Choosing Sides

Authored by Michael Pate on November 25th, 2003 at 12:53 PM

Some are now attacking the president for attacking the terrorists. - Republication National Committee

I don’t know of anybody who’s attacking the president for attacking the terrorists. I’m certainly not. - Joe Lieberman

So now we know how President Bush and the Republicans plan to spend their obscene $200 million uncontested-primary-season war chest: By repeating lies. - Scott Rosenberg

The GOP is pretty much run by scum these days. - Kevin

We will not forget the lies we were told about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We will not forget that Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11. We will remember that for the hundreds of billions we are spending on an unjust and destabilizing occupation in Iraq, we could have an investment in American education that would include free pre-kindergarten and free college tuition. We need to get our priorities straight and not give in to the fear-mongering. - Dennis Kucinich

The “Antiimperialista” organisation’s internet campaign asks people to send “10 Euros to the Iraqi resistance.” They say they have collected 12,000 euros ($14,165) in the past eight weeks and admit the money used could be used to buy weapons. The Antiimperialistas are a group of European anti-war and anti-globalisation supporters. They are currently organising an anti-war demonstration in Italy next month, and it remains to be seen whether news of the fund-raising activities will deter more moderate anti-war activists from attending. The organisation’s Italian branch says the money will be given to an Iraqi resistance group known as the Iraqi Patriotic Opposition. - Tamsin Smith

I’m definitely torn, because I obviously don’t want any more of our soldiers getting killed, but I also wouldn’t mind the quagmire going on just long enough to ruin Bush’s re-election chances. - Laurel Eby

One out of seven hate Bush so much they might be willing to spend American lives in a quagmire to beat him in 2004. Two out of seven are not that bad, but they are so partisan that they can�t answer a simple question without immediately getting back onto talking points. - Blackfive

The Democrats’ position is ludicrous on its face: they have blanketed the air waves in primary states for months with ads attacking the President’s handling of the war, and now he doesn’t get to defend himself? - Hindrocket