(Harry) Reid hammers Bush for 'waiting and delaying' on Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/12/reid-hammers-bush-for-waiting-and.html

Reid hammers Bush for 'waiting and delaying' on Iraq

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Saying "time is running out," incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, expressed disappointment Tuesday that President Bush had decided to wait to announce a new Iraq strategy until after the new year. "

It has been six weeks since the American people demanded change in Iraq," Reid said in a statement. "In that time Iraq has descended further toward all-out civil war and all the president has done is fire Donald Rumsfeld and conduct a listening tour. Waiting and delaying on Iraq serves no one's interests."

White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters Tuesday the president had decided to delay an announcement because of the complexity of the situation and the amount of information he was receiving.

"I think what happens is, people have come back with answers, and he said, 'I want more,'" Snow said the White House daily briefing. "And he's not going to move before its ready."

[gratuitous]

1. "People have come back with answers"

And we all know that the Bush administration's knee-jerk reaction to ideas they don't want to hear is "Wrong answer, try again." And keep at it until they find someone as loony as they are to endorse whatever hare-brained scheme they wanted to follow all along. So Bush will want more and more opinions and answers until someone comes along and says, "Do whatever it is you have in mind, O Anointed One of God." At which point all communication stops, and another million or so people can start digging their graves.

[shain from kane]

2. The Decider as wimp. Like father, like son. Wait until he's sober, and can

truly sense reality, and not his dream fantasy of democracy in the Middle East in his or our lifetime.

[VaYallaDawg]

6. Wait until he's sober? They'll be selling popsicles in hell by then.

[Beetwasher]

3. Oh, Leave The Guy Alone, He's On A Bender

It's hard work and he's too drunk to make any decisions right now. He should be sober at some point in January and he'll probably, maybe, get to it then. So until then, our troops will just have to tough it out. I mean, what do you expect? Should Chimpy stop drinking and make some sort of decisions right now just so maybe a few troops won't die? Pfft! You people are selfish.

[rodeodance]

5. the listening is such HARD work

[rodeodance]

4. Go for it Harry. Dig for the jujular. This waiting and delays is killing our

troops.

[twilight_sailing]

7. George needs some Wild Turkey Time

and will get back to you after the holidays.

[shain from kane]

12. Got to have some egg nog, before he hatches a new plan.

[rodeodance]

8. US general calls for more time to help Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061212/pl_afp/iraqsecurityus_061212171309

US general calls for more time to help Iraq

by Dave Clark Tue Dec 12, 12:13 PM ET

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The operational US commander in
Iraq called for his forces to be given more time and more economic expertise to help bring peace to the country, amid fierce policy debate in Washington.

[shain from kane]

13. Light at the end of the tunnel. Oh, shit, it's a locomotive.

[shain from kane]

14. General Westmoreland, is that you? Don't lie about your golf score.

[pinto]

9. Good call Sen. Reid.

:thumbsup:

[Miss Chybil]

10. Who will be the last to die in Iraq when Bush is finally done waiting? nt

[Kolesar]

11. * needs to sing a few more verses of "peace on Earth, good will to men"...eom

[The Count]

15. He has work to do! 24 parties are hard work! Presidenting is hard!

[aquart]

16. Hey. Party fund-raising is real work.

It's the only goddamn work he does.

[Lost-in-FL]

17. And he won't move until he is ready...

Just like he did during 9/11 where he didn't do a damn thing for 7 FKNG MINUTES after told about the attacks.

[zara]

18. Dithering and Spinning more accurate

[Morgana LaFey]

19. Notice more Dems getting quoted these days?

Hope it's not my imgination.

[MrSlayer]

20. What do they really expect this ass to do?

He's going to hold out and squeeze every last dime possible out of this. He doesn't give a fuck about the deaths or the suffering. And he couldn't care less what the people want. He needs to be removed.

[badgervan]

21. Now He's "The Listener"?

Do they really believe that the American people are swallowing this crap? Tony Snow: professional liar. The guy has zippo credibility left with about 80% of us, yet he keeps on spinning/lying. What a piece of work.

[rail]

22. well, at least he set a timetable on something...

What's he waiting for ...Sweeps week? Rove to spin 'stay the course' into something sounding innovative? January presidential run announcements? How many casualties under the old non-working scheme while he waits to unveil his big fresh '07 model of repackaged stale dustbin-ready course changes.

[truthisfreedom]

23. Shh! He's busy trying to salvage Haliburton's profits!

We can't have the war suddenly ending, you know! What about those billions to be made???

[Sapere aude]

24. The magical mystery tour is dying to take you away, dying to take you away, take you away.