agree with what s going on, number one doctor, you speak up number two, you said what i had said previously, all of those things occurred under george bush. the uprising in iran occurred in 2009. the last time i checked, barack obama was president in 2009. and the invasion of georgia occurred during the transitional period. so, how can you say that those are george bush s fault? it actually didn t. but let me just clarify one thing. during the political season when we were in the process right, we had a current president at that time, it was george busw. bush. let me clarify, are you saying america is like nazi germany? i m confused by that comment. no, what i m saying, to me it doesn t sound like a conflict statement at all. i said the people in nazi, germany, did not most most o believe in what hitler was doing. but instead of protesting, instead of registering their
my personal view on the issue is this. he s saying as a nation, we should change the federal u.s. constitution to keep gay people in their place. now, the idea of this happening, the idea that 38 states would sign on to a constitutional amendment, it was sort of farfetched. right? but 2004 was an election year, and in an election year, you do what you can do. and that year republicans across country were very united on the substance of this issue. in 11 states across the country, that election year in 2004, republicans used anti-gay marriage ballot initiatives to try to drive up voter turnout for republican candidates and for the president s re-election. all 11 of those states that voted on the issue that year, all 11, 11 out of 11, voted against gay rights and 9 of those 11 states that voted against gay rights voted for george w. bush for president while they were at it. and indeed, george busw. bush w re-elected president. but before that election had happened, he had promised them
had its full complimeement of judges under george busw. bush. he s returning the court to the number of judges that it should have. you never know what s in people s hearts. i grant that. joan, there s a pattern here. it s like bill maher says, new rules. oh, you know. there are new rules for this guy. he keeps moving that. i m sorry, if another president said, i m going to fill some vacancies, they would say, it s about time. when he does it, barack obama does it, oh, he s packing the court. just like he s got an enemies list. none of this is true. they just say it. right. and chuck grassley and mitch mcconnell participated. they kept, confirmed the tenth and 11 the judge on that circuit under republican presidents. it was all fine to have 11 judges under republican presidents because he s going to appoint three people, four people. he deserves to. that is somehow
peace when we can actually engage in some thoughtful conversation about war? yeah, melissa, when you said this is ending, not with a parade, but with a conversation, you re exactly right. i had a when i learned the news that osama bin laden was killed, i, like i think most americans, had a very emotional reaction to that. i had a bookend very similar reaction to this morning watching the president announce the end of the iraq war. between those two events over the past six months, the 9/11 era is over and the 9/11 era is the george busw. bush administration that was in place when 9/11 happened. no one will be able to sell to america again the crock pot cockamamy foreign policy idea of the bush administration which is war could be something constructive, a creative force for reshaping the world in a positive way that was good for america. that was a radical faction neo con idea that got ahold of the
crowds and saw his other favorite democrat, a texas congressman named henry quayar. ha he s doing isn t a kiss, but a cusping of his cheeks. a clasp. it was the clasp. less famous than the kiss, but it s very significant right now. the clasp. the thing is, when that picture was taken, henry quayar was running for re-election, just a month after that picture was taken. that picture, clasp, happened a few months before in the heat of a primary campaign when he was being challenged in the democratic primary. the picture could have been toxic to henry. could have been the equivalent to the kiss. henry quayar was facing the same basic charge lieberman was facing in connecticut. liberals who believed he was way too close, way too friendly to george busw. bush and wanted hi gone. it didn t work. here s the henry quayar story. in the 2000 presidential election when he was a state representative in texas, he chose to back then-republican governor george w. bush for