Originally posted by Red Dawn
Unfortunately for the Dub he has a big monkey on his back called Iraq. His misleading of the American public to rush into war there based on dodgy intel will definately bite him in the ass.
Iraq as an issue has faded. That's one reason Howard "gaffe proned" Deans campaign has gone down the tubes, along with him going bonkers after losing in Iowa.
Terrorism? What Terrorism?
Pollsters asked voters the following question: "Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted today?" Voters were given six choices: taxes, education, health care/Medicare, the war in Iraq, national security/terrorism, and the economy/jobs.
In four of the five states for which exit polls are available — Arizona, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Carolina — Democratic voters placed national security/terrorism at the bottom of the list. Only in tiny Delaware, on the east coast and not far from Ground Zero, did Democrats place more emphasis on the issue — and even then, it was in next-to-last place.
Democrats in every state placed the economy/jobs issue in first place. In South Carolina, the state Edwards won with his "Two America" appeal, 47 percent of those polled said it was the most important issue. They chose health care/Medicare second, with 20 percent. The war in Iraq was third, with 10 percent, education with nine percent, and taxes with four percent. The issue of national security/terrorism was cited as most important by two percent of the voters.
The situation was roughly the same in veteran-heavy Oklahoma, which ended in a virtual tie between Edwards and retired Gen. Wesley Clark. Thirty-eight percent of Democrats named economy/jobs as the issue that mattered most in their voting decision. Nineteen percent chose health care/Medicare. Twelve percent said Iraq. Ten percent said education, seven percent said taxes, and six percent said national security/terrorism.
This also shows how unconcerned the Dems are about terrorism. Well they got their candidate in Kerry. Kerry during the 1/29 Democrat South Carolina debate, believed the threat of terrorism has been exaggerated. Try telling that to the thousands of people who lost their lives on September 11 and the continuing murderous attempts!
Now if you don't like National Review, you can read well known pollster Zogby take on
The Top Issues For 2004
What issues matter most going into the new year? Polls suggest that even though the economy is bouncing back, it's still the issue voters cite most often as the most important issue facing the nation.
There are other polls out there that show that domestic issues including the economy will predominate.
Its no lie that a rotten dictator refused to verify what happened to the WMD he admitted Iraq had. In truth Hussein should have been dealt with years ago. But the weak kneers out there didn't want to act.
Now if you believed Bush misled, then so did the previous administration and Democrats who also believed Hussein had WMD. In addition to that, intelligence services all over the world also lied, including those oppose to dealing with Hussein.
Powell takes aim at Democrats criticism of Bush policyUS Secretary of State Colin Powell lashed out at Democratic criticism of President George W. Bush on Iraq and Afghanistan, using unusually blunt language for the nation's top diplomat.
In addition, he said Congressional Democrats who are now complaining the American people were misled about the reasons for going to war in Iraq were being "disingenous," because they had voted to approve the use of force based on the same intelligence information Bush had.
The comments were unusual as Powell, a social liberal considered the most moderate member of Bush's conservative Republican cabinet, has rarely, if ever, spoken out on partisan issues or been so harshly critical of the president's political foes.
"The Democrats had access to the same information that the president and I did," he said, referring to intelligence on former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction program.
"They all stood up and voted for it in a resolution last fall. So it's a little disingenuous to suddenly start deciding that, well, we were misled," Powell said Wednesday in an interview with conservative radio talk show host Sean Hannity.
In other words the Democrats including their latest saviour Kerry are full of spit! Here are some Dem quotes, including Kerry's limousine buddy Ted Kennedy, that show this:
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction." -- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has 10 times since 1983." -- Sandy Berger, national security adviser to President Clinton, Feb. 18, 1998.
"We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction program." -- Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry and others, Oct. 9, 1998.
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Dec. 16, 1998.
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." -- Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sept. 27, 2002.
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- Sen. John F. Kerry, Oct. 9, 2002.
And there are more Democrat quotes regarding this issue.
Now if what David Kay said is to be believed, that our intelligence for some time hasn't been great and been consistently wrong, why are libs only blaming the current administration?
As another said: If faulty intelligence mattered to Democrats, why didn’t they attack Bill Clinton for using faulty intelligence to launch missile attacks on a Sudan aspirin factory and empty tents at an al-Qaeda terrorist camp in Afghanistan? All on the same day Monica Lewinsky testified to a grand jury. Likewise, why didn’t they question the claims of mass murder which prompted the U.S. air bombardment of Kosovo, even though the U.N. could not find any evidence?
We know why...its cause there is a Republican in the White House. In truth the Democrats were unable to put Florida election behind them to work with GWB. Being unable to accept electoral losts...a chronic trait of the Dems!
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Took the words right out of my mouth.
Let's keep the pacifism to a minimum here. 