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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 09:46 PM Original message |
Woodward: Ford Disagreed With Bush About Invading Iraq |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too little, too late... |
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Cheney Killed Bambi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's the problems with Woodward |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. To be fair, according to the article, Ford stipulated info be withheld until his death. |
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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Makes it a kind of going away present ... |
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LeahD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. What is it with this brotherhood of ex-Presidents that they will |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
75. In that case, Ford's a sh*t |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Bob Whoreward only cares about his bank account and stock portfolio |
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Lipton64 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
71. Woodward wants the moolah for himself.... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
92. Woodward has ZERO credibility in my book |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. DAMN! Dickie and Georgie aren't going to be happy with this. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yep, going to be hard to discredit a president who just |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. And after all the accolades heaped in tandem on Ford by Bush/Cheney |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #51 |
80. I'm sure that was Ford's plan all along |
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Cheney Killed Bambi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kick! |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. What a QUANDARY! |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Still Hate Ford |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. That's my thought... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. What would Ford had considered acceptable? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
54. Ford died with the blood of 650,000 Iraqi civilians on his hands for |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. I suppose Ford speaking out earlier would have stopped our |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
88. We will never know. But it seems to me if you are opposed to |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Ford has always struck me as an honest man who stood up for what he believed in. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
58. Ford always struck me as a first class mindless fool |
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freefall (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. So just how does being afraid to speak out when he sees terrible |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
76. Sold out to the highest bidder |
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RProser (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
95. How do you feel about the Kennedys? Ford received a Kennedy |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. It would be great if this became a big news story before Bush & Cheney |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. It Will.. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
93. yes, that's nice timing, isn't it! |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. where was his voice when it was needed, or for that matter I don't recall |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Brutal on Kissinger |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. Did Ford Speak Up In 2004? |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Did Ford speak up when |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. heard that. i was hoping someone would post it.... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. What's an 'embargoed' interview? |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It means that it cannot be released until a specified date and/or time |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So Ford must have embargoed it. |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Yes, Ford was the one who instructed that the interview not be released |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. "Rebuking" Clinton would have been the right thing to do |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. Apparently, Ford knew how vicious and volatile BushI&II&Cheney |
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Tekla West (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Sad to say |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I'm amazed... |
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Spearman87 (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
89. Also, things have gotten steadily worse in Iraq |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. did he really mean he disagreed with them going to war..or just how they justified it?? |
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LeahD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. It's somewhat murky, because he qualifies his statement.... "based on |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Yeah, just like everyone else in Washington.. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. thanks for your replies..both great!!..n/t |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. He's blasting the *policy* of "spreading democracy" when it isn't in our |
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earlybelle (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. When good people fail to speak up and stand up they give men like Hitler and Bush |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. Spin that, freetards. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. THREE HUGE Problems With this Article!!!! ===> |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
65. 1 good answer + 2 agreements |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. I wish he had said this when it counted. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. What a great guy... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. what is a loyal Republican? |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. Betty was certainly no plastic First Lady... |
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Tuesday_Morning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. What a chickenshit game that is. |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. why didn't he have the balls to say publicly say this waaay back. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
32. Some responses in this thread are silly. Any politically experienced |
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Theduckno2 (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Thank you. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Hindsight? |
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Theduckno2 (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. OK, fair enough. That was a little weak. |
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Spearman87 (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
90. Regarding #4, you mean he wrote that |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Ford's opinion about the war and the administration were known to Bush et al. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. How many Iraqi civilians' lives (and U.S. soldiers' lives) might |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
78. Not a single one |
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GenDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
62. This story is in heavy rotation this news cycle. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. Ford waited until he died to condemn this damn war of W |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. ABC played tape this am of Ford |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Precisely |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
40. Ford wasn't crazy or stupid |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
73. I see him being a little naive with his fellow subordinates Cheney/Rumsfeld. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
41. How sad. |
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oneinok (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. Ford Disagreed With Bush About Iraq |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
48. "an error in how they should justify what they were going to do." |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. How disgraceful |
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NoAmericanTaliban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. This will embarrass Bush & Co. at the funeral |
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freefall (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
59. Too bad Ford had to go out as a coward when he could have |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. *snarf*.....Well...isn't that courageous. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
63. He's not a journalist, he's a political gossip columnist. Same thing he did |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
66. This will get the 18% monkey brains that still support Bush all a twitter! nt |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
67. Another bad day for the Chimp |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
68. You sickening coward, Mr. Ford. |
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Lipton64 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
70. Read Ron Reagan's take on his father vs. Dubya, it speaks volumes..... |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
72. Well, well Woodward. You're gonna have to work harder than this! |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
79. Too late Gerry |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
81. To all of you who are bitching and whining with "he should've came out sooner"... |
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SaneInSC (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Maybe |
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aein (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
83. whatever happened to respect for the dead? RIP Mr. Ford |
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Peggy Day (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. President Ford? just trying to be respectful. nt |
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curiousdemo (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
84. His last dying request..... |
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Peggy Day (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
85. Did he ask Ford about the Warren commission? |
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No DUplicitous DUpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
87. I've read the thread...I agree with Tellurian, Saracat and Will Pitt on this one |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
91. Ford was right..bush |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
94. Bushco and the white house still refusing comment on Ford's statement!! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
96. Apparently Republicans don't disagree with Republicans while still alive |
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