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	<title>Comments on: TNR asks: What if Iraq stabilizes?</title>
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		<title>By: georgej</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-769803</link>
		<dc:creator>georgej</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What if Iraq stablilizes? 

It means that liberals and Democrats are f*cked!

It means we get to rhetorically club them to death like they were baby seals. It means we can verbally turn them from &quot;bulls&quot; to &quot;oxen.&quot; We can get in their faces and tell them: &quot;It&#039;s Thanksgiving Day, TURKEY!&quot;

Think of the joy we will have writing letters to the editor DENOUNCING each Democratic Candidate as representing NOT their district or state, but Al Qaeda.  As in &quot;John Murtha (D-Al Qaeda).&quot;  Instead of simply referring to a Democratic Candidate, he becomes &quot;Joe Schmoe, Al Qaeda supporter.&quot;

It means that unless the Democratic Party tossed out the MoveOn.org/Soros/Communist Party left, THEY ARE FINISHED AS A VIABLE POLIICAL PARTY! 

And that is &quot;A Good Thing (tm).&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What if Iraq stablilizes? </p>
<p>It means that liberals and Democrats are f*cked!</p>
<p>It means we get to rhetorically club them to death like they were baby seals. It means we can verbally turn them from &#8220;bulls&#8221; to &#8220;oxen.&#8221; We can get in their faces and tell them: &#8220;It&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day, TURKEY!&#8221;</p>
<p>Think of the joy we will have writing letters to the editor DENOUNCING each Democratic Candidate as representing NOT their district or state, but Al Qaeda.  As in &#8220;John Murtha (D-Al Qaeda).&#8221;  Instead of simply referring to a Democratic Candidate, he becomes &#8220;Joe Schmoe, Al Qaeda supporter.&#8221;</p>
<p>It means that unless the Democratic Party tossed out the MoveOn.org/Soros/Communist Party left, THEY ARE FINISHED AS A VIABLE POLIICAL PARTY! </p>
<p>And that is &#8220;A Good Thing &#8482;.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Mojave Mark</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-769696</link>
		<dc:creator>Mojave Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The rule of thumb is: 

If it&#039;s good for America it&#039;s bad for the Dhemocrats and visa versa.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The rule of thumb is: </p>
<p>If it&#8217;s good for America it&#8217;s bad for the Dhemocrats and visa versa.</p>
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		<title>By: silverfox</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768827</link>
		<dc:creator>silverfox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Immigration is the issue that will bring the old schoolers out of the woodwork. The racists, nativeists, and closet biggots will vote for the first time in years. That may offset all the women that will come out of the woodwork for Hillary.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&quot;biggots&quot; is bigots

&quot;nativeists&quot;... when you make native into nativist, break off the silent &#039;e&#039;

HotAir:  where anti-American progressive bigots come to learn to spell.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Immigration is the issue that will bring the old schoolers out of the woodwork. The racists, nativeists, and closet biggots will vote for the first time in years. That may offset all the women that will come out of the woodwork for Hillary.</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;biggots&#8221; is bigots</p>
<p>&#8220;nativeists&#8221;&#8230; when you make native into nativist, break off the silent &#8216;e&#8217;</p>
<p>HotAir:  where anti-American progressive bigots come to learn to spell.</p>
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		<title>By: logis</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768809</link>
		<dc:creator>logis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;...Unless something else pops up to take precedence, illegal immigration will be the key issue.
posted at 9:50 am on November 6, 2007 by Bryan &lt;/blockquote&gt;

What&#039;s really amazing is how few politicians, on both sides of the isle, realize this.  Even in New York state, almost 80% of the voters opposed the idea of the immigrant driver&#039;s license Hillary has endorsed.

As for the war, of course the liberals will spin it; they have approached it as a propaganda war from the beginning and they&#039;re not about to slack off now.  And of course they will have some success.  What being conservative means is making tough choices, and wars aren&#039;t supposed to be something people enjoy.  But &lt;em&gt;taking the issue away&lt;/em&gt; from the Democrats, after they have invested so much political capital into the prospect of American defeat, is still a huge coup.  It will allow us to focus on other issues for a change - not least of which is the elephant in the living room: illegal immigration.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8230;Unless something else pops up to take precedence, illegal immigration will be the key issue.<br />
posted at 9:50 am on November 6, 2007 by Bryan </p></blockquote>
<p>What&#8217;s really amazing is how few politicians, on both sides of the isle, realize this.  Even in New York state, almost 80% of the voters opposed the idea of the immigrant driver&#8217;s license Hillary has endorsed.</p>
<p>As for the war, of course the liberals will spin it; they have approached it as a propaganda war from the beginning and they&#8217;re not about to slack off now.  And of course they will have some success.  What being conservative means is making tough choices, and wars aren&#8217;t supposed to be something people enjoy.  But <em>taking the issue away</em> from the Democrats, after they have invested so much political capital into the prospect of American defeat, is still a huge coup.  It will allow us to focus on other issues for a change &#8211; not least of which is the elephant in the living room: illegal immigration.</p>
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		<title>By: Neocon News » TNR dares to wonder.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Neocon News » TNR dares to wonder.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] to look past all the blatant distortion in the above to find that glimmer, but still, it is there. Bryan over at Hot Air believes that if trends continue, Iraq will turn out to be a non-issue in next [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] to look past all the blatant distortion in the above to find that glimmer, but still, it is there. Bryan over at Hot Air believes that if trends continue, Iraq will turn out to be a non-issue in next [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Iraq: The worst case scenario for the (D) candidates at DPGI v.3</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768644</link>
		<dc:creator>Iraq: The worst case scenario for the (D) candidates at DPGI v.3</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Hot Air: TNR asks: What if Iraq stabilizes? [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Bryan</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768620</link>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;saiga on November 6, 2007 at 1:12 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And as I answered in the other thread, Willie Horton was an Al Gore production.  What&#039;s your point or are you just trying to hijack multiple threads today?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>saiga on November 6, 2007 at 1:12 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>And as I answered in the other thread, Willie Horton was an Al Gore production.  What&#8217;s your point or are you just trying to hijack multiple threads today?</p>
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		<title>By: 91Veteran</title>
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		<dc:creator>91Veteran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Immigration is the issue that will bring the old schoolers out of the woodwork. The racists, nativeists, and closet biggots will vote for the first time in years. That may offset all the women that will come out of the woodwork for Hillary.

We shall see.

saiga on November 6, 2007 at 11:13 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And hopefully offset the nitwits such as yourself who seem to think that those who support strong immigration law enforcement is somehow &quot;racist, nativist&quot; or must be a &quot;closet bigot&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Immigration is the issue that will bring the old schoolers out of the woodwork. The racists, nativeists, and closet biggots will vote for the first time in years. That may offset all the women that will come out of the woodwork for Hillary.</p>
<p>We shall see.</p>
<p>saiga on November 6, 2007 at 11:13 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>And hopefully offset the nitwits such as yourself who seem to think that those who support strong immigration law enforcement is somehow &#8220;racist, nativist&#8221; or must be a &#8220;closet bigot&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: saiga</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768563</link>
		<dc:creator>saiga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Iraq will stabilize eventually, but stability there would not meet our standards.  As long as we are dependent on oil, the Middle East will be a nasty challenge.  

Once a substitute for oil is invented, the Middle East will go back to where it was in the 1940&#039;s. They were a threat to no one because they were broke.  Take away their oil money and they are broke again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iraq will stabilize eventually, but stability there would not meet our standards.  As long as we are dependent on oil, the Middle East will be a nasty challenge.  </p>
<p>Once a substitute for oil is invented, the Middle East will go back to where it was in the 1940&#8217;s. They were a threat to no one because they were broke.  Take away their oil money and they are broke again.</p>
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		<title>By: saiga</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768556</link>
		<dc:creator>saiga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Bryan,

&lt;blockquote&gt;As with Willie Horton, Republicans may smell blood in Clinton&#039;s immigration answer&lt;/blockquote&gt;

This is in USA Today.  I don&#039;t know if you saw it yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Bryan,</p>
<blockquote><p>As with Willie Horton, Republicans may smell blood in Clinton&#8217;s immigration answer</p></blockquote>
<p>This is in USA Today.  I don&#8217;t know if you saw it yet.</p>
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		<title>By: 91Veteran</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768546</link>
		<dc:creator>91Veteran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;But this weekend an experienced Iraq correspondent–someone who has been extremely bleak about the war in the past–told me he thinks it’s really possible that the country is turning a corner.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

...and they claim they haven&#039;t been talking to Beauchamp...

&lt;blockquote&gt;I realize the tribal shift in Anbar, for instance, wasn’t imposed by US troops–although my correspondent friend said surge forces did enable us to exploit Sunni tribal cooperation and root out al Qaeda.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It is &lt;strong&gt;SO&lt;/strong&gt; infuriating how the leftards downplay or ignore the US military&#039;s role in Anbar changing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>But this weekend an experienced Iraq correspondent–someone who has been extremely bleak about the war in the past–told me he thinks it’s really possible that the country is turning a corner.</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8230;and they claim they haven&#8217;t been talking to Beauchamp&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>I realize the tribal shift in Anbar, for instance, wasn’t imposed by US troops–although my correspondent friend said surge forces did enable us to exploit Sunni tribal cooperation and root out al Qaeda.</p></blockquote>
<p>It is <strong>SO</strong> infuriating how the leftards downplay or ignore the US military&#8217;s role in Anbar changing.</p>
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		<title>By: fogw</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768512</link>
		<dc:creator>fogw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Somehow, my generation (boomers) believe they are entitled to live forever and want the government to pick up the tab.

swami on November 6, 2007 at 12:26 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You&#039;re observation is 50% accurate.

cheers, from a self-sufficient mortal boomer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Somehow, my generation (boomers) believe they are entitled to live forever and want the government to pick up the tab.</p>
<p>swami on November 6, 2007 at 12:26 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>You&#8217;re observation is 50% accurate.</p>
<p>cheers, from a self-sufficient mortal boomer.</p>
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		<title>By: saiga</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768479</link>
		<dc:creator>saiga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Get your talking points from La Raza today? Bigots has one ‘g,’ by the way.

Bryan on November 6, 2007 at 11:29 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yep.  That is how the immigration debate has been framed.  It is the Lou Dobbs vs. Geraldo debate, which is the mean &quot;bigot&quot; against the high and mighty bleeding heart.  

The public could be suckers on this one, or maybe they are smart enough to grasp the long term devistating impact of illegal immigration amnesty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Get your talking points from La Raza today? Bigots has one ‘g,’ by the way.</p>
<p>Bryan on November 6, 2007 at 11:29 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Yep.  That is how the immigration debate has been framed.  It is the Lou Dobbs vs. Geraldo debate, which is the mean &#8220;bigot&#8221; against the high and mighty bleeding heart.  </p>
<p>The public could be suckers on this one, or maybe they are smart enough to grasp the long term devistating impact of illegal immigration amnesty.</p>
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		<title>By: right2bright</title>
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		<dc:creator>right2bright</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TNR will just make up a story to support their cause.  No matter what happens, to them U.S. troops are murderers and rapists.  They know that because their reporters tell them that, and &quot;that&quot; is the truth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TNR will just make up a story to support their cause.  No matter what happens, to them U.S. troops are murderers and rapists.  They know that because their reporters tell them that, and &#8220;that&#8221; is the truth.</p>
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		<title>By: CliffHanger</title>
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		<dc:creator>CliffHanger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A stabilizing Iraq is a grim milestone for Libs everywhere.</description>
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		<title>By: swami</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768459</link>
		<dc:creator>swami</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bryan,

I must disagree with your key issue for 08. I hope you are right, but lI think it&#039;s going to be about healthcare.

Somehow, my generation (boomers) believe they are entitled to live forever and want the government to pick up the tab.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bryan,</p>
<p>I must disagree with your key issue for 08. I hope you are right, but lI think it&#8217;s going to be about healthcare.</p>
<p>Somehow, my generation (boomers) believe they are entitled to live forever and want the government to pick up the tab.</p>
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		<title>By: BadgerHawk</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768452</link>
		<dc:creator>BadgerHawk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;saiga on November 6, 2007 at 11:13 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

vrooooooooooooom, POP POP POP!!

Nice of you to show up and do a drive by, instead of engaging in some actual debate.  As usual, if the facts don&#039;t fit your narrative, just shout racist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>saiga on November 6, 2007 at 11:13 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>vrooooooooooooom, POP POP POP!!</p>
<p>Nice of you to show up and do a drive by, instead of engaging in some actual debate.  As usual, if the facts don&#8217;t fit your narrative, just shout racist.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy the Dhimmi</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768413</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy the Dhimmi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LGF has a post about another &quot;grim milestone&quot; about the deaths of U.S. servicemen in Iraq this year.

Of course, the mainstream press will expectantly fail to report another upcoming &quot;grim milestone&quot;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/TROP.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here &lt;/a&gt;to find out what it is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LGF has a post about another &#8220;grim milestone&#8221; about the deaths of U.S. servicemen in Iraq this year.</p>
<p>Of course, the mainstream press will expectantly fail to report another upcoming &#8220;grim milestone&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/TROP.jpg" rel="nofollow">Click here </a>to find out what it is.</p>
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		<title>By: Splashman</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/06/tnr-asks-what-if-iraq-stabilizes/comment-page-1/#comment-768406</link>
		<dc:creator>Splashman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, unless something goes terribly wrong in Iraq/Afganistan/Pakistan, the major election issue will be immigration, and Hillary, finally came down on the wrong side of that issue.

It&#039;s a gift to the Republican nominee, and I hope (more than I believe) the Republican nominee makes good use of it.  It would make sense for him to come down hard on the other side, to give the voters a clear choice and a good reason to cast a ballot, but I fear that instead he&#039;ll pander to the squishy middle.  Mitt&#039;s my man, but he&#039;s a politician, so I won&#039;t pretend he&#039;s immune to this sort of thing.  Even Thompson could/would tack to the middle if he smelled an opportunity.

Also wanted to mention another (perhaps obvious) possibility about the election: if the middle east or central Asia destabilizes, a worried electorate may lean more toward Republicans.  Before some looney lib accuses me, I fervently hope that the military situation stabilizes completely.  I&#039;d much rather the Repubs win for that reason.

I&#039;m assuming Bush won&#039;t start anything with Iran in an election year, unless Iran does something really blatant.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, unless something goes terribly wrong in Iraq/Afganistan/Pakistan, the major election issue will be immigration, and Hillary, finally came down on the wrong side of that issue.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a gift to the Republican nominee, and I hope (more than I believe) the Republican nominee makes good use of it.  It would make sense for him to come down hard on the other side, to give the voters a clear choice and a good reason to cast a ballot, but I fear that instead he&#8217;ll pander to the squishy middle.  Mitt&#8217;s my man, but he&#8217;s a politician, so I won&#8217;t pretend he&#8217;s immune to this sort of thing.  Even Thompson could/would tack to the middle if he smelled an opportunity.</p>
<p>Also wanted to mention another (perhaps obvious) possibility about the election: if the middle east or central Asia destabilizes, a worried electorate may lean more toward Republicans.  Before some looney lib accuses me, I fervently hope that the military situation stabilizes completely.  I&#8217;d much rather the Repubs win for that reason.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m assuming Bush won&#8217;t start anything with Iran in an election year, unless Iran does something really blatant.</p>
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		<title>By: Flopping Aces</title>
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		<dc:creator>Flopping Aces</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;MSM - Quiet On Iraq Until Bad News Is Found...&lt;/strong&gt;

CNN has put up a article on Iraq entitled &quot;2007 now the deadliest year for U.S. troops in Iraq,&quot; while the headline is true the fact remains that the MSM has been quiet on Iraq ever since the numbers started......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>MSM &#8211; Quiet On Iraq Until Bad News Is Found&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>CNN has put up a article on Iraq entitled &#8220;2007 now the deadliest year for U.S. troops in Iraq,&#8221; while the headline is true the fact remains that the MSM has been quiet on Iraq ever since the numbers started&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: mikeyboss</title>
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		<dc:creator>mikeyboss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Unless something else pops up to take precedence, illegal immigration will be the key issue.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

This would seem to bode well for the GOP if we put up a candidate who is strong on the issue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Unless something else pops up to take precedence, illegal immigration will be the key issue.</p></blockquote>
<p>This would seem to bode well for the GOP if we put up a candidate who is strong on the issue.</p>
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		<title>By: Tantor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tantor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What do Democrats do if the surge works and we win in Iraq?  That&#039;s easy.  They do the same thing they did when the Soviet Union fell:  Claim they were leading the fight against the Soviet Union all along.  Repeat the lie as necessary until the whole liberal herd accepts it as The Truth.

Being a lefty means never having to say you&#039;re sorry, only that events have proven you correct.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What do Democrats do if the surge works and we win in Iraq?  That&#8217;s easy.  They do the same thing they did when the Soviet Union fell:  Claim they were leading the fight against the Soviet Union all along.  Repeat the lie as necessary until the whole liberal herd accepts it as The Truth.</p>
<p>Being a lefty means never having to say you&#8217;re sorry, only that events have proven you correct.</p>
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		<title>By: shooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>shooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>nativeists ? whats that?
biggots, bigggggots? 
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SPELL-CHECK, if you don&#039;t do well with the English language.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nativeists ? whats that?<br />
biggots, bigggggots?<br />
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SPELL-CHECK, if you don&#8217;t do well with the English language.</p>
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		<title>By: shooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>shooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;but for the first time in a long while the news from Iraq isn’t &lt;em&gt;unrelentingly ghastly&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
It&#039;s ALL in the interpretation, and the far left MSM, isn&#039;t it. 
&quot;unrelentingly ghastly&quot; sounds like Saddams reign, not our troops efforts,Arsehead!
&lt;blockquote&gt;Betting on the US losing isn’t the best way for a political party to bet&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Great statement.
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&lt;blockquote&gt;unless things change radically between now and next year’s election, &lt;/blockquote&gt;
What WILL the Murtha&#039;s and Pelosers do next, pray tell?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>but for the first time in a long while the news from Iraq isn’t <em>unrelentingly ghastly</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s ALL in the interpretation, and the far left MSM, isn&#8217;t it.<br />
&#8220;unrelentingly ghastly&#8221; sounds like Saddams reign, not our troops efforts,Arsehead!</p>
<blockquote><p>Betting on the US losing isn’t the best way for a political party to bet</p></blockquote>
<p>Great statement.<br />
.</p>
<blockquote><p>unless things change radically between now and next year’s election, </p></blockquote>
<p>What WILL the Murtha&#8217;s and Pelosers do next, pray tell?</p>
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		<title>By: T J Green</title>
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		<dc:creator>T J Green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;jmartin61 on November 6, 2007 at 10:38 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Absolutely!  Get out that &quot;suspension of disbelief&quot; paddle and whack the witch!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>jmartin61 on November 6, 2007 at 10:38 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Absolutely!  Get out that &#8220;suspension of disbelief&#8221; paddle and whack the witch!</p>
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