our national defense,” gushed King.
Botch has had his steady hand on the TILL of leadership?
Freudian slip!! King probably meant “tiller,” the “steering wheel” of a ship. He SAID “till”–the cash drawer.
Got it in one, King!
March 4th, 2009 at 10:40 amMalik Says:
Btw, I like how you fringe lefties divert from the fact that your cohort aka zooy suddenly stopped keeping tallies on fallen soldiers on Jan. 15th after relentlessly documenting them for the previous 6 yrs. Pathetic to say the least!
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Way to keep promoting the Zoo. You must really want people to go there, the way you keep harping on it. Keep up the good work. soldier.
BTW, why did you drop the link to your website?
March 4th, 2009 at 11:23 ambelac Says:
… so wasn’t Greta at very least being disingenuous?
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Awww… come on, Belac. We’re talking Fox News… you know, the guys who actually argued in court that they had a Constitutional right to lie and call it news.
What do you expect?
March 4th, 2009 at 11:26 amWhat’s another word for Republican Integrity?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:03 pmIf STOOOOPID had listened to General Shenseki when the General testified before Congress that MORE TROOPS would be needed for this invasion, there would never have been a need for the SURGE!!!
No mention of the expertise of GENERAL SHENSEKI and his original recommendation in the ‘Moonie’ Washington Times is there??
March 4th, 2009 at 12:18 pmGeez, is that fake black “Malik” still here?
Two questions, what branch of the service did you enlist in and why do you hate the troops so much?
March 4th, 2009 at 12:57 pmMalik?
Then why the ‘moments ago’ comment in her opening?
If she spoke to him ‘moments ago’ and those ‘moments’ really mean more than a day ago AND she knew about the upcoming trip but wanted to make it seem like Obama had only visited states he’d won… She’s falsely claiming something in there, huh?
Can you sort it out?
Kind of a disingenuous question either way, huh?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:10 pmFake black “Malik” why do you hate our troops?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:26 pmTrajan
ty?
Whose J$ by the way?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:47 pmRich S,
I’d sure hate to get in a pissing contest with you – because you go nonstop.
First, people who support our troops voted and voiced their opposition to Bush’s illegal war.
We were’nt (at least I wasn’t) for the surge and we support them by not putting them in a situation where they may be killed for a lie or grab for oil (same thing).
If you support the troops in this ill advised endeavor, let me ask you, what branch of the service did you enlist in?
Oh, you didn’t. I didn’t think so and don’t bother to reply with a lie.
If you think this whole clusterfuc* was such a great idea why don’t you put in for an advance pass to visit Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rice in their prison cells?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:53 pmFake black “Malik” contribute more or get lost.
Why do you hate our troops?
March 4th, 2009 at 2:06 pmI think Rich S is wondering if he supported the wrong party?
Rich S, good resolution, great resolution or best resolution ever?
March 4th, 2009 at 2:06 pmBored waiting waiting waiting for fake black “Malk” and Rich S to respond.
Yawn
I guess I’ll have to watch reruns of Olbermann.
March 4th, 2009 at 2:16 pmHahahahahahahahaha —
fake black “Malik” got punked on the Vitters thread!!!
Dumb Shi* Rich S – your next.
March 4th, 2009 at 3:49 pmPUNKED
March 4th, 2009 at 4:29 pmRich S,
Hahahahahahah Punked again,
When I left the first time I did some company research for my wife.
Then I posted.
And made myself a great lunch.
I comeback and your still wondering about lubricant and Olbermann.
Hahahahahahah!!!
You dumb shi* actaully think I’m watching Olbermann reruns!
Your hilarious.
By the way, I noticed no one responded to you on the Vitters post so you just went away. Oh, poor little boy.
Why do you hate the troops? What branch of the armed services did you enlist in?
Come on now, don’t lie.
March 4th, 2009 at 4:52 pmHi Trajan,
I was having fun – but I had to draw it out to be effective.
It really was a good laugh – at least for me.
He really did run away from the Vitters post, poor little boy couldn’t get anyone to pay attention to him.
March 4th, 2009 at 5:11 pm