Posted on 08/18/2005 10:06:04 AM PDT by Crackingham
"There is just no enthusiasm for this war," said Representative John J. Duncan Jr., a Tennessee Republican who opposes the war. "Nobody is happy about it. It certainly is not going to help Republican candidates, I can tell you that much."
Representative Wayne T. Gilchrest, a Maryland Republican who originally supported the war but has since turned against it, said he had encountered "a lot of Republicans grousing about the situation as a whole and how they have to respond to a lot of questions back home."
"I have been to a lot of funerals," Mr. Gilchrest said.
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Republicans said they were losing hope that the United States would be effectively out of Iraq - or at least that casualties would stop filling the evening news programs - by the time the Congressional campaigns begin in earnest. Mr. Bush recently declined to set any timetable for withdrawing United States troops.
Grover Norquist, a conservative activist with close ties to the White House and Mr. Bush's senior adviser, Karl Rove, said: "If Iraq is in the rearview mirror in the '06 election, the Republicans will do fine. But if it's still in the windshield, there are problems."
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"Any effort to explain Iraq as 'We are on track and making progress' is nonsense," Newt Gingrich, a Republican who is a former House speaker, said. "The left has a constant drumbeat that this is Vietnam and a bottomless pit. The daily and weekly casualties leave people feeling that things aren't going well."
Republicans, Mr. Gingrich said, should make the case for "blood, sweat and toil" as part of a much larger war against "the irreconcilable wing of Islam."
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pantywaists
This comes from the NYT, the Old Gray Liar.
What do you expect.
Diversion from the homefront disasters.
Paying $2.89 for a gallon of gas bothers me.
A wide-open Southern border bothers me.
Watching idiot politicians make excuses for both REALLY bothers me.
Just because John Duncan and Wayne Gilchrest are RINO sissies doesn't mean they're right.
They are mostly quoting people. Do you think the quotes are lies?
You think those direct quotes are made up?
Look at the spokespimples interviewed.. LOL
Newly Neutereds Gingrich and Gilchrest..
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Representative Wayne T. Gilchrest, a Maryland Republican who originally supported the war but has since turned against it, said he had encountered "a lot of Republicans grousing about the situation as a whole and how they have to respond to a lot of questions back home."
"I have been to a lot of funerals," Mr. Gilchrest said.
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And when the battles shift from Iraq to the Homeleand, we look forward to attending yours as well, Congresscritter.
Maybe they should go out and find some good Iraq news.
of course it is a worry as are gas prices
we will need some good PR soon but it is August 05 not Oct 06 so there is time for good news to make us feel more optimistic
Morale is high among the troops in Iraq and the vast majority of them voted for the president. They're the ones doing the fighting and, yes, the dying. They believe in the mission. They believe they're doing good work in Iraq and making progress. And they are.
But not to worry, the NYT REALLY knows what's going on these days in Iraq.
What incredible BS. When would these whining maggots, at the NYT, agree to fight for their country? Was not the deaths of three-thousand people nearly on its doorstep enough? Good Lord save us from these moral relativists and cowards.
I'm fairly cranked up today. Sorry, everyone.
"There is just no enthusiasm for this war"
Like there is enthusiams for any war where true Americans die.
Looking back the past half century, the only enthusiastic people during wars are those democrats who started most of them for their own benefit (or in Johnson's case - fun?).
oops I almost read it then saw it was from the NY Times. That was close.
The concern here is about the Conservatives quoted in the article.
Who the hell is "happy" about a war? This jackass is pulling a Kerry stunt. (shaking head)
Do you have an opinion on this post? Seems like you post a lot of articles but never give your opinion or respond in the thread. Just curious.
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