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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:22 PM Original message |
"Webb Calls for Realistic Alternatives, Responsible Troop Withdrawal" |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks fot posting that, I was curious what his rationale was... |
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Heath Hatcher (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "Who is supposed to be coordinating the votes?" |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well it isn't a dictatorship... |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Interesting..... |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. My point in posting it... |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
47. Not spineless. But wrong. And I have made that clear on Virginia blogs. n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. "language prohibiting this Administration from deploying Army units for longer than 12 months" |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Jim Webb has more insight into the complexities of the war... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So did all the people |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yes, there's nothing complex about NINE Soldiers dying yesterday. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. No...what I said was... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Kerry was in Vietnam |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Exactly what I said... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. He was running against George Allen. Six months ago |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. So are you saying... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Oh STop! My Brother was in Vietnam also. Doesn't make him special. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Grow up... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Oh, stop putting words into my mouth. In essence, we are feeding the War Machine inadvertently. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Take responsibility for your comments... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Stop name calling and twisting my words. I'm an Army Vet and a student of Military Science. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Why can't you give a straight answer... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm giving you the SAME answer as before - read close - we are inadvertently feeding the war machine |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. So Jim Webb... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You just don't know when to give up. My father instructed at West Point. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Answer the question... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. This is just sad. I have fully explained myself. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. You don't know anything about me... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Webb was in the Vietnam war |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. On that, I agree with you. Look, Webb is not "there" yet. But his |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. He was and still is wrong on Vietnam! |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. And Webb is wrong now. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Exactly, not only better than Allen but without him, we wouldn't be the majority |
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fedupinBushcountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Well he is my Senator |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. There's NO Complexity here, only young people dying for NO GOOD REASON. |
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fedupinBushcountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Whoa! |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Ok. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. Webb voted for the deadline in the Reid resolution. So I'm not |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Webb's approach is the right one. Make it about the troops. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Bullshit! It's just a way to give a few monetary "wet kisses" to the Military Industrial Complex |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Let's just hope that they use the tools we are providing them in an effective manner. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Kerry makes it about the troops too |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. At least Webb is taking a stand, unlike some... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah, a piss poor stand. I'm sick of feeding the War Machine. Shut them down! n/t |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Webb hasn't said how he will vote tomorrow yet...nt |
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fedupinBushcountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. He voted NO |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. I liked Webb's Mark Twain reference |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. "saying that the Democratic Underground in Washington is like ..." |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
51. Maybe because you are always angry and confused- |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:45 PM Original message |
Dupe! |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. Good post, SaveElmer |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
42. Let's just hope that they use the tools we are providing them in an effective manner. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. Yep, I was mad at him for his vote (I'm a Virginian). I disagree |
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