Holly, FrankG and PlainOl' are right on the money....Based on the statement in the short article, that Ridge "effectively thwarted a plan to raise the national security alert just before the 2004 election"; how does Moonbat get the caption to this post??
What this possibly demonstrates, is that the Bush Administration has competent people in place, to include the not really well thought out, "Department of Homeland Security"; where the Department head over-ruled other agencies who believed that there was a threat to our Naton..... On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Hollywood <[email protected]>wrote: > > plain, > > Now THAT is fucking funny! Really epic ass-kissing of monumental > proportion. > > On Aug 20, 9:53 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > Townsend resigned her post on November 19, 2007. In her resignation > > letter, Townsend paid tribute to President Bush by saying: "In 1937, > > the playwright Maxwell Anderson wrote of President George Washington: > > 'There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, til all men walk on > > higher ground in their lifetime.' Mr. President, you are such a man." > > > > On Aug 20, 9:26 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > And according to Frances Townsend, Bush's homeland security advisor, > > > it wasn't about politics but was about two tapes released by al-Qaida > > > just prior to the elections with specific threats. > > > > > Ridge's interpretation is that it was about politics. Townsend's > > > interpretation is that it was about credible threats. Not > > > surprisingly, the MSM runs with the Ridge version. > > > > > On Aug 20, 7:51 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > But Tom Ridge WAS asked to raise terror alerts, THAT is the point > > > > being raised. I take note you make no effort to refute that > statement, > > > > so what's phony? > > > > > > On Aug 20, 5:09 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The notable part YOU LEFT OUT was Ridge refused to do it... You > > > > > complain about things that never happened... Just like Pelosi > using > > > > > the MSM to leak CIA info about a program never near operational in > > > > > defense that the CIA "lied"... > > > > > > > This is just another PHONY "Blame Bush" moment... > > > > > > > On Aug 20, 5:43 pm, CaliforniaLuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/ridge-reveals-pressure-t... > > > > > > > > Duuuuh. I knew that as it was happening. Raising anxiety and > fear > > > > > > levels works well for the Republicans because it lowers voters' > > > > > > ability to think rationally and logically. But, then again, > > > > > > Republicans have never thought logically or rationally. Phony > terror > > > > > > alerts is just another form of terrorism. It is lying, and lying > is > > > > > > the cornerstone of Republican politics.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
