Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 01/24/07 6:11 pm:
I ask him, why send 20,000 (troops) only -- why not send 50 or 100 thousand? Aren't you aware that the dogs of Iraq are pining for your troops' dead bodies?"..."So send your entire army to be annihilated at the hands of the mujahedeen (holy warriors) to free the world from your evil," .. "because Iraq, land of the Caliphate and Jihad, is able to bury ten armies like yours, with Allah's help and power."
ooops ;thought I had copied the Democrat response for a second but on review I see this is the words of Ayman al-Zawahiri .
Clarification/Follow-up by Choux... on 01/25/07 3:30 am:
He looked like he was dangerously close to losing his place reading off the teleprompter....he's not used to that. Perhaps, it was his first time?
At one point he seemed to get antzy, I thought he was going to burst out laughing from the expression on his face, but he recovered.
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 01/25/07 2:08 pm:
Chou, he did look like he was going to start laughing at one point... and the rest of the time, he looked like he was smirking like a little kid who's getting away with doing something naughty.
Why did the Democratic leadership that has spent so much time talking about bipartisanship and cooperation choose Web to deliver their rebuttal? Where is the bipartisanship in choosing a man who has declared himself a personal enemy of the President to deliver the rebuttal? Which part of "bipartisan cooperation" did Web represent?
Just wondering.
Elliot
Clarification/Follow-up by Itsdb on 01/25/07 3:26 pm:
I had DVR'd the whole thing and watched Webb last night. It was definitely a smirk.
Clarification/Follow-up by Choux... on 01/25/07 8:17 pm:
Elliot, I think the Democrats want him to get lots of national exposure....as simple as that. He is a *future* Democratic star. The American people are really interested in who he is other than the guy who's son is serving in Iraq. We could really tell he wasn't a polished inner beltway guy, to me he came off as an Irish heritage hard guy. I like that!! He needs to polish his teleprompter skills, for sure.
He seemed really excited to be the Democratic representative in such an important role on national television; he couldn't stifle a happy grin.
My take on Webb.
I was glad not to see an old party hack in the role. :) Kerry would have been intolerable.
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 01/25/07 10:37 pm:
Well, we agree on Kerry, at least.
But Web is not exactly an unknown right now. After his little tete-a-tete with Bush, every news outlet was talking about Web, who he is, what he's about, etc.
You are right that he's not a beltway insider, but that's not always a good thing. I, naturally, disagree with Web's politics, but if he turns out to be a decent person instead of a vidictive SOB, I can respect him, just as I respect Lieberman and just like I respected Moynahan. So far, Web hasn't impressed me. But I'll wait and see.
Elliot
Clarification/Follow-up by tropicalstorm on 01/26/07 1:31 am:
Yeah I remember the Cosmopolitian issue where she wasn't hiding anything about her career
Clarification/Follow-up by Choux... on 01/26/07 2:57 am:
Elliot, he's only been a Senator for less than a month!!! :)
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 01/26/07 2:49 pm:
Chou,
But he has a long background in politics. He was Secretary of the Navy under Reagan, and was criticized for a 1979 article he wrote stating that "Women Can't Fight" (that was the title of the article), which was said to have contributed to an atmosphere of hostility toward women at the Naval Academy. A review of his books shows a similar tendancy to objectify women. The event in which he publicly insulted the President back in November doesn't add positively to his reputation.
But like I said, I'll take a wait and see approach before making any decisions about the guy.
Elliot
Clarification/Follow-up by Choux... on 01/26/07 7:30 pm:
HE'S ONLY BEEN A **SENATOR** FOR LESS THAN A MONTH.
I'm not a quibbler. See ya.
