Looks like NBC is screening these comments to try to back up their own bias. When I post as a liberal, my message gets posted. When I post as a conservative, especially from the South, my comments are never posted. What's going on?

While I agree outside of Senator Feingold, the Democrats have shown no backbone, what's even more disturbing is the lack of guts by the media to get tough with the President.The President stated the Democrat's don't want to use all the tools to protect Americans.No Democrat is saying don't use all the tools!All they are saying is FOLLOW THE LAW!!!!!The media stood by and let him get away with that crap! We have a Constitution and we have FISA laws which this President seems to say he doesn't have to follow!Is anyone in the media going to take on the President when he misleads and spins his web of disinformation during a press conference?If your afraid to do your job, retire and write books.
Don Iodice
Woodbridge,NJ

We are a nation at war! I have served in Iraq and Afghanistain. If we do not defeat the terriorist in there own backyard they will be in ours. 99% of population of both Iraq and Afghanistain are very happy we are there. The 1% would like to kill you, me and any other American.Yes we pay a price, my unit lost 7 in Iraq and 13 in Afghanistain and over 100 wounded. The President has and is doing a good job. If you don't like him that's up to you, just be glad you are in a country where you have a choice!

Censuredo you even know of what you speak? I doubt it. Americans as a whole cant tell you how this Government works. But let them hear anything negative about the current administration and ohh boy the idiots come out of the woodwork screaming.. The news media does a great job of keeping them ignorant also. they feed them negative and more negative news and Amiercians are like the dogs in Pavloves (sp) theory. they eat it up when the news bell rings. They are to stupid as a whole to do reaserch and find the real answer it is easier to watch the boob toob and be fat dumb and happy.

Once again the American public has shown just how stupid they are. They believe on a whole 90%of what they see on CNN, CBS, ABC and NBC. They are lazy they dont know how their government works. They have no idea who actually spends their tax money. They see on the news that the Presidents Budget is spending $$$$ and they believe it. He recommends a budget to Congress they screw with it add riders that the news media never tells you about, and if they do the added money is looked at as a blessing. It was not money that came from the original budget. On Iraq yes the media is aiding and abetting the isurgents or the terrorist what ever the political correct name is today. They want their story told and by God the news media is going to show it. If it is bad for Amercian you can begt your last dollar that CNN and the rest will be there.

In other words just because the media reports all the bad news it doesn't really occur in the first place right? The media reported good news when Dubya said the war was over 3 years ago too. Fox news never has anything positive to say about the Iraq war either and they are the most slanted to the Prez network.

I,D like to say we have a great President how much he,s doon for GOD and country but I FOR ONE CAN,T I'VE lived a while right here in this country I'M AN AMERICN I have family friend's I've meet alot of pepole in my time talked about how we were going to make it rich have a good life the thing,s all americns talk about But when bush got in office the talk changed I don't mean in a small way but big one everyone know's it's true here we are thing's are hapening but all I see down here is thing's getting worse for the americn. Or all this is a bad dream.

Has anyone read the Zogby poll stating that only 30 percent of troops statined in Iraq approve of the president's handling of war. Considering that 75 percent of military voted for Bush's reelection, what does that say now? Is anyone else concerned that the "boots on the ground" have concerns over the way the war is being fought? This is their Commander in Chief, something is terribly wrong for Bush to loose their support.

By the way, if you think I am a liberal, I have two in uniform now.

Comments seemed to be about equally divided for and against der fuhrer. That is sad. After five years we still have half the people unable to think logically.
They are unable to read and understand that bush and co. are stealing our country blind. What would it take for those with such limited intellect to get it?
Don't bother sending any comments claiming I'm not patriotic- I served 20 years in our Navy- that gives me the right to speak out against those attacking my country and I mean bush and co.

Why are you people still arguing the same issues over and over? Give it up. The buffoon will be in office until, what, Febuary 2009? I resigned myself (similar to resolve) to accept whatever damage Bush would and will do and hope that the mess can be cleaned up in my lifetime.

There isn't any other option unless the opposition wants to take up arms, per our Second Amendment rights, and kick the jerk out of office. I don't see that happening so buck up and deal with it and quit whining, both sides, and start working towards a solution.

Since we are in the business of spreading "Democracy" and helping only specific countries to have "better" lives, is it possible that we can bring water to Kenya where women and children die hourly? How about spreading "Democracy" in the Darfur region. I believe that "Democracy" will never get to certain areas where there are too many people of color; where there is so much poverty and especially because they have no oil!
I am still trying to figure out 3 years later, where is the information on the Iraqis involved with 9/11 and why are we fighting and killing so many innocent US military personnel, men, women, children, in order to 'protect our freedom'. I find it very difficult to believe why so many Americans continue to believe the rhetoric, spin and outright lies about this war.

Finally, Bush answered more clearly and forcefully.
The White House press corps also seem to "stay the course" in their questioning. Helen asks why we went to war? Aren't we beyond that yet?
Are there any positives?

As a flag-waving, tear-in-eye, proud citizen of the United States of America, it saddens me when my President approaches a news conference in such a manner as he did today. What's up with the attempt at insider jokes? and references to who knows what? I want to see a leader with dignity, respect for all citizens(even the press)and some sign that our country is in capable hands. It seems we have indeed gotten into a situation that will go well beyond the next 3 years and affect my children and grandchildren. It also seems to me the terrorists have accomplished their mission. I feel like I did when as a little girl, I watched the Civil Defense warnings on TV showing what to do if an atom bomb were to go off in the neighborhood. Where are our shelters now? On the other hand, there is hope, and we must be active in our local, state and federal government. Acknowledge the facts honestly, debate, brainstorm and listen with respect to all peoples, find common ground and march forward. Each comment that I just read tonight has its merits and I feel I know so many of you. Our future is watching. Let's set a good example of democracy for the next generation of world citizens!!!!!!! PS. Did the White House staff watch The West Wing this week???

I suggest all Americans read the cover story in this week's Weekly Standard by journalist Stephen Hayes. It details the many connections that Saddam's regime had with international terrorism including Al Qaeda. It's about time the truth is being reported about how dangerous Saddam was to the security of the world. This is a necessary war and all the criticism regarding the war plan is Monday morning quarterbacking. The deployment of more troops etc. would not have guaranteed the defeat of the insurgency. Stay the course and support this President.

The United States cannot afford to ignore the voices and sentiments of the many countries that oppose the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, and our continued military presence in most other nations. The past three years show that unilateral militarism, with disregard for others, leads to isolation and failure.

Not many years ago, our leaders spoke of the U.S. as "leader of the free world." Today we have alienated our sisters and brothers, invaded Iraq in the name of "pre-emptive war" and are building permanent bases to secure our strategic control in the region. This seems more like 19th-century gunboat diplomacy than leading anyone in the 21st century.

The Bush administration has requested an additional $72 billion to fund the Iraq war and the failed policies of global domination it represents. It is time for our senators and representatives from Washington state, as well as all of us as citizens, to reject further funding for the Iraq war and other military operations, insist we bring our military home from the far reaches of the globe, and demand that we begin rebuilding relationships with our fellow humans.

I think we can gain some clarity by examining one thing at a time. Why does Bush call the Iraqis who are shooting at US troops "terrorists"? We invaded a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. Was it because it was a dictatorship? Well,isn't that what Saudi Arabia is? It is not a democracy. Why not invade Saudi Arabi. That's where the 9/ll terrorists came from? Large numbers of Iraqis support shooting at US troops. An overwhelming majority (70% or higher) want the US out. These people are not terrorists, any more than our Minutemen were terrorists for shooting at the British in the Revolution. But I am sure King George called them "terrorists" too. So, the real question is: Why is Bush calling them terrorists? The answer is simple: It's cover for sitting on the Iraqi oil. And oil is good for the Bushes and the Cheneys.

For the gentleman who said no one from NYC replied... I live in Soho, around the corner from the first fire department to respond on 9/11. My neighbors stood on our roof and watched the towers burn, while breathing the ash in the air. And you know what- every single one of them is against this administration and against this war. WHy? because while we were "shocking and awe"-ing Baghdad and its innocent civilians, OBL was having a cocktail and laughing that yes, he could attack the almighty USA and would never be brought to justice for it.

GWB has killed 2,300 Americans so far- I wonder if he thinks of them and their families when he waxes on about the 3,000 killed on 9/11 (which he has usurped as his own, when he had nothing to do with it and the only leader who should EVER invoke 9/11 is Rudy Guiliani because he walked across the bridge with our city in its hour of need).

And since we're on the subject... let's note that NY, CT, NJ, MA, PA- all the states who REALLY were effected by 9/11, the ones from these supposedly "out of touch" liberal blue corner of America- they are the ones who were surviving and dying in the terror attacks, while the red state voters watched it at home on television. ALL of those states voted against Bush in 2004, and most of them in overwhelming majority. NYC was above 80%.

I think it's disgustingly hypocritical for Red Staters to say the Blue States - like NY and PA!- don't understand the war on terror.Talk to me when you've lived through an attack- although perhaps this is why so many people are against the war, because we have firsthand knowledge of what it feels like to watch a bomb go off in your city.. and we only had to face it for one day.

The only thing we're doing in Iraq is creating a whole generation of children who are going to hate the US for destroying their country and killing their people. It's just a shame the entire country has to pay for one man's shortsightedness, arrogance, and stupidity.

Americans today wonder if our government spies on us. We question if it will protect us. We doubt that it represents us. After the NSA Wiretap disclosures, the Katrina fiasco, and the Abramoff scandals, who can we count on? Bush/Cheney, Delay/Ney, Alito/Scalia? Absolutely not. Social Security, FEMA, the FBI? Certainly not. So, what went wrong?
Like the Pogo character said, we've met the enemy and he is us. We should all be ashamed of ourselves for letting the pigs run the farm. We've allowed the work of Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln to be trampled in the mud of the Potomac, and we've turned the whitehouse into a whorehouse.
Get it back.

I was thrilled to see such a bad moment by President Bush -- taking off his gloves to bash an old woman journalist--while asking very good questions about a war that the President created. I am even more disheartened by CNN.com for removing their video coverage of such a indigent display of his arrogant behavior in front of a worldwide audience, displaying the fact that our Liberty in America has been robbed away for the efforts of right wing conspiracy objectives ... to counter our voice of Democracy right in America. If the proof of the past two elections (selections) were not enough for you, then look at the way he handles himself to the media. My gawd, what will this president to do the world in the next 3 years?

I strongly agree with Enrique about the opportunity costs of the war. While we are mired in an endless quagmire with an eventual cost of over $2 trillion, all of our domestic problems are being neglected.

Our economy is being hollowed out, and our productive assets are coming under foreign control. Middle class employment opportunities are being decimated. The way things are going, the Chinese will be our landlords and overseers in the near future.

We we are failing to prepare for imminent chronic oil shortages that could push our society into depression and chaos. Little is being done about the biggest terrorist threat of all, Russian "Loose Nukes", and the danger of an accidental nuclear war is greater than ever.

Feingold's call for censure seems to be a bad idea only inside the Beltway. The POTUS is not above the law he broke - some accountability is required. With respect to the war, thanks for the reporting MSNBC. It's clear that Bush and Co. have the very long term in their sights. When the military builds itself towns with car dealerships, extension universities and swimming pools, you know this engagement has longer legs than a herd of giraffes. Be prepared for $5 trillion, America.

I love the bush apologists here. I don't know why I also ought to be surprised bush still has any apologists, but I need to remember poor george does manage a 36% approval rating, so I suppose they have to pop up someplace. Personally, I agree with every word Col. Jack Jacobs has written. And while it's kind of enjoyable to see what many Americans have been saying all along about george--about his being not much besides a coardly, opportunistic liar--become too obvious even many staunch republicans to ignore, it is not fun to see people dying nor the rest of our domestic and international messes this incompetent has made and will leave for generations to clean up. I can only hope in the long run by our incurious george experience we have learned lessons we won't repeat again--lessons which have much to do with the dangers of valueing partisanship over simple right-and-wrong.

For Starters I am an independant voter, party ideology is really a dead horse. This president has to go down as one of the worst this country has ever had. Unflexible, secretive, manupulative, and stubborn. He has created a quagmire in Iraq and he refuses to accept responsability and face the reality of what is happening. As an American, I have seen our image as the cream of the crop of the world, tainted by this administration's mistakes and ineptitude. I can only wait for three long years of this garbage, before we can get fresh ideas that no only benefit the elite classes of this country, but the whole planet. As the only major power in the world we have a duty to lead in the path of peace and success, instead of war and enemity. There goes all that party ideology down the drain.

Bob, Count me in. I am so dismayed and disheartened with the Dems. If they are afraid to stand up and be counted on this issue, why should anyone believe they will stand up against the terrorists? The Dems need a reality check.

Stalin Said "if you control the media you controll the people." The Presidential elections gave me hope that some people can think for themselves. I have a friend that just returned from fighting in Iraq. He told me how they could not stand to listen to our media. According to him It is the media that is being deceptive. Over 75% of the Military serving overseas voted for Bush, according to the New York Times (small print and not the cover story of course). That should speak for who is right, Bush of the Media.