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Bob Gates for Sec Def? (n/t) - TB - 11/8/2006 6:08:05 PM
- Some support for Gates - TB - 11/10/2006 12:10:54 AM
- Too many skeletons in his closet - Lindy - 11/8/2006 7:09:24 PM
  - Another partisan hack. Doesn't pass the smell test. - Bowser - 11/9/2006 12:50:35 AM
- Not impressed - R.L. - 11/8/2006 6:26:37 PM
  - Don't Like Eagle Scouts? - ID - 11/8/2006 10:56:31 PM
    - Actually, I prefer Life Scouts - azstrummer - 11/9/2006 4:11:11 PM
      - I Prefer Women - Mark Eby - 11/10/2006 3:33:27 AM
- Colin Powell as Robert Suggested yesterday - REB - 11/8/2006 6:10:31 PM
  - Powell wouldn't do it. Believes in overwhelming force. - Bowser - 11/8/2006 10:36:41 PM
    - Well That's 2 - ID - 11/8/2006 10:48:06 PM
  - Don't Think So - ID - 11/8/2006 6:14:48 PM
  - Still like the idea of a civilian Secretary of Defense. (n/t) - TB - 11/8/2006 6:11:20 PM
    - When we are not at war, I am fine with that... - REB - 11/8/2006 6:17:14 PM

John Bolton likely out as UN ambassador - Jack Herer - 11/9/2006 6:32:23 PM
- I know! Bush could very publicly offer the Job to Bill Clinton! - Scott Evil - 11/9/2006 10:41:22 PM
  - I've got a better position for Bill: Secretary-General! (n/t) - ER - 11/10/2006 1:57:53 AM
  - On second thought... Why does the US even need a UN ambassador? - Scott Evil - 11/9/2006 10:42:48 PM
    - Wait a minute...It is a very important post... - Scott Evil - 11/9/2006 10:46:08 PM
- Sure. Why not? - TB - 11/9/2006 9:17:49 PM
  - Great job? - Tony - 11/9/2006 9:42:05 PM
    - Like I said... - TB - 11/9/2006 9:49:09 PM
      - Madeline Albright has a few spare pair - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/9/2006 10:32:13 PM
        
        I'm starting to like this "...being out of power!" - Scott Evil - 11/9/2006 10:55:52 PM
        
        Heck ya! - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/9/2006 11:22:06 PM
      - Still thinking B+W huh? - Tony - 11/9/2006 10:00:34 PM
        
        "flipping off everyone else in the U.N." - TB - 11/10/2006 12:09:22 AM
        
        Can I see some good reviews of Bolton? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/10/2006 12:37:20 AM
        
        re: Can I see some good reviews of Bolton? - TB - 11/10/2006 2:52:11 AM

Maybe not a Republican victory, but conservatives didn't do that badly in some areas. - TB - 11/9/2006 6:08:55 AM
- Not so fast - dtb - 11/9/2006 7:05:39 PM
  - Must be the latest corporate/government cooperative venture. - ER - 11/10/2006 2:14:35 AM
- Finding sunshine in the rain is good Tom......... - Publius - 11/9/2006 4:48:47 PM
  - Interesting. - TB - 11/9/2006 5:37:11 PM
    - And I possibly could have gotten in trouble for shooting... - Publius - 11/10/2006 12:53:33 AM
- More libertarian issues than conservative - azstrummer - 11/9/2006 3:50:56 PM
- Maybe not. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2006 6:50:05 AM

Poll from Afghanistan - TB - 11/9/2006 9:32:17 PM
- Reality. If you were right, it would be time to leave. - Bowser - 11/10/2006 1:08:38 AM
- Marvelous news - azstrummer - 11/9/2006 11:44:28 PM
  - Afghanistan isn't really a "country" in the Western sense. - Bowser - 11/10/2006 2:11:10 AM
- And an afgan from Poland. - REB - 11/9/2006 10:11:31 PM

The Iraq Guerrilla War - folcwine - 11/9/2006 11:46:42 PM
- re: The Iraq Guerrilla War - ER - 11/10/2006 12:37:18 AM
- re: The "Minuteman" theory. - TB - 11/10/2006 12:28:40 AM

Allen officially concedes - TB - 11/9/2006 9:05:05 PM
- Good ol' Ma-caca-mouth shows some graciousness.... - et - 11/10/2006 12:12:45 AM
- Good. I never cared for recounting. - REB - 11/9/2006 9:08:26 PM

Something to watch for... - TB - 11/8/2006 7:29:22 PM
- ... I'm still watching for that 4 megaton wake up call to the head you promised us. - et - 11/8/2006 8:38:18 PM
- Irrelevant since it's 51-49 (n/t) - dtb - 11/8/2006 8:23:17 PM
  - The Count is: 50 D - 48 R - 2 I - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 9:01:27 PM
    - re: The Count is: 50 D - 48 R - 2 I - dtb - 11/8/2006 11:02:55 PM
      - Correction: The Count is: 49 D - 49 R - 2 I - Scott Evil - 11/9/2006 2:44:58 PM
        
        I would dearly love to see Republicans courting Sanders. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/9/2006 4:07:53 PM
        
        We will take half and you can take half...We'll even give you the left side...Because that holds his big socialist heart. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/9/2006 10:48:27 PM
- The Ds got fairness? You can not believe that. - Bowser - 11/8/2006 8:00:13 PM

Return of the realists - Donald - 11/9/2006 8:40:48 PM
- REB is right. If only Clinton killed Bin Ladin before 9/11. - Amidilliah al Ridijadijih - 11/9/2006 10:38:21 PM
  - re: REB is right. If only Clinton killed Bin Ladin before 9/11. - REB - 11/9/2006 10:47:27 PM
- It is all Clinton's fault! - REB - 11/9/2006 10:19:29 PM
- The bottomline. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/9/2006 9:26:21 PM
  - the bottom rung - azstrummer - 11/9/2006 10:16:38 PM
- re: Return of the realists - TB - 11/9/2006 8:58:26 PM

Congratulations Democrats - REB - 11/8/2006 1:22:45 PM
- And so it begins - Robert - 11/8/2006 4:58:22 PM
  - re: And so it begins - REB - 11/8/2006 5:21:54 PM
    - It's not about the Democratic Party - Robert - 11/8/2006 6:21:48 PM
    - You Are Really Very Clear - ID - 11/8/2006 5:39:08 PM
      - Thanks - REB - 11/8/2006 5:51:29 PM
      - It's mild partisan spin - Tony - 11/8/2006 5:44:05 PM
        
        The Difference - ID - 11/8/2006 6:10:45 PM
        
        A lot of both wouldnt hurt - Tony - 11/8/2006 7:25:13 PM
  - I actually thought you would be one to agree with me. - REB - 11/8/2006 5:11:39 PM
    - You thought wrong. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2006 11:39:29 PM
    - If you want to call immediate investigations into... - alcaray - 11/8/2006 6:54:28 PM
    - The Democratic mandate - Robert - 11/8/2006 5:59:47 PM
- It all depends. - Blue State Yeti - 11/8/2006 3:26:21 PM
- Ditto that. they got their vote out and probably won a lot of cross-overs in the process. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 3:04:22 PM
  - re: Ditto that. they got their vote out and probably won a lot of cross-overs in the process. - REB - 11/8/2006 3:14:42 PM
    - Either way, the republicans have an uphill battle for 2008. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 3:24:25 PM
      - 50:50 - ID - 11/8/2006 3:47:27 PM
        
        I think McCain has an uphill battle. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 3:57:34 PM
      - Two years is a long time in politics. - REB - 11/8/2006 3:26:11 PM
        
        Oh come on... Go out on a limb! - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 3:31:57 PM
        
        Two more predictions. - REB - 11/8/2006 4:35:47 PM
        
        Great! Now make a real off-the wall prediction. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 4:58:56 PM
        
        re: Oh come on... Go out on a limb! - REB - 11/8/2006 3:41:18 PM
        
        but they will have a "Middle ground" to show the voters in 2008. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 3:50:25 PM
- re: Congratulations Democrats - Lindy - 11/8/2006 2:24:20 PM
- Your miscalculation - Donald - 11/8/2006 2:04:58 PM
  - And yet, and yet.... - Tony - 11/8/2006 3:30:08 PM
    - What do you expect? - ID - 11/8/2006 3:35:33 PM
    - Chaffee wasn't the only moderate Republican to lose. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 3:35:12 PM
      - I think you're taking the wrong lesson. - Tony - 11/8/2006 5:39:11 PM
  - Actually, we are on the same page on this one. - REB - 11/8/2006 2:18:41 PM
    - Yeah obvious. - ID - 11/8/2006 3:39:06 PM
    - re: The american people are tired of bickering - Yeti - 11/8/2006 3:33:10 PM
      - Yeti On The other hand - ID - 11/8/2006 3:41:37 PM
        
        yeah, Yeah, spare me - Yeti - 11/8/2006 3:44:17 PM
        
        Your Eloquence Is Dazzling (n/t) - ID - 11/8/2006 3:48:22 PM
        
        I have nothing to say to you - Yeti - 11/8/2006 3:53:44 PM
        
        Misunderstanding? - ID - 11/8/2006 4:13:24 PM
        
        re: I thought it was pretty clear - Yeti - 11/8/2006 4:33:12 PM
        
        Yes - ID - 11/8/2006 4:54:26 PM
        
        You are one very thin skinned Yeti (n/t) - Just Luking on your thread - 11/8/2006 4:35:54 PM
        
        No, just tired of IDs silly little -hit and runs, scott (n/t) - Yeti - 11/8/2006 5:15:02 PM
        
        re: No, just tired of IDs silly little -hit and runs, scott - ID - 11/8/2006 5:30:51 PM
        
        My god, your stupidity knows no bounds. - Bored Yeti - 11/9/2006 7:15:08 PM
        
        DL DL DL - Next Time Try That First Instead Of Blowing Your Top - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 10:12:50 PM
    - "The American people are tired of political bickering." - Lindy - 11/8/2006 2:30:38 PM
    - Good Luck - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 2:25:10 PM

Republicans on Republicans - azstrummer - 11/9/2006 7:25:56 PM
- Republicans gone wild - Robert - 11/9/2006 8:57:36 PM
  - Ew, Republicans showing their breast to cameras? - azstrummer - 11/9/2006 9:38:12 PM
    - Not for free I won't! I charge big $$$ for that. - REB - 11/9/2006 9:51:53 PM
  - I Think You Got It - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 9:14:17 PM

Well Nancy Seems To Get It Better Than Many Here - ID - 11/9/2006 1:41:51 AM
- "Leader?" - TB - 11/9/2006 4:51:20 AM
  - Come On Tom - ID - 11/9/2006 4:59:42 AM
    - Talk is cheap. - TB - 11/9/2006 5:17:40 AM
      - Hey, Tom........... - Publius - 11/9/2006 4:53:55 PM
      - Modus Operandi - Lindy - 11/9/2006 4:49:28 PM
      - Especially Before An Election - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 3:00:10 PM
        
        "The question is does she have the self control to stifle impulses she gave free reign to while out of power." - Lindy - 11/9/2006 4:54:17 PM
        
        re: "The question is does she have the self control to stifle impulses she gave free reign to while out of power." - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 6:14:24 PM
        
        You do a lot of quacking. Not Lindy's fault if she thinks you are a duck. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/9/2006 6:20:30 PM
        
        I Guess You're A Pigeon - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 9:37:39 PM
      - And GWB is the cheapest. Didn't he promise Rumsfeld a job till 2009? (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2006 6:49:07 AM
- Humpty Dumpty won't go back together again. The "war" is lost. - Bowser - 11/9/2006 1:51:42 AM
  - The Terrorist Love People Like You (n/t) - ID - 11/9/2006 2:23:02 AM
    - Terrorists love clean air. Good reason to keep polluting. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2006 7:01:16 AM
    - I'd like to remind you.... - Lindy - 11/9/2006 2:40:23 AM
      - Not Relevant - ID - 11/9/2006 3:13:35 AM

AP projects Democrat Tester winner in Montana - Bowser - 11/8/2006 5:43:09 PM
- And Rumsfeld is stepping down.... - R.L. - 11/8/2006 5:56:43 PM
- He's up by 3,000 as of 10:33 Mountain Time. (n/t) - et - 11/8/2006 5:49:26 PM
- 5 down, one to go? (n/t) - Tony - 11/8/2006 5:48:02 PM
  - Oh, swell. - TB - 11/8/2006 5:57:17 PM
    - Glad to see you recognizing that neither side will give this up without a legal fight..... (n/t) - Tony - 11/8/2006 7:00:09 PM
      - Apparently Allen will. - TB - 11/9/2006 5:19:12 AM
        
        Maybe has to do with the suppress the vote practices that would be brought up and made public? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/9/2006 5:31:58 PM
        
        That has got to win some award for most amazing rationalization. - TB - 11/9/2006 9:10:44 PM
        
        Woah. I did not address whether the election was fair or not. - alcaray - 11/9/2006 9:33:38 PM
        
        great example of a dirty trick here - alcaray - 11/9/2006 6:58:31 PM
- As does NBC (n/t) - Bowser - 11/8/2006 5:47:13 PM

Ed Bradley of CBS 60 Minutes Dies - carl - 11/9/2006 8:03:38 PM

Interesting piece of background on Robert Gates - TB - 11/9/2006 5:50:35 AM
- Ship 'em weapons? Oh. That was Iran-Contra. Different Gates, maybe? (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2006 7:23:34 AM
  - Proxy Music - ER - 11/9/2006 6:30:09 PM

Baghdad's 'missing' billions...another huge scandal looming - Jack Herer - 11/9/2006 6:28:04 PM

We Got What We Deserved - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2006 7:14:54 AM
- Yes But Not For Some Of The Reasons You Listed - ID - 11/8/2006 5:20:42 PM
  - McCain? Principled? In the same post? - PPD - 11/8/2006 5:46:35 PM
    - re: McCain? Principled? In the same post? - ID - 11/8/2006 11:06:27 PM
      - where did I ever claim to be intelligent? - PPD - 11/9/2006 6:06:14 PM
- It was an opportunity squandered. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 3:11:19 PM
- A stunning repudiation of... - Donald - 11/8/2006 12:58:37 PM
  - Were you running and lost? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 3:11:59 PM
- Now compare and contrast that with DU and MO.ORG over the past two elections. - Lee - 11/8/2006 7:55:25 AM
  - Have you checked FreeRepublic lately? - Tony - 11/8/2006 3:25:06 PM
- Oh, no. Not by a long ways. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/8/2006 7:27:42 AM
  - That kind of attitude will not get you a win in 2008 - REB - 11/8/2006 1:29:58 PM
    - "Americans want to see some progress." - Lindy - 11/8/2006 2:38:57 PM
      - And perhaps justice too? - Lindy - 11/8/2006 2:58:35 PM

Does anyone have hard numbers on turnout? - Yetster - 11/9/2006 5:07:56 PM
- re: Does anyone have hard numbers on turnout? - TB - 11/9/2006 5:32:42 PM
  - So, better than usual (midterms), crap as always? (n/t) - Tony - 11/9/2006 5:59:38 PM
- A shade less than 50% statewide in CA. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/9/2006 5:28:30 PM

Rummey To Resign - ID - 11/8/2006 5:56:51 PM
- Rumsfeld blew the post invasion planning? - E.P. - 11/8/2006 6:17:43 PM
  - re: Rumsfeld blew the post invasion planning? - ID - 11/8/2006 6:44:20 PM
    - In other words, Mark you don't know for certain, but are willing to opine - E.P. - 11/8/2006 7:15:49 PM
      - Just Too Damn Easy - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 3:09:01 PM
      - No - ID - 11/8/2006 8:41:38 PM
- I am glad to see this. - REB - 11/8/2006 6:03:42 PM

A surmise, conjecture. Coming on GWB promising Rumsfeld and Cheney jobs 'til 2009. - Bowser - 11/9/2006 6:59:37 AM

AP now projects Webb winner in Virginia. - Bowser - 11/9/2006 1:47:45 AM
- What? No lawyers? - TB - 11/9/2006 4:34:06 AM
  - I wondered about that, too. - Bowser - 11/9/2006 6:36:45 AM
- Yes VIRGINIA............there IS a God! (n/t) - Lindy - 11/9/2006 2:35:58 AM
  - That's funny! (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2006 2:37:06 AM
    - re: That's funny! - Lindy - 11/9/2006 2:43:48 AM
- NBC does too. Same site. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2006 1:53:52 AM

Grasping at Straws....Bob Gates - Lindy - 11/9/2006 1:34:12 AM
- At least a few Dems would have to hold their noses for him to get approved. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/9/2006 1:49:25 AM

Well Robert, looks like you may be right. - Lee - 11/8/2006 6:21:05 AM
- Which Robert? - Robert - 11/8/2006 4:22:20 PM
  - Meant for Uber Robert - Lee - 11/9/2006 1:33:40 AM
- I think you misunderstand - Donald - 11/8/2006 6:44:59 AM
  - Nope, I think I've got it. - Lee - 11/8/2006 7:33:02 AM
    - re: Nope, I think you've got it wrong. Try Speaker Nancy Pelosi...third in line of succession... - Chris Vancil - 11/8/2006 10:55:46 AM
      - Voted D 7-4 - ID - 11/8/2006 5:04:13 PM
    - Heck that's fine with Donald - FrankC - 11/8/2006 7:59:36 AM
      - My congressman is a Dem - Lee - 11/8/2006 8:28:56 AM

Next step for Bush. Get everything he can into the Supreme Court. - Bowser - 11/8/2006 4:22:55 PM
- I think he's squandered all of his good will - Lindy - 11/9/2006 1:01:40 AM

Rumsfeld Resigns!!!! - Confeti Yeti - 11/8/2006 5:56:37 PM
- Good Lord, why NOW?? - TB - 11/8/2006 6:07:42 PM
  - re: Good Lord, why NOW?? - azstrummer - 11/8/2006 11:53:19 PM
  - Rumsfeld wanted to go for sometime now. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2006 9:34:29 PM
    - "A toast - to the man whose plans ousted the quarter-century Saddam regime in a week!" - Lindy - 11/8/2006 10:07:14 PM
    - Rumsfeld resists retirement, sticks to his gun - Alan G. Archer - 11/8/2006 9:46:58 PM
  - re: Good Lord, why NOW?? - dtb - 11/8/2006 8:38:56 PM
  - Because it turns a few of the election lemons into lemonaide. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2006 6:46:29 PM
    - The results of our Democracy send a clear picture to the Iraqis - Lindy - 11/8/2006 10:12:26 PM
      - "It shows them you can throw dictators out just by voting." - TB - 11/8/2006 10:15:08 PM
        
        Please allow me to be snarky......... - Lindy - 11/9/2006 12:55:17 AM
  - One would have thought that would have swung even a couple of thousand voters in VA, MT, MO........ (n/t) - Tony - 11/8/2006 6:35:34 PM
    - Which reminds me... - TB - 11/8/2006 6:39:37 PM
  - Because Pelosi, Emanuel et al willl do whatever it takes to avoid looking at Israel's role in getting us into this mess - E.P. - 11/8/2006 6:29:46 PM
- Congratulations - ID - 11/8/2006 5:58:37 PM
  - No need - Yeti - 11/8/2006 6:03:39 PM

Virginia recount. The process and the people. - Bowser - 11/8/2006 11:01:27 PM

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