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26 Jun 2005 09:22:30 PM |
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Battered Bush Watches As Popularity Ebbs Away |
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,00.html
This article says it all.
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27 Jun 2005 11:11:08 AM |
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"Michelle Malkin" <hypatiab7@comcast.net> astounded us with:
news:xIWdnZ8GmZ0NgSLfRVn-og@comcast.com:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,00.html
This article says it all.
Gee!!! Where's Fred Stone???.....
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27 Jun 2005 12:20:33 PM |
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"Phÿltêr" <phylter@hsotmail.com> wrote in
news:g9Rve.7446$oJ.3474@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
"Michelle Malkin" <hypatiab7@comcast.net> astounded us with:
news:xIWdnZ8GmZ0NgSLfRVn-og@comcast.com:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,00.h
tml
This article says it all.
Gee!!! Where's Fred Stone???.....
Over here, chuckling at the latest demonstration of wishful thinking by
Bush's critics.
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Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Metaphysics is almost always an attempt to prove
the incredible by an appeal to the unintelligible."
[H.L. Mencken, "Prejudices"]
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| User: "Sasha" |
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27 Jun 2005 01:37:14 PM |
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Yeah, all 56% of them. George Bust is getting less and less popular
these days...I guess being a complete *****-up can catch up with a man
when he's president.
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| User: "johac" |
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26 Jun 2005 10:59:34 PM |
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In article <xIWdnZ8GmZ0NgSLfRVn-og@comcast.com>,
"Michelle Malkin" <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,00.html
This article says it all.
"Slowly, slowly he sank into the sea."
I think that the alarm clock has gone off and the American people and
even the Congress critters are starting to wake up.
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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26 Jun 2005 11:26:29 PM |
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:59:34 -0700
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In article <xIWdnZ8GmZ0NgSLfRVn...@comcast.com>,
"Michelle Malkin" <hypati...@comcast.net> wrote:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,00....
This article says it all.
"Slowly, slowly he sank into the sea."
I think that the alarm clock has gone off and the American people and
even the Congress critters are starting to wake up.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit
atrocities"
-Voltaire
It doesn't matter. We're stuck with him till the next election.
When he leaves office, the Bush family, the Cheney Family, and the
Saudi Royal family will have seen their wealth double or triple while
ordinary working people, and people who depend on social security to
live will be struggling to survive.
If the next president is a Democrat, he'll be blamed for Bush's
blunders.
If he's a Republican, we'll be told to "Stay the course", while the
economy goes farther into the dumpster.
"The average American has the intelligence of a twelve-year-old".
-Richard Nixon
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| User: "Katt" |
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26 Jun 2005 11:44:23 PM |
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<janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1119828389.727148.323100@g47g2000cwa.
I think that the alarm clock has gone off and the American people and
even the Congress critters are starting to wake up.
Maybe so; but another 'shocking terrorist attack' on US soil, coming
unexpectedly from out of a clear blue sky, *will take care of all that*,
won't it...?!?
Mr Rove is probably putting the finishing touches to it all *right now*...!
Katt.
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| User: "johac" |
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29 Jun 2005 04:56:01 AM |
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In article <r5Hve.7601$%O1.6485@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>,
"Katt" <workcomputer@dfhu.net> wrote:
<janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1119828389.727148.323100@g47g2000cwa.
I think that the alarm clock has gone off and the American people and
even the Congress critters are starting to wake up.
Maybe so; but another 'shocking terrorist attack' on US soil, coming
unexpectedly from out of a clear blue sky, *will take care of all that*,
won't it...?!?
It would.
Mr Rove is probably putting the finishing touches to it all *right now*...!
I'd like to think that there are some things beneath even this
administration, but then again we're talking about Rove...
Katt.
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "" |
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27 Jun 2005 12:38:28 PM |
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wrote:
In article <xIWdnZ8GmZ0NgSLfRVn...@comcast.com>,
"Michelle Malkin" <hypati...@comcast.net> wrote:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,00....
This article says it all.
"Slowly, slowly he sank into the sea."
I think that the alarm clock has gone off and the American people and
even the Congress critters are starting to wake up.
It doesn't matter. We're stuck with him till the next election.
I disagree. There's always the Salvador option.
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"You won't find any opposition to the idea of evolution among
sophisticated, educated theologians. It comes from an
exceedingly retarded, primitive version of religion, which
unfortunately is at present undergoing an epidemic in the
United States."
- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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27 Jun 2005 01:20:40 PM |
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wrote in
news:1119875908.462238.61370@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
janospetrik@hotmail.com wrote:
In article <xIWdnZ8GmZ0NgSLfRVn...@comcast.com>,
"Michelle Malkin" <hypati...@comcast.net> wrote:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,0
0....
This article says it all.
"Slowly, slowly he sank into the sea."
I think that the alarm clock has gone off and the American people
and even the Congress critters are starting to wake up.
It doesn't matter. We're stuck with him till the next election.
I disagree. There's always the Salvador option.
Can you say "President Richard Cheney?"
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Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Metaphysics is almost always an attempt to prove
the incredible by an appeal to the unintelligible."
[H.L. Mencken, "Prejudices"]
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| User: "" |
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26 Jun 2005 11:38:23 PM |
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I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
Thanks, Rush Limbaugh fans.
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| User: "johac" |
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29 Jun 2005 04:57:48 AM |
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In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Thanks, Rush Limbaugh fans.
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "stoney" |
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03 Jul 2005 04:17:38 PM |
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:57:48 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Iran.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "johac" |
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04 Jul 2005 08:09:43 AM |
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In article <ps3gc1d92g8p1o9jnh45bnvtnse9si7ipi@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:57:48 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Iran.
Or Syria. If the dumbasses want to invade Iran, taking Syria first makes
strategic sense in that we would have a route to bring in troops and
materiel by sea through the Mediterranean rather than the Straits of
Hormuz which the Iranians might try to block.
Of course no one knows where he would find the additional troops needed
for either venture. It's getting kind of chilly in here, does anyone
else feel a draft?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "stoney" |
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04 Jul 2005 03:35:06 PM |
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On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:09:43 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <ps3gc1d92g8p1o9jnh45bnvtnse9si7ipi@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:57:48 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Iran.
Or Syria. If the dumbasses want to invade Iran, taking Syria first makes
strategic sense in that we would have a route to bring in troops and
materiel by sea through the Mediterranean rather than the Straits of
Hormuz which the Iranians might try to block.
Strategic sense, like common sense, is beyond them.
Of course no one knows where he would find the additional troops needed
for either venture. It's getting kind of chilly in here, does anyone
else feel a draft?
Long long ago.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "johac" |
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05 Jul 2005 04:45:28 AM |
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In article <unlic15ek7mf4mllng0a62rsl0krkeckof@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:09:43 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <ps3gc1d92g8p1o9jnh45bnvtnse9si7ipi@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:57:48 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Iran.
Or Syria. If the dumbasses want to invade Iran, taking Syria first makes
strategic sense in that we would have a route to bring in troops and
materiel by sea through the Mediterranean rather than the Straits of
Hormuz which the Iranians might try to block.
Strategic sense, like common sense, is beyond them.
Someone in the military might mention it, but the poor guy would
probably be canned like those generals who told Dumbya that he needed
more troops for the invasion.
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
Of course no one knows where he would find the additional troops needed
for either venture. It's getting kind of chilly in here, does anyone
else feel a draft?
Long long ago.
I'm glad I'm 'over the hill'.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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07 Jul 2005 10:07:42 PM |
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On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:45:28 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <unlic15ek7mf4mllng0a62rsl0krkeckof@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:09:43 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <ps3gc1d92g8p1o9jnh45bnvtnse9si7ipi@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:57:48 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Iran.
Or Syria. If the dumbasses want to invade Iran, taking Syria first makes
strategic sense in that we would have a route to bring in troops and
materiel by sea through the Mediterranean rather than the Straits of
Hormuz which the Iranians might try to block.
Strategic sense, like common sense, is beyond them.
Someone in the military might mention it, but the poor guy would
probably be canned like those generals who told Dumbya that he needed
more troops for the invasion.
/cue the Shrubbian equivalent of the Soviet Politburo.
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
The 'Great Incompetant' would be truth in advertising.
Of course no one knows where he would find the additional troops needed
for either venture. It's getting kind of chilly in here, does anyone
else feel a draft?
Long long ago.
I'm glad I'm 'over the hill'.
I am as well, and medically retired. If I wasn't, there ain't no way
in Hel I'd be in the military even with a draft.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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08 Jul 2005 06:58:23 AM |
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In article <7p9rc1t8iaqf8ddm6pgv9216ekj2jn57at@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:45:28 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <unlic15ek7mf4mllng0a62rsl0krkeckof@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:09:43 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <ps3gc1d92g8p1o9jnh45bnvtnse9si7ipi@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:57:48 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in
sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to
kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always
find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Iran.
Or Syria. If the dumbasses want to invade Iran, taking Syria first makes
strategic sense in that we would have a route to bring in troops and
materiel by sea through the Mediterranean rather than the Straits of
Hormuz which the Iranians might try to block.
Strategic sense, like common sense, is beyond them.
Someone in the military might mention it, but the poor guy would
probably be canned like those generals who told Dumbya that he needed
more troops for the invasion.
/cue the Shrubbian equivalent of the Soviet Politburo.
They will become 'unpersons'.
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
The 'Great Incompetant' would be truth in advertising.
'Great Fool' or 'Great Idiot' would do too.
Of course no one knows where he would find the additional troops needed
for either venture. It's getting kind of chilly in here, does anyone
else feel a draft?
Long long ago.
I'm glad I'm 'over the hill'.
I am as well, and medically retired. If I wasn't, there ain't no way
in Hel I'd be in the military even with a draft.
I saw on Sixty Minutes where they called up a 55 year old woman
reservist, possibly for duty in Iraq. If they can do that, it might not
be too long before they come after me. Maybe that's how Bush will solve
the Social Security problem. Draft Seniors. If nothing else, the could
be used for clearing minefields.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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08 Jul 2005 02:17:21 PM |
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On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:58:23 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <7p9rc1t8iaqf8ddm6pgv9216ekj2jn57at@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:45:28 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <unlic15ek7mf4mllng0a62rsl0krkeckof@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:09:43 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <ps3gc1d92g8p1o9jnh45bnvtnse9si7ipi@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:57:48 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in
sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to
kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always
find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Iran.
Or Syria. If the dumbasses want to invade Iran, taking Syria first makes
strategic sense in that we would have a route to bring in troops and
materiel by sea through the Mediterranean rather than the Straits of
Hormuz which the Iranians might try to block.
Strategic sense, like common sense, is beyond them.
Someone in the military might mention it, but the poor guy would
probably be canned like those generals who told Dumbya that he needed
more troops for the invasion.
/cue the Shrubbian equivalent of the Soviet Politburo.
They will become 'unpersons'.
Yes.
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
The 'Great Incompetant' would be truth in advertising.
'Great Fool' or 'Great Idiot' would do too.
Incompetant Puppet.
Of course no one knows where he would find the additional troops needed
for either venture. It's getting kind of chilly in here, does anyone
else feel a draft?
Long long ago.
I'm glad I'm 'over the hill'.
I am as well, and medically retired. If I wasn't, there ain't no way
in Hel I'd be in the military even with a draft.
I saw on Sixty Minutes where they called up a 55 year old woman
reservist, possibly for duty in Iraq. If they can do that, it might not
be too long before they come after me. Maybe that's how Bush will solve
the Social Security problem. Draft Seniors. If nothing else, the could
be used for clearing minefields.
Sounds like she did her twenty. Income after twenty years of service
isn't a pension. It is a retainer until age 57 whereuppon it becomes
a pension. Clearing minefields would be an excellant job for
politicians and clergy.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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In article <l32tc1dkcugk505j0ce12ba3hcus0oi5sq@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:58:23 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <7p9rc1t8iaqf8ddm6pgv9216ekj2jn57at@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:45:28 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <unlic15ek7mf4mllng0a62rsl0krkeckof@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:09:43 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <ps3gc1d92g8p1o9jnh45bnvtnse9si7ipi@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:57:48 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <1119829103.770990.295560@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add: Our troops will still be dying with no end in
sight,
in a place where they shouldn't have been sent in the first
place.
Fighting for people who hate us, whose religion teaches them to
kill
everyone who disagrees with them, and who wish to see us dead.
When we've totally trashed Iraq or get driven out, we could always
find
ourselves another 'splendid little war' somewhere.
Iran.
Or Syria. If the dumbasses want to invade Iran, taking Syria first
makes
strategic sense in that we would have a route to bring in troops and
materiel by sea through the Mediterranean rather than the Straits of
Hormuz which the Iranians might try to block.
Strategic sense, like common sense, is beyond them.
Someone in the military might mention it, but the poor guy would
probably be canned like those generals who told Dumbya that he needed
more troops for the invasion.
/cue the Shrubbian equivalent of the Soviet Politburo.
They will become 'unpersons'.
Yes.
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
The 'Great Incompetant' would be truth in advertising.
'Great Fool' or 'Great Idiot' would do too.
Incompetant Puppet.
Howdy Doody grew up and became president.
(With Karl Rove as Buffalo Bob, ***** Cheney as Mister Bluster, Condi
Rice as Princess Summerfall Winterspring, and Don Rumsfeld as
Clarabelle, the clown.)
Of course no one knows where he would find the additional troops
needed
for either venture. It's getting kind of chilly in here, does anyone
else feel a draft?
Long long ago.
I'm glad I'm 'over the hill'.
I am as well, and medically retired. If I wasn't, there ain't no way
in Hel I'd be in the military even with a draft.
I saw on Sixty Minutes where they called up a 55 year old woman
reservist, possibly for duty in Iraq. If they can do that, it might not
be too long before they come after me. Maybe that's how Bush will solve
the Social Security problem. Draft Seniors. If nothing else, the could
be used for clearing minefields.
Sounds like she did her twenty. Income after twenty years of service
isn't a pension. It is a retainer until age 57 whereuppon it becomes
a pension. Clearing minefields would be an excellant job for
politicians and clergy.
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:35:05 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <l32tc1dkcugk505j0ce12ba3hcus0oi5sq@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:58:23 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <7p9rc1t8iaqf8ddm6pgv9216ekj2jn57at@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
[]
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
The 'Great Incompetant' would be truth in advertising.
'Great Fool' or 'Great Idiot' would do too.
Incompetant Puppet.
Howdy Doody grew up and became president.
(With Karl Rove as Buffalo Bob, ***** Cheney as Mister Bluster, Condi
Rice as Princess Summerfall Winterspring, and Don Rumsfeld as
Clarabelle, the clown.)
I only recall the first and last only the last comes up in memory as a
cow.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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In article <jjv4d1ln4jhs6s3571n40ccmv8997k398q@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:35:05 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <l32tc1dkcugk505j0ce12ba3hcus0oi5sq@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:58:23 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <7p9rc1t8iaqf8ddm6pgv9216ekj2jn57at@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
[]
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
The 'Great Incompetant' would be truth in advertising.
'Great Fool' or 'Great Idiot' would do too.
Incompetant Puppet.
Howdy Doody grew up and became president.
(With Karl Rove as Buffalo Bob, ***** Cheney as Mister Bluster, Condi
Rice as Princess Summerfall Winterspring, and Don Rumsfeld as
Clarabelle, the clown.)
I only recall the first and last only the last comes up in memory as a
cow.
You may be thinking of a character in the old Disney cartoons. On the
Howdy Doody show, Clarabelle was a clown.
Memory jog:
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/howdydoodys/howdydoodys.htm
I don't recall the character played by Don Knotts. I don't remember
Lowell Thomas, Jr. being on the show either.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:02:02 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <jjv4d1ln4jhs6s3571n40ccmv8997k398q@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:35:05 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <l32tc1dkcugk505j0ce12ba3hcus0oi5sq@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:58:23 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <7p9rc1t8iaqf8ddm6pgv9216ekj2jn57at@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
[]
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
The 'Great Incompetant' would be truth in advertising.
'Great Fool' or 'Great Idiot' would do too.
Incompetant Puppet.
Howdy Doody grew up and became president.
(With Karl Rove as Buffalo Bob, ***** Cheney as Mister Bluster, Condi
Rice as Princess Summerfall Winterspring, and Don Rumsfeld as
Clarabelle, the clown.)
I only recall the first and last only the last comes up in memory as a
cow.
You may be thinking of a character in the old Disney cartoons.
Hard to say. It could have been almost anything.
On the
Howdy Doody show, Clarabelle was a clown.
Memory jog:
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/howdydoodys/howdydoodys.htm
I don't recall the character played by Don Knotts. I don't remember
Lowell Thomas, Jr. being on the show either.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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15 Jul 2005 06:37:15 AM |
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"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:02:02 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <jjv4d1ln4jhs6s3571n40ccmv8997k398q@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:35:05 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <l32tc1dkcugk505j0ce12ba3hcus0oi5sq@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:58:23 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote:
In article <7p9rc1t8iaqf8ddm6pgv9216ekj2jn57at@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
[]
Of course if he invaded both Syria and Iran, he would have an
American
Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Khyber pass.
He might even change his name to Alexander.
The 'Great Incompetant' would be truth in advertising.
'Great Fool' or 'Great Idiot' would do too.
Incompetant Puppet.
Howdy Doody grew up and became president.
(With Karl Rove as Buffalo Bob, ***** Cheney as Mister Bluster, Condi
Rice as Princess Summerfall Winterspring, and Don Rumsfeld as
Clarabelle, the clown.)
Who would be the Inspector, the World's #1 Private Eye? Even
though Bush looks like Alfred E. Neuman, he'd make a fine
Dilly Dally.
I only recall the first and last only the last comes up in memory as a
cow.
You may be thinking of a character in the old Disney cartoons.
Yep - Clarabelle Cow.
Hard to say. It could have been almost anything.
On the
Howdy Doody show, Clarabelle was a clown.
Who was played by Ed McMahan(sp?) for a short time.
Memory jog:
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/howdydoodys/howdydoodys.htm
I don't recall the character played by Don Knotts. I don't remember
Lowell Thomas, Jr. being on the show either.
Neither do I. Of course, I stopped watching when Hop, Skip
and Jump first appeared. And, I didn't like it when they turned
Princess Summerfallwinterspring into a puppet. The woman
who first played the part had died and was replaced by another
woman who suddenly became a puppet. That was too weird
for me as a child.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
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"janospetrik@hotmail.com" <janospetrik@hotmail.com> wrote:
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In article <xIWdnZ8GmZ0NgSLfRVn...@comcast.com>,
"Michelle Malkin" <hypati...@comcast.net> wrote:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,00....
This article says it all.
"Slowly, slowly he sank into the sea."
I think that the alarm clock has gone off and the American people and
even the Congress critters are starting to wake up.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit
atrocities"
-Voltaire
It doesn't matter. We're stuck with him till the next election.
When he leaves office, the Bush family, the Cheney Family, and the
Saudi Royal family will have seen their wealth double or triple while
ordinary working people, and people who depend on social security to
live will be struggling to survive.
If the next president is a Democrat, he'll be blamed for Bush's
blunders.
Sadly, many Democrats think that to get elected they have to be more
like Bush. Bush Lite is less filling and has a very bitter taste.
If he's a Republican, we'll be told to "Stay the course", while the
economy goes farther into the dumpster.
After another Republican, China will buy out what's left of the country
and we'll all be serfs to them.
"The average American has the intelligence of a twelve-year-old".
-Richard Nixon
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:22:30 -0400, "Michelle Malkin"
<hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1514898,00.html
Battered Bush watches as support ebbs away
With memories of his poll victory still fresh, the President already
seems a lame duck. Backing for the Iraq war has collapsed and his
domestic agenda is in disarray. Even his party is rebelling
Paul Harris
Sunday June 26, 2005
The Observer
On Tuesday at 8pm President George W Bush will speak to the American
people. The setting will be Fort Bragg, a North Carolina military base
that acts as a springboard for many soldiers on their way to the war
zone of Iraq. It will be a rare prime-time appearance for a President
notoriously shy of such performances.
But these are not ordinary times. Beset on all sides by the bloodshed
in Iraq, rebellions in the Republican party and Democrat attacks on
his domestic agenda, Bush faces the derailment of his second term only
six months after his inauguration.
It is a remarkable turnaround. After his 2004 victory, Republican
advisers spoke of a 'Bush unshackled', freed by the fact he will not
fight another election and buoyed by winning 12 million new voters to
his cause. Bush boasted of spending 'political capital' in a radical
second term to transform America.
No longer. Bush is confronting the nightmare of any American President
in his second term: he is becoming a lame duck.
At the centre of Bush's troubles is the Iraq war. Nightly images of
mayhem in Baghdad have pushed the jubilant scenes of the Iraqi
elections to the back of America's consciousness. For the first time,
more now oppose than support the war. Even some Republicans are
talking about withdrawal. The ghost of Vietnam stalks Washington's
corridors of power.
But Bush's troubles go deeper. His relentless plans to sell social
security reform to the public have floundered. His energy bill is
mired in trouble. Democrats have blocked the nomination of the radical
John Bolton as UN ambassador. Once disciplined Republican senators and
congressmen snipe at the White House on everything from the
environment to stem cell research. 'It's an old rule of thumb: the
power of a second-term President peaks on the day after he wins the
election. It's all downhill from there,' said Larry Haas, a former
Clinton White House aide.
Walter Jones has credentials that should have seen him flourish in
Bush's second term. The North Carolina congressman has 60,000 military
retirees among his constituents. Counties in Jones's district went for
Bush in 2004 with a support level of around 65 per cent. But Jones's
real claim to fame is that in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11
September he organised the renaming of the French fries served in the
Capitol's cafeteria to freedom fries.
It made him an icon of the right (and derision from the left). But
Jones is now a rebel, not a loyalist. He has called for Bush to set a
timetable for US withdrawal, stunning top Republicans. 'No one is
talking about cutting and running ... but we cannot forever be
depended upon as the prime defence force in Iraq,' he wrote to his
North Carolina supporters.
For the White House, the facts are simple: if you are losing the
support of people like Jones, you are in trouble. There has clearly
been a fundamental shift in attitudes and many Republicans fear they
will pay the price in elections.
The polls are brutal. A survey by Gallup last week said 59 per cent of
Americans now favoured US withdrawal. Polls by Pew and Zogby
International also revealed that a clear majority of Americans
believed they were on the wrong track in Iraq. Bush's approval ratings
collapsed to 44 per cent in general and a paltry 39 per cent on Iraq.
'Iraq is at the front of Bush's troubles. Things are not going well
and the American voting public sees that,' said John Zogby, head of
the pollsters Zogby.
The talk in Washington is of the dreaded 'tipping point'. This is when
Iraq's insurgency deepens into uncontrollable crisis at the same time
as American public opinion collapses. That could spell the
unthinkable: American defeat.
The tipping point has not arrived yet, but there are many Democrats,
and some Republicans, who believe it is on the way if trends continue.
'[Bush's] place in history will probably rest on Iraq becoming a
stable democracy. Not too many historians, presidential watchers or
political science professors believe that is a good bet,' said John
Orman, who is professor of politics at Fairfield University in
Connecticut.
Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, who also hails from the Republican
heartland, is speaking out. He recently angrily said the US was
'losing' the war. Hagel is one of the front-runners for the Republican
presidential nomination in 2008. For anyone with White House
ambitions, distancing oneself from Bush is becoming a priority.
Iraq has also undermined the 'neoconservative' foreign policy of
Bush's first four years. That has allowed Democrats, aided by a few
Republicans, to block the appointment of the hawkish John Bolton as US
ambassador to the UN. The White House is considering appointing Bolton
on a temporary basis. Given that Bolton has the backing of Bush and
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the climbdown is a humiliation.
Democrats and Republicans know that a Supreme Court nomination is
looming. Lifted by their Bolton success, Democrats are hungry for that
fight.
Last Thursday, however, Iraq was far from Bush's mind. He was on the
stump in Silver Springs, Maryland, a slice of suburbia not far from
Washington. In a nominally public meeting at a local high school, Bush
touted his plans to reshape social security, the system of payments
many elderly Americans rely on.
For Bush, tackling social security, set up during the 1930s in the
Democrat Golden Age of the New Deal, is the centrepiece of his
conservative revolution. Bush has devoted huge energy to partly
privatising it. His speech on Thursday was his 34th on the issue in a
campaign that has seen him visit 27 states. So far it has been to no
avail. As hundreds of carefully selected Republicans queued to enter
the school, they were outnumbered by 500 protesters. Their drums and
shouts drowned out every other noise. That was no surprise. The social
security campaign has been a disaster for Bush. The more he has
travelled, the more public approval of his handling of the issue has
collapsed. A survey for the New York Times put it at just 25 per cent.
Now Republicans are beginning to look for an exit strategy in social
security too. In less than six months the central plank of Bush's
domestic agenda looks like being toppled. If Bush does succeed in
getting any sort of reform on social security, it will be far from his
initial aims. Last week several Republican senators began drafting
compromise legislation leaving much of the system in place.
Bush is starting to sound desperate. 'You've got a good idea, step up
with it,' he told his Maryland audience. 'I'm more than willing to
listen.' For a politician famed for his direct style, such comments
feel more like Clinton's 'I feel your pain' campaigning than
hard-nosed conservatism.
But social security is just one of several cherished projects that
have hit the skids. Plans to reform the tax system have been delayed
until the end of September. Bush's energy bill is stalled. He is
facing huge criticism on environment and climate change, where
concerns span party lines. On issues from global warming to evolution,
Bush's hardline denials look increasingly out of touch.
The only genuinely popular piece of legislation likely to land on the
President's desk is backing an increase in stem cell research. The
move was supported by 50 Republican congressmen in the face of White
House opposition. But Bush, with an eye on his Christian conservative
base, has vowed to veto the bill.
Other mistakes have been made. Bush, and the right wing of the
Republican party, devoted huge efforts to the Terri Schiavo case. But
not only did their efforts fail to keep the brain-damaged woman alive;
an autopsy revealed their whole premise - that she had been sentient -
was wrong. For many the Schiavo case disintegrated into an ugly
political battle. It brought out a weariness with the 'culture wars'
that have marked Bush's rise to power.
The hot-button issue of gay marriage has also fallen off the national
radar. In fact Americans are most concerned about rising petrol
prices, a possible housing market crash and job creation: issues that
Bush rarely touches. 'Bush's second-term agenda has been very strange.
He is not talk ing about anything America cares about,' said Zogby.
For Bush, who has fought his last campaign, that might not be a
problem. But for Republican senators and congressmen, facing a tough
re-election fight in 2006, it is a paramount concern. Not only does
Bush appear out of touch with voters; he is out of touch with his
party's needs.
That may explain why senior Republicans in the Senate were summoned to
the White House last week for a 'policy luncheon' with Bush. It is the
first time such a meeting has been held since the Reagan
administration. One senate aide said Bush presented the politicians
with a 'shopping list' of issues he expected action on.
But such brow-beating may be in vain. The interests of the White House
and the Republican party have diverged. Bush and ***** Cheney are still
radicals, concerned with leading a conservative revolution that
transforms America. But Republicans troops just want to win the next
election, and voters seem to favour a more moderate stance. 'The
President has decided that his legacy is more important to him than
popularity. But you cannot get the legacy without the people behind
you,' Haas said.
All this has transformed the Democrats. After Senator John Kerry's
defeat, the party was seemingly headed for the political wilderness.
Now it is united and winning battles. The post-election gloom has
disappeared.
More significantly, these events have changed Republicans. The name
leading the race to be the party's presidential nominee in 2008 is
John McCain, the maverick Arizona senator who represents a centrism
far removed from the religious shock troops schooled by Karl Rove.
McCain is pro-life but no religious radical. He is socially liberal,
pro-military but famously critical of Donald Rumsfeld. He was even
approached by Kerry as a possible running mate last year.
The religious right hates him with a passion. But McCain is now
overwhelmingly the most popular Republican hopeful in the country. For
some observers, McCain's popularity represents the return of moderate
America and an end to the red/blue divide of the Bush years. 'The
polarisation of America is starting to crack. The next election will
be all about a battle for the centre,' said John Zogby. History may
just be on the move again - leaving Bush behind.
Second-term troubles
American presidents have historically suffered from scandals and
setbacks in their second terms:
Bill Clinton
He may have balanced the budget and showed that a Democratic President
could be re-elected, but Bill Clinton's second term will be remembered
forever for that Monica Lewinsky sex scandal.
Ronald Reagan
Reagan's second term was dogged by the Iran-Contra scandal, which
dragged on for months and ended with a public apology to the nation.
Lyndon Johnson
Catapulted into office after the assassination of John F Kennedy, he
won the 1964 election, then had his presidency destroyed by the
worsening war in Vietnam.
Richard Nixon
Nixon's second term was marked by the explosion of the Watergate
scandal. Marred by disgrace, Nixon resigned part-way through his
second term.
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower, who led the nation in the fabled era of 1950s prosperity,
had his second term spoiled by the launch of a Sputnik by the
Russians, leading to a belief that Ike had let America fall behind in
the arms race at the start of the Cold War.
Woodrow Wilson
Led the nation into and out of the First World War, but his victory
and second term were tarnished by his failure to persuade America to
join the League of Nations.
© 2005 The Observer
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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Walter Jones has credentials that should have seen him flourish in
Bush's second term. The North Carolina congressman has 60,000 military
retirees among his constituents. Counties in Jones's district went for
Bush in 2004 with a support level of around 65 per cent. But Jones's
real claim to fame is that in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11
September he organised the renaming of the French fries served in the
Capitol's cafeteria to freedom fries.
Thanks for reminding me that our Republican leaders will spare no
effort to embaress Americans in the eyes of the world.
Thanks again, Rush Limbaugh. You helped make it happen.
I hope you can find another maid who's willing to risk prison to
purchase your cigar boxes full of illegal drugs.
Senator Joe McCarthy was a great American: Rush Limbaugh.
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