How you doin’, Christy?

Go Ned!

That image never gets old!

Bob at 3 — I could not agree more. *g*

Raw has up that Lamont is protesting the LIEbermini circa 400K unaccounted for slush money. Terrific piece, and strongly written.

“Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.”

–Joe Lieberman

EPU’d-What blows me away is the stark contrast between Joey’s and Ned campaign re: petty cash. Ned used $500, Joey used $387K Are you kidding me? ANSWER THE QUESTION JOEY!

Re: Slush fund for C.R.E.E.L. (Committee to Reelect Lieberman) - I should have info on the presser Tom Swan and George Jepsen are holding right now on the steps of the Capitol within an hour or so.

I know that Lieberman made a statement about how well things were going in Iraq after one of his visits. The statement led Michael Ware, one the best reporters covering the war, to suggest that Lieberman didn’t have a clue as to what he was talking about.
I guess since he was such a rabid advocate for the war he has to rationalize the terrible things that are happening in that godforsaken country.

Maybe the 387 large was needed for Dangerstein’s body waxing?

“[W]e have evidence of meetings between Iraqi officials and leaders of al Qaeda, and testimony that Iraqi agents helped train al Qaeda operatives to use chemical and biological weapons. We also know that al Qaeda leaders have been, and are now, harbored in Iraq.

Having reached the conclusion I have about the clear and present danger Saddam represents to the U.S., I want to give the president a limited but strong mandate to act against Saddam.”

–Joe Lieberman (SOB-CN), in “Why Democrats Should Support the President on Iraq”, October 7, 2002

“never been a stay the course strategy” is kinda the high water mark imo. it’s all downhill from that doozy…

“MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”

I’d rather make s*it up. it’s more fun. :~)

let’s not forget to FITZ!

“The last two weeks have been critically important and I believe may be seen as a turning point in the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism,” Lieberman told reporters after he and a bipartisan group of senators met with Bush and top administration officials on the war.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/w.....iraq_x.htm

you know it used to be that my lottery fantasies revolved around nice things and travel to exotic lands (and ok, maybe a scholarship fund or two). now i dream of having millions so that i could fund one of those groups that produces political adds. i’d have my little elves ready at a moments notice any time one of these idiots tried to pull a fast one and slam them hard. never supported privatizing social security? sorry joe, gotcha. never been “stay the course”, sorry chimpy, eat your own words. it is soooo past time to pull back the curtain on these jokers.

see what you have done to me fdl.

I could SWEAR before the war, during the run up, the president said;

“this is not about regime change, it’s about weapons of mass destruction”

did that happen or is it a figment of my imagination?

if my memory is correct, we HAVE to find that clip and play it and play it and play it again

Well, I like how there is much projection in what Bush says. It comes apparent most often when he talks about the intentions of Al Qaeda and Bin Laden.

Imagine this was a referrence about how Rove uses evangelicals instead of Bin Laden using dissaffected Muslim youths.

“The radicals exploit local conflicts to build a culture of victimization, exploit resentful and disillusioned young men and women, and use modern technology to multiply their destructive power.

-G Dubster

Of course this Condi Rice/George Orwell quote is a beauty too:

“You’re concerned about war, and no one likes war,” she said. But, she said, “to preserve the peace sometimes my country believes war is necessary.”

-Condi Rice

Was there anything even slightly correct or honest about this famous howler?

“The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”
–George W. Bush, “State of the Union”, 1/28/2003

CRETIN-Committe to Re-elect the Insidious Nitwit

Be sure to include links with your quotes, gang!

“Mission Accomplished”

except he never actually said it, did he?

“It’s in the interest of — uhh — uhh, long-term peace in the world that we — uhh — work for a free and secure and peaceful Iraq. A peeance, freeance secure Iraq in the midst of the Middle East will have enormous historical impact.“
– George Duhh-bya Bush - Oct. 27, 2003

audio

“The difference in this town — here in Washington — on the war is not between Democrats and Republicans; it’s between people who believe essentially we’ve already lost in Iraq and it’s time to get out — and most of the rest of us who believe not only have we not lost, but we’re winning.” - Joe Lieberman

http://www.usatoday.com/news/w.....iraq_x.htm

Along with the new highs for the DOW Jones, G.W. Has just capped the 2,800 mark for US deaths in Iraq.

-GSD

punaise @ 23

“Mission Accomplished”

except he never actually said it, did he?

no, i believe i just heard this somewhere recently that the phrase was in his speech, but they took the words out. unfortunately they left the banner up in the background.

“I’m trying to absorb that knowledge. I have nobody to talk to. I’m sitting in the midst of a classroom with little kids, listening to a children’s story… and I realize I’m the commander in chief and the country has just come under attack.”

Newsweek, Dec. 3, 2001

“We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.”

Link

Link to source UN speech

Rumor is that Bill Clinton had the Navy put that “Mission Accomplished” banner up to embarrass Bush.

Damn Bill Clinton.

-GSD

This doesn’t meet your criteria, but it’s an article I found on the way to researching the bestest Bush/Lieberman lies… and what I found leads me to believe that Donald Rumsfeld may leave them both in the dust: from Amercian Forces Information Services, Sept 2002:

Rumsfeld detailed the threat Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program poses to the world. “As we meet, chemists, biologists and nuclear scientists are toiling in weapons labs and underground bunkers, working to give the world’s most dangerous dictators weapons of unprecedented power and lethality,” he said. He told committee members that the power of weapons available to dictators like Hussein and the connections between rogue states like Iraq and terrorist networks make for an extremely dangerous situation.

A miscalculation against a foe with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons could mean casualties in the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Rumsfeld cited a Johns Hopkins University study that imagines the introduction of smallpox into three U.S. states.

“Within two months, the study concluded as many as 1 million people would be dead and 2 million infected,” he said. Even if halved or quartered these statistics would be too much to bear, he said.

…

“Let there be no doubt we can do both (the global war on terrorism and regime change in Iraq) at the same time,” Rumsfeld said.

And in conclusion, Rumsfeld said: “Boo!”

EvilDrPuma @ 20

Was there anything even slightly correct or honest about this famous howler?

“The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”
–George W. Bush, “State of the Union”, 1/28/2003

16 words.

BUSH: “I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is — my point is, there’s a strong will for democracy. “

CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer, 9/24/06

GSD @ 30

Rumor is that Bill Clinton had the Navy put that “Mission Accomplished” banner up to embarrass Bush.

Damn Bill Clinton.

Do you think Bill Clinton might have been the original source for the yellowcake rumor that embarrassed Bush in his SOTU address and fooled the White House into leaking the identity of a CIA operative’s status to the press?

“There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein’s government and al Qaeda.” - Joe Lieberman

http://nationalreview.com/inte.....020847.asp

the country is in a funk. I still blame George Clinton.

I know there are clips before the 9/11 attack where condi, powell and rummy say Iraq was NOT a threat, I don’t have those links though

OK… this has got to be Bush’s biggest lie. Ever.

From a March 8, 2003 radio address.

“We are doing everything we can to avoid war in Iraq.”

Tommy–

You mentioned you and Esten are getting buzzcuts tomorrow.

Is that to look like Jon Tester?

President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat
Remarks by the President on Iraq
Cincinnati Museum Center - Cincinnati Union Terminal
Cincinnati, Ohio October 7, 2002

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news.....007-8.html

My fav . . .

“We’ve also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas. We’re concerned that Iraq is exploring ways of using these UAVS for missions targeting the United States”

OK, here’s a recent one:

George Stephanopoulos asked about James Baker’s plan to develop a strategy for Iraq that is “between ’stay the course’ and ‘cut and run.’”

Bush responded, ‘We’ve never been stay the course, George!’

“The United States has no quarrel with the Iraqi people; they’ve suffered too long in silent captivity. Liberty for the Iraqi people is a great moral cause, and a great strategic goal. The people of Iraq deserve it; the security of all nations requires it. Free societies do not intimidate through cruelty and conquest, and open societies do not threaten the world with mass murder. The United States supports political and economic liberty in a unified Iraq.”

President Psycho to UN General Assembly, Sept. 2002

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news.....912-1.html

Malacandra @ 38

OK… this has got to be Bush’s biggest lie. Ever.

From a March 8, 2003 radio address.

“We are doing everything we can to avoid war in Iraq.”

I must respectfully disagree. Bush’s biggest lie ever was:

“I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

EvilDrPuma @ 43

Malacandra @ 38

OK… this has got to be Bush’s biggest lie. Ever.

From a March 8, 2003 radio address.

I must respectfully disagree. Bush’s biggest lie ever was:

“I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

ouch

Well, it’s kinda cheating but there is an embarrassment of riches at this site:

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/

For Joe, you’re on your own.

There’s this oldie but goodie…

“My answer is bring ‘em on.” —President George W. Bush, on Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S. forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003

EvilDrPuma @ 43

Malacandra @ 38

OK… this has got to be Bush’s biggest lie. Ever.

From a March 8, 2003 radio address.

I must respectfully disagree. Bush’s biggest lie ever was:

“I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Winner, hands down.

punaise @ 44
ouch

The truth hurts.

More heartburn for the Republicans in Florida now.

Charlie Crist (R) 46%
Jim Davis (D) 44%
Other 1%
DK/NA 8%

-GSD

New poll: Lieberman up by 12 points

mc @ 47

Winner, hands down.

Unlike some of his ad nauseam repetitions about Saddam having chemical and biological weapons, he only told that whopper twice.

this one is funny…

“I couldn’t imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.” —President George W. Bush, at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2001

here we go again

BUSH: We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. [8/4/05]

SNOW: The second thing you do is you stay the course. [7/10/06]

SNOW: But on the other hand, you also cannot be a President in a wartime and not realize that you’ve got to stay the course. [8/17/06]

BUSH: We will stay the course. [8/30/06]

BUSH: We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We’re just going to stay the course. [12/15/03]

BUSH: And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course. [4/13/04]

SNOW: People are going to want more of it, and that’s why the President is determined to stay the course. April. [8/16/06]

BUSH: And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. And that’s why when we say something in Iraq, we’re going to do it. [4/16/04]

BUSH: And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. [4/5/04]

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/.....rse-video/

“We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn’t let them in.”

Bush Press Conference 7/14/2003

mc @ 47

EvilDrPuma @ 43

Malacandra @ 38

I must respectfully disagree. Bush’s biggest lie ever was:

Winner, hands down.

no contest. game over.

aki @ 50

New poll: Lieberman up by 12 points

Check post 124 on this thread from Saturday morning, wherein I explain why the ARG poll isn’t worth the powder it would take to blow it to hell.

EvilDrPuma @
43

Malacandra @ 38

OK… this has got to be Bush’s biggest lie. Ever.

From a March 8, 2003 radio address.

I must respectfully disagree. Bush’s biggest lie ever was:

“I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Fair enough, but I’d call it a tie. :)

Oh, and lest an irony implicit in my post at #31 escape the eagle-eyes of the Firepups:

Rumsfeld cited a Johns Hopkins University study that imagines the introduction of smallpox into three U.S. states.

“Within two months, the study concluded as many as 1 million people would be dead and 2 million infected,” he said. Even if halved or quartered these statistics would be too much to bear, he said.

Note that in 2002, a Johns Hopkins University estimate of fatalities stemming from a hypothetical smallpox attack are credible and worth citing to support the administration’s position. In 2006, Johns Hopkins University estimates of 655,000 excess Iraqi fatalities resulting from our invasion (published in the peer-reviewed Lancet) are, of course, not credible.

How Johns Hopkins University has fallen!

Here’s the bottom of the gubernatorial electoral barrel according to SUSA.

47 Missouri Blunt, Matt R 36%
48 Kentucky Fletcher, Ernie R 30%
49 Ohio Taft, Bob R 18%
50 Alaska Murkowski, Frank R 17%

Smells like an autopsy room.

-GSD

So many choices and so little space and time, but since you wrote “something that came out of the mouth of either Joe Lieberman or George Bush about the Iraq mess” it looks like the quote should be from after the invasion.

Grand Prize Bush quote from his Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended speech from May 1, 2003:

Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country.

Runner-up Bush quote, from one of many “listen to the Generals” statements, but recent one via CBS News from September 15, 2006:

“And that’s the way I will continue to conduct the war. I’ll listen to the generals,” Mr. Bush said. “Maybe it’s not the politically expedient thing to do. But you can’t make decisions based on politics about how to win a war.”

punaise @ 36

the country is in a funk. I still blame George Clinton.

Spew Alert!

Christy, your views are terrific, sensible and true. Keep up the good work. I like you because you’re telling the truth and it’s wonderful. Most politicians are not telling the truth and they always want to cover up the mistake the party made. Especially Lieberman who wants to protect Pres. Bush. In other words, they try to protect their own interest not the interest of the public. What the heck, they are not in good faith like the good father of the family. I hate these kind of persons who are not telling the truth. Can you give me anybody who’s in good faith and telling the truth? Is Powell or Obama telling the truth and good prospect for Presidency?

EvilDrPuma @ 57

…wherein I explain why the ARG poll isn’t worth the powder it would take to blow it to hell.

isn’t that the pirate poll?

Somebody say pirate?

mc @ 45

Well, it’s kinda cheating but there is an embarrassment of riches at this site:

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/

For Joe, you’re on your own.

Ooohh…quite a spectacular collection! Thanks!

I kinda like this one:

There — it’s — you know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.
– Interview with Katie Couric (CBS News), White House, Sep. 6, 2006

NH’s Gov. John Lynch is the highest rated Democratic governor in the latest SUSA poll with a 74% approval rating.

It is also notable that there are many Democrats in red states and many Republicans in blue states with very high approval ratings too.

-GSD

EvilDrPuma @ 57

aki @ 50

New poll: Lieberman up by 12 points

Check post 124 on this thread from Saturday morning, wherein I explain why the ARG poll isn’t worth the powder it would take to blow it to hell.

So your proof boils down to “I don’t believe it”?

Urban Pirate @ 64

Somebody say pirate?

irate.

I haven’t seen this talked about much yet. but from what I understand, if Joe was paying out of state “volunteers” to collect signatures, thats in violation, and those signatures are invalid.

There was speculation to that effect pre-primary, but no concrete proof. Maybe the reason the expenditure on non-itemized is to obscure that as well.

Anybody see any research/commentary on this?

Urban Pirate @ 69

I haven’t seen this talked about much yet. but from what I understand, if Joe was paying out of state “volunteers” to collect signatures, thats in violation, and those signatures are invalid.

There was speculation to that effect pre-primary, but no concrete proof. Maybe the reason the expenditure on non-itemized is to obscure that as well.

Anybody see any research/commentary on this?

check many of yesterday’s FDL posts

The famous 16 words are good (Go Marcy!), but with just two words George Bush pushed about every religious/political button you can imagine, in the middle east and around the world:

“This crusade . . .”

Count Dickula chimes in:

• March 16, 2003: Vice President Cheney, on NBC’s Meet the Press: “I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . (in) weeks rather than months.” He predicted that regular Iraqi soldiers would not “put up such a struggle” and that even “significant elements of the Republican Guard . . . are likely to step aside.”

-GSD

aki @ 67

EvilDrPuma @ 57

aki @ 50

Check post 124 on this thread from Saturday morning, wherein I explain why the ARG poll isn’t worth the powder it would take to blow it to hell.

So your proof boils down to “I don’t believe it”?

No, my proof boils down to “the sample representation by party is completely incompatible with representation by party in the population.” At least read it before you dismiss it, okay, dude?

Running for office? Better run from Colbert
Lawmakers are wary of his Comedy Central show, which often gives them enough cable to hang themselves.

One who did appear, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.), discovered the pitfalls when Colbert asked him about a bill he co-sponsored requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in the U.S. Capitol.

“What are the Ten Commandments?” Colbert asked matter-of-factly.

“What are all of them?” Westmoreland said, taken aback. “You want me to name them all?”

The June segment showed Westmoreland struggling to name just three. Westmoreland actually named seven, said his press secretary, Brian Robinson. And the remaining ones, he added, were somewhat obscure.

http://www.latimes.com/enterta.....8221.story

This pirate says to be mighty skeptical of any polls by Aye Arrrrgh Gee.

-Blueballs Da Pirate

Knotlooking at #55 - when Bush said that Saddam would not allow inspectors in I knew he had been lying about everything up to that point. Nothing he has said could be believed. The timing of that statement would be critical - did he utter it after he had pulled the inspectors out himself because his arbitrary date for invasion was looming? I think he did.

GSD @ 75

This pirate says to be mighty skeptical of any polls by Aye Arrrrgh Gee.

-Blueballs Da Pirate

Yar betcha, matey!

Urban Pirate @ 69

I haven’t seen this talked about much yet. but from what I understand, if Joe was paying out of state “volunteers” to collect signatures, thats in violation, and those signatures are invalid.

There was speculation to that effect pre-primary, but no concrete proof. Maybe the reason the expenditure on non-itemized is to obscure that as well.

Anybody see any research/commentary on this?

excellent question that i haven’t seen raised elsewhere (’course, i could have missed it). lieberman had to have his signatures done for the day after the primary. how was that paid for? are there line item fees for that somewhere else? don’t know, but sure would like to….

If, ‘if’ I say, Lamont doesn’t pull it off, which he will, we can take heart in the solid knowledge that the Demos are going to take back BOTH houses of Congress.

Lamont will win.

Senator Lieberman wrote about the Iraq he saw: “Progress is visible and practical. There are many more cars on the streets, satellite television dishes on the roofs, and literally millions more cell phones in Iraq hands than before.”

Senator Lieberman goes on, “Does America have a good plan for doing this, a strategy for victory in Iraq? Yes, we do.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news.....207-1.html

Lieberman’s IRAQ Senate September 13, 2002 http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/205.html

This . . .
Saddam hates America and Americans and is working furiously to accumulate deadly weapons of mass destruction and the missiles, planes, and unmanned aerial vehicles to use in attacking distant targets.

and This . . .
“The essential facts are known. We know of the weapons in Saddam’s possession–chemical, biological, and nuclear in time”

Excuse me? where in hell did we ever get the idea about unmanned aerial vehicles capable of attacking the Unitesd States?

coulda been a contender:

“But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again. I did not have diplomatic relations with that man, Mr. Hussein. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people.”

Sonoma Rus @ 81

Excuse me? where in hell did we ever get the idea about unmanned aerial vehicles capable of attacking the Unitesd States?

“We asked a doctor with a flashlight…”

Urban Pirate @
69

I haven’t seen this talked about much yet. but from what I understand, if Joe was paying out of state “volunteers” to collect signatures, thats in violation, and those signatures are invalid.

There was speculation to that effect pre-primary, but no concrete proof. Maybe the reason the expenditure on non-itemized is to obscure that as well.

Anybody see any research/commentary on this?

Not sure about that. I think the story is that most of the day laborers were handing out literature.

While we’re following the money, I am wondering if the larger GOTV effort is worth looking at for labor issues, etc.

GW Bush: “amazed that this is a society which so wants to be free that they’re willing to — you know, that there’s a level of violence that they tolerate.” Exact quote.

Like mother like son: Barbara Bush ( paraphrased) “I would think that it has worked out quite well for them” –about the people of New Orleans locked in the superdome with no where to go back to.

“Let me tell you what else I’m worried about: I’m worried about an opponent who uses nation building and the military in the same sentence. See, our view of the military is for our military to be properly prepared to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.”

The line was an explicit condemnation of Clinton/Gore foreign policy–specifically that the White House had stretched the military too thin with peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Somalia and the Balkans. President Clinton and Vice President Gore, his Democratic opponent, had strayed from the central mission of the military: to fight and win wars, Bush said.

there are 2 lies in above quote. One about not using the military for nation building and for it to be “properly prepared” ie: Humvees w/o armor!

The quote, no. 85, by s above refers to Iraqis of course

The buzz is the GOP has written off the McGavick challenge to Maria Cantwell in Washington state and that the GOP is consigning Montana’s (R)Burns to the dustbin too.

The are circling the wagons around Tenn, Missouri and Virginia.

I think they have secretly written off the house too.

-GSD

EvilDrPuma @ 77

GSD @ 75

This pirate says to be mighty skeptical of any polls by Aye Arrrrgh Gee.

-Blueballs Da Pirate

Yar betcha, matey!

Ooh, is today “talk like a pirate day?”

“But I don’t want to be a pirate!” Seinfeld, The Puffy Shirt

s @ 87

The quote, no. 85, by s above refers to Iraqis of course

Good catch. It’s often helpful to be specific about exactly what the hell you think Bush might be talking about.

“It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be Commander-in-Chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war, we undermine Presidential credibility at our nation’s peril.”

Lieberman says this, and believes it. And Our Lady of Perpetual Irresponsibility on Iraq, and the Middle East in general, Senator Hill, appears to believe it too.

me to me @
18

I could SWEAR before the war, during the run up, the president said;

“this is not about regime change, it’s about weapons of mass destruction”

did that happen or is it a figment of my imagination?

if my memory is correct, we HAVE to find that clip and play it and play it and play it again

You may be remembering Tony Blair (Britain) or John Howard (Australia), both of whom said this in trying to square US rhetoric with the UN resolutions. I’m not sure if Bush or Lieberman ever said it, but I can find no reference to it if they did.

–MarkusQ

One of the best characterizations of the Bush/Rove Iraq war.

‘A failed policy wrapped in illusion.’

Go Jack.

Murtha also predicts a Democratic House takeover.

-GSD

s @ 85

GW Bush: “amazed that this is a society which so wants to be free that they’re willing to — you know, that there’s a level of violence that they tolerate.” Exact quote.

Like they have a fucking choice, thanks to this moron.
_

Christy — so glad you’re doing this. Today’s NYT has a great Op-ed by Krugman in which he argues that Dems should hold to principle and not try to be “bipartisan” in dealing with the Bush regime when/if they win the Congress. I wrote a kos diary to allow Krugman quotes to be spotlighted — so if anyone would like to help, it would be appreciated.

Here is the NYT link (behind the wall) Krugman: “Don’t Play Nice”

. . . but you can read a lot of quotes from his op-ed here: diary on Krugman’s message to Lieberman

Joe Liarman: Nov 05, Joe Still was Proud to have sent troops unnecessarily off to war
“…It is no surprise to my colleagues that I strongly supported the war in Iraq. I was privileged to be the Democratic cosponsor…”

Joe Liarman: Benchmarks of Success in Iraq, Nov 2005, Joe’s Benchmarks of Success in Iraq
“…Progress is visible and practical…There are many more cars on the streets, satellite television dishes on the roofs, and literally millions more cell phones in Iraqi hands than before…”

STEPHANOPOULOS: — cut and run and stay the course.

BUSH: Listen, we’ve never been stay the course, George.

Way to many winning possibilities but I will add this one…

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/14/barnes-osama/
BUSH:
“bin Laden doesn’t fit with the administration’s strategy for combating terrorism.”

Oh, and here’s Dimson’s objective report:

Dubya: Speaking at 2003 RNC Presidental Gala
“…Since the liberation of Iraq, our investigators have found evidence of a clandestine network of biological laboratories, advanced design work on prohibited long-range missiles, an elaborate campaign to hide these illegal programs.
There’s a lot more to investigate. Yet it is now undeniable — undeniable — that Saddam Hussein was in clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1441…”

Eureka Springs, AR @ 98

Way to many winning possibilities but I will add this one…

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/14/barnes-osama/
BUSH:
“bin Laden doesn’t fit with the administration’s strategy for combating terrorism.”

I’m sorry, as far as I’m concerned, that quote is the winner so far

S’more good news!

By Jennifer E. Duffy, Cook Political Report
National Journal Group Inc.
Monday, Oct. 23, 2006

This year’s 36 gubernatorial contests continue to take a backseat to the battle for control of Congress, yet Republicans appear headed for significant losses in those races as well. They hold 28 governorships, and the anti-GOP climate nationally may well cost them their majority.

http://nationaljournal.com/mem.....023nj1.htm

From Lieberman Praises Bush, Chides Kerry

Scroll down to the bottom for a collection of some of Joe’s greatest “hits”.

“If John Kerry or anyone else who voted for the war resolution thinks that they were misled in a way that makes them think they voted the wrong way in supporting the war, they have an obligation to say exactly what–what–in what way they were misled. Otherwise, they’re sending, again, a message that I would call ambivalent.” (CBS, “Face The Nation,” 8/31/03)

Here is Bush saying that we can’t win the war on terror.

“I don’t think you can win it,” Mr. Bush replied. “But I think you can create conditions so that those who use terror as a tool are less acceptable in parts of the world.”

That’s just a few weeks after he insisted that we will win it.

“One of the interesting things people ask me, now that we are asking questions, is, ‘Can you ever win the war on terror?’ Of course you can.”

From the Wall Street Journal:

“Our Troops Must Stay
America can’t abandon 27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists.

BY JOE LIEBERMAN
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST

“I have just returned from my fourth trip to Iraq in the past 17 months and can report real progress there. More work needs to be done, of course, but the Iraqi people are in reach of a watershed transformation from the primitive, killing tyranny of Saddam to modern, self-governing, self-securing nationhood–unless the great American military that has given them and us this unexpected opportunity is prematurely withdrawn.

Progress is visible and practical. In the Kurdish North, there is continuing security and growing prosperity. The primarily Shiite South remains largely free of terrorism, receives much more electric power and other public services than it did under Saddam, and is experiencing greater economic activity. The Sunni triangle, geographically defined by Baghdad to the east, Tikrit to the north and Ramadi to the west, is where most of the terrorist enemy attacks occur. And yet here, too, there is progress.

There are many more cars on the streets, satellite television dishes on the roofs, and literally millions more cell phones in Iraqi hands than before. All of that says the Iraqi economy is growing. And Sunni candidates are actively campaigning for seats in the National Assembly. People are working their way toward a functioning society and economy in the midst of a very brutal, inhumane, sustained terrorist war against the civilian population and the Iraqi and American military there to protect it.

It is a war between 27 million and 10,000; 27 million Iraqis who want to live lives of freedom, opportunity and prosperity and roughly 10,000 terrorists who are either Saddam revanchists, Iraqi Islamic extremists or al Qaeda foreign fighters who know their wretched causes will be set back if Iraq becomes free and modern. The terrorists are intent on stopping this by instigating a civil war to produce the chaos that will allow Iraq to replace Afghanistan as the base for their fanatical war-making. We are fighting on the side of the 27 million because the outcome of this war is critically important to the security and freedom of America. If the terrorists win, they will be emboldened to strike us directly again and to further undermine the growing stability and progress in the Middle East, which has long been a major American national and economic security priority.”

But here’s the keeper:

“I am disappointed by Democrats who are more focused on how President Bush took America into the war in Iraq almost three years ago, and by Republicans who are more worried about whether the war will bring them down in next November’s elections, than they are concerned about how we continue the progress in Iraq in the months and years ahead.”

Walk the plank, Joe, walk the plank.

Regardless of what quotes are chosen, the more recent it is, the better. He has been changing his opinion in the past couple of weeks.
Didn’t he open the debate on the Senate floor recently regarding changing the course in Iraq? Video tape of him “caucusing” with the GOP on that would be deadly.

Bush:

The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and Al Qaeda, because there was a relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda

June 17, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOL.....h.alqaeda/

I’ts not on Iraq, but

“I was sittin’ outside—the classroom—waiting to go in, and I saw an airpla