Daschle satisfied with war progress (In other news the sky has fallen!)

Rapid City Journal ^ | 2/20/04

[areafiftyone]

PIERRE - Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., on Thursday praised the Bush administration's war and nation-building work in Iraq and said he has no serious concerns about the lack of weapons of mass destruction.

Daschle told state chamber of commerce representatives meeting in the South Dakota capital that he is satisfied with the way things are going in Iraq.

"I give the effort overall real credit," Daschle said. "It is a good thing Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. It is a good thing we are democratizing the country."

He said he is not upset about the debate over pre-war intelligence on weapons of mass destruction, an issue that has dogged President Bush as Democratic presidential contenders have slogged through the primary season.

"We can argue about the WMD and what we should have known," Daschle, the Senate minority leader, said.

Daschle took a different tone when he and other congressional leaders met with Bush in late January to discuss the intelligence snafu.

"I think it is critical that we follow up and find out what went wrong," the New York Times quoted him as saying just before the meeting.

"Daschle noted that congressional leaders had depended on sound intelligence in voting on the war," reads the New York Times story from Jan. 27.

On Thursday, Daschle said he does not believe the Bush administration will meet its aggressive pre-election timeline for installing a functioning democratic government in Iraq.

Daschle also praised South Dakota's National Guard troops and their employers Thursday.

The state has the nation's highest per-capita enrollment in the National Guard, something that has been significant as troops have been called up and rotated into active duty during fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"We ought to be proud of that, and I think we all are," Daschle said.

But Daschle blamed the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in part for the nation's record $527 billion deficit.

Daschle has consistently raised concerns about bearing the cost of war alone rather than spreading it among many nations. He said Thursday that the United States is now borrowing from China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to function.

The $167 billion in planned defense spending combined with Bush's tax cut packages and homeland security spending are leading the federal government to borrow $1 million per minute.

"We're hemorrhaging at a rate unlike anything in the nation's history," Daschle said. "We are going to have a mess for our children and grandchildren that ought to embarrass us."

Daschle faces a re-election race this year against former Republican congressman John Thune

[areafiftyone]

Man this must be some scary race for Daschle to say this. I am going to start singing the Eagles song DESPERADO

[SunStar]

"I give the effort overall real credit," Daschle said. "It is a good thing Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. It is a good thing we are democratizing the country."

Wow. He really must be worried about John Thune's candidacy... LOL

[MegaSilver]

Daschle faces a re-election race this year against former Republican congressman John Thune

Ohhhh.

For a minute there, I thought I was going to have a heard attack.

[new cruelty]

Daschle told state chamber of commerce representatives meeting in the South Dakota capital that he is satisfied with the way things are going in Iraq.

I feel like I am on crazy pills.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Because of this?

 

Daschle 48%, Thune 45%
			Posted by Clintonfatigued On News/Activism 02/17/2004 9:29:17 PM CST with 23 comments Rasmussen Reports ^ | February 16, 2004 In South Dakota, Senator Tom Daschle holds a tiny 3-point lead over challenger John Thune.

 

[areafiftyone]

[Sophie]

Oooooo. The handwriting is on the wall. They must have the real polls in their hands.

[The South Texan]

He's back in South Dakaota so he has to talk like a Republican in order to get re-elected. Put him in front of a microphone in DC, he'll go back to sounding like your typical, socialist, lying Rat

[areafiftyone]

I think it's hysterical.

[Dog]

Daschle bolting for the right....

[BlessedByLiberty]

ALTERNATE HEADLINE: DasHole reads SD polling and morphs into Thune!

Ironic that he also praised the National Guard. It appears that the backlash has him backpedaling as this is the same National Guard his party is maligning.

[areafiftyone]

The man is running sooo scared. HEH HEH!! Oxygen anyone?

[southernnorthcarolina]

Daschle said what?

[areafiftyone]

LOL

[GiveEmDubya]

""Daschle satisfied with war progress""

Did I miss something really bad happening?

[Bigg Red]

He's back in South Dakaota so he has to talk like a Republican in order to get re-elected. Put him in front of a microphone in DC, he'll go back to sounding like your typical, socialist, lying Rat

((

You nailed it!

[areafiftyone]

I guess Daschle couldn't find enough voters in the cemetary.

[cajungirl]

You and me both,,have we taken some crazy pills and gone off into the twinkie zone. Daschy must be terrified of Thune!

[marktuoni]

...also quoted as saying real economic recovery being felt across the country, unemployment rate drop has been very satisfactory.....

[GiveEmDubya]

(Or his campaign staffers told him they didn't have enough packs of Lucky Strikes for all the Indians and illegals.)

[GiveEmDubya]

Translation: Thune scares the $h!t out of me.

[new cruelty]

...also quoted as saying real economic recovery being felt across the country, unemployment rate drop has been very satisfactory.....

I feel faint. LOL.

[snooker]

That;s it. How can we fool them today. He will be back to normal if he wins.

I sure hope we can defoliate this one.

[anonymous_user]

If you can't dazzle South Dakotans with brilliance, baffle them with Bulls**t.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Amazingly different tone between speaking to the press/pundits from within the beltway, vs. when running in a close race and speaking to real people at home in 'flyover' country.

[MegaSilver]

*SNICKER* I love the titles of their posts.

"F*** the f***ing f***er"... really, really, really sad.

[The Wizard]

for home town consumption.....but he's still finished.

[Reelect President Dubya]

Stick a fork in him.

He's done.

[areafiftyone]

Already did. Too funny!

[SoDak]

6 months of ads, $5,000,000 spent, and he's at 48% as the minority leader. Dachle's days are numbered. Thune hasn't even started his campaign yet and he's virtually tied.

[basque69]

Daschle voted to ban partial birth abortion!! Apparently the Church got to him!!

[SoDak]

The Bishop has asked him to stop calling himself a Catholic.

[Pharmer]

Daschle 48%, Thune 45%

and we are deeply saddened :>0

[smokinleroy]

Is there any legal way for a Texan to temporarily transfer legal residency to SD to vote for Thune? Anybody I'll have the chance to vote for in my part of TX is a shoe-in this time around so they can spare my vote. Of course, if I was a dem, I'd try to find a way to vote in both places.

[CyberAnt]

I have just one question?? Who offered him what to make this astounding statement?

Or .. is it just because Daschle is running for office and South Dakota is not polling against the war. Whatever it is, you can bet it's nothing more than a political calculation, and has nothing to do with Daschle approving of anything Bush is doing.

I'M NOT BUYING IT!!

[ProudGOP]

Is there any legal way for a Texan to temporarily transfer legal residency to SD to vote for Thune?

No, but if you go stay at an indian reservation in SD around election time you will get the chance to vote numerous times.

[Mo1]

Dashole sounds like John Flip Flop Kerry

[rushmom]

and concerned...and troubled.

[mware]

You guys watching John Gibson. They just had on Terry McAwful.

Gibby told him that he is the reason that Nader is running.

[iceskater]

Twilight Zone time. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, maybe. This really isn't Daschle.... Where is the screeching hyperbole? Where is the Bush-bashing? This really isn't Daschle. It must be his evil twin or something.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Man this must be some scary race for Daschle to say this. I am going to start singing the Eagles song DESPERADO

I already sent Thune a small donation.

I'm doubling it tomorrow!

[alwaysconservative]

You've got it exactly right. Just like ME dictators, the language he uses to "his" people is completely different than what is said on the national stage.

[chiller]

Daschle is a lying, stinking, hypocritical, deceitful POS. He deserves to be called on his blatant pandering. He deserves to be exposed. He's demeaned S.Dakotans if he thinks they're stupid enought to believe this. Daschle makes me wretch!

[Nakota]

I can hardly wait to see the ad of Tom Daschle in his jeans and blue checked shirt talking to some farmer while walking through the cornfield.

Yup, he's scared!!!

[alwaysconservative]

Daschle is definitely hooked into Shrillary and is her minion. Notice that the Shrillary marching orders have been to fake to the right on the issue of the war in Iraq and the military. I would guess this is about a draft Hillary scheme for the convention, so as to "save" the Dims from the drubbing they'll get for the current anti-war stance.

I'm still mad at the 12,000-plus South Dakotan Republicans who voted in 2002 for JOHNSON over Thune.

[Mo1]

You guys watching John Gibson. They just had on Terry McAwful.

Yep, I saw it .. Terry bad mouthing Nader isn't too smart

[EllaMinnow]

Tom Daschle in his new costume, specially designed for South Dakota campaign ads...

[Pagey]

If there wasn't a link to this article, I would've sworn this was from the Onion.

[nobody_knows]

Daschle satisfied? ............I'm troubled!