http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx From Elizabeth Wilner, Mark Murray, and Huma ZaidiPresidential candidates seem awfully quick to mar their own announcements with unfortunate remarks these days, and nearly as quick to say they're sorry.  Appearing on Letterman Wednesday night toen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#76940Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:43:31 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:76940Steve Turner Cedar Falls IowaWell, Cheney is the expert on 'Inconvenient Truth'. He just sends out a 'Convenient Leak', and forgets about it.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#76965Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:22:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:76965Amy B Portland, ME"More troublesome for the Bush Administration, of course, is that the mini-trend of "wasted" comments highlights how two of the country's most prominent politicians, who take diametrically opposed positions on the war, seem to agree that the lives of US troops are being expended on an ill-judged and ill-managed pursuit." I totally agree with this statement. It seems to me the use of the word "wasted" and then its immediate retraction, has the hallmarks of a Freudian slip. Its infuriating to me that politicans cannot come out and say what most of us have known for years, that the invasion of Iraq did not serve Americ's best interests. I was out there protesting and writing letters at the very start of the war and its infuriating to me that only now are our leaders saying, gee, that was a mistake. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#76967Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:25:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:76967Paw Paw, NCVice President Cheney called it an "inconvenient truth" that "the enemy we face in the war on terror has made Iraq the primary front in that war." Someone needs to correct President Bush and Vice President Cheney when they open their mouth it should be "Our Conflict of choice in Iraq has made it our source of terrorism and our primary front as we escalate terrorism world wide". McCain and OBama stated how they and the American people actually feel about the lives lost in Iraq "it is a waste" and to somehow feel that this belittles our military or their families is totally outrageous. Our politicians are so quick to apologize and correct their comments about American losses but just how many politicians have you heard step forward an apologize to the Iraqi's for the thousands that have been killed by our military and through ethnic cleansing sponsored by the United States Government. Olivia this is for you "I guess if you're not one of the chosen (perfect and can do no wrong) or elite (rich and above reproach) than you really just don't matter".http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#76976Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:31:27 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:76976JIrby, Colorado SpringsOnly in DC could telling the truth be referred to as a disease. Gee, sorry I told the truth, folks, I really did mean to lie, honestly. It seems the American people get served up more truth by accident than on purpose. Republicans are the ones who prefer to hear lies. If you really want "liberal-biased" facts, you have to wait a year or so and buy the book. If everyone got their news from Chomsky and Kevin Phillips, the government as we know it would be out of business.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#76983Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:37:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:76983Pat, Durham, NCI think it's pretty pathetic that we can't voice our personal view of the truth in the\is country without fear of upsetting people. If we can't discuss the tough truths in life, we can't find solutions for them. I'm really sorry if it offends someone that I or anyone else in this country grieves for the lives of American youths that in my view are indeed being wasted in an unjust and illegitimate war perpetrated by a lying administration for reasons they have yet to truthfully disclose. Of you're the parent of a young man or woman whose life has been lost to this conflict and you don't like thinking that sacrifice was in vain, then do something about it that's more effective than making Presidential candidates apologize for having the courage of their convictions and saying what they honestly believe. These are the very people you should be supporting because they will do something to prevent the waste of more of our precious sons' and daughters'lives. Vote for the candidates who have the courage to tell the truth and stop the war. And get out there and tell your congressman and your senator that their jobs are forfeit if they don't very soon put an end to the disastrous mistake that is President Bush's preemptive and incompetently managed and war on Iran.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77010Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:02:09 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77010erg, glendale, WII seems to me that Cheney's inconvenient truth is not "the enemy we face in the war on terror has made Iraq the primary front in that war." but rather who made Iraq the primary front...he did.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77011Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:02:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77011Robert Catalano, Salem, ORI think Obama showed a lot of who he is by supporting the gist of the remarks McCain made and refusing to take the bait to disparage him. It's clear to see that he doesn't aspire to the Rove-Lacivita(Swift Boat) school of politics. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77048Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:26:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77048Citizen of RomeYou were right the first time, John.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77062Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:32:18 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77062Al, Burlington, KSI, for one, am getting very tired of the candidates over analyzing every word in every statement...and the candidates burying there positions in rhetoric. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Have American lives been wasted in Iraq? Of course they have, and Obama and McCain have every right to say so. They should stick to there guns. Then Clinton says her vote on the war was not a mistake, but she wouldn't do it again...given what I know now...blah, blah, blah. And Rudy is for gay unions, but not gay marriage. And he is pro-choice...but against activist judges. Romney is pro-choice...no pro-life...no pro-gay...no anti-gay rights...I don't even know what he stands for. McCain...bashes Falwell...cozies up to Falwell...bashes Bush...praises Bush...very calculating to me. Biden...I too think Obama is clean and articulate...so what. Come on people. Tell us where you stand and show some guts.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77064Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:32:37 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77064james p krehbiel"And like Obama, McCain quickly apologized." Did I miss something? I never heard any apology from McCain. Get your facts straight! An acknowlegement is not an apology. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77066Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:33:20 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77066Neill C., Montgomery, AlWhat leaks are those? Or are liberals still married to the belief the administration leaked Plame's name even though Richard Armitrage, a critic of the war, admitted he was the leak. Or are they still married to the belief Plame was undercover when, if fact, she never was and that her husband was name dropping all over Washington? Or are liberals married to the misbegotten belief that Cheney authorized Wilson to go to Nigeria, when in fact it was his wife that suggested Wilson to her superiors. I'd suggest people read some of the hearings. The transcripts may open your eyes, if you are objective. At one point Wilson starts quoting documents that he is not cleared for and the Senators had to ask him if he wanted to rephrase his answer because it is a felony for him to have known what those documents stated. One wonders who fed him THAT information. Wilson is the one who should be tried for leaks for posting classified information in a newspaper editorial. McCain lost me when he accused the Bush campaign of dirty politics in SC in 2000 when it was widely known in the area that it was a minor incident that was promptly rectified.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77067Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:33:46 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77067Dave Miller, Miamisburg, OHWhy do McCain and Obama apologize? Sure, it's unpleasant to use the word "wasted", but it's darn accurate. We are wasting lives, money, resources, time and energy on the ill conceived Iraq War. No soldier likes to hear that his efforts are "wasted" because the soldier has an assumed deal with the civilian leadership. Namely, I'll go and fight, without whining or questioning, and you'll make sure you don't send me on worthless, ill-defined, missions where it's hard to determine what victory is. Our civilian leadership didn't hold up its end of the bargian. So, yes, "wasted" is the right word regardless of how unpleasant it sounds.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77087Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:48:32 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77087Mark ThiemeHuma, Elizabeth, Mark: Is this your last post or what? Obscurely, I am aware that things are changing here. Wonder if you will have (or already have had) an announcement. Your daily posts are the best and freshest political news on the internet. I am rather a reader than a poster, but you drew me into some often stimulating conversations with intelligent folks, in spite of my reticence to get involved with some of the trolls who slither in from time to time. Best to you whatever. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77098Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:55:33 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77098I'm not perfect, and neither are youDon't forget about the 5000 infant deaths per month UNICEF reported because of US backed sanctions during the 90s. Also the civilians killed by the bombings in 98 when Saddam threw the inspectors out. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77129Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:18:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77129Ivory Wrong President for our country!!! Wrong War for our country and the Iraqi people!!! Wrong Vice-President for our country!!! The American People made the "Wrong Choice" when they put the not so dynamic duo in power, and unfortunately we do not like the truth. Unfortunately our brave troops have to suffer for the mistake of the masses. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77149Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:31:21 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77149Mel, IllinoisAt the age of three, my brother was watching our Grandmother bake cookies for a garden club meeting. He asked if he could have one. She answered,"no, not even one whole cookie." She went to another room to fold laundry. Upon returning to the kitchen she discovered my brother had taken a tiny bite out of each cookie. After being scolded, he replied, "but, Grandma, I didn't eat one whole cookie." Thank goodness the boy didn't grow up to be a politician!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77156Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:35:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77156Ray, San Francisco"Waste"... to devastate; ruin...to use up needlessly; squander. Yes we have wasted many lives in this needless war. We have wasted whatever benefits we gained in the past 200 years when we were still a Democracy or at lest a functioning Republic. An optimist would say we have sacrificed our future.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77160Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:37:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77160Sierra, San Francisconot perfect: Speaking about those children's deaths, Madeline Albright (President Clinton's Secretary of State) said: "it was worth it" (!!!) in order to keep Saddam down. Imagine, the death of so many children in order to ensure an "ex-minion" is driven to the edge. In many ways Clinton was as heartless as the Bushes. As long as you're killing Arabs, it appears to be OK.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77167Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:45:16 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77167OliviaPaw Paw--That line you mentioned says it all....http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77183Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:57:22 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77183Jim, Santa CruzThe policy mistakes Bush, Cheney and Assoc. have committed will be thoroughly documented historical fact - our focus should now be placed on preventing the mistakes they are going to commit.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77236Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:40:35 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77236Bob, OrlandoWell stated Sierra!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77252Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:57:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77252DesmondThe "Inconvenient truth" is that 5 1/2 years after September 11, 2001, we have yet to find bin Laden, al Zwahiri and Mullah Omar.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77291Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:29:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77291still not perfectSierra who was really killing them? Saddam was, and he was killing Arabs when he invaded Kuwait, he was killing Arabs, and Kurds in his own country. Arabs are killing Arabs in Iraq now, and it's not our fault. That includes every race that makes up America. Something like 2-1/2 million N Koreans died of starvation during the 90s too. That wasn't America's, or Clinton's fault either. Neither were the 800,000 killed in Rwanda in the 90s. We're in Iraq because the UN is useless, and corrupt http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77295Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:36:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77295Larry, Albuquerque, NMWhere is Olivia, in New Orleans with Bush?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77317Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:52:54 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77317John Doe, The Peanut GalleryI think Ray from San Francisco makes a great point. Saying that lives are being wasted in Iraq is not the equivalent of saying that people who serve their country wasted their lives (whcih is what the professional victims seemed to equate it to). It is the Bush administration doing the wasting, not the soldiers. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77374Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:29:42 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77374Mark Golembiowski, Sterling Heights, MISenator McCain had it right the first time, "wasted" was accurate. If you're offended by the word "wasted" ... good, you should be! The truth hurts only when it ought to. I have no idea what these soldiers and sailors are dying for; it sure isn't for 9/11. This is a war that is still looking for a cause; the President himself can't define what "victory" is. This is the same mess we had in 1967; history has repeated itself.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77384Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:37:46 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77384John, ChicagoOur politicians understand we don't want to hear unpleasant truths so they don't tell us the truth. I don't know what the difference is between wasted and sacrificed (people died for no reason in either case) but Frank Luntz would probably be pleased. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77403Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:49:33 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77403Not a Lib Nobody gets it on this post. The majority of Americans do not take kindly to terms like "wasted lives". The poloticians get this you people do not. The Democrats WILL NOT a)impeach Bush b)cut off funding for the war or c)unify party lines. The reason is simple the majority of American people do not want that and the Democrats know this. When are you people going to wake up? The only reason why the Dems got back into power was becuase a majority of Reps and independants who you seem to hate felt our leaders weren't doing their jobs and therefore stayed home or voted the other way. There really was no threat by giving Democrats power becuase they would try to be too politcally correct and appeasing to everyone thereby becomming ineffective which is exactly what's happening. If the Dems actually acomplish what they said they were going to do, defund the war impeach the Pres, and unify the parties then where are your results. You people have been bamboozled. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77415Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:56:50 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77415OliviaLarry--Here I am! I think NBC Nightly (as an example of the mainstream media) made far too much of McCain's remark, which, after all, many others such as Barack Obama have said. NBC so overhyped this remark that David Gregory--who normally covers Bush and the White House--was assigned to cover it. Which upset me, because Gregory should have instead travelled to Mississippi and New Orleans with Bush and filed a detailed report on Bush's photo-ops instead of the mere newsbrief on this trip that aired last night. The fact that Bush went to the Gulf Region for several photo-ops when there is plenty of substantive work that needs to be done in Mississippi and Louisiana should have been stressed in a full report. Bush went there empty-handed--for example, he made no plans to do what Democrats including Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu have been calling for and lift the Stafford Act requirement that localities wanting federal disaster relief funds pay 10% upfront--which would have cost Louisiana alone $1 billion. (There is some good news on that front--House Democrats are planning to attach that and several other Katrina-related measures to the Iraq-Afghanistan emergency funding bill--but that is not expected to be voted on until about a month from now--which not only is a long time when Louisiana and Mississippi need help urgently, but also, a lot can happen in that amount of time that could throw a monkey-wrench into this plan. In contrast, were Bush to sign an executive order lifting this requirement, funds already allocated would flow to Louisiana and Mississippi immediately.) It is time attention were focused on the need for Bush to waive this 10% requirement--it is unconscionable for him not to do so. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77432Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:08:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77432Sierra, San Franciscostill not: "Saddam was, and he was killing Arabs when he invaded Kuwait"....Bush I's Ambassador to Iraq April Glasby "greenlighted" the invasion of Kuwait by telling Hussein that US policy was not to intervene in Arab vs. Arab conflicts. Hussein's responsibility, along with Bush's treachery...... "he was killing Arabs, and Kurds in his own country"........with US (Reagan Admin) supplied chemicals he used to create chemical weapons....."Arabs are killing Arabs in Iraq now, and it's not our fault." Really? Was there a civil war before we invaded? Did we make any provision for a functioning government after the invasion? Face facts....."We're in Iraq because the UN is useless, and corrupt" The UN Inspections teams said there were no WMDs in Iraq, the Bush regime said there were. Who was right?? We're in Iraq because the Bush regime is "useless and corrupt". Saddam was an evil man, bu Iraqis will look back on his regime and say: Those were the good old days !! When you could attend college or shop without being blown up, when the Golden Mosque was protected and safe. When we had electricity and running water. Before George Bush "liberated" us. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77438Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:13:34 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77438Neill C., Montgomery, AlYes, we have yet to find these individuals. Just like for months we were told we have yet to find Saddam, his sons, or Zarqawi. 5 minutes after we got them we were told it didn't mean a thing. Why don't liberals get their story straight?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77480Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:44:15 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77480Robb, STLNot a Lib is absolutely right. In two months the Democrats haven't done as much as the Republicans haven't done in six years...http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77488Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:47:24 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77488Ray, San FranciscoYears ago,in the 80's, while trekking in the Annapurna Sanctuary with a Tibetan Rinpoche I was amazed to hear him say the only thing he feared was Muslims. I had been to the Spiritual Centers of many religions and was shocked to hear a Rinpoche say he feared another religious group. When attending the Dalai Lama's public teachings I was surrounded by more than 8,000 Tibetan monks ans nuns, many had deep scars from Chinese torture and had spent weeks crossing snow covered mountains on foot without food and only snow to drink in their effort to reach Daramsala. Yet, they were the most compassionate and loving human beings I had ever been with. 100's of monateries have been destroyed and 10's of thousands of Tibetans have been killed since the Chinese invaded and occupied their country in the 1950's and no one has come to their aid. It is a waste to kill each other in a Religious Civil War of any kind. The Dalai Lama says, "If we want happiness for ourselves and if we want to give happiness to others in our communication with them, there is no alternative to cultivating a state of spiritual harmony within our mainstream. When one's state of consciousness has beeen purified of distorting elements and emotional afflications, when ignorance is replaced by wisdom and weakness by strength, then the stream of activities that spontaneously arises gives birth to countless seeds of happiness and joy." We are all ONE. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77523Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:30:19 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77523John Doe, The Peanut GalleryDear "Not a Lib" - I don't know which poltical races you were following last Nobember but I have yet to see - and I very much doubt you will provide any substantive evidence of - any politician running on an impeach the President, defund the war effort, or unify the parties platform. It is a common problem amongst Republican apologists to just put words in the mouths of liberals and progressives because they are unwilling to actually listen to and undestand the positions of people that disagree with them. Many politicians ran on a "get out of Iraq" platform. But defunding the war effort is a horse of a different color. As to impeaching the President and "unifying the parties" (which would require a Republic Party that was interested in being united with the Democrats - which they aren't), I have no idea where you got the idea that people were advocating those positions. I will, however, agree that people who advocate for impeaching the President and a sudden withdrawl from Iraq are suffering from the very same ideological paralysis that so many Republicans suffer from. Luckily, on the left, we've learned to politely listen to our fringe without actually becoming beholden to the them. The GOP might want to try that...http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77586Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:01:42 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77586John Doe, The Peanut GalleryNeil - Yet one more example of Republicans putting words into the mouths of these nebulous "liberals". It was, as I recall, the Bush administration saying "we need to get Saddam, his sons, or Zarqawi" while every liberal that I spoke to was saying "we need to get Bin Laden". It was only when the finally did get Saddam and his sons that they discovered that Iraq and the war on terror is not now, was not ever, and will never be the simplistic struggle of good versus evil that the neocons want it to be. If they had listened to the ample evidence presented to them before this misadventure we wouldn't be in Iraq. We'd be in Afghanistan were the real terrorists (you know... the ones who actually had something to do with 9/11??!??) are regrouping.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77613Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:10:05 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77613Seattle SueNeill C---So bitter. Is it because of the last election?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77622Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:27:31 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77622DesmondI will always remember and never forget September 11, 2001. I will always remember our President standing on a pile of rubble, with a bullhorn in his hand, telling us that our government would find the people who did this. Anyone else remember that? Raise your hands? Anyone else see the tape on the Thursday before the 2004 elections by bin Laden? Raise your hands. anyone know who were the 3 countries that recognized the Taliban government before September 11,2001? Yes, that would be the U.A.E., Suadi Arabia and our best friend for the moment, Pakistan.anyone else seen the audios and the videos by the same people who attacked us since then? R aise your hands. Anyone think it is not necessary to find the people and the leaders of their organisation that attacked us on September 11, 2001. If you raise your hands now, I will call you unpatriotic. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77824Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:50:22 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77824Bush RepublicanRobb - HAHAHA! Good one! Those lazy, useless Democrats are a poor imitation of the lazy, useless repugs they replaced. When you want a complacent, rubber stamp, war criminal-supporting Congress, you have to go GOP.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#77841Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:53:55 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:77841Seattle SueNeill C. As per your post @ 11:33 03/02/07. On the subject of the CIA leak,If Valerie Plame was not an undercover CIA agent, why would the CIA ask for an investigation into this matter? I have asked this question before and so far I have not got an answer. But it seems that you personally have the answers to everything, so I thought I would ask the head answer man. Hurry back with your reply.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#78219Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:25:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:78219OliviaIsn't it interesting how, as Desmond mentioned, when President Bush had his "bullhorn moment" after 9/11, he made the so-far empty promise that America would find the people who carried out the attacks? That's just like his Jackson Square speech where he promised that America would "do what it takes" and "stay as long as it takes," to bring New Orleans back--promises which also have turned out so far to be empty. That's going to be Bush's precious legacy--as the President who never caught the 9/11 master-minds and who allowed a valuable American city to die. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#78332Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:07:30 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:78332Joe WhiteThe press is highly responsible for this kind of behavior as well. If editing and misrepresenting everyone from politicians to movie stars wasn't such common practice maybe "no comment" and veiled, oblique responses wouldn't be such common place. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/02/76931.aspx#78353Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:17:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:78353connie crovetti highwood ilI am so sick of hearing about the obvious meaning when obama said the lives of our troops where wasted. If you have a brain you realize he was saying the war is a waste that never should of happened, not that the men and women lives were wasted, this war is a waste! The money that could, and should be helping our country! Why are our soliders coming home and struggling to fit back into socitey! Wear is bush? When most of the united nation was not behind the invasion of Iraq that should should have been enough even for a brainless self centered man who cheated his way into the white house. The damage his administration has caused our country will take many years to correct, if that is even possible. Get off of this wasted word! Connie Crovetti Highwood Il