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- Corrosionx, on 12/12/2007, -8/+104"We want to invade Iran, and no amount of facts, logic or public disapproval will make us change our minds." -The Neocons
- Insightful, on 12/12/2007, -26/+106Why do the conservatives hate America so much?
- itchcity, on 12/12/2007, -6/+51Fred Thompson is the most useless candidate in the race
- totorototoro, on 12/12/2007, -5/+33funny, the voters seem to have the same attitude about Thompson's campaign :p
- Frostman3D, on 12/12/2007, -12/+39It's not conservatives, it's politicians. The left will screw you just as fast as the right will.
- Berkana, on 12/12/2007, -7/+34Quote:
Norman Podhoretz: “I entertain an even darker suspicion. It is that the intelligence community, which has for some years now been leaking material calculated to undermine George W. Bush, is doing it again."
UPDATE: In a Q&A with US News and World Report today, Thompson says he’s “wondering if [the NIE] is an indication of the intelligence community being somewhat politicized.”
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It is absolutely sickening to hear these quotes. Intelligence has been politicized, but not to discredit George Bush. Dick Cheney politicized it by cherry-picking facts and having undue influence in how intelligence was reported and interpreted in order to achieve his agenda. But now that the intelligence community has gotten fed up with their work being twisted to start unjustifiable wars, and their own members being betrayed when they got in the way (such as happened Valerie Plame when her husband blew the whistle on the lie that Saddam had obtained uranium) the neocons are crying that intel has been politicized. I just wish they would all STFU. They are proving to be blind to "politicization" of anything, and see it where it doesn't exist when things don't resolve in their favor. Damn them all. - sbassin, on 12/12/2007, -4/+22It's called reality. Check it out.
- lhbaker, on 12/12/2007, -6/+21Nobody hates the Constitution, and especially the Bill of Rights, more than a politicitan. What we see as rights and liberties, they see as rules and regulations. It is a conflict of interest for them to protect it.
- GhostyBoy, on 12/12/2007, -3/+17Man I'm so sick of these conspiracy theories. Iraq has WMD's. Iran is trying to get a nuclear weapon.
These loony fringe politicians are completely paranoid and delusional. They should take some meds. - InfamousAtheist, on 12/12/2007, -1/+141% in NH, CNN reported today.
What a complete failure... I won't be sorry when he drops out. - nblsavage, on 12/12/2007, -2/+15and IMJGalt calling leftists "asshats" was what? Intellegent discourse?
- itchcity, on 12/12/2007, -4/+17THompson is another piece of proof that the media controls who our candidates are. He's considered "mainstream" yet no actual human beings seem to know or care who he is
- BobaFettTDG, on 12/12/2007, -4/+16Thompson = shady character.
- romistrub, on 12/12/2007, -10/+22I wish I could digg you up a thousand times. Saying ***** like "conservatives hate America" is obscures the point, ruins any potential debate, and makes the purporter lose all credibility. It makes me sick.
- greenm1981, on 12/12/2007, -2/+14If by "politician" you mean corporate-owned *****, I agree with you. There are, however, a few politicians out there that can't be bought. Very few.
- ZenMojo, on 12/12/2007, -2/+14Stupid liberals, letting facts get in the way of truth....
/sarcasm - romistrub, on 12/12/2007, -3/+15*****! Why is everything in America so partisan?! Why can't I want to leave Iraq and be pro-life? Why can't I despise a politician for being a huge douchebag (e.g. Thompson, Clinton) instead of being forced to choose one side or the other? Why is it that, because I believe that invading Iran is absolutely ***** ridiculous, I MUST be a "leftist". *****!
- PistolSO, on 12/12/2007, -1/+12Iran using a nuclear weapon would be suicide for them. Warmongering doesn't stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, diplomacy does.
- totorototoro, on 12/12/2007, -1/+12You mean like all the apologies after no WMDs were found in Iraq? :p
- CCB0x45, on 12/12/2007, -1/+11What if they never use it and we invade? Will we get apologies when we spend tons of money again? Has bush apologized for the iraq war? I can play this fun game too...
- pdurod, on 12/12/2007, -2/+12This coming from a guy who thinks the USSR still exists...
- hawkeye17, on 12/12/2007, -2/+12I think Obi-Wan Kenobi summed it up best when he said, "who's the bigger fool? the fool or the fool that believes anything Fred Thompson says"!!!
- angusm, on 12/12/2007, -1/+10Thompson's willingness to listen to the views of people who know more about the subject than he does and then ignore them confirms that he is serious presidential material.
- dunderballer, on 12/12/2007, -21/+30Let's not recycle republican cheap shot attacks
- urbandistrict, on 12/12/2007, -1/+10IMJGalt, I call shenanigans.
No one is this stupid, no one.
You *HAVE* to be a Troll. - skews13, on 12/12/2007, -8/+16fred.get in that piece of ***** truck you drive,and carry your dumb ass back to tennesse
- TheSwashbuckler, on 12/12/2007, -1/+9By that logic, we should invade North Korea because they may have a clandestine program too. And then there's Russia. We KNOW they have nukes. Better invade them. The French have nukes too. Can't be too sure about those Frenchies, better invade.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -1/+9Uh... Sorry, Fred, but the way it generally works is you let the intelligence community compile and analyze their data, and then you come to an informed and educated conclusion in accordance with their findings.
- bxblox, on 12/13/2007, -0/+8What are they gonna do, nuke the usa with their "round the world" missle range?
- hawkspur, on 12/12/2007, -7/+15In other news, Thompson proves himself to be a war-mongering idiot. Maybe he should go back to Law & Order, seeing as it lines up with that fantasy world he's already living in.
- mikebaldwin67, on 12/12/2007, -2/+9thank you dunder for representing the "higher ground"
- UtahApocalyse, on 12/12/2007, -1/+8He said basically the same thing in the debate in Iowa today
- m3th0dm4n, on 12/12/2007, -1/+8It's called typical neocon arguing points.
- throop77, on 12/12/2007, -1/+7So you don't think mutual assured destruction applies to Iran? They would be willing to have their entire country destroyed just to get hit us or our allies with a single nuke?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destru ... - madcreator, on 12/12/2007, -15/+21You know, it almost feels that way doesn't it? I'm getting so sick of this liberals hate America crap. The way I see it, liberals love America so much that they want to protect America from all the stupid decisions that our current government is trying to force upon America.
- TheSwashbuckler, on 12/12/2007, -2/+7"The exact same authors of this report said 6 months ago that Iran was a great threat and ramping up their nuclear program."
When my information changes, I change my opinion. What do you do, Sir?
--- John Maynard Keynes - mikebaldwin67, on 12/12/2007, -2/+8While I am skeptical of the people who claim Iran is no longer any threat to us becuase of this NIE release. Thompson's comments show a wanting to goto war, not skepticism.
- bsmang, on 12/13/2007, -0/+6You're the one who wants war. I can smell it on you. Quit trying to pretend you don't.
- FaraFiro, on 12/13/2007, -2/+8THOMPSON = TOOL
- dn11, on 12/12/2007, -0/+5uh, maybe it's because he's a famous actor from Law and Order and countless movies?... just guessing... hey it worked for Reagan and the Governator....
- charlietuna, on 12/13/2007, -0/+5Great, another president who will use the gut and not the brain.
- GhostyBoy, on 12/12/2007, -2/+7Clearly there needs to be an investigation. Into the American administration for war-mongering, war-crimes, destroying the constitution and acting like douchebags. These are the clowns you want to investigate Iran?
- urbandistrict, on 12/12/2007, -1/+6Hello A massachusetts liberal who has family in TN and drives a pickup-truck,
What are you going on about? - conleytgwinn, on 12/12/2007, -5/+10Funny - that speech woulda worked on L&O - the exec DA woulda been all inspired, and redoubled the effort to invade Iran.
- inactive, on 12/12/2007, -2/+7He also inferred the same thing AGAIN in the republican GOP debate today. Pathetic.
- dn11, on 12/12/2007, -3/+8His campaign slogan should read: "Gut Instinct and Horse Sense, Gawd Dammnit - A Continuing direction for America "
- drjones78, on 12/13/2007, -1/+6What do you think would happen to Iran if they got nuclear weapons, let one slip into terrorists hands, and one happened to go off in the US or Israel? It would become the worlds largest radioactive parking lot before most americans even found out what happened. And I would be willing to bet, even most left wingers would be behind the idea 100%. There may be some fanatics in Iran, but Ahmenejad is not suicidal. There are actual countries out there, with Nukes *right now* that we would be better to worry much more about. No need to be frightened of the non-existent bombs that Iran may or may not ever build in the future.
This whole notion that if Iran had nukes, a US city would be blown up is couched around like its a fact. Its made up BS war marketing, and anyone who has thought it through, would realize its completely ridiculous. - m3th0dm4n, on 12/13/2007, -1/+6Newsflash: Iran will get nuclear weapons eventually. Technology progresses. We should be working on making the world a better place so that the use of them isn't required.
- vbullinger, on 12/13/2007, -3/+8Who said Fred Thompson was a conservative? He's a neocon, a convoluted form of Liberal, also known as a Trotskyite.
- charlietuna, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4I wish there was one candidate who I thought of as both practical (that rules out Ron Paul, Kucinich and Mike Gravel) and as honest. That pretty much rules out everyone.
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