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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:23 PM
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Franks shilling for bogus war on Hardball..
It's all the Iraqis fault there isn't stability.

Questioning the policy of disbanding the Iraqi Army was a "fair question" to ask.

Franks frames question of "whether it was worth it to go into Iraq since no WMD's"? short answer --yes, because Saddam isn't in power..

Franks admits war in Iraq has been a boon for Al-Qaida recruitment.



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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:26 PM
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1. Franks talking to Tweety like he's an idiot...
Edited on Mon Aug-09-04 06:26 PM by Postman
using terminology like "the evil-doers"

this guy fits the Bush administration worldview of seeing everything in black and white terms
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katusha Donating Member (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:26 PM
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2. first the mission accomplished banner
now shilling for the war. wonder if they promised him powell's job if he helps them win.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:27 PM
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3. I wish he'd act and speak like a former General and stop
calling terrorists 'evildoers' what are we a bunch of 'morans'.

Clark is always a source of pride!
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:28 PM
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4. must be a Texas thing.
what are they breeding down their?
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Hoping4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:29 PM
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5. Was Franks involved in sidelining Gen Shenseki?
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:32 PM
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6. whether he was or wasn't...
after Shinseki was "retired" Franks fit the Bush worldview mold of seeing the world in black and white, right and wrong and evil-doers
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:33 PM
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7. What was pure propaganda in F-911?
Matthews just trashed F-911
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:39 PM
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10. Matthews said the first half of Fahrenheit 911 was "pure BS"
asking Franks if he saw it. He didn't bother to point out one factual problem in the first half or question some inconsistency. He said ALL of the first half was "pure BS". Chris Matthews, besides his nightly efforts to challenge Bill O'Reilly as the number one asshole in the world, is pure BS himself and the most factually challenged "journalist" on the airwaves.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 07:12 PM
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15. tweety's drinking the koolaid again
time to turn off MSGOP for awhile. The other thing that was bogus, after Franks' segment, they showed Bu$h commercial, * talking about benefits of ownership -- then he said pride in owning a house, or owning health insurance, WTF is up with that? Code word = in the next four yrs. of a chimpministration employers won't be providing healthcare for employees!

The Hardball commentator, however, basically trashed the Kerry ad for containing half-truths about the economy? BS!
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:33 PM
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8. Franks "hopes" we don't need a draft....
translation........here comes the draft.

Volunteer your kid for Bush's war on the world.
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:35 PM
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9. Matthews talking about how the wounded aren't getting reported...
Hello??? Don't YOU HAVE A TELEVISION PROGRAM?????

Where are YOUR reports of the maimed?
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:39 PM
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11. I don't know if the American people would have ok'd the war had they known
the truth instead of what they were told...Franks.

And Franks "believes" (which doesn't mean jack-shit) we are safer because of the Iraq war even though by his own admission it has been a boon to Al-Qaida recruitment.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:42 PM
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12. Well,to hear our candidates still say they would have voted yes....
breaks my heart as much as hearing Franks.
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:49 PM
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13. Fighting Al-Qaida in Iraq...
Throwing out the same old pre-invasion shit. Better to fight them their than here.

Wasn't it reported from several sources there was no connection between 9/11 and Iraq?

I'm sure we made plenty of friends in Iraq by turning thier country into a killing zone.

And since they're soo successful in fighting them "their", why are they (Bush fascists) announcing terror alerts?

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ItsMyParty Donating Member (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 06:57 PM
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14. So...what do you expect him to say when he was a part of it??
"Ya know, Chris, I was an asshole/stupid moron/liar/all of the above"?? It's one thing for military brass, like Clark to speak out about it from the get go and have one who lead it admit to anything. It's like the administration trying to get the blood of 9/11 off of their inattentive hands. He isn't going to admit what he is.
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