Comments on: The Commissar Has Had Enough http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andy http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102560 Andy Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:31:18 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102560 I can sympathize with the feelings of frustration as expressed by the Commissar. However, bad and boneheaded the GOP may get -- to even suggest that the Taliban be integrated... (Frist will never be POTUS!) The thot of voting Democratic as a protest vote gives me the Heebie-Jeebies!!! That's definitely letting the fox into the henhouse. No, what's needed is a 3rd party. Perot may have been loony, but voting for him clearly sent the message to the GOP to buck up to conservative principles. So what if Clinton won by a slim margin? He never had the mandate because he knew that out of the 15% that voted for Perot, perhaps only 10% could be counted as a defection from the Dems. The problem I see with the Commissar's intention is that the dems will count his vote as a mandate for the DNC platform, not a defection from the GOP. But then again, if one had to hold their nose & vote, then doing so in the mid-terms would be the lesser of two evils. Nonetheless, absent a viable 3rd choice, I'd rather NOT vote at all, so that both parties 'get' my message -- more Reganesque conservatism and less gubmint/spending. I can sympathize with the feelings of frustration as expressed by the Commissar. However, bad and boneheaded the GOP may get — to even suggest that the Taliban be integrated… (Frist will never be POTUS!)

The thot of voting Democratic as a protest vote gives me the Heebie-Jeebies!!! That’s definitely letting the fox into the henhouse. No, what’s needed is a 3rd party. Perot may have been loony, but voting for him clearly sent the message to the GOP to buck up to conservative principles.

So what if Clinton won by a slim margin? He never had the mandate because he knew that out of the 15% that voted for Perot, perhaps only 10% could be counted as a defection from the Dems. The problem I see with the Commissar’s intention is that the dems will count his vote as a mandate for the DNC platform, not a defection from the GOP. But then again, if one had to hold their nose & vote, then doing so in the mid-terms would be the lesser of two evils.

Nonetheless, absent a viable 3rd choice, I’d rather NOT vote at all, so that both parties ‘get’ my message — more Reganesque conservatism and less gubmint/spending.

]]> By: Allan http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102437 Allan Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:27:24 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102437 If nothing else, the war in Iraq has kept the terrorists away from our shores. Even Al-Qaeda admits to 4,000 "foreigners", i.e. Al-Qaeda fighters, killed in Iraq. There are many good reasons to vote against Republicans, and one excellent reason to vote for them: Democrats. More <a href="http://www.politechnical.com/2006/10/02/raging-rino-no-more/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. If nothing else, the war in Iraq has kept the terrorists away from our shores. Even Al-Qaeda admits to 4,000 “foreigners”, i.e. Al-Qaeda fighters, killed in Iraq.

There are many good reasons to vote against Republicans, and one excellent reason to vote for them: Democrats.

More here.

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102351 mtl Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:53:26 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102351 African American males(18-25) in philadelphia have a higher death rate than Iraqis. Anytime the senate wants to pull out of PA is all right with me. African American males(18-25) in philadelphia have a higher death rate than Iraqis.

Anytime the senate wants to pull out of PA is all right with me.

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102350 mtl Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:47:45 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102350 the chorus of critics will have a new complaint in the next three months. The new govt will be perceived as too heavy handed. those who are not current with their critiques may still continue to describe it as a 'stay the course' strategy. I'm venturing a guess that less than 1% of the critics even knows the name of the Iraqi interior minister at this present time. maybe 3% of the voting population can explain the current strategy for Baghdad. can't even begin to express how sick I am of critics who are incapable of an independent thought. the chorus of critics will have a new complaint in the next three months. The new govt will be perceived as too heavy handed.

those who are not current with their critiques may still continue to describe it as a ‘stay the course’ strategy.

I’m venturing a guess that less than 1% of the critics even knows the name of the Iraqi interior minister at this present time. maybe 3% of the voting population can explain the current strategy for Baghdad.

can’t even begin to express how sick I am of critics who are incapable of an independent thought.

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102345 mtl Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:30:15 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102345 "If there is any magic formula, some way out (not that I can see one), at this point I have zero confidence in Bush’s and Rumsfeld’s ability to find it." part of the formula would include 'time'. The interior ministry was filled in June 06, not March 03. They have been on the job for 4 months...yep, it must be time to give up. “If there is any magic formula, some way out (not that I can see one), at this point I have zero confidence in Bush’s and Rumsfeld’s ability to find it.”

part of the formula would include ‘time’. The interior ministry was filled in June 06, not March 03. They have been on the job for 4 months…yep, it must be time to give up.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102277 Mark Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:28:52 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102277 Commissar, where do you find the time to read, blog, and work? I tell you, my reading has been sharply curtailed - sharply - since I started the blog... Commissar, where do you find the time to read, blog, and work? I tell you, my reading has been sharply curtailed – sharply – since I started the blog…

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102273 mtl Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:20:54 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102273 congratulations on your reading list...but a month in Iraq is five years in any other modern country. Things remain extremely fluid, and you might find yourself reading a book in two years, which will be diometrically opposed to your current-but also dated- reading list. congratulations on your reading list…but a month in Iraq is five years in any other modern country. Things remain extremely fluid, and you might find yourself reading a book in two years, which will be diometrically opposed to your current-but also dated- reading list.

]]> By: The Commissar http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102268 The Commissar Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:58:20 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102268 Mark, Thanks for the link and the mention. Since reading "Fiasco," "Cobra II," "No True Glory," "Blind into Baghdad," "Inside the Emerald City," "Marines in the Garden of Eden," over the past two months, I've come to accept the critical view of Iraq as in the historical record, as "fact." I didn't recount or summarize the issues themselves, as that has required many many posts over the past couple months. Mark,

Thanks for the link and the mention. Since reading “Fiasco,” “Cobra II,” “No True Glory,” “Blind into Baghdad,” “Inside the Emerald City,” “Marines in the Garden of Eden,” over the past two months, I’ve come to accept the critical view of Iraq as in the historical record, as “fact.” I didn’t recount or summarize the issues themselves, as that has required many many posts over the past couple months.

]]> By: Sticker http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102264 Sticker Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:41:51 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102264 Blind leading the blind, eh? Blind leading the blind, eh?

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-102227 Mark Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:23:56 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/10/02/the-commissar-has-had-enough/#comment-102227 Well, as I said, I'm not there myself. I do continue to believe Iraq can be won...but I surely do wish there was the political will to get more boots on the ground. Perhaps after November... Well, as I said, I’m not there myself. I do continue to believe Iraq can be won…but I surely do wish there was the political will to get more boots on the ground. Perhaps after November…

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