Harry Reid's blunders may cost him his leadership post

13 thoughts on “Harry Reid’s blunders may cost him his leadership post”

1. Straight from the “sagely insightful dean’s” mouth:

   Let me disclose my own bias in this matter. I like Karl Rove. In the days when he was operating from Austin, we had many long and rewarding conversations. I have eaten quail at his table and admired the splendid Hill Country landscape from the porch of the historic cabin Karl and his wife Darby found miles away and had carted to its present site on their land. (May 18, 2003)

   Oops, wrong one.  Let me try again:

   I think the press has done a good and thorough job of making the point that there is no evidence of a link between Iraq and 9/11 and between Iraq and al Qaeda.

   I am unaware of any efforts by the administration to link Iraq to 9/11.

   Being unaware is Hard Work, but that’s not what I was looking for.  Oh, here it is:

   It may seem perverse to suggest that, at the very moment the House of Representatives is repudiating his policy in Iraq, President Bush is poised for a political comeback. But don’t be astonished if that is the case.

   Or:

   But just as Clinton did in the winter of 1995, Bush now shows signs of renewed energy and is regaining the initiative on several fronts. (Feb. 16, 2007)

   We’re turning the corner!

   Another Skeptic, do you actually think Harry Reid’s straight talk will “cost him his leadership post?”  No, because that’s completely nutty, since Reid is well-liked and generally regarded as the most effective Speaker our side has had in recent memory.

   I would call it wishful thinking, but the “thinking” part seems to be absent.

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   1. And as Cheney just said, “It is cynical to say the war is lost because it gives you political advantage.”

      Reid is a traitor.

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      1. As Senator Reid said:

         “The President apparently remains in a dangerous state of denial about the situation on the ground in Iraq and its impact on our security at home.”

         Cheney is a poopypants.

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         1. And get him in front of a microphone as much as possible.  He’s going to help us in the long run

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            1. about things regardless.  The era of being timid because you’re afraid of what Lim-bots like you will say is over.

               Which is exactly why you’re piling on Harry Reid for telling the truth.

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      2. “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

         and what the hell would Dick “I had other priorities” Cheney know about war, anyway?

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      3. Hey Tom DeLay (I mean AS) your statement and belief against dissidence is chilling.

         Reid not only expressed his personal view, but the view of 70% of Americans! What don’t you understand?

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2. is telling the truth a blunder. Tell us Haner, how is this “war” going to be won? Why has every General who has stated the same been fired? Why has Kissinger said the same? What is the % of Iraqi people who want us out of Iraq? I could go on and on, but I’d be wasting my precious time.

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      1. Had nothing to do with support of the Iraq war policy.  I really don’t have the energy to debate it right now, especially with you.  🙂  I mean that with all due respect, I just doubt that either of us will change the others’ mind.  As such it would be a waste of time like you said.

         What I meant was that these sort of comments are going to provide Republicans with ammo to shoot at the left.  It’s going to play into the stereotype that Republicans are trying to establish for Democrats, being that Democrats are defeatists.  That sort of stereotype will end up helping Republicans in the long run, regardless whether or not the stereotype is valid.

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3. “This bill gives General Petraeus great leverage for moving the Iraqi government down the more disciplined path laid out by the Iraq Study Group.  The real audience for the timeline language is Prime Minister al-Maliki and the elected government of Iraq.  The argument that this bill aides the enemy is simply not mature – nobody on the earth underestimates the United States’ capacity for unpredictability.  It may further create some sense of urgency in the rest of our government, beginning with the State Department.”

   –Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, USA, Ret. 

   “The bill gives the president a chance to pull back from a disastrous course, re-orient US strategy to achieve regional stability, and win help from many other countries — the only way peace will eventually be achieved.”

   –LT GEN Wm. E. Odom, USA, Ret.

   “Supporting the Iraq Supplemental Bill not only reflects the thinking of the Iraq Study Group but puts teeth to the phrase “Supporting the Troops”.  By establishing timelines it returns the responsibility of self preservation and regional sovereignty to the people of Iraq and their government.”

   –Maj. Gen. Mel Montano, USANG, Ret

   “This important legislation sets a new direction for Iraq.  It acknowledges that America went to war without mobilizing the nation, that our strategy in Iraq has been tragically flawed since the invasion in March 2003, that our Army and Marine Corps are at the breaking point with little to show for it, and  that our military alone will never establish representative government in Iraq.  The administration got it terribly wrong and I applaud our Congress for stepping up to their constitutional responsibilities.”

   –Maj. Gen. John Batiste, USA, Ret.

   “We must commence a coordinated phased withdrawal of U.S. combat troops and condition our continuing support of the Iraqi government on its fulfilling the political commitments it has made to facilitate reconciliation of the contending secular factions. Otherwise, we will continue to be entwined in a hopeless quagmire, with continuing American casualties, which will render our ground forces ineffective.”

   –Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, USA Ret.

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   1. And of course, President Bush is going to listen to his generals in theater!

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4. is not very skeptical of those RNC faxblasts he receives every day.

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