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au1929 wrote:That said the piece in question is based upon Bush's actions and demeanor and is the impression that the author and many others have of our fearless leader. Fearless when he is out of harms way. While it is true you can't judge a book by it's cover you can when you open it up and read it. Bush is an open book.
I did not get that impression, but I'll give it another read. Perhaps I skimmed it too quickly.
tres, You must learn to read between the lines. When Bushie talks about anything, the details are missing. Economic Stimulus Package: Permanent tax cuts? Can't you see the problem with this? Iraq: What happens after the war? For how long? Who is going to occupy Iraq, and who's going to pay? Come on, tres, you're a pretty smart guy. c.i.
NPR this morning had a story about how WWI, WWII, Korea and Viet Nam had Presidental deception to get into the war. I find it hard to believe that the deceptions were known at the time. Antother thing Bush is inept at - the art of deception!
Get rid of the Bum!!!!!!!!!!!
Bush is in Jacksonville FL today speaking at a Naval base.
The last time he was in Jacksonville was Sept. 11th, 2001.
Keep your head down and your duct tape close by.
ci - I see the problems in the things you mention. I don't necessarily agree that Bush does them. Your comments focus on the idea that Bush doesn't give us evidence that he is planning ahead. I think that's a worthwhile premise to explore, and while I might not agree with the author, I would recognize the value of discussing those points, his opinion. In this case, the author seemed to me to be fantasizing about what Bush thinks and feels, and I simply see nothing useful in that exercise. (But then we can't all like everything, right?)
No mystery as to what Bush thinks and feels. He vocalizes on it on a daily basis. I don't think there is much more to a person who too obvioulsy has the depth of a puddle in the street. He's now flaunting the law of attrition. He's become an old LP record with a bad scratch in it.
tres, Can you identify how many reasons Bush gave for starting this war with Iraq? I could name three. How about you? c.i.
I feel very cheered by the millions of people across the globe who expressed their opinions with their feet, in the cold, in the face of authority's opposition.
I am still concerned however, when I read this:
Bush can't go forward and he can't go back. If he presses ahead with the invasion it will galvanize world opinion against the United States. If he retreats, his own people will have him tarred and feathered. He's not the most stable guy. This situation is ripe for a major blunder. In football terms, since Bush can't establish the running game, he may throw long to get himself out of his own end zone. He's taken risks before, and it's likely that there's already some plan in place ... some 'Gulf of Tonkin' incident that just needs his nod of approval.
People do not want a messy war. Add to the number of people who don't want a clean war the number of people who hope for a quick and easy resolution of what they are calling "the Iraq matter".
Bush is cornered.
The problem is that people with the mentality of Bush when cornered lash out. Reason if they have any disappears.
So, when huge numbers of people turn out against something, at some cost to themselves, in an effort to signal to their State bureaucracy that they really, really don't like what it's doing --- well, you'd think it would give conservatives of a certain stripe some pause. After all, people aren't stupid. And it takes a lot to get them annoyed enough to join a protest march. And the strengths of both democracy and the market are rooted in disaggregated decision-making, right?
But this hasn't been their reaction. Instead, it's made many of them retreat into a more atavistic, essentially pre-modern form of conservativism. The kind that regards the people as ignorant dupes who don't know what's good for them. The kind that's contemptuous of the masses and snickers at their poorly-articulated convictions. The kind that, when faced with popular dissent, assumes that the dissenters must ipso facto not truly be Of The People.
This arrogant contempt of the electorate cannot be part of the mindset of any who seek to govern me.
PDid, Bush is between a rock and a hard place. I'd rather see this guy in prison where he can't endanger people's lives.
c.i.
Have you ever noticed, ironically, that the folks who spend so much time talking about "responsibility" are usually the first to try to pass the buck?
Of course, if your entire worldview is based around the demonizing of liberals and claiming that they're behind everything that's wrong, that makes the shirking of responsibility a pretty easy thing to do. Nothing is your fault. It's all the fault of liberals even if you control all three branches of government.
Yes, I have been enjoying watching Tucker Carlson blame Jimmy Carter for creating terrorism and Lyndon Johnson for causing teen pregnancy while acting shocked and dismayed that anyone would dream of pointing out that Ronald Reagan sold Saddam anthrax, George Sr. told the Iraqis to go pound sand after the last war there or that Junior has singlehandedly and in record time turned the economy into a fair imitation of an oversized Argentina.
Of course, Clinton's magnificent member is the fundamental reason for every problem remaining or arising and no one disputes that. But, still...
This is the same look my nephews used to make when they got creamed peas instead of ice cream...
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Quote:Have you ever noticed, ironically, that the folks who spend so much time talking about "responsibility" are usually the first to try to pass the buck?
I will disagree just a little here, liberals call for "responsibility", conservatives call for "accountability".
Responsibility empowers the person to do right. Accountability is a conservative job creation program for prisons, judges and lawyers!
Quote:Clinton's magnificent member!
Gotta love it, they're just jealous!
PDid, To associate your nephews in any way with GWBush is an insult to your nephews.
c.i.
PDiddie wrote:This arrogant contempt of the electorate cannot be part of the mindset of any who seek to govern me.
Your problem is that you can't seem to get it through your head that you are in the MINORITY OPINION on this. If you want Bush to listen to the electorate on this, polling suggests he is.
And yes, I know it's terribly unfair that more people don't think like you, but then life is seldom fair.
Wrong-o, Eeyore.
By about 550,000 Americans (of course, that was two years ago; my majority has probably increased a good bit since then, but that's JMHO).
Be sure you check the difference between "poll" and "electorate" if you have trouble comprehending this.
tres, If you really think DPid's opinion is a MINORITY, why don't you get the supporters for war with Iraq to demonstrate next Saturday? I'm curious about the Majority in this so-called "majority" in this country - and all over this world. c.i.
Tres, you have a penchant for stating your opinion (e.g., Bush has majority support for a war) as though it is fact. You write with confident assuredness, and I compliment you for it, but you're just opining. Just the rest of us...
