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| Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD. | |||
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December 15, 2004
Has this pattern of conservatives eventually coming around to reality getting boring, or what? Conservative columnist and FOX News contributor William Kristol has finally, FINALLY, had enough of Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. It wasn't the 1000+ dead American soldiers sent on a liberating mission that Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz himself said "is a reason to help the Iraqis but it's not a reason to put American kids' lives at risk." No, it was just the public relations problem created by a slip of the tongue.
Conservatives handwringed and obstructed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, then conceded and claimed it was their idea. They handwringed and obstructed Intelligence reform, then conceded to the will of the American people under intense pressure. They handwringed and obstructed approaching the United Nations for support before the war in Iraq then conceded and heralded unanimous votes as their making. They stubbornly made wild claims on intelligence, then conceded only after they've committed a nation to war. They prematurely claimed the mission was accomplished in war, then conceded to terrible "miscalculations." They claimed the numbers of opposing candidates for office don't add up, then conceded to the nation's largest deficit spending in history.
When will conservatives ever take a breather from huffing the perpetually wet paint on this ugly pig?
"As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time." -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, in a town hall meeting with soldiers at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, Dec. 8.Actually, we have a pretty terrific Army. It's performed a lot better in this war than the secretary of defense has. President Bush has nonetheless decided to stick for now with the defense secretary we have, perhaps because he doesn't want to make a change until after the Jan. 30 Iraqi elections. But surely Don Rumsfeld is not the defense secretary Bush should want to have for the remainder of his second term.
[The Defense Secretary We Have - Washington Post - 12-15-04]
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