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Six Samples. KwC Four Leading Military
Editorials say Rumsfeld Must Go: “An editorial set to appear on Monday - election eve - in 4 leading
newspapers for the military calls for the resignation of Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld. The papers are the Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and
Marine Corps Times. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003352525 From the editorial: “"Rumsfeld has lost credibility with the uniformed
leadership, with the troops, with Congress and with the public at large,"
the editorial explains. "His strategy has failed, and his ability to lead
is compromised. And although the blame for our failures in Iraq rests with the
secretary, it will be the troops who bear its brunt." In other words,
you can stand with the military or with Bush's Defense Secretary. Sunday
Update: Bush ‘shrugs off’ military editorials. Cheney tells ABC News its full steam ahead, the public be damned,
the administration’s war policy will continue, because they’ve “got the basic policy right”, and by the
way, if subpoenaed by Congress, he probably will not testify. Minneapolis Star Tribune ED 102906 US dream for Iraq Lost beyond Recovery:
Bush plan hasn’t worked, another approach is required. http://www.startribune.com/561/story/771675.html Norfolk’s Virginian-Pilot ED 110306 Bush in Denial on Iraq prospects: "The administration is masterful at
crafting rhetorical choices that leave any rational listener with only one
option. Still, saying that the Democratic Party favors a terrorist victory in
Iraq demonstrates how far the White House must now go to make its failures look
good by comparison. . . . "It is increasingly clear that the forces of good are losing to
sectarian civil war, and have even lost the support of the corrupt and
ineffective government. There are insufficient Iraqi troops and police to keep
people safe, and no will to employ them. "Still, it is the Democrats, the president says, who don't know
what to do about Iraq. 'I want you,' he said to voters in Indiana 'to think
about the Democrat plan for success: There isn't one.' "It is the Democrats,
he says, who will lose Iraq if they win next week. But, as has become
clear in the past four years, at a cost of more than 2,800 Americans, Democrats
can't possibly lose peace and democracy in Iraq. The Bush administration already has." http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=113721&ran=211544 (Norfolk is the home base for the Navy on the east coast) LA Times ED 110306 Punting Habeas: “Congress can't
complain about activist judges when it knowingly passed a detainee law of questionable
constitutionality.” http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-habeas3nov03,0,3097481.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail NYT ED 110506 The Difference Two Years Made: “On Tuesday, when this page runs the list
of people it has endorsed for election, we will include no Republican
Congressional candidates for the first time in our memory. Although Times editorials tend to agree
with Democrats on national policy, we have proudly and consistently endorsed a
long line of moderate Republicans, particularly for the House. Our only
political loyalty is to making the two-party system as vital and responsible as
possible. That is why things are different this year. To begin with, the Republican majority that has run the House - and for
the most part, the Senate - during President Bush’s tenure has done a terrible
job on the basics. Its tax-cutting-above-all-else has wrecked the budget,
hobbled the middle class and endangered the long-term economy. It has refused
to face up to global warming and done pathetically little about the country’s
dependence on foreign oil. Republican leaders, particularly in the House, have developed toxic
symptoms of an overconfident majority that has been too long in power. They
methodically shut the opposition - and even the more moderate members of their
own party - out of any role in the legislative process. Their only mission
seems to be self-perpetuation.” http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/05sun1.html NYT ED 110206 The Great Divider:
“As President Bush throws himself into the final days of a particularly nasty
campaign season, he's settled into a familiar pattern of ugly behavior. Since he can't defend the real world
created by his policies and his decisions, Mr. Bush is inventing a fantasy
world in which to campaign on phony issues against fake enemies." http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/opinion/02thu1.html |
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