Where’s the Outrage?

I heard an interview with the Washington Post’s Thomas Ricks on the Al Franken show.  He was outstanding.  I think that progressives have had reports of incompetence but for the first time we really have a clear picture with this book, Fiasco and the outstanding book, Cobra II.  Whether you are a progressive or a conservative, these two books clearly been delineated the problems that we’ve had in Iraq.  The problems come not from execution of a brilliant plan but yet the incompetence and the capitulation of General Tommy Franks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (although they don’t directly implicate him we all know that Vice President Dick Cheney was also in the loop and with his prior experience as secretary of defense he may have been in the best position to intervene) and of course President George W. Bush.  Pro-counsel and Grandmaster Paul Bremmer also added to the unending flow of bad policies.

This is a good interview with Thomas Ricks, the author of Fiasco.  This is a HUGE file. 

 

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It is kind of strange what our politicians say when they’re surrounded by “their own”.  Remember Senator Lott waxing poetically about Senator Strom Thurmond.  Senator Lott said, “I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either.” After a firestorm of criticism, Senator Trent Lott apologized on the floor of the Senate and tried to restate his case that he was not being racist.

Now we have Senator Allen, Republican from Virginia, who is running for reelection.  He is speaking in front of a crowd of approximately 100 Virginians, all potential donors.  Everyone has heard his statement to the only non-white person in the crowd, an American of Indian descent.  But his next comment, is the one that I find most offensive.  It is the one where he welcomes this man, an American, to the United States.

Crooks and Liars has the video.

Tags: Party Politics, State and Local Politics by ecthompson
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President Clinton was on ABC news this week.  He was discussing many topics including the British breaking up the terrorist plot in London, Lieberman’s loss in Connecticut and the need for the Democratic Party to come together.

 

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Tags: Al Qaeda, Border Security, Domestic Issues, Party Politics, Terrorism by ecthompson
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