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On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:40:00 GMT
"Jeff Binkley -> Ed Hulett" <1:226/600> wrote:

 GB>>> few and far between and late.

 EH>> This echo has been dead for 3 days now.

 GB>>> No comments on the welcome demise of Butcher of Iraq.

 EH>> What is there to say other than I'm glad he's gone?

 JB> The democrats are finding all kinds of ways to answer:

 JB> http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060608-041042-9038r.htm

 JB> Democrats call Zarqawi killing a stunt
 JB> By Amy Fagan
 JB> THE WASHINGTON TIMES
 JB> June 8, 2006


 JB> 4:09 p.m.
 JB>      Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said
 JB> the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in Iraq was a stunt to
 JB> divert attention from an unpopular and hopeless war.
 JB>      "This is just to cover Bush's [rear] so he doesn't have to
 JB> answer" for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his
 JB> own sagging poll numbers, said Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat.
 JB> "Iraq is still a mess -- get out."
 JB>      Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, said Zarqawi was a small
 JB> part of "a growing anti-American insurgency" and that it's time to get
 JB> out.
 JB>      "We're there for all the wrong reasons," Mr. Kucinich said.
 JB>      Officially, Democratic leaders reacted positively to the news and
 JB> praised the troops that successfully targeted al Qaeda's leader in
 JB> Iraq with 500-pound bombs at his safe house 30 miles from Baghdad.
 JB>      "This is a good day for the Iraqi people, the U.S. military and
 JB> our intelligence community," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of
 JB> Nevada.
 JB>      President Bush said that yesterday's killing of the 39-year-old
 JB> Jordanian-born terrorist offers an opportunity to "turn the tide" in
 JB> the war and that Tuesday he will discuss with Iraqi leaders "how to
 JB> best deploy America's resources in Iraq."
 JB>      A senior White House official cautioned that Mr. Bush was not
 JB> hinting at possible early reductions in U.S. troops there, according
 JB> to Reuters news agency.
 JB>      Meanwhile, Democrats sprinkled caveats throughout their praise.
 JB>      "That is good news; he was a dreadful, vicious person," said Sen.
 JB> Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat. Mr. Conrad added that he hopes the
 JB> military can get Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, another top al
 JB> Qaeda leader.
 JB>      "They're even more important," he said.
 JB>      Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Michigan Democrat, said it was
 JB> good news but added, "I think we have a long way to go."
 JB>      Republicans called Zarqawi's death a positive step and thanked
 JB> Iraqi citizens for standing up to a threat against their nascent
 JB> Democracy. "I am more optimistic than ever that a free and stable
 JB> Iraq can be achieved," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of
 JB> Tennessee.

What a bunch of morons. Only an idiot or barking moonbat... wait that's
redundant... would call it a stunt.

Ed

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