bush,jr near the end of the line with Republicans; bush,jr hangers on, read carefully!

[Guest Sid9]

July 16, 2007

 

GOP senator to Rove: Bush legacy on the line in Iraq

WASHINGTON (CNN) A Republican senator says he warned top White House aide

Karl Rove that President Bush quickly needs to craft a workable plan to

withdraw U.S. troops fom Iraq in order to salvage his legacy.

 

White House spokesman Tony Snow insisted last week that Bush's GOP allies in

Congress are not breaking with Bush over the war. But Sen. George Voinovich,

R-Ohio, told CNN that he warned Rove last week that "The president is a

young man and should think about his legacy."

 

He should know history will not be kind unless he can come up with a plan

that protects the troops and stabilizes the region," Voinovich said he told

Karl Rove, whom Bush dubbed "the architect" of his 2004 re-election.

 

Voinovich added that other Republicans are close to speaking out against the

President's current strategy.

 

"I won't mention anyone's name. But I have every reason to believe that the

fur is going to start to fly, perhaps sooner than what they may have

wanted."

 

In private, Voinovich is more blunt, using a profanity to describe the White

House's handling of Iraq by charging the administration "f-ed up" the war.

 

 

Voinovich stressed he expressed his views to Rove as a positive

"opportunity" for the president to come together with Democrats and

Republicans on an exit strategy that will be good for the country.

 

A White House spokeswoman confirmed to CNN that Rove, who speaks with

Voinovich frequently, had the phone conversation with the senator last week

and they did discuss the President's legacy. But the spokeswoman declined to

provide further details, citing Rove's desire to keep phone conversations

with senators private.

 

"I got into this to get them to move, and they're moving," said Voinovich,

who is pushing for the president to put together a workable plan for

withdrawing U.S. troops that will be ready in time for a September progress

report on the military surge from Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S.

commander in Iraq.

 

"I really think that they understand," said Voinovich. "We'll see by

September what they put together. But the main thing is were running out of

time - we should take advantage of this time."

 

And while Voinovich is giving the White House some breathing space until

September to receive the progress report from Gen. Petraeus, the senator is

privately warning if there's not a dramatic new strategy ready to be

unveiled in the fall, he will endorse a Democratic plan mandating a timeline

for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq within 120 days.

 

In June, Voinovich urged Bush to take a new tack in Iraq - one he dubbed

"Plan E," for exit. Voinovich called for a decrease in U.S. military

engagement, coupled with a "surge" in diplomatic engagement.

 

His break with the White House came one day after another senior Republican,

Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, delivered a dramatic Senate floor speech

declaring the president's current strategy was not working.

 

Since then, Voinovich said he has spoken to both Rove and National Security

Adviser Stephen Hadley and is expressing some satisfaction that in the short

term, the White House has heard his concerns.

[Guest Biscuits and Books]

Bush will never withdraw from Iraq. He sees any change of mind as weakness.

He doesn't give a shit for anyone but himself and the Republicans can go

fuck themselves as far as he's concerned. In fact the more these Repubs

complain, the harder he'll dig his heels in.

 

"Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

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> July 16, 2007

>

> GOP senator to Rove: Bush legacy on the line in Iraq

> WASHINGTON (CNN) A Republican senator says he warned top White House aide

> Karl Rove that President Bush quickly needs to craft a workable plan to

> withdraw U.S. troops fom Iraq in order to salvage his legacy.

[Guest Sid9]

Biscuits and Books wrote:

> Bush will never withdraw from Iraq. He sees any change of mind as

> weakness. He doesn't give a shit for anyone but himself and the

> Republicans can go fuck themselves as far as he's concerned. In fact

> the more these Repubs complain, the harder he'll dig his heels in.

>

> "Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

> news:wvQmi.35753$19.23514@bignews5.bellsouth.net...

>> July 16, 2007

>>

>> GOP senator to Rove: Bush legacy on the line in Iraq

>> WASHINGTON (CNN) A Republican senator says he warned top White

>> House aide Karl Rove that President Bush quickly needs to craft a

>> workable plan to withdraw U.S. troops fom Iraq in order to salvage

>> his legacy.

 

 

Seventeen Republican

senators can accomplish

the removal of bush,jr and

Cheney and recover the

honor of Republicans.

 

They simply need to put

their country ahead of their

party.

[Guest Roger]

"Biscuits and Books" <Cheney_did_Barney@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> Bush will never withdraw from Iraq. He sees any change of mind as

> weakness. He doesn't give a shit for anyone but himself and the

> Republicans can go fuck themselves as far as he's concerned. In fact the

> more these Repubs complain, the harder he'll dig his heels in.

 

100% correct.

 

He's a teenager.

 

>

> "Sid9" <sid9@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

> news:wvQmi.35753$19.23514@bignews5.bellsouth.net...

>> July 16, 2007

>>

>> GOP senator to Rove: Bush legacy on the line in Iraq

>> WASHINGTON (CNN) A Republican senator says he warned top White House

>> aide Karl Rove that President Bush quickly needs to craft a workable plan

>> to withdraw U.S. troops fom Iraq in order to salvage his legacy.

>

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