Brownback is so far not that encouraging... this strikes me as a politically-motivated move that makes me wonder what he really stands for. I also saw Mike Huckabee last night on Daily Show, and he sounded more like John Edwards than a real candidate. There may be some other dark horses to come, but so far these two have not shown to be anything worth considering.
I've been a fan of Mitt for a while, and I still support him, and also Newt if he ran. I don't think Guiliani could be nominated, so if I absolutely had to place money down now I'd have to go with good ol' John McCain (sadly). |
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when they lose their spine.
It is that simple. |
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will suffer a defeat in '08 if they don't distance themselves from this president and his policies. Brownback realizes this. I think McCain proposed the 'surge' never dreaming that Bush would really do it. Now he'll be up the proverbial creek when it fails! |
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...He's trying to set himself up as an alternative to McCain. McCain has ruined his 2008 chances by calling for this escalation. When it fails, as it will (because it's been tried and failed before), the "McCain Doctrine" will be blamed and people will look around for someone who didn't swallow this nonsense.
I don't know if it'll be Brownback, but he's sure got a better chance than Mitt "Third Least-Popular Governor In America" Romney. |
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Oh, for Pete's sake! Enough with the "political, not military solution" garbage, already.
OF COURSE the final solution to achieve a peaceful, democratic Iraq will be a political solution. The only reason the situation hasn't been resolved before now is that our enemies refuse to accept a political solution that is acceptable to us.
Until we either abandon our goals, or we force our enemies to accept a political settlement agreeable to us, there can be no political solution.
The military solution is the only way to a viable political solution. |
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Precisely RonC. Not to mention...crickets, from the same Republican's on Sandy Berger and the evil corruption emanating from the Justice Department. Is this a war on terror?
I'm hoping for a Mitt "ping" on this topic in the near future?1*
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Democrats want defeat for Bush so badly they are willing to do anything, say anything, undermine in any way, endanger others in any way possible, ensure death and destruction in Iraq, give aid and comfort to terrorist enemies and lie about anything that remotely looks positive in Iraq. They want Bush impeached, hanged if possible. They want more death - and drool over every American soldier that dies every day... and they will continue to do so, as long as it causes ultimate defeat for Bush, defeat for America and defeat for Iraqis longing for peace and separation from the kind of government radical Islamics covet. When they achieve defeat for Bush, America and the Iraqi people and terrorists head for the US to make this land the war front, Democrats will blame Bush.
Democrats have amply demonstrated that they are willing to kill or cause killing (anyone, anywhere) to achieve defeat for Bush.
None of that surprises me. What does are supposedly 'conservative' Republicans that side with perfidious Democrat thinking - advocating 'talking' to the enemy, yapping about 'international forces' taking the place of US troops in Iraq, and or calling on the UN to replace Coalition forces.
I'd hang the lot of them for treason.
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isn't the word. So much promise, so little fortitude. Are there no men in Washington?
Who has any courage to any conviction?
Obilisk18 we need tough. We are dealing with a people who's mother's encourage their children to strap on bombs to kill themselves and others. Yes, there hate is paramount to the love of their own children. Watch the film of Japanese mothers dashing themslves on the cliffs of Saipan. We are dealing with the same mindset times ten.
This culture needs to be destroyed in order to save the people that are trapped in it - and we don't have the spine for it.
We are no longer the last best hope of the world. |
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I don't think Brownback had any chance of winning the nomination anyway, this is simply him going with what he truly believes now that he's seen the 'writing on the wall'. He's threatening to cast himself as the Republican answer to John Kerry (waffles) and the only thing he can hope for is an American failure :(
ot: http://lordnazh.com/DailyRamble/2007/01/teacher.html
teaching sex-ed? heh |
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I've thought for awhile that the smartest move for second tier candidates involved distancing themselves significantly from Iraq and the Bush administration. Realistically, what credit is Sam Brownback going to gain in the event an Iraq surge succeeds, in a field with John McCain (Mr. Surge), Rudy Giuliani (Mr. Terror), and Mitt Romney (Mr. Articulate)? I mean, his social conservatism may scare some, but a man who spends half his time working to get aid to Darfur, preaching amnesty, and talking about "happy conservatism", doesn't exactly project "tough". His best bet, politically anyway, is to distance himself, and then, in the event that a surge fails miraculously, he instantly becomes credible. That said, I think if the surge has any positive effect whatsoever, this thoroughly kills his chances of being the conservative alternative to Romney. |
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