Firing Up The Liberal Spin Machine

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Funny: conservatives firing up the propaganda machine.

Firing Up The Liberal Spin Machine

By Rachel Marsden on 09/12/03
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You'd think that somewhere in America, a major cafeteria that caters to liberals had just run out of chocolate milk. A mere six months into the "Iraq phase" in the war on terrorism, liberals are already whining about having to fork over a few bucks to do the job that Bill Clinton neglected for 8 years as Osama bin Laden ran around bombing embassies and American warships like he was the bad guy in a Bruce Willis movie. Meanwhile, countries like Iraq and Afghanistan--run by ruthless, despotic regimes--were thriving as breeding grounds for extremists.

On Sunday night, President George W. Bush announced that he would ask Congress for $87 billion to help rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan and to continue military and intelligence operations in the area. Sure, that may sound like a lot of money, but really what it boils down to about $250 per American. That's a pretty small price to pay for "security insurance" to prevent another trillion dollar 9/11 attack on the US and/or its allies--and the Democrats know it. That's why despite their constant bellyaching and their use of this issue as a political pawn against the President, they're going to vote overwhelmingly in favor of this funding allocation. George W. Bush is doing the right thing--and the Democrats know it, despite the fact that they're using it as a lame excuse to spin their bowls on the heads of the American people. They just figure that if they up their anti-Bush rhetoric a few more decibels, voters won't be wise enough to notice that their words don't match their actions when it comes time for Congress to approve the funding. Of course, the implied alternative is that we can just adopt the Democratic policy of the past decade: Do nothing, spend that $87 billion or more on liberal boondoggles like universal health care and the 40-year old "war on poverty"--and just sit back and absorb whatever else the jihadists have in mind for us and then pay the bills at their leisure.

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Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz told a House subcommittee in March that Iraq could generate $50 billion to $100 billion of oil revenue over the next two to three years. As such, Bush should focus on getting that oil to the marketplace as soon as possible, so that Iraq can finance its own reconstruction and repay the US taxpayers for their investment. In the meantime, if push comes to shove and some extra belt-tightening is needed, Bush may have to repeal some of the tax cuts that he granted earlier this year to some of America's most wealthy citizens. I'm sure they won't mind.

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1. 'That's a pretty small price to pay for "security insurance"'

yes, because we all feel so much safer now that the ENTIRE mid-east hates us :eyes:

where do they FIND these people?