Finally, The J. William Fulbright of the Iraq-Nam Era Has Stood Up...
Just like I told ya' he would.
I told you on April 19, 2006 and June 22, 2006, that he would be surfing on the crest when the Bi-Partisan Sea-Change on George W. Bush arrived. Here he is yesterday. This latter-day Fulbright cometh not as a professorial senator, but as Senator Ex-Marine.
I told you on April 19, 2006 and June 22, 2006, that he would be surfing on the crest when the Bi-Partisan Sea-Change on George W. Bush arrived. Here he is yesterday. This latter-day Fulbright cometh not as a professorial senator, but as Senator Ex-Marine.
posted by Vigilante at 1/25/2007 08:18:00 AM
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The Anti-McCain.
Don't forget about Senator Jim Webb of Virginia. His opposition to the Iraq war was one of the reasons he switched over to the Democrats. Both Hagel and Webb really are mavericks.
Breath of fresh air. Thanks!
Hagel included, how many of the current Republican Senators all of a sudden getting religion and making noise about "Iraq-Nam" are up for re-election in 2008? I'm just asking.
As I watch the new crop of presidential hopefuls struggle to get on the "right side of history" regarding Iraq, I am filled with rage and despair over the useless death and destruction that the United States has sown there. There were 156 members of Congress who had the courage and the intelligence to stand up to an obviously incompetent president and refuse to authorize the invasion of Iraq. The others, including Clinton, now must share responsibility for the unimaginable suffering and the tragic consequences of this war. Their misguided votes must not be forgotten as we begin the long process of choosing a president.
Suzanne pretty well covered what I would like to have said.
It is surprising that more Republicans aren't standing up TODAY and echoing Hagel's remarkable ability to take responsibility and action to fix this spectacle of shame and death. But Hagel said, "Maybe I have no political future, " not because of his people, they will re-elect him, but because of his party. Not so much that they won't support him, that wouldn't be a problem, but because they would like to bury him.
Ack Vigilante, I posted about Hagel before I read this. You just confirmed my concerns about Hagel.
I'm glad he's taken a stand on Iraq but before you crown him as our new emperor check out his voting record. Hagel is somewhat to the right of Jerry Falwell.
He's Bush Part II minus Iraq, don't let the image fool you. He's no more a maverick than my left foot but he is a master at creating that impression.
I'm not sure I recall Fulbright being widely known as an all-out flaming liberal on things other than Vietnam. I recall him keeping his own counsel about segregation, for example. But my memory is not reliable.....
Just what the world needs ... another far out left wing blogsite filled with the incessant moans of latte sipping progressive intellectuals
OK. People. That whole group of Politicos went out on the front steps of the Capitol and sang god bless America, not long ago.
Our country is the victim of belief system capture. We no longer live in a secular country. Religious dissemblers now rule us. They in turn are mouth pieces for Special Interest. Both the Left and the Right are sleeping through this whole thing.
America is sinking. Real alternatives are not Political alternatives. System change must come about soon, or we are doomed in the current construct.
I'm not sure which senator you were referring to, Hagel or Jim Webb. To this point, I am very impressed by both. Webb, however, has made the break and become a Democrat. What an answer to Bush's state of the nation, and whataguy!!
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