"I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." -- Alan Greenspan (lifelong Republican) - September 2007
"The Republicans in Congress lost their way. They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose." -- Alan Greenspan (lifelong Republican) - September 2007
"Bush's collaborate-don't-confront approach was a major mistake -- it cost the nation a check-and-balance mechanism essential to fiscal discipline." --- Alan Greenspan (lifelong Republican) - September 2007
Date: Sunday Sept 16, 2007
From: TurdBlossom - k_rove@rnc.org
To: Dubya43 - gwb@whitehouse.gov
Cc: Roger - Roger.Ailes@FoxNews.com
Subject: Greenspan
That wizened old goat has spilled the beans! I thought you putting that tin medal round his neck would keep him on board with his fat mouth shut. Nixon was right. You just can't trust these Jews.
We have to deal with this immediately before the media turns it into something big. Even the saps we can normally rely on like Russert and Matthews are fans of Greenspan. And his "wife" works for NBC. So we have to defuse this bomb right now. Take him down.
I've drafted some talking points for Perino and I have copied Roger on this. We can depend on O'Reilly, Hannity and Hume to bury him. Perino will call Rush and Coulter.
Here's what I've got so far.
1) Reagan appointed Greenspan to head the Fed in '87. Reagan was already ga-ga by then.
2) Two months after Greenspan became Chairman of the Fed - we had the Black Monday stock market crash. Coincidence?! Think again.
3) His first marriage was in 1952 and only lasted one year. And then he was a "bachelor" again for FORTY FOUR YEARS. until he married Andrea Mitchell in 1997. From the age of 27 to 71!!! Can we say "Larry Craig"? (Find out if Greenspan ever visited Minneapolis)
4) Greenspan is 81. He's clearly lost it.
5) He wants to sell his book.
6) He's a dirty old man messing about with a younger trophy wife 21 years his junior. (Clear this angle with Fred first)
7) His wife is Jewish AND works for NBC.
Let's go for it!
Karl
You shoulda tightened the noose while you had him! - KR
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Last night on 60 Minutes, Greenspan said he was only in favor of a SINGLE tax cut and not what Bushie and his
gang did.
However, Alan stayed quiet. Hmmmmm!
Now with Greenspan' book it appears he has gotten in front of the BushCo Gang. They can't touch him without hurting the Republican Party and their candidates.
Love it! Rove's tactics coming undone.................
DISGUSTING, BECAUSE, LIKE GEO. TENET AND
NUMEROUS EX-THIS & EX-THATS...IF THEY KNEW
THIS BEFORE, WHY HAVE THEY WAITED UNTIL NOW
TO 'INFORM' US?
WHILE ALL THESE SO-CALLED UPPER-ESCHELON,
PATRIOTS RUB ELBOWS ON THE TALK SHOWS AND
WRITE THEIR MEMOIRS.....3780 TROOPS HAVE
DIED! (MY NEWPHEWS SERVED TOTAL OF 4 TOURS
IN AFGHAN & IRAQ...I DONT WANT THEM GOING
BACK &/OR DYING FOR A BUNCH OF LIES!)
WILL EVERYONE ELSE WHO 'KNOWS SOMETHING'
PLEASE 'COME FORWARD NOW' SO WE CAN GET ON
WITH AMERICA! WE CANT AFFORD THESE TRAITORS
IN OFFICE TO LINE THEIR POCKETS, OR LET THEIR
CLOSE FRIENDS (LIKE RAY HUNT OF HUNT OIL IN
DALLAS, TEXAS) USE INSIDER INFO. TO MAKE SIDE
DEALS WITH THE KURDS FOR IRAQI OIL.
LET'S 'OUT' EVERYONE IN GOVERNMENT WHO NEEDS
TO BE 'OUTTED' OF WHATEVER 'SIN' THEY'RE
INVOLVED IN...BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING
BLACKMAILED FOR THEIR VOTES! WHY ELSE DO
YOU THINK 'HOT-TUB-TOM' (TOM DELAY'S OWN
WORDS) WAS ABLE TO GET ALL THE VOTES HE
NEEDED.....HE TRAMPLED ON EVERYONE'S LITTLE
CONSCIENCE!
GREENSPAN IS NO DIFFERENT (& HE NEEDS THE $$)
WHEN 'W' GETS ON THE SPEAKING CIRCUIT TO
'FILL HIS COFFERS' (AGAIN, HIS OWN WORDS), I
WONDER WHO HE'LL SQUEAL ON? CHENEY?
Who is going to profit? Will the American Treasury Department have funds returned to it?
Or will Ray Hunt and his cohorts take it all to the bank on their deal with the Kurds? Will Exxon reap the rewards in the south of Iraq? Will the money borrowed from China be paid back by the oil revenues in Iraq?
What will the American people realize?
While I do believe we are in Iraq for the oil reserves and the $$, I also believe that as long we think we are there only for oil, we miss the big picture.
Neocons have been trying to position themselves more securely in the region since the end of the cold war. Their ultimate goal is to have a greater presence, a dominance in the region. Sure, it won't hurt that control of the oil reserves is part of the deal, but the real goal here is cultural imperialism, hegemony and all things that power brings, including oil revenues.
Osama bin Laden and his followers understand this, deluded as they are by religiosity; ditto on the neocons and their religiosity. Both the US policies and the actions of Al Qaeda are strategies to prevent the other from gaining that dominance. Both use sanctimonious religiosity toward a guise of freedom..'freedom-fighters'/'freedom seekers'. Both will bring us to the brink of destruction, before compromising that position. Why else blow up the oil wells? The "us~versus~them" mentality challenges each side for that dominance. One is as bad as the other in this stand-off. This is NOT only about the oil and we need a new paradigm at the OK Corral. Neither Alan Greenspan nor your frighteningly satiristic, yet likely scenario is that paradigm.
Thanks, Martin..for your humour and for indulging my not so humourous 'Debbie-Downer'-esque thoughts.
I agree with you about the neocon dream of US domination of Eurasian resources, which in effect *is* a cold war mindset. The US must control the region to prevent potential enemies of the state from doing so, be that Russia, Iran, etc. This mindset somehow justifies the establishment of a permanent military presence in the region. Rebuilding Iraqi airbases further strengthens the "necklace," or American military presence, stretching from Europe to the Asian Pacific. Any nation that attempts to stand up to the US strategy to maintain control of the regions' resources will find itself imperiled.
Crazy mo-fos.
Oh, BTW: Does anyone remember that we had a SURPLUS when Bush took over from Clinton?
They want to give us their oil, they can't wait to sign away all the future profits on it.
In the ultra-safe streets of Baghdad, where John McCain proved any American can fearlessly go shopping, its stunningly clear that Bush's well-thought-out strategy for the Middle East is 'accomplishing its mission'.
Never has a more successful Crusade defined a Presidency!
Oil? Hah! You've got to be kidding! Who said anything about oil?
This is about Freedom, and about the Vision of the Founding Fathers of our Christian Nation!
The liberated women of Iraq can't wait to exercise their political freedoms!
We will now rename every "Martin Luther King" Blvd in America to
"George W Bush" Blvd.
History will celebrate the genius of the first President to be chosen by God!
Beam me up, beam me up NOW, Hunter S.!!!!!!
Go back to the Axis of Evil speech.
NO DUH!
These Neo-Conquers TOLD us all.
By their own MOUTH.
And with every Armageddon Crusader backing their play.
We didn’t listen. Never in America!
Really?
According to Rumsfeld we are talking 10 MILLION DEATHS if a full-scale nuclear attack is lunched.
WE did this!
If you remember BUSH has already authorized any necessary action against IRAN to protect American troops.
Sorry, that is standing orders for ANY OFFICER in the military of the United States.
Why be soooooo specific?
Why did Iraq fall apart?
Why no international peace initiative?
Why didn’t the reconciliation process start 4 years ago?
Doubt me?
WATCH!
All the best
Knute
Now we got a guy with Bern in his name.
Wonder what'll happen now?