voices in Ohio capital say president's in trouble(David Brodor;hold nose)

[Algorem]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002605122_broder06.html

The voices in Columbus say the president's in trouble

By David S. Brodor

COLUMBUS, Ohio — ...

As for the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's main man, for allegedly lying to the grand jury investigating the "outing" of Valerie Plame, it might as well be happening on another planet. More often than not, voters say they know something of what has happened, but as they start to describe their reactions, they find themselves saying that they are not sure who was doing what — or why.

Except for an occasional Democratic partisan, I found no one who was upset with Bush for the actions in his official family — or for the president's silence on the subject up through the time these interviews were being conducted.

But the war is something else. The Republican friend, who is a true Bush loyalist, said he feared that Iraq is splitting this country in a fashion all too familiar from Vietnam War days. "The opponents of the war are increasingly vocal," he said, "and they want the troops out now, and to hell with the consequences."

But, he said, "I'm also hearing more voices on the other side saying: Let's go in with guns blazing and win this thing, once and for all, so we can get out. People are saying, 'We've got to tell the Sunnis to clean out the insurgents — or else.' I've heard people say we ought to surround those Sunni villages where the fighters are hiding, give them 24 hours to get out, and then level every building, so they can't come back."...




Brodiferous

[lebkuchen]

1. Probably over a third of the country has no idea who Rove/Libby are

What is in Fitzgerald's favor is the simplicity of his case so far against Libby. Any idiot can sort it out.

[Algorem]

3. and what the hell is an "official family"?

[lebkuchen]

6. Whoever THEY are,

Bush's approval rating didn't get to 35% without their "assistance."

[NewJeffCT]

2. yes, leveling Fallujah really helped our cause

not one US soldier has died since...

[Algorem]

5. where are these people saying to flatten these villages?first time I heard

that; Broder really hangs around with the far-right nuts,looks like

[Nightwing]

4. Brodor = Classic head up ass routine by * sympathizers

Ohioans aren't stupid. Of the hundreds of people I know, they are not only aware of the culture of corruption in both Columbus and the White House, they're enraged and disgusted with it.

Just wait till the mid term races when Hackett destroys DeSwine for proof.