NYT/AP: Frist to GOP Hopefuls: Don't Stress Iraq

[DeepModem Mom]

Frist to GOP Hopefuls: Don't Stress Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 25, 2006

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says if Republican candidates want to succeed on Election Day, they should turn their focus away from the Iraq war.

''The challenge is to get Americans to focus on pocketbook issues, and not on the Iraq and terror issue,'' Frist said in an interview with the Concord Monitor on Tuesday.

Frist suggested that Republicans remind voters of subjects like tax cuts and lower gas prices, the result, he said, of the energy bill passed by Congress last year.

''These are all things the media has not covered,'' Frist said. ''People don't say, 'This Congress passed tax cuts.' But that means something to every American.''

Frist, a possible candidate for the presidency in 2008, visited New Hampshire on Tuesday to help local Republicans running for office and to accompany his wife, Karyn, on a promotional tour for her new book....

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Republicans-Iraq.html?_r=1&oref=login

[acmavm]

1. Stupid asshole. The war in Iraq is killing us. It is THE major

pocketbook issue if they want to get technical.

[Kikosexy2]

10. Dr. CatKiller...

go ahead don't mention Iraq...we'll do it for you...over and over again and again....relentlessly....endlessly....

[aquart]

2. The tax cuts didn't translate to more money, Frist.

We all notice we're poorer than we were BEFORE your worthless tax cuts.

So you go ahead, run on tax cuts while mayonnaise on sale is a dollar more than last year. And I haven't had a rib steak since my sister's wedding over five years ago. (The prices on beef went thru the roof but you STILL won't test for mad cow.)

And, thanks to your regulatory gutting, I can't be sure if my salad will kill me or not.

[LynnTheDem]

3. Yes, just turn your heads away from the death, pain, destruction.

Focus on the death, pain, destruction right here in America, in our pocketbooks.

Poor Frist forgets, most Americans are not filthy rich.

[goforit]

4. Hmmm.. Even GOP voters are disgusted now about Iraq. Pathetic!

If the shoe fits wear it.... Frist!!!

[rodeodance]

5. Hey FRist-------Iraqi blood just will ooze in no matter what you say.

[rodeodance]

6. "not on the Iraq and terror issue,''---WHOW

[Rose Siding]

7. Additionally, the Senate majority leader said candidates should

cover their eyes, stick fingers in their ears and say "la la la" very loudly.

Run, little gopies, run!

[greeneyedboy]

8. or Katrina, or the deficit, or domestic spying, or corruption, or...

[lebkuchen]

9. Here's a post from an extended 172nd Stryker soldier, who IS stressing Iraq

And Frist wants to change the subject~. To Frist's credit, at least he KNOWS he's vain, shallow, self-serving and craven.

>>>>>

Re: CNN: Pentagon -- "huge admission" to admit need change Baghdad strategy By STILL IN IRAQ on Tuesday, October 24, 2006

I know I have said this before but I will say it again. This entire extension was a political joke..on us. We have made no progress and weren't meant to. We are here to present the impression that we are making a difference, nothing more. If I live through the next 45 days or so (supposed) then I will know I am Blessed. God please pray for us to make it through this and help SGT (name removed) and his family! He wasn't in the news was he? (cover up of wounded?)

http://www.bringhome172nd.org/stryker/Voices/tabid/62/EntryID/146/Default.aspx#Comments

[ColonelTom]

11. let them eat cake!

But means something to every American.''

Presumably, unlike the Iraq war, which only (in Frist's mind) matters to the families of those actually serving there.

WOW.

[Hand]

12. "Iraq is just SO 2004..."

Let's see... how about ALL PAGES, ALL THE TIME!!!!

Yeah... that's the ticket. :rofl:

[jpak]

13. How did the GOP Energy Bill bring down gas prices????

Has US crude and gas production increased dramatically since August (when gas was >$3.00 a gallon) or over the last year???

Nope

A Big Fat Cat Killer Lie

Yeah, and we'll see what gas prices are like at Thanksgiving and Christmas...

[MGKrebs]

14. Wow. Talk about a rock and a hard place.

Yeah, let's talk about education, jobs, and healthcare, BILL. Maybe some town hall meetings about Social Security, the minimum wage, and Medicare.

You've only got one choice, Bill. You're only good at one thing, so play to your strength- blame Clinton's penis!

[Karenina]

15. It's amazing

that he has not been dragged out of his office, tarred and feathered. Says something... :eyes:

[warrens]

16. In other words, lie.

Who me? I never supported no war. What war? Watchew tawkin bout?

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Heh heh. Too late, Frist. No one gives a shit about tax cuts

this year. And we're pinning Iraq on your guys like cement shoes

The 'Pukes are going down big time.

:kick:

[struggle4progress]

18. What? Not talk about our $375 billion bargain?