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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:18 AM
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Just saw Biden's interview on ABC's This Week...1 problem that I see.
Edited on Sun Aug-28-05 11:18 AM by Roland99
I agree that Biden seemed rather defensive of Hart's comments but Hart does have a point.

Biden and others like him do a decent job of explaining their stance in reports and in interviews but what they NEED to do (they being the Democratic Party leaders in Congress) is to DEMAND hearings or whatever it takes to get them in front of the Propagandist and demand some answers and even a change of that course.
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:21 AM
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1. Biden is a spineless DINO.
He won't DEMAND anything. He'll sell out Democratic principles at the first opportunity.
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:22 AM
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2. Biden and others like him can talk a good game,
but it's their actions that we need to watch.
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Eloriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:27 AM
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3. Hart's article -- link / MUST READ
if you haven't read it, it's dynamite:

Who Will Say 'No More'?

By Gary Hart

Wednesday, August 24, 2005; Page A15

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082301178.html
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:38 AM
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7. I really like the fact that he is speaking out about this.
I miss hearing his opinions.
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:47 AM
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8. Thanks for Link,, Go get em Gary, N/T
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:34 AM
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4. Biden is a prowar neolib
the flip side of a neocon, as is Hillary.

They are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:48 AM
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9. I like that "neolib" N/T
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:35 AM
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5. Biden NEVER answered the question...
about saying you were misled and it was a mistake. He just kept going on and on about "they're doing it wrong."
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:37 AM
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6. Right. I noticed that Biden rather heatedly claimed that he
has stated that he was duped into supporting the war. Anybody remember him saying that? :shrug:
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 11:55 AM
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10. Yeah, the "I'm a gullible fool" defense. nt
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:04 PM
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12. Yep gullible fool is right....and we already have one of those
in the White House.

Hell, even I wasn't fooled. :shrug:
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:22 PM
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13. LOL! I don't mean if any one remembers him saying it today..
Does anybody remember him EVER saying it before today. I don't. I think that Biden, Hillary, Kerry and most of the rest of the Dems that voted for the IWR have tried in vain to defend their reasoning for voting for the resolution.

I also maintain the Kerry's Grand Canyon remarks stating that he would still vote for the resolution if he knew then what he knows now was the beginning of the end for him/us. His numbers began to turn at that point which was before the SBLs started slamming him. There is no defending the indefensible. Why haven't they (Biden, Hillary etals) learned from Kerry's blunder?
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:03 PM
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11. Biden is politician to the bone
he talked for twenty minutes and if you asked me what his stances are,I couldn't tell you.He talks ad says nothing.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:23 PM
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14. So true. Biden tries way to hard to pander to the right...
He sounds wishy washy in the process.
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:31 PM
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15. He did, however to his credit...
...talk about the massive terrorist camps are NOW in Iraq thanks to the neo-con war blunders.

That is the point that the press refuses to cover: by not securing the borders by allowing Sadaam's massive weapon build-up (although not WMD) to be taken--in broad daylight, he has created a central meeting place for terrorists. He has made the world less safe by supplying a home base and weapons in Iraq.

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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:47 PM
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16. Yeah..but the point is, he needs to FORCE the admin to face that fact.
Talking about it on ABC, CNN, etc. isn't going to do squat!
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faithnotgreed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 01:08 PM
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17. so true roland but as we know thats all biden is going to do
because he is closer to pro war side than sanity and morality

but its a great point you made
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 01:14 PM
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18. I am not a Biden fan
But, how does one do that? I HAVE heard him again and again say that the admin. is screwing up...and give them specifics, to no avail. No one listens. No one loudly stands beside him.

The press is not putting it out there--rather bent on reinforcing the neo-con agenda and minimizing dissent.

The dems for the most part(I agree with Hart) are silent (and those that speak are under reported). I remember when the vote passed to allow Bush to make the decision to send our troops to Iraq--and I was appalled at the dems for not standing up. They laid down. And they are still laying down.

And now, we have a mess. The neo-cons broke Iraq. Like all of Bush's endeavors, someone needs to come in and fix his mess.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 01:16 PM
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19. He*could* get w/the rest of the Dems and force the GOP's hand
to hold hearings to adjust the course of action in Iraq.

The way it's going now is NOT working
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