Republicans slam Democrat plan to hit Bush from bases

[centristo]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060322-122733-3061r.htm

Republicans slam Democrat plan to hit Bush from bases

By Charles Hurt
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 22, 2006

Republicans accused Capitol Hill Democrats yesterday of plotting to use military bases as props for political press events to criticize President Bush for his handling of the war in Iraq.

"I think that is deplorable," Sen. George Allen, Virginia Republican, said yesterday on Fox News. "It is pitiful. We are at war. This country needs to be unified and realize who the enemy is -- it's not fellow Americans."

Mr. Allen and others cited a memo distributed last week by the office of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid that recommended Senate Democrats hold press events at, among other places, military bases.

Jim Manley, spokesman for the Nevada Democrat, dismissed the accusations and pointed to several examples of Mr. Bush and other Republicans using soldiers in uniform and military equipment for what he said was clear political gain. Among them was Mr. Bush's 2003 fighter-jet landing onto an aircraft carrier adorned with a huge banner that read: "Mission Accomplished."

Hey bro, what's good for the goose is good for the gander..."

[displacedtexan]

1. My reaction

[AllegroRondo]

2. When will someone call them on their BS headlines?

Its not the "Democrat" plan, its either the Democrats' plan, or the Democratic plan. Could their partisan name calling be any more blatant?

[centristo]

5. if anything its the Republican plan

and the Dems are plagarizing it. What a bunch of hypocrites.

[snowbear]

3. Who the hell reads the Washington TIMES?

Tabliod trash..

[centristo]

8. ummmmmm me I guess

:blush:

I also read FR. Although you have to read some crap, its been great over the past 3 years - literally watching the slow creep panic and hysteria seep in. You also learn that only some, not all, of "them" are crazy and unreasonable.

[BOSSHOG]

4. That's just so outrageous

Using the military for political purposes. Senator Allen you are a hoot. Lets see will the Dems be going to Military Bases in their states or in their congressional districts. That's just horrible. I'd like for some Dem to hold a press conference at the Texas base from which bush deserted.

[tom_paine]

6. Like Nazis and other Totalitarian Scum, Busheviks hypocrsy knows no bounds

People are waking up, though. The only question is will Diebold and the Busheviks let us vote in 2006.

[JDPriestly]

7. So the bases belong to the Republicans.

I thought we were all paying for them.