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Ed Cox Interview
By Matt Margolis | August 30, 2005
My friend Scott Sala recently had the opportunity to conduct a one-on-one interview with Ed Cox, who is considering a run for Hillary’s Senate seat in New York. Check it out.
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August 30th, 2005 at 1:40 pm
[comment removed… enough with the cutting and pasting.. -M.M.]
August 30th, 2005 at 2:18 pm
Everyone knows that I am a Democrat. However, I don’t believe that you have to fight in Iraq to be in support of the war. Support is different from participation. You can support the war and the troops from here by sending packages to troops, for example.
So, they’re two different things. And being supportive doesn’t necessarily mean you have to participate. Mike, we have to be careful when we criticize. If we go too far, no one will take us seriously!
August 30th, 2005 at 4:39 pm
This is an absurd question because you have to question the motive of the asker. What if Matt answers yes? What if he answers no? What’s the point?
When I was in college during Gulf War I I was posed the question of would I go? That was in context of a draft, which was being bantered about (prob by Dems). I said yes.
I did not join, though almost did in High School, though it may have been more of a Top Gun effect than wanting to fight in a war. In high school there was no concept of war except Vietnam long ago.
But the point is, even if 100K citizens lined up and said send me to Iraq because we want to fight, we wouldn’t necessarily go. It is a military/presidential decision.
It seems we don’t have a huge need for more enlistments, though some are alwasy welcome. But if I was younger, and the President said to the nation he needed more men, then yes, I’d consider.
August 30th, 2005 at 4:47 pm
qt
point well taken-but I have yet to read anything specific from Matt, be they care packages or enlisting, of how Matt who hosts this Blog and supports Bush, how he himself feels about the WAR in Iraq or even supports the War in Iraq and if so how far do his efforts reach.If they do. C’mon talk in specifics. Do you support the War in Iraq? Would you put your own life on the line if you do support the War? If you do or you don’t-or if you will or you won’t not then just say so. The only reason one wouldn’t answer that question is out of fear of what someone else might think. Its not like were asking him to give up his life by answering the questions are we? Seriously what is wrong with a least standing up and giving straight out forward answers?
Also qt,
I’m not sure how you feel about the WAR? But if you are hosting a site backing a President who started this WAR and asking people to give up their lives for that cause don’t you feel you have a responsibility to them be they volunteers or not. Some of the men and women in the service joined before their was WAR not all of them expected to be sent to WAR. They had to go because they signed a contract. All I am asking is if it Matt knowing what he knows now If he would sign that same military contract other men and women have done. If not then just say so. And then tell us if you feel you should at least do something in support of your view point and your president. Or if youare doing something already then tell us what it is.
Or If you would sign up to enlist then great.
mike
August 30th, 2005 at 5:00 pm
[comment removed… enough with the cutting and pasting.. -M.M.]
August 30th, 2005 at 6:11 pm
I hope Hillary does run for president and I think she will. It would be pretty nasty to New York if she ran for her New York seat again and then ran for President two years later. She is a well know socialist. She has too many sound bites and too much history to escape it.
I just wish that Condi Rice would run against her. She’s the REAL smartest woman in politics.
August 30th, 2005 at 6:44 pm
http://www.dodccrp.org/html2/iamwg_04.html
August 30th, 2005 at 9:06 pm
Mike. I’ve answered you enough times already. Also, stop trying to post the same shit in every damn post. I will kick you off if you keep doing that.
August 30th, 2005 at 10:02 pm
ah people worried about clinton, i guess you cant see the writing on the wall pertaining to clinton. its going to be a sweet victory when the rep. get thier asses handed to them on a silver platter this coming mid term elections. and they wont be able to bring bush along to support them on the campain trail.
also i would like to ask cheney what has changed since 91, when he admited that over throwing sadam would turn the country into a quagmire.
take a listen from his pathtic mouth
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/cheney-quagmire-Iraq.mov
so tell us what has changed.
don
August 30th, 2005 at 10:21 pm
Don - Saddam is in Jail, We have 150,000 troops in Iraq, Libya has admitted they were working on WMD and abandoned them, Syria has withdrawn frm Lebanon, Isreal has withdrawn from Gaza, we have withdrawn from Saudi Arabia (so we no longer have to kiss their asses to get permission to move troops), and though the Sunnis - who made up the Baath Party and Saddams power base may not like it - there will be a constitution and a new government in Iraq.
Oh - and you graduated 8th Grade, High School, and are currently a junior at Columbia.
August 30th, 2005 at 10:35 pm
wow kahn, words from a mature adult. again when given a question, that you cant answer. all you know how to do is trash. 8th grade. boy thanks for speaking so highly of me, it was really 4th, but whos counting. cause im a dumb ass and cant. cause you know im in 4th grade.
YOU STILL HAVENT ANSWERED THE QUESTION ABOUT YOUR MAN CHENEY. and i assume you wont, all you will do is trash me,..
so WHAT has changed. its still a quagmire, even if they wont admit
don
August 30th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
You asked what has changed - I told you. Guess I was wrong about 8th grade - most of them can read.
August 30th, 2005 at 10:41 pm
first off im TALKING about before we went in, and with all those stupid points, only one pertained to iraq. as i thought when confronted with a subject that you can debate, you like to throw in pointless crap.
hell why dont you say the yankees won another world series. hell that has changed
let me continue, before we went into iraq, all the points you brought up were not like that. you bring up stuff that has HAPPEN after the fact.
so tell me oh mighty one KAHN, what changed BEFORE we went into iraq, that would of proven that it wouldnt of been a quagmire, just like cheney said. so did you take a listen to it.
and third, 10 years from now we will still be there, cause first and for most thiers OIL in them hills. and that is the only reason we are over there. and for you to talk about for the good of the people is just plain ol crap. while we were to busy with trying to control the oil in and around iraq,
we remained quite while the biggest human faluire happened. 200 billion spent in IRAQ
and south africa well niger is straving to death, Severe drought and locust invasion has left 3.6 m people short of food with alarming rates (13.4%) of acute malnutrition and 60.2 percent of children showing signs of stunting.
and we sat around and let it happen, cause you know we had to get rid of the big bad man saddam.
so trash away kahn
don
August 30th, 2005 at 10:52 pm
People who have actually been to Iraq in the military agree that we won the first part of the war and are winning this part of the war. I posted this link above. Since most of them are conservative - you liberals don’t really do that very often. Instead you rely on Michael (never met a donut he didn’t like) Moore for your information. But Moore is an expert propagandist with extreme left wing views.
http://www.dodccrp.org/html2/iamwg_04.html
Read the power point on terrorism. We are facing a determined enemy who has chosen a war based on terrorist principles. It is designed to sap the will of their enemy (us).
You liberals, in your blind hatred of G.W. Bush (which predates the war and 9/11) are letting them use you to advance their goals. You HATE Bush. You HATE Christians. You HATE conservatives. You HATE the military. So, you in effect ally yourselves with Al Queda in Iraq to help defeat the United States by withholding support of our troops and actions there. Don’t you think that Al-Queda loves Cindy Sheean even more that you do? Look beyond Bush. We need to change the region to change the culture that finds terrorism acceptable. You can’t do that from afar - you need to go in and kill people and break things. You need to make the states that sponsor terror realize the dire costs of attacking us. Instead - you people help them.
You should be ashamed. Want to do something useful? Join the Red Cross or the Salvation Army and help the people on the Gulf Coast.
Hate is not a family virtue. It is no coincidence that Conservites give to charities at a much higher rate than liberals.
August 30th, 2005 at 10:57 pm
oh good christian would allow millions of kids starve to death, while we want to control the worlds oil. and talk about cut and paste kahn. you can tell when you cut and paste kahn. its when you use perfect grammer and spelling. comeon kahn, speak your mind and not spew trash..
and first of all im jewish and to say i hate christians, is wrong and you will have god to answer to for your words. hate filled if i ever saw them. and who says im getting my views from moore.
there again, you know every thing. must be the name, cause its super cool.
and may i ask what they hell was that link for kahn, boy are you losing it. propaganda from the right. i know you can do better than that. it had nothing to do with what we are talking about
and to say we are helping the terroist by voicing are views, is a load of crap. i thought as bushe said the way to defeat the enemey is by spreading freedom. AND THAT INCLUDES FREEDOM OF SPEECH. or is he full of crap.
don
August 30th, 2005 at 11:29 pm
After having explained it to you, and seeing you still act this way, I can only assume that you are a traitor and not only stupid as I assumed.
What propaganda? A military think tank? What “millions” of kids? You post nothing of consequence (Mike). You get disproven in one thing and move on to other random unrelated item. This is not the act of an amatuer. You are here as a professional liberal operative to disrupt this site. This is a technique that liberal operatives get at anti-conservatives seminar. Never answer anything. If the conservatives gets to you, change the subject.
I wouldn’t be surprised that if Matt traced the IP adresses for your posts and Mikes they will be the same address. Who ya work for?
August 30th, 2005 at 11:55 pm
HI Kahn
I just read your note. Don is “don”. Matt can verify. ( it will be his first straight answer yet)If you read my postings I actually spoke up and stood up on your behalf. I do not know who Don is but your argument is with him. I live in NYC. Just thought you should know who’s who. And I agree with you about the “helping” comment or joining the Red Cross. Doing something for someone else or for a cause you believe in. Something I wish Matt would do.
Just here to clarify. By the way Kahn you’re friends with Matt right? Can you ask him “why he won’t fight like you did for something he says he supports? And ask him also “What he is doing specifically as he put it to “fight the Anti-american fight” and if he thinks his efforts are just as brave as those who are putting their life on the line serving in Iraq. I think you might to a better job trying to get him to be more specific with his answers. Thanks
mike
August 31st, 2005 at 12:16 am
Here Mikie…
http://www.iwo.com/sound.htm
August 31st, 2005 at 12:26 am
Never met Matt. I found this site last year when I did a google seach on “John Kerry is an asshole”. Which he is by the way.
But your argument is crap. We have a professional volunteer military who HAS chosen to be there. They are re-enlisting at record numbers AFTER going to Iraq. So think about it. They have seen with their own eyes - and they say we are winning and they are re-enlisting, and they are volunteering to go back. So - who’s full of crap? Could it be that the mainstream media is slanting the news because they hate Bush so much? According to them, the reality we can prove - who is re-enlisting and volunteering to go CAN’t be true.
Ever hear of the scientific method?
Hypothesis: Iraq is a quagmire so troops are getting out and trying not to go.
Experiment: Measure re-enlistment rates among service members who have served in Iraq. And examine incidents where service people volunteer to go back.
Result: Re-enlistments among Iraq veterans is VERY high and re-volunteer rates high
Conclusion: Hypothesis was wrong.
August 31st, 2005 at 9:04 am
Good morning group, i do hope this morning we all took our medication. you know it always baffels me that some how on the right, they want to say anyone that disagrees with them, is some how some fanatic group, that we are getting news that is slanted.
oh ya the what make your news source so much better. that you are right and we are freakin crazy. i just dont get it.
and another thing kahn, you might want to let the DOD know about these numbers, cause by their own admission, they are so far behind in people joining and reenlisting. and this info is coming from them, not moore or what you like to say the mainstream media that just HATES bush. heck they even had to shut down recruiting for a day so they can be retrained in the RIGHT way of doing stuff. from thier own mouths they even state that there is a real problem with the readiness of the armed forces.
don
August 31st, 2005 at 4:55 pm
Don - I notice you post no links to back up your claim. But - yes, NEW recruitment is down, for the Army. Marines join because there IS a fight - yes?
But - re-enlistments for troops that have served in Iraq and Afghanistan are up. Point? New recruits don’t know the truth because they listen to the liberal press. Troops that have been there know that the press is full of crap. By the way, they’d always heard that the press had lost Viet Nam - now they believe it.
So, no insults. Is there a fault in my logic someplace?