Comments on Advance Indiana™: Investor's Business Daily Knocks Obama's Reliance On Lugar

Geez my favorite publication is doing Political ne...

2008-07-22T03:10:00.000-05:00

Geez my favorite publication is doing Political news! Yuck they may turn into the Wall Street Journal! VBG Some humor on the blog is a good thing! <:

Richard Lugar had no problem being in the ad, and,...

2008-07-21T21:15:00.000-05:00

Richard Lugar had no problem being in the ad, and, when asked about it by a local news station, he said the ad was "accurate."

Personally, I think it's sad that conservatives are turning on statesmen like Richard Lugar and Chuck Hagel. By the way, Lugar is a solid conservative and his voting record shows it.

Before everyone speaks for Lugar, maybe we shoul...

2008-07-21T13:08:00.000-05:00

Before everyone speaks for Lugar, maybe we should wait for him to speak. He has been much closer to Obams´s position than the one of George Bush or his clone John McCai.

Excuse me, but I'm not the one attacking Lugar her...

2008-07-21T10:46:00.000-05:00

Excuse me, but I'm not the one attacking Lugar here; it's the editorial by Investor's Daily Business. I'm irked, however, that Lugar is intentionally allowing Obama to use him to overstate his contribution on reducing Russian nuclear missiles. Lugar knows this is a complete exaggeration of the facts, but he despises John McCain like many of his Republican colleagues in the Senate and so he allows him to do it. Lugar's problems with his GOP colleagues can be traced back to his unsuccessful efforts to win a GOP leadership position. He's been rebuffed a couple of times and he holds grudges against many of his GOP colleagues for not supporting him. Sometimes, Lugar goes out of his way to stick a needle in his GOP colleagues' eyes. This is another example of it.

Lugar's misjudgements on Iraq? Are you kidding me...

2008-07-21T09:21:00.000-05:00

Lugar's misjudgements on Iraq? Are you kidding me? The surge "worked" in that 40,000 more US troops were there to keep order. But those troops can't stay indefinitely (unless McCain is in charge) and once the drawdown happens, violence will erupt once more.

Gary, do you and your Republican friends propose that if the above happened (US troops begin coming home but Iraq is swarmed by insurgents again), then the US should have another surge?

If the final result will be the same regardless of our actions, why murder more American troops in the process? We already know McCain sees this as a Korea-like committment (50+ years so far) whereas Obama wants out within 16 months of taking office (a timeline the Iraqi government agrees with).

Attacking Lugar isn't going to win you this election, thank god.