"Maybe they think we want their OIL?

[BOSSHOG]

Great statement by Senator Kerry. Lets get this topic back on the frontburner. Lets email the DNC and the Kerry-Edwards campaign asking them to pursue Cheney's Energy Task Force Report. Maybe Moveon.org could make a 30 second spot posing that question. Lets keep the heat on the bastards. Just what is in that report that the fascists need to keep secret? I'm just a wacky liberal who thinks the reason we went to War in Iraq is in that report; and the reason has nothing to do with terrorism. Keep the faith and keep the energy level high my fellow liberals - HELP IS ON THE WAY!

[kwolf68]

1. This was more brilliance

From Kerry.

Look, had Kerry just come off raving about “this war is for oil” then he would have been dismissed as a high-class protestor given very little cred. Undecided voters would have likely tuned it out as “mere politics.”

However, by Kerry bringing the topic up as a probing question will lead many to challenge this issue on their own merits and quite possibly realize this war is about oil. Kerry mentioned on several occasions how the Oil was protected. When talking about oil it seems Shrub was grasping onto the podium so as not to explode into a burning mass of flames on the spot.

I didn’t think the debate was a winner for Kerry at the onset. Bush’s platitudes and clichés were solid debate comments early on. However, he droned on about the same thing ad nauseum while it was Kerry giving a detailed plan, showing clarity and conviction while Bush just came off looking like a stammering fool.

Now we move away from the very sensitive “support our troops” war topic to Kerry’s home field, domestic issues. Kerry will close Bush out as he even more tightly aligns the administration with exploitative industry, cronyism, corporate handouts, hostility to science, changing facts to advance an agenda, incredibly evil attack on the environment, etc., etc., etc.

I don’t like war. In fact, I hate it. I wish we weren’t even in Iraq…But I enjoyed last nights debate. Now we get on turf I am interested in and I expect Kerry to stuff Bush back into the receptacle from where he came.

[Rowdyboy]

2. Good to hear from you again, Chief

I was a little concerned about you guys when Hurricane Ivan looked like it was gonna hit the coast head on. Glad you made it through alright and you're back!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. Yet even so we can't protectthe pipelines from insurgents

due to the lack of manpower (bad Bush planning). The pipelines are still regular targets.

[sandnsea]

4. Bad strategy, tactics

This is to point out why we're having such a hard time in Iraq, to the swing voters, not to hype up war for oil stuff. Subliminally questioning the motives, yes, but the real talking point is how Bush's priorities were perceived by the Iraqi's and how it has made the efforts so difficult. We protected the oil ministries and not the nuclear material, what kind of military strategy is that?