| Very long WaPo piece; heart of the story is simple: our soldiers, the ones who are there and see first-hand what the issues are, say we should stay and finish the job. Surprise, no? Make sure they get the chance. Vote tomorrow. Vote. |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 heh, despite the final push to make us all think it is in the bag for the Dems - I'm going out on a limb to say I think the Repubs will get the house. I was buying into the negative hype myself this afternoon, but then I got to remembering how they used the same tatics to make everyone believe that there were no WMD's in Iraq. I remember thinking how freaking absurd it was, with all of the information to the contrary, to believe that there were no WMD's in Iraq and that Saddam had no ties to terrorists. But repeated the lie often enough that even sane people started to believe it. I knew I would eventually be vindicated - and according to the NYT, I was right. I know, I know... I may eat crow tomorrow (or six months from now when the results are finally counted), but since they radically closed the poll gap in the last two days - I think the Repubs are going to make it. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-11-06 22:21 |
| #10 Good one lotp! |
| Posted by: RD 2006-11-06 20:49 |
| #9 LOL - a lil ME trolling. Nice.... absentee vote or can you even vote? :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-06 20:34 |
| #8 Actually, I think you will. Even in Dubai. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-11-06 18:49 |
| #7 Soldiers in Iraq had devastating consequences ! See ya republicans |
| Posted by: Hibjobol Abjub 2006-11-06 18:37 |
| #6 I wonder how many of the soldiers realize that they are in Iraq for far more than Iraq? Iraq is the new Germany, and as soon as the new Iraqi government is up and running in January, hopefuly we will see a Status of Forces agreement. From that point on, US forces will just hang out on our bases and in our big honking embassy in the Green Zone. The typical Iraqi just won't see us anymore. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-11-06 18:34 |
| #5 Stay outa the basement. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-11-06 17:58 |
| #4 I'm going to go vote first thing tomorrow. Steele and Ehrlich both need my vote. I'm afraid it's going to look like a scene from Night of the Living Dead, though. |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-11-06 16:24 |
| #3 Trailing Wife's analogy yesterday is worth repeating today - Military Times "threw the pin instead of the grenade". Perfect I've been watching the pre-post mortems for the Dems on CNN and MSNBC this morning. I'm not going to celebrate yet, seeing as I'm not sure how the Dead Vote will turn out. But (as I said weeks ago) if we see a major shift in the polls towards the Republicans in the last days before the election, we know the polls were bogus all along. Seems to me the pollsters also threw the pin instead of a grenade. They have lost their credibility and will not regain it for YEARS. Saw a guy this morning on Fox from Roll Call. He was spinning for the Dems. After weeks, no, make that months, of saying how they Dems would sweep mega seats from the wave of Iraq War discontent - he was now spinning that the race of Chris Shays, Clair McClaskill, and Steele showed how the Republicans were in trouble because the fact that these seats were now "too close to call" showed the dire straights Republicans are in. As for me, personally, I'm enjoying going over to Kos, DU and lefty blogs and seeing their slow realization that there is a good chance they have been had. lol! Shame on me, but I thought I would really savor that today just in case the Dead come out in record numbers. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-11-06 12:42 |
| #2 This is surprising only in that the WAPO printed it. Military Times should be very ashamed that they got scooped on this and allowed themselves to be hacks for Gannett. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-11-06 12:31 |
| #1 No surprise. Our troops are the best in the world because they see what needs done and have the will to do it. Unlike the spineless traitors in Washington.... I'll say again. VOTE |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-11-06 12:30 |