Huh?? Rats? Sinking? Whuss goin' on?

[Michael Tee]

from today's AP

<<WASHINGTON - Sen. Richard Lugar, a senior Republican and a reliable vote for President Bush on the war, said Monday that Bush's Iraq strategy was not working and that the United States should downsize the military's role.

<<The unusually blunt assessment deals a political blow to Bush, who has relied heavily on GOP support to stave off anti-war legislation.

<<It also comes as a surprise. Most Republicans have said they were willing to wait until September to see if Bush's recently ordered troop buildup in Iraq was working.>>

Looks like the good Senator has been imbibing too much "gloom & doom" on "leftist, terrorist-loving CNN."  Sure hope he comes to his senses and gets a good healthy dose of "fair and balanced" Fox "News."

[BT]

Lugar has been a critic of the war for quite a while.

[Michael Tee]

<<Lugar has been a critic of the war for quite a while. >>

But is nevertheless described as "a reliable vote for President Bush on the war" by a top news service.  Isn't this an indication of cracks in the base?  Critic of the war he may have been, but this criticism sounds painfully focused on specifics:  not only is the plan "not working" [as any fucking idiot could have predicted] but it's time to "downsize the military's role," obviously a cute euphemism for the start of a phased withdrawal.

[BT]

Guess we will have to watch how he votes.

Did he vote to authorize the surge?

[BT]

Then there is this:

Republican Voinovich joins call for U.S. troops to start coming home
Ooooh, a CALL! THAT will teach Bush to lie us into a war! Voinovich is gonna CALL. YEE-HAA! RICOLA!!!!

Sorry George, this is just 2008 electioneering. And we are seeing a lot of Congressional members TALKING about brining the kids home, but I haven't seen any of them DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

And until you DO something about it, all the posturing and posing and 'calling' is a total waste of effort, because nobody is listening to words from Capitol Hill any more. - M. R.

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_iraq.html

[Xavier_Onassis]

Perhaps you do not remember this, but the moment when it became obvious that Nixon would resign after Watergate was aboput a millisecond when Lugar came to the Whitehouse and told him that he had lost the support of the GOP and it was all over.


Lugar is a bright guy with a great sense of political acumen.

It looks like the "Mighty Surge" will fail, and we might not be in Iraq for the next 50 years.

[Michael Tee]

BTW, BT - - excellent site.  Thank you.

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_iraq.html

[R.R.]

Perhaps you do not remember this, but the moment when it became obvious that Nixon would resign after Watergate was aboput a millisecond when Lugar came to the Whitehouse and told him that he had lost the support of the GOP and it was all over.

Perhaps nobody remembers it because it was Barry Goldwater, not Dick Lugar who did that.

At least Nixon had the decency to resign; Bill Clinton did not.