Today, my 6yr old little girl Katy got off the school bus ashamed and in tears. I ran out to see what was wrong, and she finally looked up at me, “Daddy, I got some bad news.”
“What’s wrong? What happened? Are you hurt?”
“No. The kids on bus #9 (pre-teen kids) said that if we vote for McCain they’re gonna drop bombs on our house and our cars and kill us tonight.”

This is not fiction, exaggeration, or anything of the sort. This is Barack Obama’s America, a country where people who hear his message of unity go home and teach their kids intimidation and terror. My little girl has never ever ever come home from school with anything shy of an ear to ear smile. Most days she comes running off the bus with her arms wide open. Today, she was ashamed, scared, embarassed, and terrorized.

I told Katy that I’d protect her (not a problem, but I won’t elaborate). I told her our German Shepard mutt and our Rottweiler mix mutt would protect her (they both patrol the house at night, so not a problem or exaggeration), and she was comforted. Some cookies, and she’s fine. That’s a 6yr old.

The 39yr old daddy on the other hand is pissed off to no end. I don’t really think someone’s going to come bomb our house tonight. What pisses me off is that parents (be they Obama or McCain supporters themselves) would be so irresponsible, ignorant, and scared themselves so as to teach their kids political intimidation. That’s not American. That’s chickenshit. That’s a set of parents (if there are two) who are so paranoid that they can’t deal with reality themselves.

Tomorrow’s a big day. As I’ve said before, I will vote for McCain, but I’ll be content with either for President. I’ll vote my way. You vote your way. That’s it. Once you are done, that’s it. You’re American again-not a Democrat or McCain supporter or whatever.

Meanwhile, my little girl (who just got a perfect report card on Tuesday, and talk of being put in an advanced class because she’s teaching other kids) is not afraid. Yes, she cried, and was ashamed of that, and was embarassed, but after the cookies quelled the tears she told me that in their mock election, “I still voted for McCain, Daddy.” Kid’s not only the best reader in the class, but brave.

Me? Well, I’m pissed, and I’m wondering, “If Sen Obama wins tomorrow, what will happen to my little girl at the hands of the other kids, and will all of America become ruled by those who believe power comes best from political intimidation.”

btw Not feeding my dogs dinner tonight, so best not to knock on my door until Thursday or so.
sdrtgadfg

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76 comments so far

luva the scissors
 1Reply to this comment  

sick, to say this to a child, an innocent child. what monsters, they should have the crap smacked out of them. terrible.

November 3rd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Scott
 2Reply to this comment  

Local police are on it now (last time I had to call them it was because we had a cow in our backyard).

People should be celebrating the right to vote. It should be party, not a day of fear, woe, concern, or worry.

Teach your kids well people.

November 3rd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
 3Reply to this comment  

Ghillie suit. Daisy chained claymore mines. Pungi stakes.

November 3rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
TXMarko
 4Reply to this comment  

This brings back memories of when my kids were in school. Unfortunately, there are idiots in every generation who love to intimidate and threaten.

This should be reported to the school district, as well. Action should be taken by the district against those who terrorized your child.

Children cannot be expected to learn in an environment of fear.

Keep your chin up and your powder dry (and feed those dogs, too, it’s not their fault)!

November 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
 5Reply to this comment  

Scott, she’s adorable! Keep up the good fight and keep teaching her well.

November 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Scott
 6Reply to this comment  

I’ll feed the mutts (but only because if I don’t they’ll start tearing up the house and are likely gonna go in the fridge anyway).

There’s a Deputy up the street. He and I just talked. We’re safe. I’ll be talking to the school tomorrow. Gonna stop by even though it’s a teacher’s day. No school for Katy tomorrow.

November 3rd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Scott
 7Reply to this comment  

Honestly, I can’t make up crap this good….

Neighbor deputy comes by, we talk, he pulls out, I go in, do post #6, and I get a Barack Obama robocall (4th today alone from Dems in general). Dogs freak out all of a sudden. Look outside, it’s an Obama supporter putting a doorknob reminder on my door not 6′ from my McCain/Palin sign.

Unreal. It’s like living in another world. Next thing ya know the damn cow will be back in my woods again.

November 3rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Scott
 8Reply to this comment  

I can’t even make 2 posts without insanity. Kids and dogs just freaked out the second I hit SEND. Look outside. Kids tell me it’s, “A BEAVER!!!!” wtf? Dogs are going absolutely insane.

a squirrel.

My kids know what squirrels are. What’s w the beaver stuff?

Is the entire world on LSD, and if so where’s my share?!!

November 3rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
pst314
 9Reply to this comment  

“Is the entire world on LSD”

Is the beaver wearing a waistcoat?

November 3rd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
pst314
 10Reply to this comment  

As for the Obama-nuts, what can you say about fascistic scum?

November 3rd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Scott Malensek
 11Reply to this comment  

I’d describe the beaver’s lack of apparel and natural appearance, but it would likely get caught in the spam filter.

(dogs have clearly picked up the vibe and are going beserko at everything and everything-even the elusive, Northeast Ohio Squirrel-beaver)

November 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Frank White
 12Reply to this comment  

Why would you put a picture of your daughter and your house on the internet? Are you insane? You just got done explaining how people intimidate voters and such, and you run this blog. If I had a blog I would not put pictures of myself, my family, or where I live anywhere on it. I would probably use a computer in the cayman islands or amsterdam so far away from my house. Are you insane my good man?

November 3rd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
 13Reply to this comment  

Welcome to the coming Obama Thugocracy Scott.

This is what happens when a Messianic candidate ascends what he sees as the throne of power.

From the top down, Obama has given his supporters a license to hate and to punish those who don’t worship at the altar of his power.

After all, if those who dare oppose him are racists intent on stealing this election then his supporters feel entitled to take direct action to combat it.

I guess when you voted for Democrats in Ohio in 2006 you didn’t realize this would be one of the consequences.

November 3rd, 2008 at 2:59 pm
anne
 14Reply to this comment  

This is just a sad commentary for the McCain people. They will stoop to any kind of lie and I don’t believe for a minute any of this happned .
These creepy Republicans will stoop any level to try to win an election and that includes using an adorable little child as part of a hate campaign against Democrats.
I think any of you who participated in this crap should be strung up and somehow punished for this.
Who is this precious and innocent child who was the victom of Republican filthy politics?
I am am assuming the daughter of one you low life Repukes or maybe Elizabeth Doles grand daughter..same old familar Republican filth. Why don’t you REPUBLICAN’S stop using anything you can do out of sheer desperation and start to learn a little class. For you who are doing this to try to get McLame elected..You are ALL WHITE TRASH and believe me I am not black, I just have ethic’s.
belive me this will all come and you will be exposed for the miserable people you are.

November 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Craig
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Anne,

How many moonbats have been paid by THE ONE to come here today? Just curious…

November 3rd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
 16Reply to this comment  

Anne… what a stellar representative of the Obama camp you are. “white trash” who doesn’t believe this, indeed.

I should have left you in the “spam” filter where I found you. You accuse Scott of lying about his daughter? If you knew anything about this community, and Scott in particular, that statement is so absurd as to fall into the “world is flat” category.

But, ya know, I had to let this pass thru. You provide a perfect example of anything Obama supporters will do… i.e. muddy the actualities and demean other citizens… just to give your guy’s supporters a pass. You’re an embarrassment. Not only to your own political camp, but to humanity in general. “white trash”, applied to you, would be a compliment.

November 3rd, 2008 at 3:44 pm
anne
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MataHarley

Comeon now, your comments are every bit as negative as mine and I stand by my remarks.
I live in Arizona and people here do not like or respect McCain because he has a crude mouth and has no respect for women. Do you suppose if McLame was so great he would be having to fight to win his own state.
I just have to say that I would not be willing to put my daughters picture and our lovely home on the internet for all to see, that is why this just doesn’t make sense to me. Just too many nutty people who don’t need to know where adorable children live.
Wow, thats the first time I have ever been called an embarrassment. I have seen many Barck signs in my community torn to shreds and some have even been burned, Do you suppose Democrats did all of that?
You do realize that it is not Democrats who are spreading lies and having the radical right wingers like Rush and Hannity literally freak out and make terribly negative remarks about Barack Obama?
I am not really the monster you make me out to be. I do all kinds of volanteer work in my city, including at hospitals, homeless shelters and an orphaned childrens shelter.I think I am feeling weary of all the ugly attacks on Obama and it finially just boiled over.

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
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So, anne are you the one of three that do not support McCain in AZ?

Of course you are not a monster – monsters are make believe – you are far worse, a fascist troll for Obama.

I’m sure everything you just typed is the honest truth….you wouldn’t lie..now would you?

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Joe Daddy
 19Reply to this comment  

That is so sad! I remember when I was in the 5th grade, we had a mock election. I was the only kid that voted for Gerald Ford. Not because my parents brainwashed me to vote for a Republican, but they taught me values and not to believe in BS.

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
 20Reply to this comment  

I am so sorry that your daughter had to suffer through this abuse from those tolerant obama supporters, Scott.

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
 21Reply to this comment  

Anne, get back under your bridge, you troll.

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
 22Reply to this comment  

Anne said:

Comeon now, your comments are every bit as negative as mine and I stand by my remarks.

Let me get this straight… you chastise me for my “negative” remarks when you sauntered in here and called everyone “white trash”???

That’s like saying the perp who walks into my home to rob or harm my family is whining because I didn’t offer him/her milk and cookies before aiming the barrel of my .45 calibre Colt at his/her sorry ass.

I take that back. Not only are you are an embarrassment, but “white trash” is too high a compliment for you. Anything over an amoeba rates higher on the life scale.

Wow, thats the first time I have ever been called an embarrassment. I have seen many Barck signs in my community torn to shreds and some have even been burned, Do you suppose Democrats did all of that?

Tiny mind, tiny world. So the nation is judged by what you see in your back yard?

[repeated]…. I stand by my remarks.

As do I.

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:40 pm
 23Reply to this comment  

AND… let me add…

If you equate sign vandalism with intimidation of 6 year olds, then you may completely regress from the “amoeba” status to less than a weed in the life cycle plant chain.

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Scott Malensek
 24Reply to this comment  

Anne, I don’t mind having my posts or even my integrity questioned, but if you’re gonna question me, then have some basis of doing so. I’m a registered Democrat (to the chagrin of some FA members and readers). I voted for Clinton twice, and until this year almost always voted Dems for Congress and Gov.

I am telling the truth. This is a true story not some Karl Rove master scheme. Try and look up LIBERAL in the dictionary. It means open-minded. Then open your mind and realize that extremism, stupidity, ignorance, and fear are not just Republican traits as your propaganda’s been telling you.

Katy is fine. We are all safe. That’s all I will say. That, and this is a true story Anne. Yes, an apology will be necessary given the subject’s seriousness and reality.

Please people, vote tomorrow, and when your done find someone who might vote opposite of you, and shake their hand. Wish them well. No smack talkin’. Just smile, shake hands, and recognize that we’re all Americans. When there’s a crisis, we don’t just save the Republicans or save the Democrats. We save the people. When we exercise our core American right, we ought to do the same and offer a hand of peace to other people.

This us/them crap can be too dangerous, and we know it’s reached that point when our kids are threatening other kids over politics. 6yrs old is too young. It’s a time for Barbie Dolls and Hot Wheels not for political intimidation.

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
 25Reply to this comment  

As Anne should surely see… and had she read anything of Scott before sticking her keyboard into her mouth… Scott regards her with a kindness and courtesy she does not deserve.

Kudos to you, Scott. Anne, you owe him an apology, but I will not hold my breath.

Scott? Guess I should send you some MRE cookies for those that invade your house uninvited, eh? LOL

November 3rd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Scott Malensek
 26Reply to this comment  

Oh….we’re set. No worries here. But thank you :)

I’m not afraid. If my little 6yr old has the courage to vote in a MOCK ELECTION against the political intimidators who threatened to blow us up, blow up our cars, and kill us, then I damn well can’t be afraid.

November 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
voter
 27Reply to this comment  

@Scott Malensek: I have to add, that in ALL posts I’ve seen that you have written, you seem like you are very open minded, and kind to all. I like the way you think, and wish more people were like you. You have a VERY beautiful daughter. I like her courage,and I hope I can instill in my children the same.

November 3rd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Eddie
 28Reply to this comment  

Funny… lost 3 signs this year, stopped putting them up. Didn’t put a sticker on my car, because I know better in Portland.

Yet here I’m hearing about all the Obama signs vandalized?

Honestly, do you really think that Republicans run around trashing signs and Democrats are some sort of group of noble political erudites that calmly discuss the issues?

While neither side has a monopoly on rude behavior, from my experience in many locations around the country the Democrats have a huge lead in the rude behavior count… I’d estimate at about 85% to 15%… and yeah, my estimate is just as valid as your unsubstantiated claims of neighborhood signs being trashed.

November 3rd, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Craig
 29Reply to this comment  

“I live in Arizona and people here do not like or respect McCain because he has a crude mouth and has no respect for women.” (Ann the moonbat)

LOL… McCain chose a female V.P. and pays his female employees almost twice as your stupid Obama.

“I’m a registered Democrat” (Scott)
Sorry to hear this.

“Try and look up LIBERAL in the dictionary. It means open-minded.” (Scott)
Maybe in the dictionary, but in the real world it means, crooked leftists.
In French we call them leftists… or “gogauche”. We respect the “gauche” but we do not respect the “gogauche”. Obamatrons are “gogauche” idiots.

Liberals do not exist anymore on this planet, they are way too leftist… too bad. Maybe it would be time to find another word than LIBERAL. Leftists would be the right appellation for liberals nowaday.

November 3rd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
damnifiknow
 30Reply to this comment  

White Trash… Nice!

I was informed this weekend by a Obamazombie that “rednecks” only vote for McCain. He went on to inform me how the people of Iraq are worse off now than when Saddam Hussein was in power. I told him to go get a passport and put some ink in it! Once he goes over and actually sees the world, then come back to pontificate. The he said the USA was the worst country in the world. WTF? I told him to go to France, where they really know how Socialism works. I even offered to spend my hard earned cash on the trip. What a knucklehead.

November 3rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Curt
 31Reply to this comment  

What is it with these libs coming in here to spew insults and they can’t even use a spell checker….white trash indeed.

Glad to hear your daughter is ok and not taking it too hard Scott. Some of the most intolerant people I have ever run across are liberal’s.

Open-minded indeed.

November 3rd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
 32Reply to this comment  

On a lighter note, and ignoring the cyber garbage that intrudes on a subject with their closed minds… I really love pst314’s comment… which *still* makes me roar on each re’read!

“Is the entire world on LSD”

Is the beaver wearing a waistcoat?

LMFAO!

And BTW, Katy looks even more adorable on her USA rigged bike than she did in her Halloween skit costume, Scott. She’s just too adorable for words.

November 3rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
ANGELA KIM
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so sorry scott. i remember when i was her age we lived in panama. carter was screwing things up there and we lived on the economy, so we didnt have the protection of the military. crazy, crazy things happened on the school bus and in the yard, at the grocery store and at school. yeh a cookie and support helped, but i never forgot. that was panama. this is america, were different here, were safe here right??? i wouldnt feed them either.

November 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Eric
 34Reply to this comment  

I hope you will amend your post to read “This is political America” and not Obama’s America. The hate and prejudice and ignorance is thick on both sides and you and I both know that it is unfair to characterize the actions of a select few as an indictment of a candidate or their party.

November 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
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I hope you will amend your post to read “This is political America” and not Obama’s America. The hate and prejudice and ignorance is thick on both sides and you and I both know that it is unfair to characterize the actions of a select few as an indictment of a candidate or their party.

Ahhh.. let’s celebrate the success of the Obama/Alinsky “community organizing” rules of radicals on one hand, but give ‘em a pass on the other.

Amend the post? Why, Eric? Were the Obama supporters not told to get “in your face” of the opposition? Are not the Obama campaign organizing roots based on such tactics?

And so it passes… from parents to children. From generation to generation. Oddly enough, not unlike the proliferation of jihad…. but in a morphed American perspective.

November 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Hawk
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Scott,

I wish you and your family the best and hope no harm or danger comes to you.

Noting about the left surprises me. Studies have been shown that those with MANY bumper stickers on their cars tend to RAGE and which side tends to have the most stickers on their cars? LIBERALS!
(Google this if in doubt)

With this the Huffington post nut case calling for Joe the plumber to be dead, another Huffington post woman stabbing her (former?) wife 220 times with a screw driver, The publisher of Strangler trash publications trying to intimidate republicans by publishing pictures AND ADDRESSES in their rag…

I worry that if Obama loses the electoral college, not only will we hear how the election was “stolen” but I worry about the possibility of violence that will erupt over it. If all of this is happening …

November 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Wordsmith
 37Reply to this comment  

@MataHarley:

But, ya know, I had to let this pass thru. You provide a perfect example of anything Obama supporters will do… i.e. muddy the actualities and demean other citiziens… just to give your guy’s supporters a pass. You’re an embarrassment. Not only to your own political camp, but to humanity in general. “white trash”, applied to you, would be a compliment.

Oh, c’mon, Mata….anne is obviously a Republican plant…a fictitious commenter (probably created by Scott) to frame Democrats into looking like complete tools.

See, the logic here, anne?

November 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Wordsmith
 38Reply to this comment  

@anne:

I am not really the monster you make me out to be. I do all kinds of volanteer work in my city, including at hospitals, homeless shelters and an orphaned childrens shelter.I think I am feeling weary of all the ugly attacks on Obama and it finially just boiled over.

anne, I understand; the same can be said for all the “ugly attacks” made against Palin. If you’re not “the monster you (not us) make yourself out to be”, why act like it? You don’t know any of us. Why assume the worst? Why behave like those you deplore?

November 3rd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Wordsmith
 39Reply to this comment  

@voter:

@Scott Malensek: I have to add, that in ALL posts I’ve seen that you have written, you seem like you are very open minded, and kind to all. I like the way you think, and wish more people were like you. You have a VERY beautiful daughter. I like her courage,and I hope I can instill in my children the same.

Scott always conducts himself as a gentleman.

Given how you see him as “very open minded”, you really should take a look at the Iraq/al Qaeda connection category and read his work. It just may change the way you view the rightness/wrongness of the decision to invade Iraq.

That is…if you enter in with “an open mind”, as well.

November 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Wordsmith
 40Reply to this comment  

@Craig:

“I’m a registered Democrat” (Scott)
Sorry to hear this.

“Try and look up LIBERAL in the dictionary. It means open-minded.” (Scott)
Maybe in the dictionary, but in the real world it means, crooked leftists.
In French we call them leftists… or “gogauche”. We respect the “gauche” but we do not respect the “gogauche”. Obamatrons are “gogauche” idiots.

Lol….Craig….God love “him”… :)

November 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Wordsmith
 41Reply to this comment  

Sorry Katy experienced this, Scott. Glad she has such a great father to comfort her.

Passions are running very high, this election; and it’s sifted down to the children of parents with deep-seated political feelings.

Living here in Los Angeles, and being constantly around kids and families at my job teaching gymnastics, I can say being “outed” as a McCain supporter can make one the subject of ridicule and mean-spirited derision. I know one young girl in my class today, whose family are McCain supporters. All around us, kids are hollering about Obama. I can deal with that, and the parents; but I worry about her and how other kids might behave toward her. I’ve overheard kids say some pretty ignorant things (must come from parroting the parents).

November 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
 42Reply to this comment  

Oh, c’mon, Mata….anne is obviously a Republican plant…a fictitious commenter (probably created by Scott) to frame Democrats into looking like complete tools.

Rove, you magnificent BASTARD!!!!!!!

November 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
 43Reply to this comment  

ROTFLMFAO Bronze! Just brilliant, guy.

November 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Leah
 44Reply to this comment  

You have a beautiful daughter, Scott, and I’m deeply sorry for what has happened to her.

Don’t let idiots like anne get you down – don’t even pay attention to them. Let them run at the mouth all they want; in the end, we all know who’s got true class and who’s got an empty space between their ears.

November 4th, 2008 at 12:34 am
Wordsmith
 45Reply to this comment  

Leah,

I honestly don’t think Scott looks at anne’s comments through those kind of lenses. I doubt she “got him down” or that he felt insulted by her. Scott has a way of looking past the ad hominems and emotionalism that drove anne to rail in the manner that she did in her first comment. Scott has a knack for reading between the lines; for seeing another human being out there, typing away, and not merely a faceless entity and stereotypical moonbat.

Of course….I could be wrong.

November 4th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Leah
 46Reply to this comment  

I’m just saying that because this is personal – anne’s calling him a liar. That’s not fair on any level. I’m just showing my support for him. I wouldn’t doubt that Scott’s the type of person who’d sweat over the insignificant voices here, but when it’s something this personal…I can imagine it can hurt, even if a little bit.

November 4th, 2008 at 2:52 am
Scott Malensek
 47Reply to this comment  

Thanks for the support everyone. All is well.

Leah, you’re right that being called a liar by the likes of Anne does hurt a little, but it’s kinda like a mosquito bite at best. Ya just swat away the fear-based stupidity and deal. Regular FA readers know that I concern myself w the fear and ignorance that people have more than their hate-normally. Anne’s just a troll, and she’s just someone who’s had their fears about this and that catered to and appeased by a really good teleprompter reader as well as hateful websites and a media that lacks the courage to leave the green zone in Iraq. It takes years to make intelligent people get that misinformed, manipulated, and paranoid (as demonstrated by her comments). I’m more concerned about the radicalization process, how far it will go, and how it’s counter to the strategic efforts of asymetric wars like the ones America is waging.

coffee time

(dogs got fed, so don’t call PETA. Even fed, the dogs’re likely to try and eat and PETA people coming to the door)

November 4th, 2008 at 4:10 am
Missy
 48Reply to this comment  

I’m glad everything worked out for your family Scott, you handled it well. Wasn’t able to comment yesterday, great-grandson doesn’t allow me time to post when he’s here, all I managed was a quick peek.

What worries me is that your little girl will fear going to school with these thugs. Should McCain/Palin win will she be afraid to show her excitement in that environment. I do hope the school acts, allowing these bullies a free pass will encourage more of it. I hope she feels safe at school, on the playground and the bus.

November 4th, 2008 at 5:16 am
TXMarko
 49Reply to this comment  

Good job Scott, make sure the school does something about the mini-thugs.

Despite the admission that you are a Dem, you are obviously a THINKER, which means I will continue to hold you in the highest esteem.

Love on those puppies of yours, they may save your bacon some day. I have three out here in the country, and they are indispensable to the wife and I.

November 4th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Rocky_B
 50Reply to this comment  

Message for Katy;
You got yourself a GREAT Daddy! But you already knew that didn’t you?

You did the right thing letting him know when you were bullied for no reason. Some people are mean and miserable and don’t like themselves very much. They act mean to others because it makes them feel more powerful if they can make happy people sad like they are.

Doing things like that are unfair, hurtful, and it’s just not right. It’s always okay to tell an adult you can trust about it so they can do what they feel is right and maybe stop it from happening again.

It wasn’t your fault. You didn’t do anything wrong.

We all have a right to think what we want to think. And talk about things we like to talk about. Some people may not think the same way we do or want to talk about the same things. So we each take turns and say what we think. And explain why we think that way. That helps us understand each other better. Sometimes by talking we discover things we never knew before.

Yelling at people, being mean, and threatening them because they think differently is no help. Nobody learns anything that way. That is just being a bully. So it’s okay to tell an adult. That adult may talk to other adults, like a school counselor or parent, then that adult can talk to the bully and explain to them why what they did was wrong.

You are free to believe whatever you want to believe. I have a niece who believes in fairies with all her heart. So much so that she says she can see them, talks to them, plays with them, and leaves them food.

When I go to visit her we talk about them. She shows me where they live. I may not be able to see the fairies because I’m old, but that’s okay, we respect each other very much. So she describes them to me so well I can almost see them in my mind through her eyes. That is the magic and wonder of being a child and the wisdom of being an adult.

So you just enjoy being a sweet little girl and give your big teddy-bear of a Daddy your troubles. He will help you through any bad stuff. That’s what wise Daddy’s are best at.

Believe what you want to believe.

Think what you want to think.

Take turns talking with others about what you and they like to talk about.

Oh and by the way, teddy-bears need all the hugs and kisses they can get. Especially Daddy type ones…

- Ol’ Uncle Rocky

November 5th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Does it matter
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You must live in a very small town, because your six year old has to ride the school bus with older kids or thugs as everyone appear to be calling them. So instead of complaining about what you think is Obama Democracy or thugism, you should be complaining to your school board elected officials about younger kids riding the school bus with older ones. I surprised she hasnt been threatened sooner, consider she so small and innocent. Do you child also attend the same school as these older children, oops I mean thugs? This would be my issue. I’m also assuming the thugs as you called them were black kids, because this is how you people normally characterize people of different race than you, especially blacks.

November 5th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
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“Does it matter”… if you read before opening your keyboard mouth and stuffing your other overly large foot into it, you’d see in Scott’s post #6 that he fully intended on talking to the school officials.

As to the rest of your truly offensive comments… “do YOU matter”. And you are genuinely a poster child of the Nazi generation… the kind that should never be allowed to procreate.

November 5th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Missy
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Nasty thing isn’t it. Mata, my comment is in the filter.

November 5th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
 54Reply to this comment  

Don’t see anything in the filter for you, Missy… neither moderation nor spam. What are we missing??? I doth so love your stuff…

November 5th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Missy
 55Reply to this comment  

I just explained how our school system has both elementary and middle school kids on the same buses and why, chided him about his racist remark and thug support. Then told him not to make assumptions when he didn’t have facts to back them up. No big deal, you handled it better!

Could have pushed something I shouldn’t have, hubby just brought me home a panizza, a distraction.

November 5th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Rocky_B
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Does it matter;
I cannot, and will not give you a pass on your comment:

I’m also assuming the thugs as you called them were black kids, because this is how you people normally characterize people of different race than you, especially blacks.

That was an ignorant and racist statement. In no part of Scott’s narrative was the race of the child bullies ever mentioned. Only that they were Obama supporters. Obama supporters did not only consist of one race. So why do you attempt to make an ass of yourself by ASS-uming these bullies were black? Then you go on to impune Scott and every other commentor’s honor by intimating we are therefore bigots? There are racists of every creed and color, and you have revealed your own true nature in your very post.

Had the picture not been provided, would you have still ASS-umed this little girl was white? You are a truly mentally sick individual.

Since you defend these “thugs”, without knowing their race and come out in support of their actions only on the basis they are Obama supporters, you are as guilty as they are. For you despicably fully condone their behavior. That make you an accessory after the fact IMHO. It is as reprehensible as the actions of other racially-motivated militant organizations such as the KKK, Neo-Nazi’s, street gangs, and those perpetrated under the wing of the Black Panthers. I give for example their intimidation tactics at a Pennsylvania voting precinct yesterday in an attempt to frighten off white voters.

May I remind you that Katy is an innocent 6-year old little girl? Why do you hate her? Is it because of the color of her flesh? What would you have done to punish a child for endorsing the McCain-Palin ticket? Would you have had her horse-whipped? Or tarred and feathered?

“You people,” as you refer to us collectively with no knowledge of the sexes, races, creeds, or colors of which we are comprised, are tired of being victimized by those who think they have carte blanche to do criminal acts and justify it by calling their victims racists when they protest such injustice. Do you encourage your own children to practice discrimination upon others for the color of their skin or their beliefs? That is obviously your position on this by your post.

I’m sure, had the picture Katy not shown a nice brick dwelling in the background, you would have also labeled Scott and the rest of us as “Inbred White Trailer Trash”, as other fly-by posters of you ilk have done here on FA in the past.

Mark my words. Hate crime is an ugly thing and should you act on your corrupt belief system and break our laws, I hope that you are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

November 5th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Does it matter
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To Rocky B why are you so sensistive? The question was not posed to you, but apparently you felt the need to take up the fight. The question I posed was appropiate. What in my post did you assumed I was talking about hate crimes or mocking the innocent of Mr. Scotts daughter. I only stated, Scott should be angry with his school board and not the “thugs” he so eloquent described in his post. I never heard of young children riding school buses with older kids, so I’m ASS_uming he lives in a small rural town. If this is the case, the fight should not be take up with the “thugs” but the schoolboard, who allow younger kids to be subjected to the ranting and ravings of older ones. As far as I’m concern, I really don’t care who you supported or voted for during this election. But apparent from the majority of the post, you and everyone else are McCain supporters and apparently can’t get over the fact the man lost! As you know in any contest there is always going to be a winner and a loser, and just because people are passionate about their canididate ( as you are about yours) does not make them a thug (black or white). I just know from experience (by the way I’m lily white) when the word thug is mentioned in a sentence 9 times out of 10 you’re talking about African American kids. Why get angry? So much has been put in this election, than any other ones in the past years. People really need to look at themselves and (including you) and pose the question, if Barack Obama was a white man, would I have any issue about him winning the election and now is the President. Would you really be wasting your time ranting, posting and raving about him? What is the big deal. Why can’t people like you get over yourselfs and realize there is only one person in this world (and he is not of this world) can fixed any problems in your life and that’s GOD! You really need to take a chill pill and pray and accept the fact that the next four years Obama will be the President. The sad part about it, you people will continue to put his life and his family under a microscope. If he pisses incorrectly you will blog about it. Personally if I was Obama, there is no way in hell I would have wanted to be President of such as racist (hidden racism I might add) as America. The land where the color of your skin does matter. Im also wondering if Scott was an Obama support and thugs were McCain supporters would have felt the need to post this story (which sounds so unreal).

November 7th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
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@Does it matter:

just because people are passionate about their canididate ( as you are about yours) does not make them a thug (black or white).

No. What would make them “thuggish”, is this:

(pre-teen kids) said that if we vote for McCain they’re gonna drop bombs on our house and our cars and kill us tonight.”

I’d say that “thuggish” pretty well covers it. Why? Do you have a better word? I could think of a number of alternatives.

I just know from experience (by the way I’m lily white) when the word thug is mentioned in a sentence 9 times out of 10 you’re talking about African American kids.

What part of the country do you live in? I’ve never associated “thug” as “9 times out of 10″ referring to blacks. That’s like saying if you use the word “criminal”, you’re thinking 9 times out of 10, “he’s black”.

This is how we come up with ridiculous PC labels to replace words that somehow “offend”. If I use the word “thug”, I mean it in the dictionary sense of the word.

Don’t project onto us, you’re own hang ups.

pose the question, if Barack Obama was a white man, would I have any issue about him winning the election and now is the President.

Do you honestly feel that the majority of us here are opposed to Barack Obama because of the content of his skin color?

Most of the conservatives I know have been post-racial for quite some time; the only ones stuck on race (and are thereby “racists”) are Democrats. They’re the ones who seem flabbergasted by glass ceilings breaking. For me? *Yawn* I’ve never doubted that a non-white president could ever be elected in this country; it was just a matter of time for “the right one” to come along that could captivate.

Read Shelby Steele’s op-ed in the LATimes.

Would you really be wasting your time ranting, posting and raving about him? What is the big deal.

Unless you suffer from reading comprehension, haven’t actually read most of the posts on this blog like you allude to doing; or just don’t have the mental capacity to wrap your mind around this: the reason we oppose Barack Obama is because he is the least vetted, most inepxerienced, far left, socialist-injected, most undeserving presidential candidate in U.S. history.

It’s a difference in political ideology. Period.

Why can’t people like you get over yourselfs and realize there is only one person in this world (and he is not of this world) can fixed any problems in your life and that’s GOD!

Great…..don’t lift a finger to do a thing in this world….it’s all in God’s hands. That makes sense.

Why can’t you get over your misguided sanctimonious white guilt lecturing to those who don’t care about race, and go take a hard long stare at your own self and ask why you are so obsessed over noticing skin color?

The sad part about it, you people will continue to put his life and his family under a microscope. If he pisses incorrectly you will blog about it.

That’s called “politics”. Do you deny Democrats haven’t done this to Bush for 8 years?

Personally if I was Obama, there is no way in hell I would have wanted to be President of such as racist (hidden racism I might add) as America. The land where the color of your skin does matter.

It only matters to Democrats. Get over it. Quit looking at the world through skin color. It will cease to matter when you quit obsessing over it.

Im also wondering if Scott was an Obama support and thugs were McCain supporters would have felt the need to post this story (which sounds so unreal).

Obama supporters have done that throughout the election. Or do you think only Obama supporters have behaved like thugs?

There are thugs in life, irregardless of political affiliation.

November 7th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Rocky_B
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Does it matter;
It is not a matter of me being over-sensitive, it was a matter of you being insensitive and trying to turn it into a matter of racism.

What in my post did you assumed I was talking about hate crimes or mocking the innocent of Mr. Scotts daughter.

Answer:

I surprised she hasnt been threatened sooner, consider she so small and innocent.
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I’m also assuming the thugs as you called them were black kids, because this is how you people normally characterize people of different race than you, especially blacks.

The former was mocking of his daughter Katy and in the latter you clearly implied that Scott was being racist by his use of the general word “thug”, which has no racial stereotype connected with it. Had Scott used the “N-word”, I would not have come to his defense for you taking him to task for it, on the contrary others and I would have also come down on Scott for stating it. Therefore, I feel you owe Scott an apology.

As to your defense:

I only stated, Scott should be angry with his school board and not the “thugs” he so eloquent described in his post. I never heard of young children riding school buses with older kids, so I’m ASS_uming he lives in a small rural town. If this is the case, the fight should not be take up with the “thugs” but the schoolboard, who allow younger kids to be subjected to the ranting and ravings of older ones.

Perhaps you missed it in your haste to throw fuel on the embers of injustice and transform it into an attack a personal attack on the submitter, but Scott had already mention in post 4 & 6, he had taken appropriate action:

Local police are on it now
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I’ll be talking to the school tomorrow. Gonna stop by even though it’s a teacher’s day.

We fully accept and concede that Obama has defeated McCain. Yet, people like you feel you have a need to rub our noses in it and continue to degrade us. During the campaign, moonbats like you were constantly doing fly-by posts on FA not to debate the issues, but to charge posters supporting McCain-Palin as being; hicks, rubes,:

so I’m ASS_uming he lives in a small rural town.

bigots, racists:

this is how you people normally characterize people of different race than you, especially blacks.
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People really need to look at themselves and (including you) and pose the question, if Barack Obama was a white man, would I have any issue about him winning the election

rednecks, trailer-trash, inbred, racists, etceteras, ad nausium.

The Democratic party’s insistence on transferring their own feelings of racist guilt upon us is unfounded, unwarranted and unappreciated. After all, it has been the Republican Party for the last 150 years that has been the party for Civil Rights:

http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/10/11/democrat-civil-rights-leader-drops-race-card-bomb-on-mccain-palin/#comment-120281
http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/10/11/democrat-civil-rights-leader-drops-race-card-bomb-on-mccain-palin/#comment-120493
http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/10/11/democrat-civil-rights-leader-drops-race-card-bomb-on-mccain-palin/#comment-120508

If you had been following FA, you would find that we who opposed Obama did not do so because of his race, but for his socialist ideologies and radical ties. When the question was posed would we have supported a Colin Powell-Condoliza Rice ticket, the consensus agreed with me; “YES”. Powell’s subsequent endorsement of Obama two days after that question was posed, was a disappointment to many of us.

November 7th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
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We’ll try this again, “do you matter?”… Scott already said he’d be talking to his school officials. Again, had you read the post and ensuing comments before leaping to your keyboard with accusations as :

I’m also assuming the thugs as you called them were black kids, because this is how you people normally characterize people of different race than you, especially blacks.

How “you people’” characterize people of different race??? I do believe you called Scott a racist in “obama-speak”.

I have a few words for you… but this is a PG site, for the most part.

November 7th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Craig
 61Reply to this comment  

Does it matter,

Wow, your last post convinced me that you are black. Why do you hide it? Do you think that it is a flaw? We don’t. We don’t care that your skin color is brown, white, yellow, red, purple or whatever. But we do care though about the stupidities that you write here. Can you see the difference?

November 7th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Scott Malensek
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fyi, Before she went back to school, I called the school as directed. The bus came a few minutes later, and it picked up my daughter. The bus driver really likes Katy, spoke w her, and put her in a new seat. Apparently, it was a girl her age who made the comments (facts are tricky to get from a first grader, but time reveals all). The other little girl was spoken to by the bus driver before picking up Katy. The school also had the little girl go to the principal’s office, got a good talking to, got a red card that she had to take home and get signed, and the parents were spoken to. No more problems. Katy says she’s tired of the whole thing and just wants it all to be done. So it is.

Side note….being the political junkie that I am, and having always been tracking the election of the past 2 years, my 3yr old son came running downstairs yesterday, ran into my office, and said, “Dad! Dad! Barack Obama’s upstairs! He’s on PBS Kids!” Shocked that he could say Barack Obama, I asked him, “Who?!” “Dad! It’s Barack Obama. He’s out new President.”

kids….

My daughter will never know a pre-911 world, and my son will never know a pre-Obama history.

Amazing.

November 8th, 2008 at 8:24 am
ras
 63Reply to this comment  

I recently joined this blog just to hear what is out there and Scott, this one takes a large cake. I aked if this person actually believes Obama supporters did that or perhaps a small group of idiots with misguided behavior. It almost sounded like it was directed at the Obama supporters in general but that is obviously not the case as we are mature adults here. I can see that in many of the participants.
Look, we are a great nation and shall strive to remains so. Please do not forget that our two party system is what brought us here and too actually prefer a one party rule hence forth may backfire. We should change horses every eight to twelve years keeping our core in place.

Obama was sincere in his mission and that purpose got him elected. People felt it was time to trust once again. Recall this is the only candidate that asserted openeness in administration. He will tell the people the hard truth and not play the game for some one sided approval.

November 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Scott Malensek
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ras, this is completely false. Sen McCain pushed for transparency as much or more (recall his pledge to veto any bill that had pork in it and to identify those who were putting in bs spending anonymously; a pledge Congressional Dems made in 06 as well then broke). If Sen Obama will tell Americans the hard truths of the world, I submit that Pres Bush has done that and been labeled a fearmonger. I truly look forward to Pres Obama’s admin, and I do so with a sadistic glee.

November 9th, 2008 at 4:47 am
ras
 65Reply to this comment  

Scott, it is a good first step in asserting you look forward to Obama’s administration. I agree, it will be highly scrutinized for the many apparent reasons and I fully believe he will surprise the nation with a wonderfully positive admin. Yes McCain said transparency a lot but I once was his strongest supporter ten years ago and looked to him to run independently so I could cast my vote for him and not Bush. However the McCain that showed up this time was a different one with too many flip flops on issues that concerned me. He was the real thing that Kerry was accused of. However, Obama caught my eye and I have read extensively about him. I cast my vote for him with hope that the nation will come back around to accepting all who live in this country. It appears we arrived at the point under Bush where we were forced to live by the rules of the right and the influence of the left was looked upon as extreme. I indeed welcome the change and hope you will see change we speak of. At least you have an open ear to him

November 9th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Scott Malensek
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Thanks ras
Foreign policy is my issue, and I’m happy to see that Pres-Elect Obama has in fact done one thing already: he’s killed opposition to success in Iraq.

November 9th, 2008 at 6:18 am
ras
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Killed opposition in Iraq? What the heck are you talking about? Whose opposition? AS far as I know the US continues to be in favor of getting out of there. The opposition to the war continues to be the majority. Success in Iraq has never been difined and could not be difined by either Bushy or McCain. Iraq was indeed overthrown by us, we killed Saddam, we are rebuilding the country and not asking Iraq to help out. Now at what point do you define success. Scott I would really appreciate hearing the answer if by some chance you have heard if defined by someone of authoriy. Please let me know as I would then consider that information into my opinion. That is the issue, every one on the right belives as McCain said: we must leave under the vail of success, What the heck is that, Please tell me so I can support your train of thought. If you have no definition of such try using mine it makes a lot of sense and Obama surely agrees with this.

November 9th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Scott Malensek
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ras, 2yrs ago the Dem base-and many Democrats-DEMANDED an immediate, unconditional retreat from Iraq. Now Pres-elect Obama has said he’ll keep US forces in there for another 16 months or more if needed. Do you really think we’ll see the same kind of demands from a Democratic Congress to make an immediate, unconditional retreat, or even demand a firm timeline? Do you think opposition to the war is still there so as to make the Democrats’ Congress make another series of non-binding resolutions against the war? I don’t. I think most people don’t like the war, but most people prefer success (ie, leaving in such a way so as to not need to invade a 3rd time), and right now…most people DO see Iraq as a success, and are not opposed to an open-ended occupation if it garners that success.

I mean, truly…do you think there’ll be as much protesting against the war in Iraq in 2009 as there was against it in 2007? I don’t. I think that protesting was mostly against Pres Bush, and done mostly by Democrats.

November 9th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Wordsmith
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Success in Iraq has never been difined and could not be difined by either Bushy or McCain.


This war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion.

-President Bush in an address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People, United States Capitol, Washington D.C., September 20, 2001.

I have heard success defined numerous times, since those on your side continually say it isn’t.

“Success will be when al Qaeda no longer has safe haven in Iraq and Iraqis can protect themselves. Success will be when Iraq can support itself economically. Success will be when Iraq is a democracy that can govern itself effectively in response to the will of its people. Success will be when Iraq is a strong and capable ally in the war on terror.”
-President Bush, May 22, 2008 Addressing soldiers at Ft. Bragg

Many people ask, how should we define success? Success in Iraq and Afghanistan is the establishment of peaceful, stable, prosperous, democratic states that pose no threat to neighbors and contribute to the defeat of terrorists. It is the triumph of religious tolerance over violent radicalism.
-John McCain

Still too vague for you, without meeting artificial benchmarks? We’ve met how many now? 15 or 16? (More than today’s Congress has accomplished) Takes time, patience, and a show of resolve and commitment. Success is happening, one step at a time….

Do you not think we are currently on the correct path? That we’re trending in the right direction?

National Strategy for Victory in Iraq

Executive Summary

OUR NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ:
Helping the Iraqi People Defeat the Terrorists and Build an Inclusive Democratic State

  • Victory in Iraq is Defined in Stages
    • Short term, Iraq is making steady progress in fighting terrorists, meeting political milestones, building democratic institutions, and standing up security forces.
    • Medium term, Iraq is in the lead defeating terrorists and providing its own security, with a fully constitutional government in place, and on its way to achieving its economic potential.
    • Longer term, Iraq is peaceful, united, stable, and secure, well integrated into the international community, and a full partner in the global war on terrorism.
  • Victory in Iraq is a Vital U.S. Interest
    • Iraq is the central front in the global war on terror. Failure in Iraq will embolden terrorists and expand their reach; success in Iraq will deal them a decisive and crippling blow.
    • The fate of the greater Middle East — which will have a profound and lasting impact on American security — hangs in the balance.
  • Failure is Not an Option
    • Iraq would become a safe haven from which terrorists could plan attacks against America, American interests abroad, and our allies.
    • Middle East reformers would never again fully trust American assurances of support for democracy and human rights in the region — a historic opportunity lost.
    • The resultant tribal and sectarian chaos would have major consequences for American security and interests in the region.
  • The Enemy Is Diffuse and Sophisticated
    • The enemy is a combination of rejectionists, Saddamists, and terrorists affiliated with or inspired by Al Qaida. Distinct but integrated strategies are required to defeat each element.
    • Each element shares a common short-term objective — to intimidate, terrorize, and tear down — but has separate and incompatible long-term goals.
    • Exploiting these differences within the enemy is a key element of our strategy.
  • Our Strategy for Victory is Clear
    • We will help the Iraqi people build a new Iraq with a constitutional, representative government that respects civil rights and has security forces sufficient to maintain domestic order and keep Iraq from becoming a safe haven for terrorists. To achieve this end, we are pursuing an integrated strategy along three broad tracks, which together incorporate the efforts of the Iraqi government, the Coalition, cooperative countries in the region, the international community, and the United Nations.
  • The Political Track involves working to forge a broadly supported national compact for democratic governance by helping the Iraqi government:
    • Isolate enemy elements from those who can be won over to the political process by countering false propaganda and demonstrating to all Iraqis that they have a stake in a democratic Iraq;
    • Engage those outside the political process and invite in those willing to turn away from violence through ever-expanding avenues of participation; and
    • Build stable, pluralistic, and effective national institutions that can protect the interests of all Iraqis, and facilitate Iraq’s full integration into the international community.
  • The Security Track involves carrying out a campaign to defeat the terrorists and neutralize the insurgency, developing Iraqi security forces, and helping the Iraqi government:
    • Clear areas of enemy control by remaining on the offensive, killing and capturing enemy fighters and denying them safe-haven;
    • Hold areas freed from enemy influence by ensuring that they remain under the control of the Iraqi government with an adequate Iraqi security force presence; and
    • Build Iraqi Security Forces and the capacity of local institutions to deliver services, advance the rule of law, and nurture civil society.
  • The Economic Track involves setting the foundation for a sound and self-sustaining economy by helping the Iraqi government:
    • Restore Iraq’s infrastructure to meet increasing demand and the needs of a growing economy;
    • Reform Iraq’s economy, which in the past has been shaped by war, dictatorship, and sanctions, so that it can be self-sustaining in the future; and
    • Build the capacity of Iraqi institutions to maintain infrastructure, rejoin the international economic community, and improve the general welfare of all Iraqis.
  • This Strategy is Integrated and its Elements are Mutually Reinforcing
    • Progress in each of the political, security, and economic tracks reinforces progress in the other tracks.
    • For instance, as the political process has moved forward, terrorists have become more isolated, leading to more intelligence on security threats from Iraqi citizens, which has led to better security in previously violent areas, a more stable infrastructure, the prospect of economic progress, and expanding political participation.
  • Victory Will Take Time
    • Our strategy is working: Much has been accomplished in Iraq, including the removal of Saddam’s tyranny, negotiation of an interim constitution, restoration of full sovereignty, holding of free national elections, formation of an elected government, drafting of a permanent constitution, ratification of that constitution, introduction of a sound currency, gradual restoration of neglected infrastructure, the ongoing training and equipping of Iraqi security forces, and the increasing capability of those forces to take on the terrorists and secure their nation.
    • Yet many challenges remain: Iraq is overcoming decades of a vicious tyranny, where governmental authority stemmed solely from fear, terror, and brutality.
      • It is not realistic to expect a fully functioning democracy, able to defeat its enemies and peacefully reconcile generational grievances, to be in place less than three years after Saddam was finally removed from power.
    • Our comprehensive strategy will help Iraqis overcome remaining challenges, but defeating the multi-headed enemy in Iraq — and ensuring that it cannot threaten Iraq’s democratic gains once we leave — requires persistent effort across many fronts.
  • Our Victory Strategy Is (and Must Be) Conditions Based
    • With resolve, victory will be achieved, although not by a date certain.
      • No war has ever been won on a timetable and neither will this one.
    • But lack of a timetable does not mean our posture in Iraq (both military and civilian) will remain static over time. As conditions change, our posture will change.
      • We expect, but cannot guarantee, that our force posture will change over the next year, as the political process advances and Iraqi security forces grow and gain experience.
      • While our military presence may become less visible, it will remain lethal and decisive, able to confront the enemy wherever it may organize.
      • Our mission in Iraq is to win the war. Our troops will return home when that mission is complete.

every one on the right belives as McCain said: we must leave under the vail of success, What the heck is that, Please tell me so I can support your train of thought.

The veil- or perception- of success is critical. Just look here:

The leader of a jihadi group in Iraq argued Friday that the election of Barack Obama as president represented a victory for radical Islamic groups that had battled American forces since the invasion of Iraq.

The statement, which experts said was part of the psychological duel with the United States, was included in a 25-minute audiotaped speech by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella organization that claims ties to Al Qaeda.

bin Laden propagandized a Soviet defeat at the Lion’s Den and used it as a recruiting tool for jihadis. The perception or actualization of a hasty American withdrawal on their terms and not ours, would signal that America has once again proved itself a paper tiger with no will to sustain the losses it takes to win wars.

Same thing with Vietnam and Somalia. It’s the perception of defeat that emboldens our enemies.

November 10th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

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