silent_jonny:
Thank you for posting this AWESOME DOSE tonight — photos of the President with a (beautiful) child and the Vice President with a Queen . . . it doesn’t get much better than that! [BTW: I think it’s great that our ‘W’ gave the DIMS/MSM the equivalent of an ‘up yours’ by sitting next to and smiling with AG Gonzales today!]
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MUST READ . . .
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DON’T ABANDON US
By Hoshyar Zebari
Friday, May 4, 2007; Page A23
Last weekend a traffic jam several miles long snaked out of the Mansour district in western Baghdad. The delay stemmed not from a car bomb closing the road but from a queue to enter the city’s central amusement park. The line became so long some families left their cars and walked to enjoy picnics, fairground rides and soccer, the Iraqi national obsession.
Across the city, restaurants are slowly filling and shops are reopening. The streets are busy. Iraqis are not cowering indoors. The appalling death tolls from suicide attacks are often high because of crowding at markets. These days you are as likely to hear complaints about traffic congestion as about the security situation. Across Baghdad there is a cacophony of sirens from ambulances, firefighters and police providing public services. You cannot even escape the curse of traffic wardens ticketing illegally parked cars.
These small but significant snippets of normality are overshadowed by acts of gross violence, which fuel the opinion of some that Iraq is in a downward spiral. The Iraqi people are indeed suffering tremendous hardships and making grave sacrifices — but daily life goes on for 7 million Baghdadis struggling to take back their capital and country.
. . . Iraqis are standing up every day, and we persevere because there is no other option. We will not surrender our country to terrorists. They have failed to cripple the elected government, and they have failed to intimidate us into submission. Iraqis reject their vision of a future whose hallmarks are bloodshed and hatred.
. . . Iraqis, for all our determination and courage, cannot succeed alone. . . Only with continued international commitment and deeper engagement from our neighbors can we establish a stable democratic, federal and united Iraq. The world should not abandon us.
You can read the entire commentary here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050301548.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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RASMUSSEN
Despite constant attack (left and right) and high gas prices, the President continues to boast an almost 80% approval rating among Republicans — an amazing achievement for a second term president in the throws of a HOT war! [Our presidential contenders for ‘08 had best remember this rating . . . I’m already tired of McCain, et al, sniping at the President for purely political reasons. FYI: Any of our candidates who feel they must ridicule/abandon our President in their hubris-ridden drive for the White House can forget about earning the votes of me and mine!!]
Today’s overall JA rating (Rasmussen): 40%
OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!
LOL, he does seem to be rubbing it in a little, doesn't he :)
Any of our candidates who feel they must ridicule/abandon our President in their hubris-ridden drive for the White House can forget about earning the votes of me and mine!!
Same here.
Thank you for your usual great post, Deb :)
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!! George W. Bush still has coat tails (and I will go on record as saying that by November of ‘08, his coat tails will be a “must ride” for the next President).