Comments on: The Speech

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:45:27 +0000

Dymphna, Google has some sort of problem, alright. I use their news site for a homepage–lotsa news there–but the headlines are bad news for Bush & OIF, and sweetly-written for the you-know-whos.

By: Doug S.

Doug S. — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:08:43 +0000

Follow-on, for clarity: Richard was talking about opposition politicians, but Wellington had bum officers in his army, too, who were always backbiting and carping. Many of them were gentlemen who had bought their commission, not professional soldiers. Some of them were cronies of the Duke of York, sent to Spain as a political favor. Hence my comment about being thankful for the professionalism of the US Army today.

By: Doug S.

Doug S. — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:05:08 +0000

Richard:

Yes, and ‘croaking’ is such a wonderfully evocative term, too, isn’t it? “There is a system of ‘croaking’ in this army” is how Wellington put it. Thank God we have such thoroughgoing professionals in our army.

By: Dymphna

Dymphna — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:41:13 +0000

Buddy– and other knowledgeable commenters:

Not having a TV, I didn’t hear the Prez speech. Sometimes, if I can make myself turn on NPR to see if they have it I do, but not last night…

Sooo, anyway: I went to Google news to find a transcript. What is with that place? Try putting in “Transcript President’s speech” and see what you get…oozing hatred. Here’s the first hit:

***Democrats hit Bush for repeatedly raising Sept. 11 in speech ***

Here’s another jewel:

***Bushís Speech: Letís Count the Lies***

Can you guys tell me what’s up with Google???

By: Ed Poinsett

Ed Poinsett — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:24:42 +0000

“Onward to Victory” is the exit strategy. Bush should close every speech with it.

He should open each speach with a 5 second clip of the 9-11 jumpers. “Let there be no confusion, this is what the War on Terror is all about”.

Those points need to be consistently pushed by the administration. I don’t care how often or loud the left screeches.

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:20:44 +0000

Doug S — and if you read the history of Wellington’s Spanish campaign, you’ll see he had plenty of “crokers”, too, opportunistic opposition politicians actually cheering battlefield reverses against their own troops because they could use them against the sitting government.

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:05:39 +0000

Hear hear!

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:17:11 +0000

Onward to Victory, the only “exit strategy” there should ever be.

Nice. Very nice.

By: JenLArt

JenLArt — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:07:17 +0000

Blair is no Churchill, he just plays one on TV and while Bush may not possess the rich oratory skills of Churchill, I believe that Sir Winston would claim him as a “child” proudly.

President Bush talks the talk and walks the walk as did Winnie.

Blair’s a good ally in the war, but otherwise, c’est une autre histoire.

I though the speech was terrific and from the howling on the Left and the resolve it’s inspired both at home and in Iraqis like Omar (Iraq the Model) I’d say it was a home run.

Onward to Victory, the only “exit strategy” there should ever be.

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:38:58 +0000

I think they should talk to bloggers more.

Absolutely. Come to the blogs.