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Spence
12-08-2003, 04:52 PM
Some sort of librulcommiepinkoatheistdemicrattraitor? No, worse. Newt Gingrich: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said yesterday that the Bush administration has gone "off a cliff" in postwar Iraq and that "the White House has to get a grip on this."

In a blunt critique by a leading Republican, Gingrich said the administration has failed "to put the Iraqis at the center of this equation. . . . The key to defeating the bad guys is having enough good guys who are Iraqis," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The administration did not send enough Iraqi Americans there after the war, Gingrich said. On the main online site of the U.S. occupying authority, he added, "up until last week you didn't see a single Iraqi on that Web page," and now there is only one.

Source (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A44036-2003Dec7?language=printer)
higgybaby
12-08-2003, 07:19 PM
whoa!! Spence is in cahoots with Newt, I've seen it all... (I knew you were a right winger underneath it all)
Spence
12-08-2003, 10:01 PM
First time I've agreed with him since his decision to resign from the House in disgrace.
Minnesota Mike
12-09-2003, 12:38 PM
Is Newt still considered a "leading Republican"?

(Speaking of Newt:
Q- What do Newt, Patrick Ramsey and I all have in common?

A- Degrees from Tulane.)
Spence
12-09-2003, 12:59 PM
Originally posted by Minnesota Mike
Is Newt still considered a "leading Republican"? A lot of Republicans in Congress are touting him to either replace Powell at State [Powell is gone after this term, no matter what happens in the election] or Rumsfeld at Defense. [From what I've heard, the White House is planning to blame Iraq on Rumsfeld, since their attempt to blame the CIA has not worked.]
RedskinsDave
12-09-2003, 01:04 PM
Yeah Spence, since we all know the White House interns get better info than the CIA. :rolleyes:
Spence
12-09-2003, 01:05 PM
Originally posted by RedskinsDave
Yeah Spence, since we all know the White House interns get better info than the CIA. :rolleyes: Pardon?
Minnesota Mike
12-11-2003, 09:37 AM
Originally posted by Spence
A lot of Republicans in Congress are touting him to either replace Powell at State [Powell is gone after this term, no matter what happens in the election] or Rumsfeld at Defense. [From what I've heard, the White House is planning to blame Iraq on Rumsfeld, since their attempt to blame the CIA has not worked.]


Newt as SoS instead of Powell is a very scary thought. Yet another reason to hope for a(nother) Bush defeat on Election Day.