Day: June 9, 2015

Rumsfeld Now Claims He wWas Against Iraq War

Buck Banks

I’m not one who thinks that our particular template of democracy is appropriate for other countries at every moment of their histories. The idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me unrealistic. I was concerned about it when I first heard those words.

— Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, telling the Times of London “that efforts to oust Saddam Hussein and replace his tyrannical regime with democracy were unworkable, and that he had concerns about the plan from the beginning.”

One Is Enough for Santorum

Buck Banks

1

Number of Iowans who showed up to Rick Santorum’s 2 p.m. campaign stop at a restaurant in Hamlin, Iowa, Monday, the Des Moines Register reports. In a previous stop he drew just 10 people. Said Santorum: “It’s not glamorous, and you’re not out there raising money, but you’re doing what the money is ultimately supposed to do — getting votes. This is a lot more fun than being on the phone raising money.”

Public Wants Supremes to Leave Obamacare Alone

Buck Banks

55% to 38%

Margin by which more people say the Supreme Court should not take action to block federal subsidies in states that didn’t set up their own exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. “Public opinion on providing subsidies splits in predictably partisan ways — but not overwhelmingly so. Nearly two-thirds of Democrats (65 percent) say the court should not take action to block health insurance subsidies. Fifty-five percent of Republicans say the court should rule against the subsidies. Independents side with keeping subsidies, 57 percent to 36 percent.”