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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

October 7, 2004 03:42 PM Forum: Politics

Voting in Afghanistan

Posted By Rod Kaufman
So how are things going in the Bush belief system of "arising democracy in Afghanistan"?
Well, the news reports indicate 80% of the population can't read or write so the ballot needs to be a picture ballot wherein the voter places his ink stained thumb on a picture and selects the candidate of their choice. The news reports also indicate that a likely voter is apt to be threatened to vote for US backed Tarzark or his house might be burned to the ground or he can't marry-off his daughters,and so on.
I wonder what the pictures of the candidates look like. Perhaps the picture of the US backed candidate has a M-16 at his side for an easy ID while other warlords have the more traditional AK 47.
Ah yes, arising democracy...

October 8, 2004 05:03 PM Forum: Politics

Re: Bush is wired! he cheats in debates, conferenc

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Nils,
I agree with you that it should be all over the news if, in fact, Bush is being coached during the debates or in any other forum via an electronic device.
It certainly did not help him during the debate so it may be something else and the comment from Nichols seems logical but...

October 8, 2004 06:15 PM Forum: Politics

Re: Bush is wired! he cheats in debates, conferenc

Posted By Rod Kaufman
"if either of them cheated it must have been Kerry"
The results of the first debate are clear and Bush stumbled all over himself and that's one of the major reasons most people believe Bush lost it. Further Kerry communicated his message much better than Bush.
The rational of JB lacks more and more credibility with every post.

October 10, 2004 12:18 AM Forum: Politics

Comming Attractions: The Sinclair Group

Posted By Rod Kaufman
In what experts descibe as a "highly unusual move", the conservative Sinclair group is going to revive the anti-Kerry comments of vietnam vets claiming the usual nonsense of Kerry's war activism as a cause of prolonging the war. Although history has shown Kerry to be correct, the Sinclair group with the ability to reach nearly a quarter of the nation's homes on TV,will pre-empt it's regular programming with a "news report" of vietnam vets attacking Kerry with their usual and customary statements of Kerry being responsible for prolonging their ordeal in vietnam. This "news report" will air only days before election. Talk about yellow journalism...

October 10, 2004 09:52 PM Forum: Politics

The real Iraqi WMD threat

Posted By Rod Kaufman
The LA Times is reporting "a little-noticed section of the 960 page report says the risks of a devastating attack with unconventional weapons has grown since the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq last year." The Times futher notes,"...Bush administration has not previously disclosed that insurgent groups that have emerged since Hussein's ouster are trying to develop their own supplies of such deadly agents as mustard gas, ricen, and the nerve gas tabun."
So the administration took us to war in Iraq for the purpose of removing WMD that did not exist and were not even being planned by Hussein. But now as a result of our invasion, we are realizing a greater threat of the development of WMD in Iraq and, if it happens, the Bush people will say they were right all along the way...

October 11, 2004 11:51 PM Forum: Politics

Foreign Poll:Iraq War=More Terrorism

Posted By Rod Kaufman
As reported on todays CCN website, two thirds of those polled in Australia, Britain and Italy believe our war in Iraq has elevated the risk of terrorism. In what it descibes as a "blow" to Bush, CNN states the poll in the US now shows 52% believe the war in Iraq has increased the threat of terror.
I am not sure if this really matters to Bush since another poll found, in an area of considerable substance to most americans, that only 9% thought they would like to have a beer with Kerry. All others polled wanted to chug a lug with Bush as their main drinking buddy. Kerry is in deep poop now...

October 16, 2004 08:18 PM Forum: Politics

Hell No, They Won't Go

Posted By Rod Kaufman
It's reported that a platoon of about 17 reservists in Iraq refused, in their words, "a suicide mission" to deliver fuel and other supplies in poorly armed and broken-down vehicles.
Despite all of the unsubstantiated hype in this forum about the improving security, democracy and the like in Iraq, the fact is that a convoy delivering supplies in Iraq is a sitting duck and the soldiers know it.
In what is being descibed as a "blow to Bush", Poland is said to be preparing to pull out it's troops in 2005. Looks like they've got an exit strategy...

October 17, 2004 07:03 PM Forum: Politics

Requiem for a lightweight

Posted By Rod Kaufman
They will be roaring back with righteous indignation, half quoting something they didn't like from Kerry or Edwards as Bush people frequently do, as they stand-up for their "conservative principles", whatever they are.
Nevermind Iraq, the deficit, the environment and reality. Wave the flag and prey, it's another Bush day...

October 18, 2004 04:07 AM Forum: Politics

Scowcroft:"Failing Venture in Iraq and Afghanistan

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Former national security adviser to Bush senior and the mentor of current security adviser Rice, stated Bush co-operates with other countries to "rescue a failing venture in Iraq and Afghanistan." Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser to the elder Bush, criticised the post 9-11 unilateralism from Bush for a contemptous attitude towards foreign alliances and commented on Bush's need to use them for a rescue effort.
Well, with Bush's 8 point lead in the polls, it looks like we are all going to have four more years to know if the rescue effort is successful....

October 21, 2004 01:08 AM Forum: Politics

Pat Robertson:"Bush Expected No US Casualties in Iraq

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Pat (Bush is the next best thing to God) Robertson stated Bush told him he expected no casualties from the invasion of Iraq. Now Bush denies it like he denies the reality of Iraq today(along with CIA and other intelligence reports).
It's kind of like the statement Rumsfeld made when he learned of the one thousand US casualty: "It's a relatively small number."

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