Sunday, November 13, 2005

MY PAL DANNY SENT ME A CUTE LITTLE GAME THAT'S GOOD FOR A RELAXED SUNDAY AFTERNOON

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The idea here is to guess which politician or well-known pundit said each of the following statements (no peeking):

1) “You can support the troops but not the president.”

2) “Well, I just think it’s a bad idea. What’s going to happen is they’re going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years.”

3) “Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?”

4) “[The] President…is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation’s armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy.”

5) “American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy.”

6) “If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.”

7) “I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning…I didn’t think we had done enough in the diplomatic area.”

8) “I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our over-extended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today”

9) “Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”

10) “I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.”

The guy who came up with this, "Heavy," at Think Progress, is ready with the answers although first he asks "Where’s the mainstream media on these quotes? You’d think that Democrats and cable news talking heads uttering such quotes would be making huge headlines…

…except that all those quotes come from Republican leaders and FOX talking heads from back in the 1990s when President Clinton was committing troops to Bosnia.

1- Tom DeLay
2- Joe Scarborough (former right-wing congressloon from Florida, current right-wing blovator on MSNBC, and suspect in the murder of one of his young female staffers)
3- Sean Hannity
4- Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum
5- Tom DeLay
6- Karen Hughes [on behalf of George W. Bush]
7- Trent Lott
8- Tom Delay
9 & 10- George W. Bush

1 Comments:

At 9:20 AM, Blogger KenInNY said...

Absolutely. This is indescribably wonderful.

K

 

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