How to make a Republican stutter

[wtmusic]

Ask them why we haven't just had a simple vote in Iraq about whether the US should leave right now.

Democracy, and cognitive dissonance, at its finest.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Is there a precedent for the populace voting

to stay in a war? That would make them stutter even worse. But I can't think of one.

[wtmusic]

11. Civil wars aren't very conducive to conducting elections

but I like this approach for many reasons.

Republicans can't challenge the legitimacy of the election, because they've been crowing how democracy has already taken hold in Iraq, and maintain that the referenda already voted on are valid.

It gives the Republican leadership an out. Iraqis would almost certainly vote for us to leave, and the administration would be able to say, "hey, the people have spoken"--and thus save face when the country degenerates into complete chaos. It may actually help Republicans in the 2006 election if THEY bring up the idea -- that's why it must be proposed by a Democrat.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

17. Solid points, all

[tx_dem41]

2. You would have to ask the Iraqis why they haven't..right? n/t

[bryant69]

3. WOuld provide an interesting response

Of course for some the answer would be easy; them Iraqis is a primative people. They can't be trusted to know whether or not we should be blowing them up.

Bryant
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[blm]

4. heh....I ask: What side were you on when BCCI was being investigated as a

terrorist bank - the side of investigators working to expose the funding of terrorism, or the side of international figures and financiers who wanted the documents regarding terror funding withheld from the public?

[wtmusic]

10. exposing everything is fine by me

Call me an exhibitionist, but I have yet to encounter a situation in politics or foreign policy where the truth isn't best in the long run.

[blm]

16. Me too....show it all. Funny, when I ask GOPs about BCCI, they act like

they know all about it and always answer that they were for the investigation then are shocked to learn it was Kerry doing the investigating, and Bush and his cronies blocking the investigation.

[FreedomAngel82]

19. I've used that one too

And than remind them that Kerry did the investigation. :D

[Canuckistanian]

5. Has the US never had a referendum on anything?

Or even a plebiscite? It seems to me to be one of the only major western countries to have never done such a thing.

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. OR, ask them if they're comfortable with outsourcing fighting terrorists

That's who Bush says "we're" fighting over there. That's who he expects the Iraqi's to "stand up" against so that we can "stand down".

Then ask him how long he's willing to pay taxes supporting them to maintain the same level of effectiveness that the US military has.

[ComerPerro]

7. So, ok, we are "fighting them over there so we don't have to

fight them over here".

Fine.

Are the Republicans ok, then, with using our soldiers as bait?

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. That's the point!

You'll quickly hear the word "insurgents" to which you can ask, "Which is it? Terrorists or insurgents?"

[zbdent]

20. General repukes probably wouldn't be able to get the difference

even with help from three dictionaries . . .

[abluelady]

9. Ask them any question!

It seems to me if you ask a repug a question that doesn't have a talking point answer, they will stutter. Or if after the asking point answer, you ask for an elaboration, they will stutter.

[wtmusic]

12. Even better: an "up or down" vote

they are so predictably fond of that terminology

[iconoclastNYC]

13. I'd ask them if they'd support this war if Bill Clinton started it by

Fixing the facts around the policy of premptive war.

[wtmusic]

14. "Pre-emptive" is a $10 word

for a $5 brain, but any mention of Clinton will certainly induce apoplexy.

[abluelady]

15. Now You're Hitting Below the Belt.

:evilgrin:

[FreedomAngel82]

18. That's a good one!

I like it. :D

[baby_mouse]

21. Yes, very clever. TOO clever.

You damnable intellectual! They'll just get pissed off without really knowing why and then go and vote repeatedly for imaginary Republican presidents in the miniature replica voting station in their front room.