Post #124

Subject: Endorsement?

Democratic – um, Independent –Senator Joe Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain for President. Lieberman and McCain co-authored the 2002 resolution in which the Senate abdicated its Constitutional responsibility and authorized President George W. Bush to declare war – a cowardly act with an unfortunately long history in this country.

Lieberman, without a word about one coward covering another coward’s back, said, "Being a Republican is important. Being a Democrat is important. But you know what's more important than that? The interest and well-being of the United States of America. Let's put the United States first again, and John McCain is the man as President who will help us do that."

McCain said “Thank you for covering my cowardly ass” – no, wait, he didn’t. He really said, "It is one of the great honors of my political career to have known him, to have worked with him and to have received his endorsement."

A Lieberman aide said that the Connecticut senator decided to endorse McCain because he considers him "the most capable to be commander in chief on day one of his administration, and the most capable of uniting the country so that we can prevail against
Islamic extremism."

Aaahhh – there it is.

Who are these preachers of Islamic extremism, and how will kicking in a few more Baghdad help?

I quote from the column “Islamo-fascism?” by Pat Buchanan, http://www.theamericancause.org/, from September 1, 2006.

“America faces a variety of adversaries, enemies and evils. But the Bombs-Away Caucus, as Iraq and Lebanon reveal, does not always have the right formula. Al-Qaida, Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran all present separate challenges calling forth different responses.”

“Al-Qaida appears to exist for one purpose: Plot and perpetrate mass murder to terrorize Americans and Europeans into getting out of the Islamic world. Contrary to what Bush believes, the 9/11 killers and London and Madrid bombers were not out to repeal the Bill of Rights, if any ever read it. They are out to kill us, and we have to get them first.”

Bombing Iran, democracy blooming in Iraq or invading Syria will NOT stop planes from flying into buildings. Our enemy is in Afghanistan – the enemy who should be the focus of our military. Simply, we need to be smarter in order to protect the interest and well-being of the United States of America.