Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Jim Babcock said:

This is a forum and a place for one to express their opinions. If others are not interested in reading them, then they can ignore them.

Bush was your target for 8 years. We learned a lot from the left how to react to the news and how it relates to the President. It is now our turn to be the loyal opposition.

Jim Babcock said:

Obama and his cronies believe that asking others to express their opinion, and then giving them the finger is a great way of doing business. When Obama met with Republicans this week, he listened to what they had to say, and then reminded them that he and his lefty buddies control everything so what they say is of no importance. Now he is playing the same game with our neighbors when it comes to the buy American provision of the Democrats "stimulus" plan. Canada complained so he is pretending to listen to those complaints. It will be interesting to see if he backs down, because he is primarily concerned with his image internationally. Or will he give them the finger too as he reminds them that only his opinion really matters? On the oner hand he can help manufacturing in this country and upset others outside the borders, or he can placate other governments and screw American manufacturers. Either way Obama is demonstrating that he is all show and no go. His leftist ideology will repeatedly put him in these no win situations. I expect his minions to be silent and happy with whatever he decides is best for them.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a37pHeTuz_HA&refer=worldwide

Jim Babcock said:

I like to read the sites from the left, many of the antiwar ones have disappeared since the Presidential election. I wonder why? Here are a few that show no pushing for protests on Afghanistan since the election. I can show you many of the protest sites that were against us being in Afghanistan before, but now are just silent.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0408-14.htm
http://www.notinourname.net/
http://www.protest.net/
Jim,
I'm just not seeing it in your posts that you feel provides evidence for what you've stated. I see one guy's opinion piece in the first link and a couple of links that discuss multiple subjects, apparently unrelated to your claims in your posts.
Finally, if Afghanistan had been dealt with properly under Bush, would we have as much to worry about there now?

This looks just like the normal politics of the left. It depends more to them about who the President is than the policy. I know Rod that you have been consistent on your opposition to Iraq and support for Afghanistan from the start. What I am pointing out is not any hypocrisy by you and others who have been consistent on this, but rather the now silent "protest" movement that had no problem blasting Bush on Afghanistan.

Jim Babcock said:

It looks like Obama is planning a surge in Afghanistan:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afll.9YZiyUY&refer=worldwide

Where is the outrage, protests and statements from the left about how it will not work? I guess the left really does not care about the use of force and the potential for the deaths of young men and women in uniform, it is just politics. When a Republican President commits more troops to improve the success of the US military, it is one thing, and it is radically different when an the inexperienced first black President from the Democrat party does it.

Will the left press for a draft in order for Obama to make sure that there are enough troops? What is the exit strategy? Are these only appropriate questions when a Republican is President?

I am not against the surge, we on the right have ALWAYS supported the troops. Their use is not partisan, but the left's hypocrisy is legendary.

Jim Babcock said:

In one day TWO, yes I said 2 Obama pick drop out. The tax cheat Daschle finally dropped out, and now Obama's pick for Performance Czar has dropped out because she got caught cheating on her taxes. I wonder if this is a record. Chicago politics brought to Washington is a change that libs can count and believe in, but the rest of America expected more. How fun - being the loyal opposition is easy when there is a joke like Obama as President. Can't wait to see who is next. Keep up the digging. Eventually we will hopefully find what we need to impeach this guy too. Obama has only been in office for a couple weeks and he is already demonstrating what poor judgment he has. Let's just hope all of his socialist and liberal policies fail as bad as his choices for appointments.