I watched the speech

building an embassy over there cost a couple hundred billion dollars and its bigger than the vatican. this crap has to stop. Im not working my butt off to pay for this kinda crap... our government is in place for us, not other countries.

They are talking about a minimum cost of this war as being $900 Billion and that does not count all of the disrupted, ruined and terminated lives of the troops sent over there. Can you imagine the good that could be done with $900 Billion? And the Republicans dare to accuse the Democrats of being "tax and spend." The Republicans tax and waste!

No really, say how you feel.

Sorry Dena. Sometimes it all gets to be way too much. I guess expecting/hoping for/wishing for a teensy bit of reality and honesty is just unreasonable. The American people are amazing really. It's amazing what they will stand up to if they are treated honestly and fairly. We just don't get off on being treated as if we're stupid and lied to constantly. Apparently Mr. Bush knows his credibility is shot. He said as much in an interview recently.

Carolyn , you need a good long shower .

Thank you, Don. That made me laugh out loud. I needed that.

Not only did I hear him without an exit plan I also heard the Democratic rebuttal with a demand for a Different Direction. No real exit plan. Slow withdrawall of our troops is not a plan. I'll tell you one thing I would not want to be in the last contingent to ship out.

When you are being attacked and decide to pull back you just do NOT let different groups or companys of men leave and expect the others to hold. Then later another Company gets to leave, And later another. You still have the same enemy attack. That is leaving all of the men to die once your strength gets low enough so the enemy troops can overrun you.

Ron Paul has the best plan, and some others - WE WALKED IN WE CAN WALK OUT. Move all of our troops out at the same time. Let Iraq solve their own problems.

I don't bother listening to Bush anymore: he says anything that serves him, true or not, and besides, even when he's reading someone else's words it's too painful. If I thought for a nanosecond that the incompetent, massively corrupt, irredeemably sectarian Maliki "government" would use the breathing room our guys are giving him I'd support the surge and staying longer in Iraq. But I don't. We need to move to the edges and give them a true wake-up call. Meanwhile, we're arming them for the next phase of their civil war.

And how about Tony Snow (job) scolding us for not giving our service members credit for the great job they're doing and just criticizing what's going on over there. That's so Bush: criticism = not supporting the troops.

It's an old political ploy that's been around forever. If there's a war then even when horrendous mistakes are made, you are not allowed to point them out or to criticize the one who made them. That's "not supporting the troops." Thing is the troops do well whatever they are told to do by the CiC. If the CiC doesn't listen to his military commanders as this one doesn't (no matter how much he pretends he does) then the military situation on the ground will go badly, not because the troops are doing a bad job, but rather because they are not doing the job the CiC should have assigned them to do in order for them to succeed.

It's all just a big game for the likes of Mr. Bush and his cohorts. After all, they don't care how many people die over there, ours or theirs. It's not them and it's not anyone they know or care about.

Most military experts I've seen on television, and a lot of those are loyal Bushies, are expressing doubt that there can ever be a stable secure Iraq after the mess we've made of the occupation. The mistakes made over there fill books. What is so sad is that Mr. Bush just keeps going ahead repeating his mistakes as if somehow things will change and the same failed policies will miraculously succeed this time. I'm not sure at this point that anything can get through the wall of delusion and omnipotence with which he's surrounded himself. He sees only what he wants to see.

Hilariously sad.

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The world is a comedy to those that think and a tragedy to those who feel.

I think the entire audience of this comedic farce has resoundingly and unanimously concluded that this show is a complete flop. Now I just want to throw over-ripe tomatoes at the remaining bad actors who WILL not leave the stage. I want an IQ and an ethics test -- in place and mandatory -- before the next liar (a-hem, sorry) lawyer takes the office. I would like to state once again...outloud and publicly: This idiot president, this corrupt collection of economic rapists and (pro life) child murderers does NOT--repeat, DOES NOT -- represent me.
Wilka

Kathy, just a quick question, does a guy getting bjs from interns represent you?

And if the answer is no, the followup would be, will his wife represent you?