*****OFFICIAL SPEECH THRAD 3****

[nadinbrzezinski]

Link to two

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7129033&mesg_id=7129033

[NYC_SKP]

1. YEAH THRAD THREE!!!

Thanks, Nadin! :P

[valerief]

2. "the values we hold dear"

More war.
No healthcare for citizens.

[Locrian]

3. homeland. values. empty words mr president. empty words

[AngryOldDem]

4. Thanks, nadinbrzezinski....

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Oh you welcome

[lwcon]

5. Now that we've officially got our own War President...

... should we update our peace-sign shirts to say "Footprint of the American Chicken"?

Are we supposed to start saying racist stuff about Muslims?

And should we shame anyone who doesn't approve of the expanding war by jeering about how they "don't support our troops"?

If anyone has Republican friends, maybe you can see if they can give us some pointers on how this works.

[high density]

16. Yes, thanks to the decisions made by George W. Bush in 2001 NM

[NightWatcher]

6. time for the rah rah speechafyin

[Oregone]

7. Why is it good the country was united into this war after 9/11?

We could of used some questioning and cynicism there, instead of people getting shouted down for not being patriotic and blindly following their leader. Im not sure why Obama cites the mood of the country then as a good thing.

[MineralMan]

8. There it is.

It's done. Now, let's have a little quiz and see who was listening and who was just bloviating about a speech they didn't listen to.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Now Mr. President I was hoping to hear more of a STRATEGIC reason

to explain why we need to commit more troops. I know things like oh the Central Asian Game are way too complex for most... but police could do the job.

There were shadows of why we might need to do this, but it can be done with Special Forces... meet LBJ...

I must say this though, you do look troubled... not easy huh? But still you did not make a case that is strong.

[lib2DaBone]

30. Thanks Nadinbrezezinski for the threads...

We are fucked... over an out...

[flvegan]

10. Thank the baby jesus that's over!

Now, bring on NCIS so I can watch something remotely believable.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Erect bogeyman, wave flag, give money to the Pentagon, send in the cannon-fodder. Works every time.

All that's missing is the cowboy boots.

[NightWatcher]

17. has a familiar ring to it, doesnt it

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. "When will they ever learn"?

[NYC_SKP]

13. "Status Quo is Not Acceptable"...

what a fucking mess.

Godspeed, Mr. President.

[lib2DaBone]

14. We had 8 friggin years of Bush Doctrine... Obama needs to amp up the flag and bible a little more..

[Taverner]

15. We're fucked. We really are.

No way out of this Neocon shit soup is there?

[spanone]

18. 1 year ain't gonna rollback the bu$h* years

[BigBearJohn]

19. pass the vaseline

[MissDeeds]

20. I'm afraid you're right

We are so screwed.

[MichiganVote]

21. Hasn't been for our generation since before Viet Nam.

[high density]

24. Yes, thank Bush for fucking us long term

War is not a on/off switch, as we're seeing tonight.

[scarletwoman]

28. That appears to be the case.

Oh well. We didn't really need to be free, anyway.

I'm reconciled to living out my life as a serf, I'll just keep my head down and grow my garden...

*sigh*
sw

[Bluebear]

29. No.

[eleny]

23. The band music is creeping me out

From the Halls of Montezuma...? Oh, Jesus.

Thanks, Nadin. Good job keeping up with fast moving threads.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. It is the USMA... what did you expect

and you welcome

[knightinwhitesatin]

34. I did not

expect the Marine Corps Hymn at West Point ;)

[d_b]

25. holy shit what happened to DU

Remember the good ol' days when the President would spout off a buncha platitudes to justify war escalation and we'd be like "Woo-hoo, fuck yea i love this guy!"...


yea me neither.

[lib2DaBone]

26. John McCain supports the war in Afghan.. quick.. act surprised...

[bridgit]

27. Boiler plate chapter & verse DC complete with lofty poetries

Standing in the midst of a war college, war planners & warriors whose war professors will take these words of Obama back to their graphs, power points & laser pointers and configure them onto the battlefield

[lwcon]

31. I think I liked it better

... in the original "Texan."

[lib2DaBone]

33. LOL.. I just got that.. took a while.... Good one...