2008 Primaries Thread

i think the word is "islamistical," Jeb.

LOL at Gibson posing a question that could have been asked in 1976.

Edwards: "If someone attacke us with a nuclear weapon, they have nuclear capability."

Uhh Bhutto was killed over the Xmas break. How "calm" a response could the Bush administration have hoped for?

Well, it's nice to see that you approve of the Bush doctrine.

-- Jeb, Saturday, January 5, 2008 8:18 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

thats not the bush doctrine retard

thats practical intelligent foreign policy

hillary is winning so far. real strong + with specifics

I'm going to go out on a limb and say something I very well may regret: HRC wins this debate tonight, and she'll make N.H. very competitive.

So far (early, I know), everybody else sounds very abstract.

"I would call Jack Bauer."

Deej beat me to it.

Well, HRC sounds like she's rewriting the Truman Doctrine, but that was a rather good response.

missing the gop zings at this point...

obama's vagueness is disappointing to me, he's just positioning w/ reminders about iraq being a mistake

Alfred, as a pure matter of rhetoric, you've got to give HRC her due.

HA! HRC looking like Richardson like he's a gardener.

wtf all three of them are right, if our country is threatened by rogue groups inside a nation that can't control them we absolutely should step in

This sure sounds like the Bush doctrine.

http://i12.tinypic.com/6lcc4sg.gif

And Obama started his response to two questions with Oh, I've worked on this issue before, which really should be at the end of the response or mentioned in a very short way (as HRC did, frankly).

"yet"

Richardson = the Dem's Fred Thompson.

there's a difference between declaring war unilaterally on a single nation and tactical missile strikes against rogue groups WITHIN a country that the nation can't control

xps to jeb

Gibson's sharp and thoughtful. And he seems a little pro-HRC.

OK, HRC starts to flail for the first time.

this is gonna be good

now hillary is sounding kind of wack

hah yeah xp'd by alfred

But she's doing her attack in a surprisingly effective way. Not too mean or petty-sounding.

btw Andy McCarthy's response to the debate above:

Hillary Just Announced ... the Bush Doctrine [Andy McCarthy]

Any state that gives safe-haven to terrorists who would attack the United States will face massive retaliation ... as if that state was part of the terrorist organization. Where have I heard that before?

she should have transitioned out of the foreign policy part into whats wrong w/ obama but instead she's doing that calibrating and positioning re:"change" and vague shit like "consistency"

Aside from Richardson (maybe), didn't they all endorse the Bush doctrine?

and Richardson's a "realist" of the old school, so of course he would.

Is HRC trying to woo Edwards as a veep candidate?

how liberally are you guys defining the bush doctrine?? any preemptive actions of any kind???

Everybody's oddly defending Edwards.

or as someone who could help her nail obama

Custody battle.

ugh Obama is awful at this sort of thing.

there's a difference between declaring war unilaterally on a single nation and tactical missile strikes against rogue groups WITHIN a country that the nation can't control

i don't think he is flailing terribly right now

obama is anticipating some negative shit coming his way

As I have remarked before, Obama is a pretty mediocre debater.

jeb i agree - which is why dividing people into 'pro bush doctrine!' and 'anti-bush doctrine' is kind of useless

xps

He is a mediocre debater. Still, Obama closes that one nicely. But he didn't get a chance to refute some of those flip-flop charges.

Now Edwards is chosing his dance partner.

edwards is being kind of annoying. and i like him.

So are we gonna bomb the forces of status quo or not?

damn double team

good to see edwards turn on clinton too, was afraid he'd be against just obama

I said on the other thread that Obama's a bit like a Law Professor: Great at stump speaking, a bit rattled and humbled when challenged.

Now HRC will attack Edwards. Temporary alliance over. Knives out.

35 years of change? child plz