republix beat up on bush after speech

[Philosoraptor]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2818145&page=1

But over the next two hours, a bipartisan group assailed his policies. Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter both attacked the president's plan for a troop buildup.

"To put more American personnel in harm's way without a realistic chance for success is something I'm not in favor of," said Specter. And Snowe, who has signed on with Sens.Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) in a resolution opposing the surge, said, "I continue to believe that adding additional troops does not address the root causes of violence in Iraq."

The speech didn't sway Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), who said that he remains opposed to the troop increase. "It hasn't changed by mind," Brownback said. "I think we have to have a bipartisan buy-in on the war in Iraq."

And Virginia Republican John Warner, a powerful member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who opposes the surge but is against Hagel's nonbinding resolution, was more complimentary of Democratic Sen. Jim Webb's response than he was of Bush's speech.

------------All in all, it went over like a turd in a punchbowl.....

[magellan]

1. It's frightening to think that if he had any charisma

...he might have sold a lot of people on this crap. Thankfully he's about as riveting as a pebble in a quarry.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Don't you just want to have a beer with him?

Or maybe a cup of punch ...

:evilgrin:

--p!

[Philosoraptor]

3. Yes, I WOULD like to get rip roaring drunk with dubya.

No secret service though.

[Philosoraptor]

4. They eat their own.