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2007-07-31 Fifth Column

Donk Whip Clyburn: Positive Report by Petraeus "a real big problem for us."

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Clyburn said that would be "a real big problem for us."

So success for America is bad for the Democrats, eh? Words fail me.

Posted by SteveS 2007-07-31 00:39|| 2007-07-31 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 "The Democrat Party Owns Defeat."
Rush Limbaugh

Posted by doc 2007-07-31 06:34|| 2007-07-31 06:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Not only does it not matter what Petraeus says - because we won't believe him anyway - it doesn't even matter if there is undeniably a lot of real progress in Iraq. The war is lost. I said so. So let it be written. So let it be done.

Posted by Sen. H. Reid 2007-07-31 06:37|| 2007-07-31 06:37|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't know what's the bigger problem for them: that their party's success depends on their country's defeat, or that they're admitting this on the record.

Posted by Mike 2007-07-31 06:58|| 2007-07-31 06:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Clyburn, in an interview...said Democrats might be wise to wait for the Petraeus report, scheduled to be delivered in September, before charting next steps in their year-long struggle with President Bush over the direction of U.S. strategy.

In other words, how do we turn victory into defeat and hang it on the Prez?

Clyburn noted that overall approval ratings of Congress are low-- "People just don't feel real good about the Congress." [some editing]

No kidding. Might have something to do with the dhimmi part of Congress' constant, despicable and traitorous attempts to lose the war; or the underhanded attempts to sell out our military and the people of Iraq.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-31 09:01|| 2007-07-31 09:01|| Front Page Top

#6 I question their patriotism.

Posted by eLarson 2007-07-31 10:39|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-07-31 10:39|| Front Page Top

#7 You can question their patriotism,if you want.
I have no questions WRT their patriotism. I just question their narcicism(sp?).

Posted by N Guard 2007-07-31 13:42|| 2007-07-31 13:42|| Front Page Top

#8 OK, now that this is officially on the record, I've gotta ask....WHY is the elect Obama linky on RB now? Fred, please bring back Grace!

Posted by BA 2007-07-31 15:01|| 2007-07-31 15:01|| Front Page Top

#9 You should read the WaPo comments. They can't decide if Petraeus is a a BushCo pawn, a strictly booksmart chickenhawk general, or Julius Ceasar.

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-31 15:09|| 2007-07-31 15:09|| Front Page Top

#10 I question their ability to do what is right for America and I believe that they are putting their own interests in front of everything else making the country less safe.

I also believe that they are traitors in the purest sense of the word and should be tried and shot.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-07-31 15:33|| 2007-07-31 15:33|| Front Page Top

#11 #6 I question their patriotism.
Posted by: eLarson 2007-07-31 10:39

I question their sanity. I thought it required at least a MINIMUM level of intelligence to serve in the House, but I guess not. And these mental morons wonder why their approval ratings are headed for single digits.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-07-31 16:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-07-31 16:31|| Front Page Top

#12 Rush said it best a few years ago:

"Good news for America is bad news for the Democrats. In Iraq, they are invested in defeat."

Posted by Sigmund Freud 2007-07-31 22:24|| 2007-07-31 22:24|| Front Page Top

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