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There’s just no getting away from Bush

May 18th, 2008 at 10:47am Pat Cunningham

Try as they may, John McCain and his fellow Republican candidates can’t seem to shake their connections with — or, in most cases, fealty to — President Bush.

Frank Rich assesses the problem HERE.

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1. Frank Giammarese | May 19th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

its clear to see/say neither you or NObama have no grasp of history, no grasp of strategic implications of a nuclear Iran, and no clue how to secure the nation and handle foreign policy.

Listen to you and NObama talk about the “common interests” supposedly shared between the US and the Iranian mullahcracy. What interests would those be? The destruction of Israel, the denial of the Holocaust, the financial and military support of Hamas and Hezbollah, or the killing of American soldiers in Iraq?

And please point out the presidential-level, unconditional contacts that brought down the Berlin Wall. Our “common interests” didn’t exist between the East German and American governments; they existed between the people of East Germany and America in the promise of real freedom.

When the Soviet power structure imploded, it was the people of East Germany who tore down the wall, not Mikhail Gorbachev, who watched it happen impotently.
2. Pat Cunningham | May 19th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

Gorby’s impotent? Who knew?
3. Henry | May 19th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

Frank -

Would you explain then why were are negotiating with North Korea?
I think it has something to do with nuclear weapons. Not sure though.
4. Frank Giammarese | May 20th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

The Number One principle is
the denuclearization of North Korea.
daah!
which is what you have to do one they archive this state.
The issue stems from the disarmament accord between Kim Jong-il and the Clinton administration in 1994. The Agreed Framework, as it was called, placed North Korea’s nuclear fuel rods under lock and constant inspection in exchange for two light-water reactors to fill the impoverished country’s energy needs.
The Agreed Framework fell apart in 2002, after evidence emerged that North Korea was secretly enriching uranium. But even before then, it was clear that funding for the reactors—which was to be supplied by a U.S.-led consortium—would not be forthcoming.
Hamas, Hezbollahand Iran are not there yet but may soon will be Henry, wake up!!

You and the Pat need to give up the Kool-Aid
5. Henry | May 20th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

Oh, it’s Clinton’s fault. I should have known. You didn’t answer my question though. If evidence came to light in 2002 that North Korea violated the agreement and was enriching uranium, why are we talking to the North Koreans and not bombing them?