Which do you think best describes Chimpy's PRIMARY reason...

Mr_Jefferson_24

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Fri Jan-18-08 04:29 PM
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Poll question: Which do you think best describes Chimpy's PRIMARY reason...

Edited on Fri Jan-18-08 04:31 PM by Mr_Jefferson_24

...for his recent trip to the Middle East:

1) An effort to somehow remake his image from warmonger to peacemaker.

2) An effort to get the Saudis to help prop up the U.S. economy in order to avoid catastrophic collapse while he's still in office.

3) An effort to convince Israel that they must be the ones to initiate an attack on Iran if they want it to happen while he's still in office, as he lacks the support in the U.S. (even in the Pentagon).

4) An effort to score some good blow.

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Mr_Jefferson_24

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Fri Jan-18-08 05:37 PM
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1. Kick for a larger sample. nt.

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prairie populist

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Fri Jan-18-08 05:48 PM
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2. Chimpy's return to the states displaced a flight of troops

set to return home to Texas yesterday after an 18-month-long tour in Iraq, forcing their families to cough up the money for another night's stay so they could be there to greet them.

Way to support the troops King George.

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peaches2003

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:01 PM
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3. The King will do exactly as he pleases, thank you very much.

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Mr_Jefferson_24

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:11 PM
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5. Amazing. I hadn't seen that...

...the kind of thing that wouldn't bother Chimpy in the least.

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prairie populist

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:18 PM
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6. Media hasn't covered that factoid yet, that I know of. I heard

about it from the uncle of one of the guys coming home.

Here's a kicker, the kid coming home has a baby who's over a year old that he's never seen before. And his flight gets bumped to make way for Chimpy's photo op.

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upi402

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:25 PM
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7. media traitors love that Texan

All hat no cattle... no conscience either. republicans USE the troops - photo ops, manipulate voters, scoop in huge profits. Liberals actually support them.

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harun

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:04 PM
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4. Other

Two reasons:

1. If he travels there now and at least pretends to start peace talks. the right wing media machine can take credit for any progress in peace during the next Dem administration. They will say the progress wouldn't have happened w'out B*sh.

As it stood, with no effort over the last eight years if a Dem won the presidency and secured a peace deal in short order it would forever be obvious that B*sh's policy of giving the Israeli right wing free reign was poor policy.

2. Secure a 22 billion dollar arms deal with the Saudi's.

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upi402

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:32 PM
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8. Yep, we arm both sides yet again

Afghanistan and Iraq taught us nothing.
Republicans love to poke the bee hive, like psychotic children.

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Mr_Jefferson_24

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:34 PM
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9. Good considerations...

Edited on Fri Jan-18-08 06:36 PM by Mr_Jefferson_24

... I think the U.S. could, if it wanted to, put a fair peace plan in place that would be followed, simply because we (officially, perhaps not in fact) control of the purse strings to Israel's annual multi-billion dollar aid package -- for nearly half a century now, we've simply not used this rather subtantial leverage to bring about the peace.

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Coexist

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:37 PM
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10. jobhunting.

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Mr_Jefferson_24

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Fri Jan-18-08 06:50 PM
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11. That one hadn't occurred to me. nt.

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Mr_Jefferson_24

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Fri Jan-18-08 09:11 PM
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12. Kick for a larger sample. nt.

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Mr_Jefferson_24

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Sat Jan-19-08 11:11 AM
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13. Kick for a larger sample. nt.

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