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Since we have so many new members (welcome!) and due to the march on DC today the Iraq war is on everyone's mind, I thought it was a good time to revisit some of these phenomenal GOP quotes. Enjoy! -------------------------------------- originally posted June 26, 2005-------------------------------------- *Quotegasm* From the Republican Party Platform at the 2000 convention: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/features/platform.00/
- "The arrogance, inconsistency, and unreliability of the administration's diplomacy have undermined American alliances, alienated friends, and emboldened our adversaries."
- "Nor should the intelligence community be made the scapegoat for political misjudgments. A Republican administration working with the Congress will respect the needs and quiet sacrifices of these public servants as it strengthens America's intelligence and counter-intelligence capabilities and reorients them toward the dangers of the future."
- "The current administration has casually sent American armed forces on dozens of missions without clear goals, realizable objectives, favorable rules of engagement, or defined exit strategies. Over the past seven years, a shrunken American military has been run ragged by a deployment tempo that has eroded its military readiness. Many units have seen their operational requirements increased four-fold, wearing out both people and equipment."
- "The rule of law, the very foundation for a free society, has been under assault, not only by criminals from the ground up, but also from the top down. An administration that lives by evasion, coverup, stonewalling, and duplicity has given us a totally discredited Department of Justice."
- "Sending our military on vague, aimless, and endless missions rapidly saps morale. Even the highest morale is eventually undermined by back-to-back deployments, poor pay, shortages of spare parts and equipment, inadequate training, and rapidly declining readiness."
On Clinton's military action in Kosovo:
- "President Clinton is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy." -- Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)
- "No goal, no objective, not until we have those things and a compelling case is made, then I say, back out of it, because innocent people are going to die for nothing. That's why I'm against it." -- Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/5/99
- "If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy." -- Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of presidential candidate George W. Bush
- "I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning...I didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area." -- Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)
- "You think Vietnam was bad? Vietnam is nothing next to Kosovo." -- Tony Snow, Fox News 3/24/99
- "Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years" -- Joe Scarborough (R-FL)
- "Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?" -- Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99
- "Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." -- Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)
- "This is President Clinton's war, and when he falls flat on his face, that's his problem." -- Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Tom DeLay. Defender of feeding tubes. Keeper of lobbiest bribes. Master of sanctimony.
On Kosovo:
- "American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy." -- Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)
- "I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our overextended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today" -- Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)
- "You can support the troops but not the president" -- Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)
- "Bombing a sovereign nation for ill-defined reasons with vague objectives undermines the American stature in the world. The international respect and trust for America has diminished every time we casually let the bombs fly." -- Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)
On Bosnia:
- "The President now needs to show leadership, consistently and with great clarity, from devising an exit strategy to developing favorable rules of engagement, from defining the criteria of success to detailing the timetables of operations. We have learned the hard way in this country that muddled military missions lacking clear leadership hurt our national credibility while putting our troops in harm's way." -- Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)
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