Not that it matters, just saying.

Joe Lieberman chose to leave the Democratic party after he was defeated in the primaries. The only people that forced him off the ticket were his constituents. Not the Democratic party and if I remember correctly most Senate Democrats supported him in his primary, until he was defeated.

"The supposedly liberal Democratic Party has become the party of intolerance toward anyone who does not toe the party line."

Lets face facts here, both parties vote down ideological lines. Both parties should be disbanded and barred from politics. This two party system we have in place has kept our country in gridlock for many, many years. They should both be ashamed.

What the President said. Not what the talking heads spun

What was said was "Here's the bottom line: While the enemy in Iraq dangerous, we have seized the offensive. Iraqi forces are becoming increasingly capable of leading and winning the fight. As a result, we've been able to carry out a policy of "return on success" -- reducing American combat forces in Iraq as conditions on the ground continue to improve.

We've now brought home all five of the Army combat brigades, the Marine Expeditionary Unit, two Marine battalions, that were sent to Iraq as part of the surge. I was proud to visit with some of those troops at Fort Bragg earlier this year. They are among our nation's finest citizens, and they have earned the gratitude and respect of the American people."

Thanks for a breath of fresh air. I wanted to see those comments written again. Personally I suggested a long time ago, some commentators are force fed by N/R.

President Bush announced Tuesday (today) that he will keep the U.S. force strength in Iraq largely intact until the next president takes over, drawing rebukes from Democrats who want the war ended and a bigger boost of troops in troubled Afghanistan.

These editorials are inflammatory, resemble right-wing extremist blogs and are feeding bad comments. Some of these comments deserve to be removed from view due to ad hominem attacks, low insults and disrespect of decent American citizens. Such comments debase and corrupt the editorial process. I start to wonder if Intelligencer staff are contributing anonymously.

Time to apply some standards, clean up the comments, or just lose more credibility.

they get their info from bill o'reilly, come on, you know the moral high road guy with the sexual harrassment case against him with 'the loofa and vibrator tapes' that fox and o'reilly paid andrea mackri milliions to shut her up. dancing with these guys will get you no where. and i would also like to point out that their name calling 'libitards' is a play on words suggesting that dems are retarded. hmmm. that is way politically incorrect . since people with learning disabilites should never be referred to as such. just an observation

"Did I miss all the applause and gratefulness for all the fine work done by bush/cheney during their appearances at the repub convention" I guess you did, because I saw ovations and applause on my live stream from the floor at the convention. Because it was a satellite message, you didn't hear the response from the floor because the audio went to the speaker.

"As we well know, republicans spread fear among their ranks to those who dont march in lockstep." Yeah. Because Sen.McCain has never gone against the wishes of his own party, ever. That's why we nominated him!

"Fear of having their families, themselves and their careers maliciously attacked with smears if they ever disagreed or went up against bush/cheney." Kinda like Gov.Palin received?

"Pace, Schoomaker and Casey found themselves badly out of sync with the White House in the fall of 2006, finally losing control of the war strategy altogether after the midterm elections. Schoomaker was outraged when he saw news coverage that retired Gen. Jack Keane, the former Army vice chief of staff, had briefed the president Dec. 11 about a new Iraq strategy being proposed by the American Enterprise Institute, the conservative think tank.

"When does AEI start trumping the Joint Chiefs of Staff on this stuff?" Schoomaker asked at the next chiefs' meeting.