Comments on: So Long Mitt And Good Riddance http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/so-long-mitt-and-good-riddance/ Politics 2.0 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joshua Rosenstock http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/so-long-mitt-and-good-riddance/comment-page-1/#comment-41087 Joshua Rosenstock Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:35:11 +0000 http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/so-long-mitt-and-good-riddance/#comment-41087 The worst is the "value voter" BS, as if only their values are correct and anyone that disagrees is going straight to hell. If Iraq was such a bad place, why couldn't Private AWOL Bush say so when he ran for President in 99-2000? Saddam was in power those days yet nary a peep about sending in 140,000+ troops a few years later. I guess its more patriotic to send innocent young Americans to their grave. The worst is the “value voter” BS, as if only their values are correct and anyone that disagrees is going straight to hell.

If Iraq was such a bad place, why couldn’t Private AWOL Bush say so when he ran for President in 99-2000? Saddam was in power those days yet nary a peep about sending in 140,000+ troops a few years later. I guess its more patriotic to send innocent young Americans to their grave.

]]> By: Steve Levine http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/so-long-mitt-and-good-riddance/comment-page-1/#comment-41032 Steve Levine Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:24:14 +0000 http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/so-long-mitt-and-good-riddance/#comment-41032 Romney said he was pulling out of the race in order to let Republicans prepare for a general election battle against the two remaining Democrats, both whom have campaigned to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. "In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," he said. The "surrender to terror" line is right out of the Bush/Cheney/McCain playbook -- i.e., those who disagree with our Iraq policy hate America, are unpatriotic and are following a strategy of surrender. It's a despicable, insulting statement, claiming, as Republicans often do, that only THEY are the true patriots. It's what I find most offensive about Republicans. It poisons the dialogue, and kills any chance of having a civil discussion of this important issue. Romney said he was pulling out of the race in order to let Republicans prepare for a general election battle against the two remaining Democrats, both whom have campaigned to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.

“In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,” he said.

The “surrender to terror” line is right out of the Bush/Cheney/McCain playbook — i.e., those who disagree with our Iraq policy hate America, are unpatriotic and are following a strategy of surrender.

It’s a despicable, insulting statement, claiming, as Republicans often do, that only THEY are the true patriots.

It’s what I find most offensive about Republicans. It poisons the dialogue, and kills any chance of having a civil discussion of this important issue.

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