Another angry Republican leaves the party

[Hamlette]

Calling the Bush administrative "losers". Although I don't agree with everything this guy says...at least he is listening.

"I am a 58 years old retired military intelligence officer, and a current employee of a national intelligence organization ... I have never voted for a Democrat (although I would if a good one received the nomination of the Democrat party - but they won't); Richard Gephart, Joe Leiberman, Jane Hartman, Diane Fienstein, James Webb, Bob Kerry and a few others come to mind. I declined to vote for the re-election of G.W. Bush because I knew he hadn't earned it, and I voted for a 3rd party candidate in the last election. I did vote primarily for the Republican slate however. This time, I'm staying home. I remain a conservative, but I am no longer a Republican and I will not lift a finger for a Republican candidate.

Current history has taught me that in this modern America, divided government is the best government. I pray the Republicans lose the House of Representatives and/or the Senate this fall. This Republican Party is corrupt. It has been sold to the highest bidder, and since I cannot give $100,000 to the Republican, I have no voice within the party.
The Bush administration is incompetent at the basic level of execution of its responsibilities. Its excessive spending and the betrayal the nation's future generations through debt accumulation condemn it. It's prime claim to leadership is a war fought on the cheap with insufficient troops, faulty decision making at the most basic level, and Chicken Hawk wartime civilian leadership. Katrina.

Andrew, the war against fundamental Islam is simply too important to lose. This administration doesn't seem to understand that winning the war with those who wish to extinguish us is more important that tax breaks. It doesn't understand that control of our nation's borders is more important than winning the next election. And it doesn't understand that more often than not, doing the right thing on a routine basis because it's the right thing to do is a way of life, not a campaign slogan. These guys are losers."

http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/05/im_the_base_too.html

[panader0]

1. Like rats jumping off a sinking ship.................

[Joe for Clark]

2. You call it like it is - good for you!!!

There are a lot of rats ditching this ship.

Joe

[pretzel4gore]

3. i'll support bush...

if the anti bush sentiment is based upon self serving nonsense ansd historical revisionism like this old goat conjures up, then it's best bush continues to degrade the imperialist racist bullyboy's ability to brutalise (and claim rambo heroism whilst doing it!)
there is no 'war'against 'fundamental islam'....any more then there's a war against buddhism or Zionism or hinduism or even christian sects like 7th day adventists or holy fukking rollers etc....every religion claims to be the one true - and only murdering the enemy will convince them etc if that's the yardstick used! Tax breaks are bad because there is a 'fundamental' dishonesty at work in both the reporting of and reality of the economic system - and the USA spends more then rest of human race, on its military, and to criticise military spending is to ruin an american politician's career....the mass media is corrupt beyond belief, the election system is as pathetic as any banana republic, and still this 'big strong man' finds fault with bush's earnest intentions!
go dubia go! :)
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Defense Spending
Experts once argued whether Americans would finally grasp the enormity of the
military budget when spending reached $100 billion. Now $416 billion, and
candidates still arguing over who will spend the most, it would appear people still
haven't grasped a budget beyond comprehension.
Here's how political leaders are
spending the discretionary budget.
World's Largest
Military Budgets:
($U.S. Billions)
United States 416.0
Russia* 65.0
China* 47.0
Japan 42.6
U.K. 38.4
France 29.5
Germany 24.9
Saudi Arabia 21.3
Italy 19.4
India 15.6
South Korea 14.1
Brazil* 10.7
Taiwan* 10.7
Israel 10.6
Spain 8.4
Australia 7.6
Canada 7.6
Netherlands 6.6
Turkey 5.8
Mexico 5.9
Kuwait* 3.9
Ukraine 5.0
Iran 4.8
Singapore 4.8
Sweden 4.5
Egypt* 4.4
Norway 3.8
Greece 3.5
Poland 3.5
Argentina* 3.3
U.A.E.* 3.1
Colombia* 2.9
Belgium 2.7
Pakistan* 2.6
Denmark 2.4
Vietnam 2.4
North Korea 2.1
Czech Republic 1.6
Iraq 1.4
Philippines 1.4
Portugal 1.3
Libya 1.2
Hungary 1.1
Syria 1.0
Cuba 0.8
Sudan 0.6
Yugoslavia 0.7
Luxembourg 0.2
Source: www.cdi.org.

[gratuitous]

4. 58-year-old WATB

His post boils down to "Where's mine?!"

But I'm glad this hare-brain has decided to sit out the next election.