Two Thousand Dead – and for What? by Patrick J. Buchanan

[norml]

October 26, 2005
Two Thousand Dead – and for What?

by Patrick J. Buchanan
These are not the halcyon days of George W. Bush.

With his approval rating below 40 percent, his reputation as a decisive leader ravaged by Katrina, his conservative base shattered by Harriet, and his closest aide facing indictment, the president is said to be shouting at and blaming subordinates for the lost opportunities of his second term.

None of the above problems is insoluble. For if or when the Miers nomination dies, and Bush sends up a Michael Luttig or Edith Jones, his base would rally and he could lead his coalition in a decisive battle over whose judicial philosophy should guide the Supreme Court.

The real crisis the president faces, and we all face, is Iraq. If the war ends in failure, no success will redeem the Bush presidency.

By the time this column appears, the remains of the 2,000th U.S. soldier to die in a war that has lasted longer than World War I for the United States will be on the way home. And it is difficult to visualize the end of this war or the victory so often predicted and promised.


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http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=7764

[AntiCoup2K4]

1. Bit of a disappointment there, Pat.

With a title like that, I was hoping Buchanan would go off on the Chimp hardcore, as he did when this stupid and illegal war started. But Pat seems to be riding the fence now. Not liking the war, but not wanting to end it either.

[LittleClarkie]

2. How's your vote for Bush lookin' now, Patrick!

Moran.

[nookiemonster]

3. Too little, too late schmuck.

n/t

[longship]

4. Waddya expect from a Nixon speech writer?

nt

[Maccagirl]

5. Your bed has been made up

Time to hop in, Patrick J. Buchanan. Time to take your medicine like a good little boy.

[Erika]

6. Remember all the lies of W about this "War"

After we get rid of Hussein, we will be welcomed by flowers. Major combat is now over. After they draft the constitution, conflict will subside, after they adopt the constitution, conflict will subside. And I'm sure I've forgotten a few others. See www.icasualties.org

Now he says it will take more "work" and time before we can leave Iraq? When did the W ever do a day's "work" He hasn't. He should STFU.

[norml]

7. Only one Buchanan article on Fwee Wepubwik, and this one on the war isn't

it.


'Sexism' and the First Family (Buchanan on Miers)

Posted by Stellar Dendrite
On News/Activism 10/13/2005 9:24:04 PM PDT · 287 replies · 2,491+ views

The Conservative Voice ^ | 10-14-2005 | Pat Buchanan
Asked on NBC's "Today" show if criticism of the Harriet Miers nomination might be rooted in sexism, first lady Laura Bush seemed to welcome the question. "I think that's possible," she purred, describing Miers as "an extraordinarily accomplished woman" who had "broken the glass ceiling." Thus did Laura Bush associate herself with the stand of Ellie Smeal of the Feminist Majority Foundation, who has branded critics of Miers' meager credentials a pack of sexist males. "I think that essentially that this hue and cry that she isn't qualified, there's a sexist basis to it," Smeal told The New York Times....


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=any;o=score;s=Buchanan




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8. I still can't believe all those elderly Jews voted for him

in 2000.:sarcasm: