Comments on: Petraeus Testimony: Hecklers and Faint Praise

By: markm

markm — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:21:47 +0000

"“No one wants to call [Petraeus] a liar on national TV,” noted one Democratic senator, who spoke on the condition on anonymity. “The expectation is that the outside groups will do this for us.”"

As was pointed out by a commenter at another blog: "So much for any dissociation between MoveOn.org and the Democrat party. And as of this morning, none f the Democrats running for their party’s 2008 presidential nomination has publicly condemned the MoveOn/NYT"

By: Zelsdorf Ragshaft III

Zelsdorf Ragshaft III — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:34:32 +0000

James is right about the election. Anyone who supports the disgusting ad placed in the NYT by Moveon.org should be voted out of office.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:40:20 +0000

They sure as hell don't listen to the US citizens which is apparent from the lowest approval rating in history.

We have elections for Congress the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even numbered years. There's another chance for the citizens to make their voice heard fourteen months from now.

By: Patrick T. McGuire

Patrick T. McGuire — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:37:34 +0000

It’s Congress’ job to conduct oversight on our bureaucracies

And whose job is it to conduct oversight on Congress? They sure as hell don't listen to the US citizens which is apparent from the lowest approval rating in history.