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... the point is that McCain spends a great deal of time "engaging" the press and the left and d*mn little respecting his own party.

John
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Why would God invent something like whiskey? To keep the Irish from ruling the world of course

If President Bush had visited the area earlier, the press would have criticized him for it for all the reasons listed above. If he had sent in troops before being asked - especially if it was to quell violence being committed by a largely black population - he would have received the same treatment.

Katrina was truly the most perfect example of what a hostile media can do.

Fortuna Favet Fortibus

... they would have spent gallons of ink pointing out how inconvenient it is for a (Republican) president to show up in the early any disaster situation.

John
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Why would God invent something like whiskey? To keep the Irish from ruling the world of course

And yes....Fortune does favor the brave!

Si vis pacem para bellum

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy!"
B. Franklin

I'm sure his friend Sam Adams (brewer, patriot) echoed his sentiments!

but remember, for the leftists and the press (but I repeat myself) appearance is far more important than substance.

It should read:

John McCain, the leftists and the press (but I repeat myself)appearance is far more important than substance.

the federal government involved more quickly in the Katrina cleanup than did President Bush. He probably actually believes that President Bush should have reacted more quickly, but if he were pandering to anyone, it is to the majority of voters who've been taught that the federal government should have acted more quickly.

Whether we agree with whatever about Katrina is not important.

I'm sorry your guy lost, but it just wasn't in the cards. BTW, the Orthodox Church did not perish in the Soviet Union, in the absence of freedom, so that quote is empty.

The people you speak of kept their faith much like the good Senator and his fellow residents in the Hanoi Hilton thus they were always free no matter their physical circumstances.

Did you read the OP...Bush couldn't respond quicker because the Dummycrat Governor never requested federal aid.

As I recall it...the Administration had to call the stupid (expletive deleted) and ask her to put in the request!

He's not just throwing Bush under the bus...He's throwing us all under the bus...

I've spent 20 years fighting the stereotype that has been built up of me and Conservatives...that we're racists and bigots and don't care about blacks and the poor, and created aids to kill black people and didn't respond to Katrina because the people who were dying were black...

And then? in one brief comment from New Orleans...My supposed leader and standard bearer for my Party...This supposed "Foot Soldier" in the Reagan Revolution...This champion of Conservative causes gives it all away and tells the press that we are exactly what I've tride to prove we weren't!

Thanks a lot Johny Boy!!

He's just saying that the Federal gov't did a poor job responding and that Bush needed to seem more in touch with the concerns of New Orleans. I remember Bobby Jindal voicing the same concerns @ the time of the storm.

As for racism, while McCain is definitely not smearing Republicans as racist, don't think that the Obama campaign won't stoop to that in the fall. What McCain was partially doing with his trip this week was parlaying that charge.

He played to the Liberal reporters who asked the question by laying the blame on the federal, (read Bush Administration) response to the mess created by a Democrat Governor and a Democrat Mayor!

In essence he said in so many words..."Yup, the main stream media's templet and the Democrat Talking points of the las several years concerning Katrina were true and Republicans are to blame!"

My Party's been hijacked, I'm voting for McCain under duress!!

and I too feel.....

My Party's been hijacked, I'm voting for McCain under duress!!

n/t

... More importantly, McCain is just using this to separate himself from Bush. ...

There are plenty of areas where he can legitimately separate himself from Bush. He apparently chooses to separate himself in areas where Bush probably did the right thing. Unfortuately the areas where Bush is wrong are basically areas where McCain is also wrong --- illegal aliens comes to mind.

John
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Why would God invent something like whiskey? To keep the Irish from ruling the world of course

I think that everyone would agree that Katrina was poorly handled, and the buck stops with the President.

No matter how trivial or symbolic it is... 80% of leadership is just showing up. That's why everyone so admired Rudy Giuliani after 9/11... He ran straight for the scene and kept everyone calm.

I certainly do not agree that the buck stopped with the President!

Need I remind you that within a couple weeks of hurricane Katrina, another hurricane hit around Beaumont, Port Arther and east Houston. Somehow Texas was able to evacuate the whole coast of east Texas without any aid or assistance from the Feds until later.

BTW the Governor of Texas was a Republican....Katrina was a disaster because the evacuation and planning to protect the citizens of NO was a Democrat operation which was a cluster f--k from start to finish.

Could Bush have done more to help perceptions? absolutely...Bush saying "You are doing a fine job Brownie" during a photo op was particularly asinine.

The line that it was because it was poorly handled by a Republican Administration was a lie propagated by the Democrat Party aided by their allies in the MSM to begin with.

We have fought that lie for years and in a few short sentences...McCain sold the farm right out from under us!

My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!

Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion

Also known as "John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2007" in Section 1076. This was signed by President Bush on October 17 2006 The changes in text were repealed by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, HR4986 Section 1068. The changes made are to the 'Insurrection Act'. The repeal reset the language to its original 1807 wording. The legislation to repeal was introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO). I don't think I've ever agreed with anything Pat Leahy had ever said or done except for this.

Limiting the power of the president to use federal troops to "invade" a state would at times be too tempting (I vote we invade California). Any governor has been able to request assistance (materiel and manpower) when he/she felt that the state resources to handle a situation were lacking. The president at his discretion may fulfill that request but the request has to be made. The request NOT being made was the problem in New Orleans.

The second paragraph should rea "NOT limiting..."

It shouldn't be *easy* to invade a state and maybe reclaim it for the US (again, California comes to mind)but it can be tempting!

Although I would close that italics tag in your signature if I was you.

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still not complete your nitpicking in time for armageddon.

Katie Bar the Door, sir.

Are we quite satisfied now, prince Finrod? Jiminy Christmas...

I'm voting for McCain under duress!!

If you leave an italics tag open, then most of the rest of the page becomes italics. Then we have to call for a moderator to add in an italics tag to fix it.

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Finrod's First Law of Bandwidth:
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Thanks for the heads up...I think I messed up writing my tag...Can you reply to this and let me know if it's fixed!

My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!

happens every time he posts. I don't think he ever properly closed his sig tag.

So this is all my fault? Well, I apologize.

One great joke, ruined by an html error I knew nothing about.

And yes, "you people" have never welcomed me here, nor have you appreciated anything that I have had to say.

"You people" have quite the track record of being dismissive of anyone who doesn't join in with your obsessive-compulsive singularity of thought.

Katie Bar the Door, sir.

Hey Norman...Welcom to Red State!!!

Better now?

:>)

My Party's been hijacked,
I'm voting for McCain under duress!!

since day one. You want to be welcomed? Then don't track mud on the carpet. Fix your HTML and stop whining. I'm beginning to think it was MY mistake defending you shortly after you arrived.

Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion

You are correct! Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard and 'protected' Little Rock Central High school from being invaded by 9 black students (known as 'The Little Rock Nine'). (Sarcasm intended, the students were armed with textbooks and everyone knows that knowledge is dangerous)

The US Justice department asked for and received an injunction prohibiting the use of the troops.

Mayor Woodrow Mann then called on President Eisenhower to send troops in to Little Rock to preserve the peace and enforce integration. President Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne to Little Rock. He then Federalized 10,000 members of the Arkansas National Guard taking control away from Governor Faubus. A task force was organized from the National Guardmen and most were deactivated. The Airbrone troops stayed until Thanksgiving while the task force remained for the rest of the school year.

N.B. The presence of the military was requested by the mayor!!!! Woodrow Mann, as the Mayor, had the authority to request the miitary presence. He did the right thing and I believe America is the better for it!
Woodrow Wilson Mann, born November 13 1916; died August 6 2002