I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
first? wow.
As if we needed further demonstration that Bush is unfit.
quagmire, bitches!
Kerry should ask Bush if we've let the insurgents take over portions of Iraq because we don't have enough US forces to deal with them or is it because Nov. 2nd is approaching?
But he is good at "blowing shit up" and the value of that to many of our nations "brain stem conservatives" is quite high.
I think this is an important point that Kerry needs to drive home: Every decision the Bush admin. has made from day 1 has been driven by politics. Every statement, every policy decision, and every military action has been decided based on how it will affect Bush's power and electibility. That's why facts mean so little to this admin -- who cares what the facts say when it's the politically expediant thing to do!
I'm George W. Bush and I approve my...eh...eh...resoluteness to be resolute. "I don't want to be so discriminatory that people will say that I haven't thought this through."
George W. Bush, November 7, 2002, Choosing reporters for questions at a White House Press Conference.
two-face is back!
This is precisely the point I hope Kerry will make, and keep pounding on.
Bush is a master (aided and abetted by the media, as E.J. Dionne points out today) of saying whatever is convenient, and relying on the memory hole to keep him from having to account for what he says (and it conveniently complies).
Kerry needs to hammer him on this point. Hell, we all do. Every step the man has made has been a disaster. That would be clear, if the media was doing it's job, rather than fawning all over Bush or as blithely allowing his words to be their reality.
The story is: he's a liar. His "performance" at the press conference proves he cares nothing for what happens around him, except for how it affects him personally. That crucial and brutalizing weakness needs to be exploited, if only to spare us from four more years of this (and I don't use the term lightly) sociopath.
did anyone else see the newshour last night? allawi, with a straight face, said that about 3,000+ iraqis have been killed so far. WTF?
Where did the Bush Two-face image originally come from. I've seen it everywhere this morning and it's absolutely brilliant. Who's imaging do I congratulate?
attaturk,
have I been outta da loop or have you been slacking off on your captioning lately?
Plan E: Invade colombia, sieze the coke. Withdraw to Tennessee, secede from Union, make Litchburg the capitol.
I liked this bit best of all:
And Thursday's press conference was just scary. It's no longer clear if George Bush is merely a cynical, calculating politician — which would be bad enough — or if he actually believes all the happy talk about Iraq that his speechwriters produce for him. Increasingly, though, it seems like the latter: he genuinely doesn't have a clue about what's going on. What's more, his staff is keeping him in a sort of Nixonian bubble, afraid to tell him the truth and afraid to take any positive action for fear that it might affect the election.
Bush seems to spin the bubble himself. He doesn't know what life is like in Iraq: he trusts Allawi to tell him what's going on. Of course, Allawi's life is literally in Bush's hands, so what's Allawi gonna do: tell the truth? But Bush disavows any responsibility for anything he's done, is doing, or will do. It's the CIA's fault there were no WMD. It's Allawi's fault if Iraq is not as well off as he tells Bush it is. And if elections can't be held in January because the U.S., responsible for both the invasion and the security of the country, can't provide security, then that's the "insurgents" fault.
Imagine a mayor arguing that he's not responsible for the crime rate in the city, that it's all the criminals fault for being criminals. Bush gets away with this because the media lets him. Time to call him on his refusal to take responsibility for anything.
He wants the authority of the Presidency. He has to take the responsibility that comes with it.
Well duhh.
Is it Loki? Is it Beale?
Exclusive interview with head of Log Cabin Republicans
Last night I attended a talk by Patrick Guerriero, the Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans, a GOP organization devoted to forwarding gay and lesbian rights. Mr. Guerriero, whose group made history by not endorsing the Republican candidate for President for the first time in its history, spoke at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. After his speech, I had the opportunity to speak with him, and the link has a transcription of my exclusive interview with him.
interview here
Has anyone put together a two-face image with the modern w proboscis side by side with lt w's uncollapsed honker side by side?
How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time. Never mind the knife & fork.
http://tinyurl.com/7ychf
Last night traumatized me. I hate that Bush face.
I'm sick of Keving Drum and his god damn whining about uppity Democrats. Let the "moderate" son of a bitch wring his hands about nasty rhetoric while the country goes down in flames.
Kevin insists on living in this fantasy where if we were just nice to each other the Republicans would become good and decent again.
It's a disgraceful crock of shit and I'm tired of this "moderate" kissing the ass of abusers so he can think he's shaping or influencing what political discourse in this country should be like.
He's just getting bent over and spit upon by revolutionary powers that want to trash everything this country was built for.
Kevin Drum, enablers to fascists. Sick of him!
I just don't understand how the Viet Nam War (or the American War for those in Viet Nam) completely went down the memory hole...
Before March 2003, Americans understood that a president who misleads us or otherwise hides the truth from the public about how the war effort is going is unfit for command.
Its unclear whether or not this still holds true. As most people no longer think it was worth the costs to invade Iraq, it appears that it still may. However, especially backed by a docile media, W has been able to distract attention away from his credibility deficit and is still a viable contender.
My point is that W should have lost his credibility to such a degree that he should have been forced to not seek reelection. In another, more rational time where a sitting, cynical preznit could so easily manipulate the people and media, he would have been toast.
It's slow loading and often down (probably due to continuous DDOS attacks from the fighting keyboarders) but the take on the Allawi propaganda parade through DC on the Al Jazeera English language site is worth a look.
al jazeera
They also have coverage of the assault on Fallujah which is going on right now -- although you wouldn't know that if you lived in the U.S., under the curtain of censorship.
Here's a snip:
Other analysts also believe the nature of Allawi's speech and its intended audience served White House election year gambits.
"It's the spin that the White House likes to put out," Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report, told CNN shortly after the Allawi speech aired.
"It was well-tailored to the needs of the Bush administration."
A different story
The most severe criticism, however, came from Kerry, who claimed Allawi's speech was an attempt to put the "best face" on an Iraq campaign that is out of control.
"The prime minister and the president are here obviously to put their best face on the policy, but the fact is that the CIA estimates, the reporting, the ground operations and the troops all tell a different story."
Kerry also charged that Allawi's speech was in stark contrast to statements the interim prime minister made in recent days.
"I think the prime minister is obviously contradicting his own statement of a few days ago when he said that terrorists are pouring into the country," Kerry said.
No choice
But Dr Walid Kazziha, political science professor at the American University in Cairo, believes Allawi may have had no choice.
"[Allawi] knows what is going on but in front of his master Bush, can't say anything else.
"His speech was so similar to all Bush speeches … he is doing a Bush election speech," he told Aljazeera.net.
The speech may yet prove effective, however, as it reinforces the White House notion that Bush is in control of the Iraq situation.
"Coming from the Iraqi prime minister, the speech will give Bush credibility and simultaneously undermine the Kerry campaign," Kazziha said.
Everything's political with this white house. Isn't that what we've heard from everyone who's left?
O'Neill, Clarke, all of them say the same thing.
Now, if the american public would just catch on.
Heavens to Betsy! Is it time for a constitutional amendment prohibiting the defacement of our president's face?
four legs good
don't forget the original "leaver," the faith-based guy who called the WH a bunch of Mayberry Machiavelli's led by King Karl!
What's King Kong Kerry's plan for Iraq again? Blasting up the Tigris in a swift boat, picking off 12 year olds on the riverbanks? Or will he go all postmodern and do it on a windsurfing rig this time?
I just don't understand how the Viet Nam War (or the American War for those in Viet Nam) completely went down the memory hole...
There are two Vietnam Wars in this country's history, the Vietnam War, and "the Vietnam War". Lord knows how long it'll take to reconcile them. There's still a gulf between the Civil War and "the Civil War" and that was nearly a century and a half ago.
"The past isn’t dead; it’s not even
past. ... "
Hmm, lets see. Can't secure the borders to prevent incursions of materials and fresh fighters, malaria and weird bugs all over the southern part of the country, insufficient military translators, a bizarre repeat of the politicized military decision making process, dissent at home, internal revenues being jiggled for political purposes, committed resistance based on nationalism & religion, world turning against us, appointed political 'leaders' sad examples of stooges, no plan, guys getting knocked off faster and faster.... ah, what did I miss? VIETNAM.
It's been such a relief to have Adrian-free commentary, and now we have an even bigger idiot if such a thing is possible.
Kate,
I watched as much Allawi on the NewsHour as I could stand (maybe 2 minutes) and heard him say that. He deftly blamed it on the insurgents though, and *not* the US military. (I turned him off at about that point...)
Smarty, wasn't that d'ilulio? The faith based initiative guy? Don't know if I spelling that correctly...
Let's hope for a castle in Spain.
Let's hope that it doesn't rain.
And, as we dream
Of peaches and cream,
Let's hope that the Chimpster is sane.
Quagmire accomplished.
Deficit accomplished.
Plame outing accomlished.
Environmental destruction accomplished.
Rich get richer accomplished.
Middle class screwjob accomplished.
Intolerance accomplished.
Bizarro world spin machine accomplished.
Cult of Bushism, worst cult ever
flg,
you are from MO right?
have you seen that kick ass attack ad by the Media Fund that pulls no punches in asserting that W is covering up for the Saudis? Man, that is a bitchin ad.
Also, I know some people have expressed concern over the fact that the Kerry campaign has apparantly pulled ads out of Missouri; however, the DNC continues to air ads at a pretty good clip. And, of course, the 527s continue to flow.
If you haven't seen the Saudi ad, check it out at the Media Fund website at http://www.mediafund04.org/saudis/
He hasn't even been too concerned with fighting terrorism.
It's a lot harder to fight terrorism when you appoint a terrorist to be Prime Minister of Iraq.
Smarty, wasn't that d'ilulio? The faith based initiative guy? Don't know if I spelling that correctly...
Vicki Stein
I know exactly how you feel, I didn't want to bludgeon the spelling of his name, but that is the guy.
Yes, he was the original. And the W's went after him bigtime for his Esquire interview, forcing him to retract his "Mayberry Machiavelli" comment. But he was speaking the gospel truth.
But again, a docile media was all too kind to oblige propping up the boy's image.
It's Clinton's fault we're bogged down in Iraq! I blame The Clenis. Poor Bush having to deal with his mess...And another thing: partial elections will cure everything!
how do you convince the rural, illiterate voters of that? I guess not.
I watched as much Allawi on the "NewsHour as I could stand (maybe 2 minutes) and heard him say that. He deftly blamed it on the insurgents though, and *not* the US military. (I turned him off at about that point...)"
jules
Jules, you should have left it on. Allawi was going on and on making ridiculous claims, like Saddam was responsible for 9/11 (I wish I were kidding). And Jim Lehrer said nothing, just let him babble the lies pumped into him on the fly by the Bush re-election campaign.
It was truly sickening. What has Bushco come to when they have to put some unelected fraud whose only been an interim PM for all of two months out to shill for his campaign?
Bush is truly desperate - and it all just shows that yes, Iraq is not only spinning out of control, it's in worse shape than the most dire predictions.
Kevin forgot the politically driven funding (the $25B tide-them-over-until-after-November spending bill).
All-in-all, though, a nice summary suitable for my cubicle wall.
Dude - get a clue as to how to write
a limerick
Your "Screw the rhyme and meter" method - just fine in public school, I'm sure - really reveals your dimness.
I agree with this!
No wait, I don't agree with this!
And Jim Lehrer said nothing, just let him babble the lies pumped into him on the fly by the Bush re-election campaign.
Jim Lehrer knows why he's paid. Certainly not for any "journalism".
Allawi certainly won't gain any cred in Iraq by coming over here to be a major prop in Bush's election campaign, it probably seals his fate. And that was probably his plan all along. A stick figure puppet for Bush to hide behind with his bags packed and his Swiss bank account always full. If they don't kill him he'll probably be flown into a life of cushy exile making fat fees speaking for groups based in the DC area.
He knows why he's being paid too. Wonder if he really did shoot those six people in the head?
"Lefty Partisans"
-Kevin Drum
We are the mainstream damn it! On Nov 2nd you'll know it.
Iraq IS going well for Bush & posse. The war has facilitated the stealing of billions upon billions of dollars from the US treasury, "resume padding" for the neoconservative teenagers who ran the coalition authority, and a general neocon free-for-all. I actually think Bush is telling the truth speaking of his satisfaction with the war
dontay feeday the trollays.
I don't agree with this!
No wait, I agree with this!
9/11 commission?
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60 Minutes has their season premier lineup posted, they have one opening for a story unfilled.
Let them know you'd like to see the yellowcake story that was preempted for the TANG story:
60m@cbsnews.com
Dude. Get rid of that flashing Bush face. I'm going into epileptic fits over here.
Lime Rickey shoots! He scores!
trying to support democracy in places like najaf? where there's been all that fighting, bombing and killing? not to mention the desecration of holy places?
well before all that.... there was the cancelled election. that's right.. CANCELLED by bremmer. over a year ago. elections that OUR national guard and marines had organized.
here are the first frew grafs from the NYT. check out the date... why is anyone suprised that the whole democracy thing has been smoke and mirrors?
Iraqis Were Set to Vote, but U.S. Wielded a Veto
by David Rohde, New York Times
June 19th, 2003
American marines had built makeshift wooden ballot boxes. An Army reserve unit from Green Bay, Wis., had conducted a voter registration drive. And Iraqi political candidates had blanketed the city with colorful fliers outlining their election platforms — restore electricity, rehabilitate the old quarter, repave roads.
But last week, L. Paul Bremer III, the head of the American military occupation in Iraq, unilaterally canceled what American officials here said would have been the first such election in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Overruling the local American military commander, Mr. Bremer decreed that conditions in Najaf were not appropriate for an election.
Several days later, American marines stormed the offices of an obscure local political party here, arrested four members and jailed them for four days. The offense, the Americans said, was a violation of a new edict by Mr. Bremer that makes it illegal to incite violence against forces occupying Iraq.
Mohammed Abdul Hadi, an official in the party, the Supreme Council for the Liberation of Iraq, accused the United States of a double standard.
"Why do you apply these constraints on us in Iraq," he said, "and they are not being applied by the American government on Americans?"
The events here exposed an uncomfortable truth of the American occupation. For now, American officials are barring direct elections in Iraq and limiting free speech, two of the very ideals the United States has promised to Iraqis. American officials have said it may take up to two years for an elected Iraqi government to take over the country.
Maybe it ain't VietNam but the Alamo.
That flashing face is Bush? I thought it was Frank Gorshin from that excruciatingly half-assed allegory on racism episode of the original Star Trek series.
oops.
here is the link to the nyt article on the elections in najaf (not) i should have included in my comment above.
http://tinyurl.com/44v32
Kerry does a big interview in the Columbus Dispatch about the 'flip-flop' smear.
And The Herald prints a letter to the editor telling about Bush's flip-flops.
The world is safer with Saddam sitting in a rat hole.
The world is safer now that we deport 87 year old historians.
The world is safer with an authoritarian russia.
The world has become safer with our country led by this asshole?
Damn, Mustn't feed trolls. (Slaps self)
The world is safer with a destabilized middle east.
The world is safer now that government has the right to break into your house without a warrant and without your consent.
Oy.
From Peter's link:
Kevin Madden, spokesman for the Bush campaign, rejected Kerry’s complaint as a "phantom smear campaign," arguing that Bush "has run a very optimistic campaign" on the issues and his record.
"The only campaign that’s questioned anyone’s military service is the John Kerry campaign," Madden said. "The president has taken every opportunity to point out that he believes John Kerry’s service to the country is honorable."
Oy!
Allawi was going on and on making ridiculous claims, like Saddam was responsible for 9/11 (I wish I were kidding). And Jim Lehrer said nothing...
Lehrer undoubtedly intends to bring the same journalistic standards and quick-witted intellect to his moderation of whichever presidential debate he's to be the presiding stick-figure at...
Truth be told, he's an equal-opportunity incompetent... so tone-deaf that he didn't even notice when Clinton told him, at the dawning of the Lewinsky business, that "there IS no sexual relationship." When I heard that, I instantly said "Uh-oh," but Lehrer hadn't a clue.
And he certainly won't have any qualms about signing the 32 page memorandum of understanding and scolding Kerry whenever he transgresses the limits or threatens to intrude reality into the proceedings.
Bush is far more than unfit, and he and his political and corporate cronies should be standing trial, if not here, then at the Hague.
The world is safer now that government has the right to break into your house without a warrant and without your consent.
Anonymous
Anyone breaking into my house without a warrant or my consent, or both, also has the right to take a magnum round between the eyes.
RC, You made it through Ivan's visit ok?
Speaking of Russia, I can't believe that asshole Putin! Using the deaths of hundreds of people, many of the children, to consolidate power! What kind of evil person would use such tragedy for political ends? That's why we hate commies I suppose.
I don't remember where I got this:
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George W. Bush Resume
For Re-Election
2-3-4
President of the United States
The White House, USA
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
COLLEGE: I graduated from Yale University. I was a cheerleader. I also graduated from Harvard with "C" averages in both schools.
LAW ENFORCEMENT: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.
MILITARY: I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:
I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.
I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected Governor of Texas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR:
I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.
I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
I set the record for the most executions by any Governor in American history.
With the help of my brother, the Governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.
I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury, totaling over a trillion dollars.
I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.
I am the first president in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one year period.
After taking-off the entire month of August, 2001, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.
I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
In my State Of The Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.
I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. president.
In my first year in o
lipreader says: "Speaking of Russia, I can't believe that asshole Putin! Using the deaths of hundreds of people, many of the children, to consolidate power! What kind of evil person would use such tragedy for political ends? That's why we hate commies I suppose."
Stripping the rhetoric ("that's why we hate commies..."), how far is Putin, in his power-grab maneuver, from Bush & posse? They've used the deaths of thousands of people to not only consolidate power, but to literally steal billions of dollars from the US treasury in a land-grabbing scheme.
Juan Cole's comment of several days ago seems to cover all the bases:
"I have a sinking feeling that the American public may like Bush's cynical misuse of Wilsonian idealism precisely because it covers the embarrassment of their having gone to war, killed perhaps 25,000 people, and made a perfect mess of the Persian Gulf region, all out of a kind of paranoia fed by dirty tricks and bad intelligence. And, maybe they have to vote for Bush to cover the embarrassment of having elected him in the first place.
How deep a hole are they going to dig themselves in order to get out of the bright sunlight of so much embarrassment?
I don't need to put in a link for Juan Cole- Informed Comment do I? I'm sure everyone checks his blog daily.
Or, they can get their "facts" from Bush and his ilk.
--continued
In my first year in office over 2-million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.
I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
I appointed more convicted criminals to the administration than any president in U.S. history.
I set the record for least number of press conferences than any president since the advent of television.
I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active military personnel
I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people) shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
I've broken more international treaties than any president in U.S. history.
I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest in history.My
"poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
I am the first president in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.
I am the first president in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. prisoners of war" detainees) and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
I am the first president in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).
I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receipt of corporate campaign donations.
My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. history. My political party used the Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or
prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.
I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
I am first president in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security
I changed
-- continued
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice, although the army finally found Saddam Hussein.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
All records of my tenure as Governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed, and unavailable for public view.
All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
Please consider my experience when voting in 2004
Sorry GN, I was being ironic. There is no difference at all between Bush and Putin. Both want to be dictators.
I'm absolutely convinced that most, if not all, the decisions involving Iraq have been politically motivated. Certainly the timing of the war was. I believe Miserable Failure was determined to begin the war in the Spring of 2003 in order to be able to present the American people a glorious victory in 2004. There was never any question our military would be able to smash what was left of Saddam's army and you'll remember the conventional wisdom was that we would be greeted with flowers and candy. I believe the maladministration planned to install Chalabi, start withdrawing some troops, and declare mission accomplished. As we got into the Summer of 2004 and it became evident nothing was going according plan, we decided to put an Iraqi face on things and handed over some authority to an unelected Iraqi interim government ill equipped to deal with the growing insurgency. Our troops hunkered down, cut down on patrols in volatile areas, all to minimize casualties before the election, IMHO. Unka Karl and other Repug operatives know that "war presidents" usually get a big boost in the initial phase of a war as the public rallies around the flag. Since support for the war has been waning, their mantra has been that if you criticize or disagree with the prez during wartime, you are unpatriotic and helping the enemy. All political.
And you'll notice the maladministration keeps moving the goalposts, too. From WMDs, to removing Saddam, to creating a democratic Iraq, the reasons for the war have changed radically. When we were greeted not with flowers, but looting and violence, well, "freedom is messy." When it became clear that we were dealing with at least a semi-organized insurgency, it was "just a few deadenders." Then it became "Iraq is like flypaper, attracting terrorists so we can kill them there." Just yesterday, Miserable Failure was touting Iraq as a "free and sovereign nation," unveiling a dubious definition of both words. Now we're being told that even if 20 or 25 or 30 per cent of Iraq cannot hold elections in January, it's still an election and, after all, no election is perfect right (insert your own reference to our 2000 election here)?
Today's Checklist:
1) Bush opens mouth Thursday. Kerry's chances immediately go way up.
2) Cubs sweep Pirates again, take lead in wild card race.
3) Must check star positions to see if this could be the year that we defeat Chimpy AND the Cubs win the World Series.
Bad! Very bad boy, Georgie. You appologise to the American people and the world RIGHT NOW, then go to your room until Jan. 21, 2005. You're going to be clearing a LOT of brush before You get to go out to play again.
The scariest prospect of this election is that in all likelihood, the Bush family will be in control of 40 percent of the votes in the Ex President's Club. Ford, Carter and Clinton better stay on their toes.
On Bush's resume, please note an error. President Bush's driver's license was not suspended for 30 days following his drunk driving arrest in Maine in 1976. His driver's license was suspended until July 25, 1978 and restored only after a hearing by hearing examiner George Schulz. The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles records are posted at The Smoking Gun.
Thanks for the nightmare, Atrios. That flashing B & W Bush will haunt my dreams.
PLEASE STOP THE TWO-FACE SHOCK TREATMENT
winning "re-election"?
Do you believe that except for a handful of cities Iraq is growing more peaceful and secure?
Take the poll and let them know!
Grandma:
Please the cubbies will never win the series. You know Sammy will strike out w/ the bases loaded.
Bush will win if Kerry stops pounding on him. Wish it had happened earlier.
Yeah, ha, ha, this is what is making the Bobos nutski, their own boy is toining on them 
.
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What on earth can they say.
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Kerry’s message was clear and concise.
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Iraq was a mistake, Iraq is a mess and he is gonna work and fix it.
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YEAH, Atrios, two-face him!
To tell the truth I don’t think that people care why decisions are made, what they do care is when the decisions cause problems and specifically cause problems which create problems for people over here.
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Kerry should ask Bush if we've let the insurgents take over portions of Iraq because we don't have enough US forces to deal with them or is it because Nov. 2nd is approaching?
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Ha, ha, shore, he can ask, you can ask, Susie Rice can ask, Dick Holbrooke can ask, the traction on that is zip.
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Just reality, that is the troof.
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Nobody out here is falling over themselves to send more troops no place.
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Just saying.
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Bush will win if Kerry stops pounding on him. Wish it had happened earlier.
If Kerry had started the "fantasy world" attack earlier, it would have gotten old and busted long ago, like the ridiculous "flip-flop" inanity that our opponents are still desperately flinging.
Kerry waited (much to our dismay, yes...) and now these attacks will have a freshness and a bite that should last all the way to election day. It's just enough time for these points to get into the public consciousness, without getting worn out and lame.
Kerry has always been a closer. Lingering even with his opponent, or sometimes lagging behind, through the duration of the campaign, only to have a large chunk of the undecided voters break his way in the last couple of weeks.
This campaign is fitting his pattern of success almost point for point. I am a lot less worried about him now, than I was a month ago.
Fed up, I only agree with the first part of the post 12.29 pm.
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and I don’t even think that Bushie and Rover’s time table went to 2004, I think he genuinely thought in May 2003 that is was all over and it would be hunky dory.
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I think he did it in 2003 because he had huffed and puffed all of 2002, so he couldn’t suddenly sit back and say, oh ok, we’ll all wait and see now.
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Partly he got flattered and bamboozled into it and partly he got locked into it by his own over the top yawling.
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But that May 2003 declaration was pretty genuine, I think he really did think it was over.
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It would be nice if we could get Tony Blair to come clean about the whole mess.
I would love to see his iraqi personel come forward and confirm what they've been leaking to the British press for over a year now.
I've seen several articles in U.K publications, on-line quotes from members of the British coalition forces in Iraq complaining about their U.S counterparts and their insistence that they adhere to political objectives rather than realistic ones.
They've made it known anonymously that the people they are having to deal with are not experts in what they have been assigned to do, but are instead nothing more than political hacks meant to ensure that nothing happens in Iraq that isn't according to the administration's politcal goals.
This is why they've complained about the news coming out of Iraq being so negative. It's not because it isn't true, but that it hurts this administration politcally.
Of course none of this is news to the rest of you.
MYOB'
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That is actually the reason that Bushie is truly unfit.
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He didn’t grok ahead of time that the topple was gonna be the easy part.
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Everybody even on his side said exactly that, so why did he not grok it.
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Almost everybody even on our side, completely said the topple would not be the problem.
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This shoulda clued him in right away, when both sides are saying the same thing, why was he not able to grok it.
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why did he choose to go in without having a plan for the allies and the region and for the country itself to handle the post-war situation.
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How could he even think about busting into a place and simply assume that an open-ended comittment for years and years with 200K troops bogged down and costing 100s of billions of dollars over the duration was the right thing, that putting our troops to be the Mary Poppins and Joe Friday for the whole country is suddenly our problem and that too, with everyone on the planet looking at us squiggley-eyed, and most of all, with a massive tax cut that looted the treasury.
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I don't agree with this!
No wait, I agree with this!
9/11 commission?
george bush
-Department of Homeland Security?
Is it Loki? Is it Beale?
BlakNo1
-Security, report to the bridge and put both in the brig!
Your "Screw the rhyme and meter" method - just fine in public school, I'm sure - really reveals your dimness.
tomaig | Email | Homepage | 09.24.04 - 11:15 am | #
Izzatso? Here's one just for you, trollbait.
"I love anal sex, if you please"
Said tomaig while down on his knees
"I'm firm and I'm tight,
I'm an utter delight!
And I promise I won't cut the cheese!"
I don't agree with this!
No wait, I agree with this!
9/11 commission?
Department of Homeland Security?
AND...
Treating terrorism as the top threat to international stability?
Here is how network nightly news shows will likely play out from now until November (namely as they have done in the past week or so):
First story: More terrible shit and general chaos going down in Iraq.
Second story: Bush says that only the pessimists think things are bad in Iraq.
Third story: Kerry says that Bush is living in fantasy land, and you can't believe a word he says.
Now the order of the stories may permute, but they will almost always be one, two, three.
Does that sound like good news for Bush?
I think not. If you listen carefully, you can hear a drip, drip, drip.
Why do I get this creeping feeling that a mysterious flu or pretzel accident will prevent Bushkov from being at next week's debate?
I can't believe Rove is actually going to allow him to show up.
His ass is totally toast. Kerry is going to hammer him until he cries for his momma, and no amount of snarky smirking is going to get him out of it.
Would you buy a car from BaghdadBush ?
zoey,
You're making the age-old mistake of misunderestimating Chimpy. Quit it!
sir yes sir!
zoey
Bush's Iraq "Fantasy Land"
Jefferson Airplane...WHITE RABBIT (Grace Slick)
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all.
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall.
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call.
Call Alice
When she was just small.
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low.
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know.
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead,
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head"
This is pretty similar, but uses their quotes to show their incompetence.
Timeline of Bush administration quotes showing how truly clueless they are.
Didn't the Porter Goss confirmation/swearing in happen pretty fast?
Old news:
GEORGE BUSH UNHINGED
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Ha, ha, ha, I can’t believe Bushie an Dickie are still shilling that laughable line, they look whiny and desperado, ha, ha, they are shilling and complaining that nobody should criticize them and now they are shilling and complaining that nobody should criticize their little buddy Allawi.
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Hoo, hoo, oh how the mighty have gone thuddy thud thud, this is what they have devolved to, pleading and whining over Allawi, ha, ha, gosh, Allawi means nothing to us out here, Bushie and Cheney mean nuffin.
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We are thrilled and delighted that we have two robust, energetic dudes to carry the flag and rescue America, this all would be plenny enough, on top of that, he is a war hero and windsurfer and he has great hair too, omigoodness, no wonder the dweebs are frantic, ha, ha, ha.
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This is so funny .
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I think Bushie falls for the Mama Likudnik hoke everytime, they are going ga ga over Allawi so he plaintively thinks we all are, gosh, we hardly know Allawi from our elbow.
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Hoo, hoo, this is getting funnier by the second.
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Luckily, Juan Cole's commentary is in Friday Los Angeles Times.
Yes, they require registration... but see if an "id" and "pw" are available on bugmenot.com
It’s just very entertaining how Bushie has devolved to seeking help from all manner of furriners, even ones we barely know who they are and to be true I did not even know his official title was Prime Minister, PM, Presnit, Field Marshall, ha, ha, ha, all these dudes have been calling themselves whatever sounds good to them.
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Hilarious is how Bushie is cozying close to all these dudes and shilling them around town, wasn’t he the dude who was supposedta show the Mid East who is boss, ha, ha, ha, now he is trying to show us that all the Mid East folks are his cozy buddies, hilarious.
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so entertaining, no wonder Aaron Brown et al are gnashing the ole teeth.
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whoo hoo.
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Didn't the Porter Goss confirmation/swearing in happen pretty fast?
Congressional Democrats always roll over for Republican Presidents when an election is near. Its something in the coffee at their caucus meetings or something.
It must be on some account, maybe Bushie thinks the chicks are gonna vote for him on this account or that Hispanics or Asians or somebody gonna vote for him, gosh, maybe Muslims will vote for him.
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Ya Shore, ha, ha, ha, everybody knows Not, nobody is getting fooled, in fack the total opposite, all of a sudden the cozying and not just that, we all know the puppet status, sheesh, what is the big deal, cozying with a puppet, who needs that.
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That is why our prediction was that Allawi would make his debut on Laura’s lap or that Bushie would be on Allawi’s lap.
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In fact, I think it will make people head shake, that while we are in bog down and sucking sound out there, he is taking this shill puppet and shopping him around and sitting on his lap and meanwhile the reality continues to go thud, thud kaboom out there.
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zoey, Yawn, no, this Bushie will get clobbered line is simply not credible.
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I think Kerry will do well, but Bushie will be out there mugging for the camera, yawling and mewling depending on how he sees his advantage. .
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Yeah, we’ll deal with whatever shows up.
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I think in fack that the only thing that prevented the poor ole teeth-gnashing thugniks from totally losing their molars is that they are consoling themselves that all this shill puppet shopping around by Bushie is gonna get them somewhere, ha, ha.
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They are very agreeable when they are told it is all for a Good Cause, they have fallen for this kinda line before.
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They keep falling for it, bless their hearts.
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The fack is it is all going inexorably away from where they thought they wanted it to be and it is gonna keep on going that way no matter what.
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Sorta OT, but anyone hear the RNC campaign manager on NPR this morning? He was spewing the talking points as you would expect, but what I didn't expect was for the interviewer to ask him if he was really saying that Kerry supported Saddam Hussein. For a minute I thought it would be a tough interview. But the RNC campaign manager got off the hook by saying, no, he wasn't saying Kerry supported Saddam--but then spewed some nonsense that basically restated that position. And the inteviewer just let it lay...
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