White House Reacts to Bob Woodward Book; Revelatory ABC News Interview From April

The President also loses credibility when the public perceives his decisions are based upon his biases rather than the intelligence that is available to him.

Incomplete? You mean there is more?

This jackass excuse for a President can’t accept responsibility for anything, he is a lying piece of trash and I hope this selfish, incompetent poor excuse for a man doesn’t get a good nights sleep for the rest of his pathetic life. Thanks for disrespecting and dishonoring over 200 years of America you little worm of a man.

Another day, another revelation of House of Bush un-American activities committee.
Carolina Girl: If as you say “Biden was right” and we don’t need a President-in-training, how can you possibly assert that Palin is a “breath of fresh air.” Surely the bar is even higher for her, since one week ago the idea of serving as President was the farthest thought from her mind. If she’s not available to answer questions from reporters in an unscripted environment she surely is nowhere near ready to handle national emergencies and foreign policy decisions with ramifications for thousands upon thousands of people.
I understand you are pumped up for your candidate, but you need to expunge the glaring contradictions from your argument. It makes you look like the girl at the pep rally who thinks that the loudest shouting the night before the game will actually matter once the ref blows the starting whistle.

End of Republicans=End of War!

Carolina Girl if your husband or boyfriend cheated on you and dumped you for a younger richer girl would he still be honorable in your eyes?

End of Democrats = End of Hypocrisy
End of Obama = End of empty rhetoric and speeches about change.Changes that will never happen once he takes office.
The voice of Illinois “We voted for Obama as our senator. He said he would give us Change. Instead he used our change to pay for his presidential campaign”

John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,” yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.McCain opposes a woman’s right to choose. He said, “I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned.The Children’s Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children’s health care bill last year, then defended Bush’s veto of the bill. Many of McCain’s fellow Republican senators say he’s too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: “The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He’s erratic. He’s hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.

NO OBXRAY we are just pointing out the truth…John McCain is 72 years old. If elected, he’d be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for “inexperience,” here’s who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town of 9,000 people. So because we dont agree with your point of view, we dont love our country….Play another song its getting old….

Right up until the congressional election in November, 2006, Bush was saying that we were making great progress in Iraq and that Rumsfeld was doing a great job. The day after the election he fired Rumsfeld and started to concede things weren’t going well in Iraq. We don’t need Bob Woodward to tell us that Bush was detached and lying to the American people about the situation in Iraq!

forget the press – I’m waiting for Palin to take questions from average people in their famous town hall meetings. I would be an idiot to ask less.
anybody can say look at me make scripted attacks

Republicans lie at all levels; to Bush and Rove up is down, day is night, and wrong is right—distortions, misinformation and outright lies have eroded credibility with the President and his minions. Insecure, school yard bullies is what the Bush Administration and some Republican members of Congress have become; the time for this crowd to move along is timed to the November 4th election.

forget the press – I’m waiting for Palin to take questions from average people in their famous town hall meetings. I would be an idiot to ask less.
anybody can say look at me make scripted attacks

Why is Obama afraid of a town hall meeting with McCain? Could it be his tele-prompter is not allowed. I will vote for a candidate, not a tele-prompter.

This story proves that the Bush administration will come out and flat lie. Note the year Bush came clean that he bs’ed us, 2006… That is between presidential elections. Now we are in a presidential election cycle and they are back into extreme lying mode on a topic they have already came somewhat clean on.
Some people like “Sunny” get upset and whine about the “liberal media” making Bush look bad. Reminder: those were Bush’s own words. He admitted he was less than truthful about how things were going in Iraq. Now Woodward brings it up in a book before the election and here comes Hadley lying about it.
This is fair reporting. Just because it shows your “GW Boys” for the liars they are is no need to shoot the messenger. Blaming Woodward for GW’s lies is pretty stupid and shows your bias is stronger than your common sense.

Woodward has caught the flavor of Bush, as we are aware.
We have the choice now to elect a proven leader, with leadership and experience to guide our country. However, we could elect a person that talks of change, but after 11 years of politics, he has no actions of “change”. I believe the last person of “change”, Bush, was proof, actions speak louder than words.
***** McCain/Palin *****

END THE WAR! END THE WAR! END THE WAR!
This war is needlessly killing American Soldiers far more Honorable than McCain, who is part of the reason they were sent to die in the first place, based on some failed political posturing Bush needed to do to assert himself as the most powerful man in the world after the impotence he felt post 9-11.
WHAT A LOSER! PRISON TERMS WILL FOLLOW!
END THE WAR! END THE WAR! END THE WAR!
NOW!

END THE WAR:
Unfortunately, most Americans love war and bullying others as long as they do not have to risk anything. If our leaders were the main problem, that could be easily corrected. Unfortunately, America is a little rotten at the core.

I am fed all the links I post by my supervisor, who in turn gets his feeds from thousands of other volunteers who search the net for this sort of incendiary content.
I do it because it’s fun to stir up trouble and no one can find me here in the Columbus region of Ohio.
In fact, even my Gay Democratic friends have no idea I do this. My lover thinks I will vote for Obama like him in Nov.

In fact, I am not always me. Other members of my team use the same names to post so it looks like we are always here.
This way we are dominating the board round the clock, even when I am sleeping or at work.
I am going to the vintage car show near here tomorrow with my lover. You wouldn’t know it was me if you saw me!
OK, enough of this chatter, let me go back to being the idiot you all know and love.
Actually, it’s time for another member of my team to take over now, so goodnight y’all!
Oh, one more thing, does anyone know how to repair a musical drummer toy robot?

i’m not sure other than their constantly changing extremists philosophies full of excuses, fear-mongering, and empty promises, what right right-wingers have tearing down obama after 8 years of delivering nothing.
we now have 1 trillion debt after 1 trillion surplus clinton left – grand 2 trillion hole now, for what. other than tear people down bagging like punks, what record or results do yall have? nothing. and clinton was bad because yall poor folk got an avg $7,500 payraise. and w gave ya a $2,000 pay cut. ungrateful fools. admit it, your dumb. don’t resent that there are smarter elite folks out there.
heck making 260k a year, i’d get a nice bump with mccain’s tax giveaway to us top 5% upper income folk. i’m prepared either way the election goes just have a soul and don’t believe it’s fair to screw the country to get a tax cut i don’t need. other hand, yall right winger america forever crowd forget history of the smug english, french, spanish, to chinese empires before whose mighty empires crumbled cuz they were arrogant. and i think while i stay above water, yall could use a lesson in deep poverty under water to see what it’s like to be a humble human being once again. so that maybe humanity will mean something, and yall stop being fat and spoiled narcisstic assholes who live in the bubble now just thinly insulated from the reality that is rest of the world that’s right behind us about to out compete us and kick our asses.
other hand, f’yall. enough already. i’ve my children to think about.

Lord —- Please make 1/29/2009 come quickly so President Obama can start getting us out of the terrible mess we are in.

Woodward is an honorable man and we should listen to him. I do not trust Republicans, END OF STORY.

It seems to me that Bush is mostly responsible for mess this country is in right now. He had total control of both houses when he started his term, and he quickly dumped the country into disaster in multiple ways (wars, financial crisis, economy). Maybe some of it was not his fault, but I think much of it was his fault.
A few months ago McCain was saying how proud he was that he voted with Bush over 90% of the time — more than almost any other senator. Now you don’t hear him advertise that.. but it is still true. And he has the nerve to claim he is the true agent of change?! — I don’t think so.

I’m a gay republican too. I admit it. I’ll tell you why. Because having a party that hates gays (the republicans) is actually the best thing for changing this country to allow more rights for gays. Sounds strange, huh? But its true. People tend to rally around the oppressed. The more us gays are oppressed by the republicans, the more sympathy they will get by the general public and the more rights we will eventually win.
I know this sounds crazy and contradictory, but the best thing for the gay community was when pastor Hagee said that Katrina hit new orleans because of all the homosexual sin going on there. To 90% of the country, this is just pure idiocy and it makes most people side with the gay community. This is exactly what we need.

I pray every day that Obama will be elected and will be able to change the path this country is on. People like me need a great leader like him.
McCain would just be four more years of Bush. So many people now are losing their homes. People are losing their brave children to a needless war. People are losing faith. People need health care, they need schools, they need jobs, they need a living wage. We need change. We need Obama.

John McCain may have been a maverick on many issues in the past. Today he is not! He has now adopted the policies of the extreme right which he hopes will win him the election. Bush went to the extreme right, won the elections and look at what happened over the last 8 years. The debt of the country has doubled from 5 trillion to 10 trillion (and this ent in pesos), the US is in a recession, the cost of living has gone way up, the infrastructure is worsening daily (look at the in city roads, services etc, the pollution of lake rivers) — and yet you all are willing to go back to the extreme right that is strongly supported by big oil money. Barrack is a man with at least some semblance of a plan that would at the least improve life a little bit for the average joe. McCain will only bring more of the last 8 years — he is now fully tied in to the same people as GW Bush and my friends, nothing can change, these people will not allow it because to change things for the better means adjusting their lifestyles downwards which would never happen.

We look like total idiots to the rest of the world. Go ahead believe all this Republican talking points. They know they are talking to IDIOTS who will vote for them. Maybe for once for one lonely time the majority will see through to the guy behind the curtain. Republicans are NOT about most of us they are about the very few who are the top 1 percent adn they do NOT care a wit about us. I suggest that even THEY should care about us as who will they get to do their laundry if the market goes off a cliff? Who will save them then? NO ONE they will ahve to cut their own crass, do their own laundry and cook their own lousy food. And oh yes, the aids in nursing homes and hospitals won’t be there to take their pee or puke when they are ill. Have fun…it’s going to be a wild ride and ALL of us will be swept up in the misery even them!

“we now have 1 trillion debt after 1 trillion surplus clinton left -”
Yes…and a Democratic nominee who has continually trashed the Clintons throughout the campaign.
The Democratic party you knew doesn’t exist any more.

Dont know anything about the book, but has anyone else here heard enough of “Bob and Lee Woodward” as I have? Seem like a nice couple, OK. But what they went through when Bob was injured was not as amazing as what regular folk go through. Most wives are not at “Disneyworld” like Lee was when they find out their husbands are injured. And most aren’t loaded onto a private jet to get to their husband and have NO financial worries while sitting by their spouse’s side day after day.

Bob Woodruff just wants to make money, honest or dishonest. He has written about every President since I have been alive. Wait two months, his book will be at half-price or at the dollar store. He nees to stop what he is doing.

So “All the Presidents Men” that brought down the Nixon Administration was fiction?
Government needs to be accountable to the people. If it is journalists that bring out that accountability than be it. Each administration tries to spin the facts to make them look good in present and as their role in history. So the journalists (who I am always skeptical of) have their place.

For those of you that say Obama can’t be trusted I have to ask what proof do you have that he has not or will not keep his word on everything he has done and said? I say that you are nothing but hypocrites because of the fact that John McSame has voted with bush more than 90% of the time and you imply HE CAN BE TRUSTED??? Let’s get real here and face up to the facts. It’s time for a real change and not mcsame.

Palin’s ok with me because:
She opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest.
She doesnt’ believe that global warming is real.
She thinks we should teach creationism in school.
She believes God told us to go to war in Iraq.
Sounds like the perfect woman for an conservative like me.

Ben Straub needs to be cut off from the GOP-Rush_Hannity cool aid. WOW!
OK About Bush…NO KIDDING! He lied? NO KIDDING? This guy is still after 8 LONG years still so not qualified to be President. So now the GOP is trying to pass McCain off as some kind of CHANGE candidate? LMAO you have got to be kidding. They must believe the American people are idiots. To bad for the RNC they finally have wised up after the Republicans have ruined our country and it’s going to be a LONG LONG time before they will be able to hoodwink the citizens of this country again. McCain…LOL.

Well if I had to choose between telling the soldiers that we were losing and demoralizing them, and keeping them alive, I think I would have told them the truth and get them the hell out. To put them in harm’s way for political purposes is just plain shameful. With McCain there would be no change in this kind of behavior by our government. We cannot and should not ever put our soldiers in harm’s way for political convienences. I’m sure the families of the over 4000 soldiers that have died in this obscene war would have appreciated some honesty for paying the ultimate price.

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Bush/Cheney a disaster? In the words of Slick Willie, “GIVE ME A BREAK”.
I only wish we had another 4 years of Bush. We could win another war, keep the economy booming, until democrats in congress do their thing.
Posted by: LarryMan | Sep 6, 2008 9:31:01 AM
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Hey genius, we haven’t “won” the first 2 wars yet.
Ignorance, the rally call of the Republicans…

The left party are liars and crooks!! They have made the American people believe that the President is a bad person. The President is a true American and loves his country. He has a different vision than the left has, so he gets downplayed so you vote against his party. HELLO!! WAKE UP AMERICA, DONT GET BRAINWASHED. This is called false propaganda. If anybody understands politics, then you will know this. The left is only doing this to get your vote. That is why they use the biased media to help them to get your vote.
Same thing with the oil companies. They make you believe that oil companies are bad, again a way to get your vote. Oil companies have less profit margins than most companies, for example Microsoft’s profit margin is twice as much as the oil companies. Just like any other business, there are cycles, in the 90′s it was the tech sector, and this decade it has been the commodities turn, so yes the oil companies have higher profits. This is called capitalism. The left hates globalization.
Oil companies are good because they provide everything we have and use in our lives. They create globalization!!!!Now, if any oil companies are performing illegal and fraudulent activities, then they should be punished, just like the Enron executives.
Another thing that the left does so to get your vote is that they always say that the rich are getting richer. If you think about it this is a poor man’s way of thinking, and that is what they teach the American people. First of all, the rich will always be rich, under every party, unless they screw up personally. We should be happy of the wealth of this country and that it is getting wealthier.
Second of all, every move that rich people make, they create jobs. When they buy mansions, they create jobs, when they buy yahts & planes, they create jobs, when they start a business, they create jobs, when they make investments, they create jobs, when they buy real estate, they create jobs, and so on. Rich people don’t hide their money under their pillow, they put it to work, thus CREATING JOBS!!!
Sadly, many people have been brainwashed, about everything, the economy, the war, our energy sources, global warming (this summer was not even warm, people please understand that most climate change is a result of the orbital eccentricities of Earth and variations in the sun’s output!!!!)…..
For example, Al Gore has already made 100 million dollars from his “global warming policies”. That is a lot of money. So, what was the result, did he save us from global warming, or he just took OUR MONEY??????
I do understand we have to protect our environment, but to come up with some BS theory and make speeches collecting our money. CROOKS!!!!!!

My new name will be David G. That’s my real name. You can also call me Mr.Atomic.
David

I have been reading a lot of these posts and there are so many people that have been brainwashed by the leftwing politicians. We all know that the left likes bigger government, thats no secret, so the bigger the government the more money will come out of our pockets. This is a very logical statement. And here is an example. The state of california can’t still balance their budget even with the great, smart Schwarzenegger running the show. The simple answer is that the 4th biggest economy in the world has TOO many state agencies! Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and Biden will do exactly that, create too many government agencies. Our taxes are going to go through the roof!
Second of all, everybody bashes the economy and blame the President. How childish. They don’t understand that in capitalism you have economic cycles, it is part of nature, there are economic booms and economic busts. Just read about facts. What fascinates me is the power of US and that is what capitalism is all about. Lower taxes works!!! United States had the recession of 2001-2003, the tragic events of 9-11, two wars, the hurricanes, the real estate meltdown, mortgage meltdown and the financial industry meltdown, and these events have affected millions of people, no doubt. But despite all this, United States is still standing and the majority are still working, and productivity is up. Any other country in the world would collapse after all these events. Let’s be grateful.

Here are my observations about the war, as I have visited and stayed in the Middle East in the 70′s and 80′s.
A brief history to why we are in a war now. The problems that we have today are because of a liberal president, Jimmy Carter, who planted his seeds in the Middle East in the late 1970’s. All dictators in the Middle East, Yasser Arafat, Mohammar Qadaffi, Saddam Hussein, and Ayatolla Khomeini, just to mention a few, were all brought to power around 1979 under Jimmy Carter. As a result, we have seen a rise in terrorism, poverty, genocide, and corruption in the Middle East during the last three decades, and now, another war. This is a well-known fact. Even Osama Bin Laden was working with the Carter administration in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s in Afghanistan. Today, Jimmy Carter is still praising the terrorist organizations in the Middle East.
Former liberal US president, Bill Clinton, former liberal French presidents, Mitterand and Chirac, and left extremists from the North Korean, Russian, Venezuelan, and Chinese governments, just to mention a few, were all supportive of the corruption in the Middle East and had ties with the regimes in power at the time. They all had close relationships with Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein. The most visited foreign leader by Bill Clinton was Yasser Arafat during his presidency (compare that to George W Bush’s most visited foreign leader, Tony Blair), and during that time the media said that Bill Clinton was trying to restore peace in the Middle East. But come on, what peace? And, why didn’t Bill Clinton go after Osama Bin Laden after the first bombings of the World Trade Center and other terrorist attacks against the capitalistic world? Bin Laden was even caught in 1993 but nothing was done to him. Evidently, this lead to the tragic events of 9/11, the bombings in Madrid & London, more chaos, and now a war. Peace can never be achieved when you have corrupt leaders in power throughout the world.
Before, I get to the Iraq war, let me explain, why the left likes corruption in third world countries. The foreign policy of liberals in power and the left extremists consists of creating dictatorships in countries that are rich in natural resources. Just look at our world. It is not a coincidence that all “third world” countries, which are rich in natural resources, are all run under some sort of a dictatorship. Look at Africa, South America, some Asian countries, and the Middle East. And these continents contain the majority of the people in the world (roughly over 4 billion people!), living in poverty, oppression, corruption, wars, executions, tortures, genocide, exploitation and no freedom whatsoever. Where are the anti-war activists, humanitarian activists, or anti-genocide activists for these appalling events that are happening in our world every single day? Where are the liberals to protest against this cruelty that has been happening year after year throughout our history? The reality is that they only show up to protest passionately against George W. Bush, who has shifted the world towards capitalism. That is the reason for all the noise in the last 7 years.
The liberals in power then have business arrangements with these kinds of regimes, so that only them (left extremists) will benefit from it, leaving the majority of the people in the world in poverty and living under extreme hardship and tyranny. They like corruption in the world because that is how their fortunes and objectives are made. They oppose globalization and the growth of people around the world. This is truly very sad and disgusting. Moreover, they prevent businesses from growing by enforcing higher taxes and implementing more mandates and regulations. And in the third world countries, all businesses are controlled by the regimes in power. I wonder why?
Now, you understand why the liberals in US are against using America’s sources of energy! For example, they oppose offshore drilling for oil because they say that it will harm the environment and destroy the wildlife. But, it is okay for other nations, such as countries in the Middle East, to perform the offshore drilling. In other words, screw the people in the Middle East, screw their environment and screw their wildlife.

So Bob wrote a history book according to Bob. Big deal, I see a lot of ‘history’ books being sold on the sidewalks of cities across by mostly unlicensed booksellers too, written by ‘historians’. This is 2008, I don’t know about you but I’m moving on….

oBAMA had a choice and he chose his ego before country. He is to blame for his poor strategy decision.

And here is my explanation of the Iraq war.
First of all, the Iraq war is extremely important and the US can afford the Iraq war. The cost of war (+/- $750 billion, a lot of money) has only been 1% of the $63 trillion GDP over the 5-year period of war. Right now, the Iranian regime has become very dangerous and is a huge threat. Looking at a map of the Middle East, Iran is currently being surrounded by the US and allies. You have Turkey, Russia and the Caspian Sea in the north, then you have Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east, you have the Persian Gulf in the southwest, and Iraq in the west. This tactic prevents Iran from mobilizing its army into the neighboring countries, and from attacking Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Moreover, it prevents Al-Qaeda from taking over Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, which could result in a possible India-Pakistan war again. Imagine what would happen if the allies and US left these regions. In my opinion, a huge disaster, and as a result, the US and Europe will then have to enter a much, much bigger and costlier war!
In addition, how can you create peace in the Middle East and the world when you have a bunch of dictators ruling (supported by left extremists), each worth hundreds of millions of dollars or more, whom keep threatening to attack US, Israel and the capitalistic world, and whom are depressing and executing their own people every single day, assigning teenagers to suicide bombings, demeaning women, and creating fear by coercion. This is not humanity or what liberal really means. I reiterate again that this is happening to the majority of the people in the world!
Fortunately, today all that is changing, slowly but surely. Saddam Hussein is gone, Yasser Arafat is gone, the Taliban is almost gone, and Mohammar Qadaffi, the smartest of them all (learnt his lesson from former US president, Ronald Reagan), opened his doors by giving in his warfare. We are also succeeding in the Iraq war. Additionally, we are seeing a gradual downfall of dictators in other parts of the world, such as in Africa and North Korea. A gradual downfall of terrorist organizations, such as the IRA from Ireland, again, an organization that was influenced by the radical left and trained in Syria and Afghanistan, and the left-wing FARC guerillas in Colombia, (the Spanish terrorist group, ETA was about to disarm in 2004 when right-wing president of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar, was in power, but the current socialist president, Jose Luis Zapatero, obviously did not follow through, which has led to more recent bombings in Spain). All this is one gradual step forward to democracy in the world.
Iran has become a very dangerous country. Hezbollah which was created by Iran gained power in Lebanon (neighbors with Israel), just recently, and the same for the terrorist group Hamas, that gained control of Syria. Iran is trying to expand, because they know that they cannot win a war with US or Israel, so they use terrorism. Do you get it now!!! Right now they are building a missile system in Venezuela, and God knows how many of these terrorist groups are here and in Europe.
You see, the LEFT PARTY always downplays these things. We have to learn from history. Before World War 2 took place all the liberals and socialsts and communists downplayed Winston Churchills concern about Adolf Hitler. So, you know how that ended. It cost 10 million lives, and destroyed the global economy.
Let’s not repeat history. This is why the Iraq war took place. Too many dictators with power and money, wanting to take over the world. And Saddam Hussein did have Weapons of Mass Destruction. He used them in the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80′s against Iran. He had chemical weapos. In that war 1 million innocent young Iranians died and 1/2 a million young innocent Iraqi’s died.
LIBERALS IN POWER are not what everybody thinks they are. Welcome to the world of politics.

I did not make that post above. The liberal media that controls this board used the name David up there to discredit me because they can’t stop me from telling the truth about the liberals.
That is not my moniker.
David

See, they did it again!
I will only post using my female names from here on to discredit the liberal media.
Jim in OH

Is it possible to impeach a presidential candidate?..
can we just get McSame/Pain out of the way now and spare the American people any further embarassment from their campaign?

According to Palin, Iraq war was a task from God. You know I dislike the type of religious fanatics that blames everything on God – a line has to be drawn somewhere for individual responsibility. God is not evil. The Iraq war was iniated on lies sporned by selfish motives.

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Really glad to hear that Bush is such a moron, dufus, chimp. After all, since he defeated two brilliant, educated, smart guys for president, just what does that make them??????
Palin is not educated enough? Well then why don’t we just elect a president of a university with a doctor’s degree to be president????
Probably because they wouldn’t know sheit from shinola about making a decision in the middle of the night. They would probably vote “Present” when the Russians are charging our coast.
A leader is someone who has faced the enemy, who will do more than studder and stammer and shake when he has to “face” O’Reilly.
Palin/McCain 08

Palin is reported to have attempted to ban certain books from libraries while mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
Palin attends a church where speakers charge that violence against Israelis is divine punishment for the failure of Jews to accept Jesus, just two weeks ago.
Palin’s also used her line-item veto as Governor to slash funding for an Alaska shelter that serves teen mothers.

Are we to wonder why Bob Woodward HAD to have this book published during the campaign? Just great timinng for Bob don’t you think? He could have waited to have this published after the election but it was toooo important to get his bias out there. Amazing, does this guy have ANY tact? Or for that matter,any class? Whether you were for this war or not, let it play out and let Bush finish his term before writing a book. I wonder how many books Woodard wrote about Clinton? I think personally Woodard LOVES the spotlight on him no matter who it hurts – democrat or republican. It’s all about him. He’s got to compete somehow with the four candidates. I think since Nixon, he wants to see who he can bring down. The higher up the better. He DOESN’T THINK ABOUT THE PRICE THAT IS PAID JUST SO HE CAN GET THE SCOOP! He doesn’t think what this has done to our relations with Iraq! The left is sooo much for diplomacy but if you burn your bridges, not a whole lot can be done to build them back!!! SHAME ON YOU BOB WOODARD!

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Studderer197, they want you back across the border.
Starstruck, get us some information that does not come from dailykos.
Haven’t you libs run out of stuff from the BS tank yet?
Give it up, it’s going to be ————
Palin/McCain 08

Woodward is a hack journalist like so many others in the business.

There are going to be people who can’t understand why others don’t think Bush is a great president and others who can’t understand why everyone doesn’t agree that he did more damage to the USA than al-Qaeda could have ever hoped to do. I feel that most of those supporting Bush can’t possibly have any serious knowledge of history or mathematics, but that’s apparently why we have a Democracy. Of course, so did Germany in the 1930′s.

==You people are confusing Bob Woodruff, injured in Iraq with Bob Woodward.
Posted by: jel120 | Sep 6, 2008 11:47:58 AM==
Gee, I didn’t know Woodruff was in Iraq with Woodward. I certainly didn’t they were both injured. Both ARE journalists though, right? I mean, they were in Iraq together as you say.
Cool. Thanks for the info.

You people also know me to be highly intelligent and very capable of voicing my own opinions in clear and irrevocable fashion.
This pathetic, stupid, ignorant moron is obviously in collusion with the Liberal ABC news on this.
They are obviously revealing my IP address so the impostor can readily identify me as I change names here.
ABC, this is really an unfair, leftist tactic that will not work. I am in Information Security, so I know how they are doing it.
Otherwise, if ABC wasn’t working with them, they’d never know how to spot all of my IDs here.
In fact, it’s probably ABC pretending to be someone else just to discredit me!
Free speech out the window by the liberal fascists!
The Real “Jim in OH”

sunny,
I agree that GWB did a few great things. When he took office, Democrats in the House had just about given up ALL hope of ever being able to put together a majority (however slim) anytime soon. There was much talk about waiting until the NEXT generation … many leaders were planning to retire … others spoke of a PERMANENT MINORITY status … then along came GWBush and he did in 6 YEARS what should have taken a generation! This fall, the Democrats appear to be poised to take OVER 250 house seats! WOW! Not in my WILDEST dreams did I EVER think that would be possible … Nancy Pelosi will be SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE for LIFE!!
Thank you GWB …

Jimoh: you’ve succeeded in examplifying what the Republican party is all about. You’ll even lie to your lover.
Makes a truth out of the old saw that you’ll never find a Republican with a conscience or a heart.

One has to wonder if the choice we now have is the lesser of the two evils?

Hijacked again (though I intended the name to be one-time use). And he used my “REAL” signature to look authentic. Just know that anyone can look like anyone else here. All we really have is our own integrity, of which this bonehead has none. Can you guys tell the difference between our writing styles? Pretty obvious, isn’t it? I don’t write one- and two-line paragraphs like that. I would never attack the forum provider either and I’m not paranoid. Take care and know that your name can be hijacked. Warn each other of it. Sorry if anyone was offended by the imposter’s statements. I assure you they weren’t mine.
When I hear from ABC News, I’ll be in touch.
I’m retiring this name now. Any further posts you see are not from me.
Jim

This book is probably the tip-of-the-iceberg. If America knew what this criminal Administration has done there would probably be an armed assualt on all of those useless and self-interest “law-makers”.

Greetings The Real “Jim in OH”,
“You people also know me to be highly intelligent and very capable of voicing my own opinions in clear and irrevocable fashion.”
I understand that a good laugh each day is good for ones health. If true, I want to thank you for providing TODAYS belly laugh …
BTW, the word you were groping for might have been either “incontrovertible” or “irrefutable”.

The REAL Iraq Policy :
The NAZI FASCIST Bush CRIME REGIME
Deliberately Fabricated Reports
Intentionally Delivered to The American people
To Falsely and Fraudulently – Advocate a War ! !

Surely, voting with the worst president in history 90% of the time cannot be forgotten. In 2000 he was an option, now in the world of trees, he’s a bush!

Greetings CA Susan,
You say that all you need to know about your leaders is that “Jesus … is guiding her(his) hand”.
OK, in America you don’t need ANY valid reason to choose you candidate … however, my questions to you are …
Does it EVER enter your mind what might be BEST for AMERICA? Also, in your opinion, is there ANY difference in degree or kind between YOU and the TALIBAN we are fighting in Afghanistan. (and by hosting al-Qaeda the REAL culprits in the 9-11 attacks)?
And one more, what if I told you that RIGHT NOW, as I type this note to YOU, that JESUS is guiding my fingers …?

A lot of people believe God is directing them…the muslim terrorists, the guy who just killed folks this past week, and surprise, surprise, Sarah Palin. Since knowing God is directing one’s hand is enough for you, I’m sure a terrorist under the leadership of God would be ok as a president for you as well!
No wonder they say that to believe in Jesus you have to have your brain removed first!
Actions speak louder than words!

dan – I am one of many that have strong faith. My Pastor talked of Sarah Palin long before she teamed up with John McCain. My mental health took a turn for the better since she joined the ticket.

jock59801 – Satin has tricks and your argument is one of them.

ALAS
America is going down the tubes
you should enjoy the ride
this is as good as its gets
this is “country first ”
God bless our bombs there
falling on us
Blessings — bobknab

CA Susan
On second thought, I have decided you must be pulling our leg. No one can be THAT much of a caricature of a religious fanatic unless you are doing it on purpose. Posted by: jock59801
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jock59801 – LOL – you’re right. You wouldn’t believe how many of my relatives believe EVERYTHING I posted. They are absolutely NUTS. This Palin woman has the Republican “base” religious fanatics all fired up. If Democrats don’t respond in kind and get fired up to defeat these morons we can kiss civil liberties goodbye. Obama/Biden 08’

Diebold has already chosen the next President!!! How to Hack a Diebold Voting Machine Aug 1, 2006 …

One thing is for certain just as it has been these past 8 years, there will be change. The real question is, will there be any hope to accompany that change?
So far, I see none and I expect that there will be none for at least the next 4 years regardless of which party wins!

Bush will go down as THE BEST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
He kept the country safe for left wing whackos to post mindless drivel on a public board.
We need CHANGE. That’s why Obammy chose a VP with 34 years in Washington.
Hopefully when Obammy gets in he will be “Present” more than 140 times.
Palin/McCain 08

If Mc Cain is like Bush, then it must be said that Obama is like the Peanut Farmer Jimmy Carter who didn’t know a hell of beans about Foreign Policy and for that matter allowed Cuban immigrants into South Florida without any game plan. And, riots broke out on the streets and crime tripled in South Florida. Americans were told that WE had to speak English. Now look at South Florida… the new CUBA. This is something Obama would do. Hands down. Additionally, Clinton KNEW Osama Bin Laden was a threat to our country and ignored these threats while closing down military bases and cutting funding for our Military. Sound sjust like Obama. Ignore the threats YEARS, and then let someone else take the fall for it. Bush was in office for 9 months when we were attacked. I don’t agree with the strategy of the war, but I aso don’t believe for a minute that Clinton and the Democrats were not warned time and time again from the terrorists. Actually, I believe this is proven that Osama had been a theat way before Bush took office. Get the SHI# out of your own eyes before you start judging others. Additionally, Mc Cain is not Bush. If he is then Obama is the Paanut Farmer and the pedaphile.

We cannot believe what Bush says, but can we believe what Woodward says?
The Bob Woodward Story, Part I,
or How to Make a Sharp U-Turn
Two young reporters, like all their kind,
yearned to escape their daily grind.
Keen they were, enthusiastic,
and prayed they’d clinch that scoop fantastic.
Little did they dream that fate
would lay before them Watergate,
and all the President’s men’s skullduggery
best described perhaps as thuggery.
Bob typified the dogged sleuth
who’d dig ‘til he unveiled the truth.
Investigation was his strength;
for a story he’d go any length.
He’d probe the White House fabrications,
delve into Nixon’s aberrations,
uncover every lie or prevarication
and expose a rotten administration.
So Bob and fellow newsman Carl
vowed Tricky Dicky to ensnarl.
Lucky for them a mole appeared
with a modus best described as weird.
He’d meet with Bob in a garage under ground
where his whispers did not make a sound.
He earned the nickname of Deep Throat
and he gave our Sherlock cause to gloat.
Bob and Carl gained widespread admiration
for what they did to save the nation.
They exemplified steadfast persistence
as they wore down editor Ben’s resistance.
So President Nixon was thrown out –
a mighty triumph without a doubt.
A task not easy to repeat
on a humble newsman’s normal beat.
New fields of effort they had to find
and leave their news desks far behind.
Carl’s modest ways stayed as of yore
while Bob’s huge ego was now a bore.
To young journalists he was quite the hero,
a role he took to like De Niro.
A real colossus he became,
a legend now of worldwide fame.
Made managing editor at the Post
he seemed to vanish like a ghost.
Now his by-line seldom would appear
and co-workers soon began to sneer.
They asked wherever could he be found
and why he was never seen around.
Eager hacks set out to trace him
and it did not take them long to place him.
He was seen as he left in a rush
from an office occupied by Bush.
The guy who hated presidents’ men
had now become just one of them.
The White House was in disrepair
as leaks oozed out from everywhere.
All around were phone call buggers
when what they needed were good pluggers.
George W. considered him a chum
and how could poor Robert not succumb?
He was handed info cherry-picked
and it dawned not on him he’d been tricked.
He played his cards close to his chest
and his editor did not keep abreast,
He was gathering all that he could muster
for inclusion in his next blockbuster.
He had once reported all the news
but now felt he could pick and choose.
He would decide which well-cooked brownie
to feed to editor Len Downie.
He appeared with awe-struck Larry King
who allowed him his own praise to sing.
His methods, once investigative,
had now become accommodative.
When asked if he felt any blame
for keeping mum on Valerie Plame
he denigrated the prosecutor
though some others called him a straight shooter.
There are many who have grown quite leery
as every word of his they query.
Why some still pay to hear him lecture
is only open to conjecture.
He no longer can be called a model
when all he says is now just twaddle.
But remember this, you who would berate him.
Bob’s still a reporter, though now verbatim.
The Bob Woodward Story, Part II,
or Bob’s State of Denial
Quick, finish dinner! At the TV we must look
to hear Woodward plug his latest book.
It’s easy to learn Bob’s point of view
for he’s on the networks, and on cable too,
As we wait for his findings to be revealed
we hope that nothing will be concealed.
Will he throw any light on that odd love affair
between George Bush and Tony Blair?
When he sits face to face with 60 Minute’s Mike
it’s awesome how they are so alike.
It’s hard to decide whose demeanour is sternest
as they prepare to discuss the book in earnest
No levity here, no how are the folks?
But we are all aware it’s no time for jokes.
Have such austere expressions been seen before?
Indeed they have, on Mount Rushmore.
So we anxiously wait and with bated breath
for Bob’s disclosures, we hope in depth.
What will he tell us? What can we expect to learn?
What inside stories that might cause concern?
He addresses Wallace in ponderous tones
as on and on and on he drones
with that steady and unblinking gaze
and then pauses for Mike his words to praise.
As he gives all his phrases the self-same stress
it‘s not easy their importance for us to guess.
Could anyone ever consider terrific
a delivery best called soporific?
Once he decided his reporting role to abdicate,
Was when Woodward began to pontificate.
Now, should he find things get too hot at home,
he could always hop on a plane to Rome.
Newsweek says he knows how to excavate
but that claim leaves room for much debate.
We recall how he lauded Bush’s “moral determination”
leaving none in doubt of his open admiration.
But wait! What is reaching my disbelieving ears?
The sound of Bob as he again changes gears?
Can he really be saying that his erstwhile cronies
Are nothing more than a bunch of phonies?
He swears that Bush has been known to lie,
and says things in Iraq have gone awry.
So it’s obvious that he’s now jumping ship
and has learned how to do a pancake flip.
We’re mesmerised by his asseverations
and dumbstruck at his aberrations.
Is he telling us that he has seen the light
in the book that he took two years to write?
Alas! What he serves us is reheated hash
when what we expected was a hot news flash.
So what may we get when the Post’s straight shooter
again hits the keys of his laptop computer?
Will he tell us that tomorrow the sun will rise?
That Polaris is seen in Northern skies?
That Cheney’s is not the steadiest hand
when he picks up a gun while he’s still half canned?
Will he discover that Halliburton steals,
charging millions for non-existent meals?
Will he say Condi continues with her to’s and fro’s
the reason for which God only knows?
Will he warn us the CIA makes mistakes?
Or tell us Laura is good at baking cakes?
Will he say the Intelligence Service we cannot trust
or drop another such nugget to leave us nonplussed?
There is one question I feel I have to ask
and hope that I’ll not be taken to task.
While Rummy’s stuff may happen, or perhaps may not,
for how much longer must we endure Bob’s tommy rot?
As I wondered what became of the Bob I once admired,
and, like many, whose footsteps to follow had aspired,
I realized I’d overlooked a significant factor,
That the Bob I was thinking of — is Redford, the actor!

Wow now I understand why some of us still want more of the same. Let’s see you’d rather elect a 72 year old version of the same administration along with his inexperience joke as a VP, you’d rather endure 4 more years of the same instead of giving a chance to a Harvard graduate, intelligent compelling fellow, just because he’s black. I swear most of you would be voting for Obama in November had he been a white man. some of you would rather die than to have a black man as your president. The good news is you did not fool America with your all white convention, your all white music and your all white jokes and your all white issues. Who do you think you are fooling? Country first my A….

I have to say I agree with yoye. The dark secret factor in this election cycle is Obama is black. Rarely have statements gotten more outrageous in a campaign. If he were white it would be the Camelot thing all over. Because he’s black he’s Obama Hussein, he’s not a citizen, if he visits the troops he’s out for publicity, if he doesn’t it’s because he doesn’t care: he can’t win because he’s black and racism isn’t about being fair. Of course, not everyone who favors McCain is racist but there is that dark underbelly of the right. McCain ends up ranking 894th out of his class of 899 and Obama is stellar at Harvard. The argument here appears to be seniority trumps brilliance.
Or Obama is elitist. What dishonesty! These same people will lie, cheat and steal to get their kid an advantage in attending an Ivy League school but since Obama did it, he’s elitist. McCain owns 7 or more homes but there’s nothing elitist or out of the ordinary about that!

NEWSFLASH! THIS JUST IN:
McCAIN IS ACCUSED OF THEFT!
Apparently still reeling from being caught steeling no less than 12,000 US flags from the Democrats in an overnight raid recently, now authorities are revealing more theft complaints involving McCain and his personal entourage.
As if steeling 12,000 flags and blaming it on local Boy Scouts wasn’t enough, McCain now stands accused of steeling a copy of Gideon’s bible from a hotel in Minneapolis during his stay there for the convention earlier this week.
Hotel employees gave a list of several items missing from the Hotel after McCain stayed there, including the Bible. Other missing items included three cocktail glasses, an ice bucket, several bars of soap, three rolls of toilet paper and those tiny little ketchup and mustard bottles.
Boy Scouts den mothers also expressed their dismay given the recent circumstances surround the wild accusations that somehow Boy Scouts were wandering the Invesco Arena area during the late hours after the DNC Convention and had stumbled upon 12,000 US flags, which they were then alleged to have stolen and having fenced in Minneapolis to the RNC. “I am shocked” said one mother. “Little Jimmy is in by sunset in tucked in by 8:30 every night, including weekends”.
“These Bibles are no longer free to steal” said the Hotel manager anonymously for fear of scurrilous reprisals by Republican fanatics. “It clearly states on the inside cover that you have to send away now for a free copy of the Gideon’s Bible” exclaimed the Hotel manager.
“You can’t just go willy-nilly taking things as if you own the world” the manager added. “I hear he was illegally downloading music off the internet last month to use in his TV commercials to bash the Democrats.”
Apparently McCain has long suffered from a rare disorder called “Hotel Kleptomania” stemming all the way back to his days in the Hanoi Hilton, where staff still insist he would take spoons, which have not been accounted for to this day. McCain still holds a grudge against the Hiltons, recently implicating young Paris Hilton in one of his regular tirades about Barack Obama, his staunch Democratic rival for the presidency.
The Hiltons were not available for comment, but a spokesperson for the Hotel chain said that McCain has been blacklisted from staying at their hotels since the early 70s due to missing items whenever he would stay at one of their hotels.
This is just one more blow to the McCain camp, still reeling from theft accusations including stealing Barack Obama’s political campaign theme and message as well, a message of change and reform. “We knew he had taken the message”, as did several witnesses who spotted McCain, Washington insider and veteran politician for a quarter century, spouting the term change and reform where several members of the American public were gathered.
One witness said he knew McCain had stolen Obama’s message when he heard McCain having tremendous difficulty pronouncing the word “change”. “It sounded so strange coming from Mr. McCain that you could readily see he was unfamiliar with the concept or how to pronounce the word” said one eye witness. A local panhandler handed McCain a dollar, thinking McCain was begging for a hand out. “I just felt sorry for the guy” said the homeless man, he kept saying “change”.
Mr. Obama stated that “This is a sad day for all Americans” and lamented that McCain really had no message or content of his own to use for his campaign. Mr. Obama volunteered to donate his political message and theme to McCain just as soon as he was finished with them, after November 6th.
Democratic supporters feeling bad for poor McCain have started a campaign and are mailing McCain their loose change.

by the way…2 family members who are deployed to Iraq through July 2009 regardless of who wins the election. And another, a Marine, is in Kuwait before being deployed to Afghanistan so dont act like my opinion is just ‘liberal bias’.

What parallel universe are you people in? Bush stated Mission Accomplished back in 2003 – the war was over then.

re; BenStraub; Your comments about Obama, his record in office, his beliefs, his works are completely wrong. He worked after grad. from Harvard, to come to Chicago, work for 12,000$ yr and an old car. He helped poor areas provide care and education for under priviledged. He did much good there. As for the claim he did not serve his country? You know not what you speak. He graduated HS 1979. There was no war at that time, he signed up as req. by law. Let’s look at the wingnut icons. Limbaugh= butt boil(?). Cheney = better things to do (5x)? Rove= bad knee? Bush= hide out in Guard, spend time in bars, wreck planes get out of jail card free/with coverup?
No one in Bush WH has had mil. serv. nor their kids.
Sarah…has charges aimed at her, she owes US 32Mill that she kept for the Bridge that she claims she did not want, but lobbyed for. (Theft)? Religious fanatic, secessionist(?) thought we decided that long ago? If you want to enjoy Mc’s military record, go to any site with McCain/plane crash; see how many he crashed and his part in Forrestall fire. Remember Keating Five? Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas. He is in the can with lobbyists up tohis neck. Ujnless you are in the top 10% and a fascist, don’t vote for the GOP ticket, anywhere . Looking forward to a start ona new world, with faith fairness, education, freedom for all. I’m fede up with the last 28 years fo PNAC lies and underhanded works with enemies to OUR detriment. Look it up. Read Get Smarter. Then vote!!

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