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Raenelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:52 AM
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Now that * is slipping in the polls, what do you-all think his next act
will be?

He has squandered the surplus and brought back record-breaking deficits. He has overextended our military. He's a loser who has failed at everything he has ever done, and his evident incompetence has only been masked for periods by illusions of strength and military victory.

The fog that shrouds his dreary regime is lifting. What do you-all think he will do to refashion himself yet again? Because it will be something. I just can't think what, because I don't think he can get away with another war, and another terrorist act would just reinforce the point that he has made our country less safe.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:54 AM
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1. his next act will be to slurp down a double scotch
and go play golf.

same as his daddy before.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:57 AM
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2. He will move to the middle
and be "compassionate" while his minions go around the country stirring up hate for:

gays
abortionists
the poor
non-fundies
Allah
taxes
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:00 AM
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4. and don't forget "Blame Canada"!
We, after all, are responsible for the quagmire in Iraq cause we didn't support Bush, the black-out, the proliferation of drugs, the undermining of morality by supporting same-sex marriage, ummmmm, can't think of what else, but I am sure Bush and his cabal can!
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lanlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:08 AM
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7. and for spreading commie socialist ideas
like universal health care.

Begone or we'll invade you. No wonder you commies up north have a big red whatsit on your flag, could be one of them there hammer 'n sickles.
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:08 AM
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8. The gay marriage thing was a purely calculated effort at creating a wedge
...issue to, presumeably, solidify his base and "scare" more people into staying behind him (you know, the ones he's losing by the millions daily).

Problem is, the 30-40% who might be scared by gay marriage are the same 30-40% who think Islam is evil and we're right to invade and kill as many of those "heathens" as possible, and spread the great message of "Murika" and "Jay-sus" to the world!!

Also, it could backfire in that if Bush hypes such morality/personal issues too much, people on both sides of the political spectrum will be asking "Why is he wasting time on such nonsense? What about the economy? What about terrorism?"
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:58 AM
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3. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO A F***ING THING.
It's all being "handled". The fix is in.
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:01 AM
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5. Thawing out the bodies of Osama, Saddam, Mullah Omar, and Ronnie.
The first 3 to say, "LOOKIE! We're winning!" These 3 great "catches" will be equally spaced throughout the next year. The last body will be thawed (no doubt around September/October 2004) so that we may all bask in a few weeks of misty-eyed Post-Reagan revisionism, leading right up to the election.
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:01 AM
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6. I think it may already be happening
Edited on Wed Aug-20-03 11:02 AM by party_line
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:09 AM
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9. Fine. Let's see, we're supposed to recall the Governor of California...
... because the energy crisis there is his fault. Now, who do we recall if we have a national energy crisis?

Hmmmnnn...
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:16 AM
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11. More likely...
Bush will get his energy policies- a drilling extravaganza and more deregulation. -rich repubs get richer, everyone else gets poorer.

It's consistent with the rest of the "events". It would advance policies that have no chance without it.
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:29 AM
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12. Right, of course. I was just thinking logically there for a second.
Something the Repubs don't understand (and unfortunately, most of the people conned into voting for them).
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:38 AM
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14. Doesn't it make you want to bite someone?
Each "event", were it legitimate, represents opportunities to really shine- to advance humanity in remarkable ways.

This one, for example gives a whole people a chance to say, OK, that's it- I'm buying a hybrid. Or, Enough, I'll take the bus and research the candidates. Or, Let's pay something like European prices for a fixed time to pay for the conversion of our infrastructure.

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rock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:10 AM
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10. I think he'll piss and clean out his coffee cup
Edited on Wed Aug-20-03 11:10 AM by rock
And I do mean necessarily in that order.
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Ein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:36 AM
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13. WMD's
Planted, speculative, 'programs'.... anything he can drudge up that the public will buy.

I think, if anything, they won't be planted... we will find a 'program' and 'facilities' that have as much basis in reality as the hydrogen trailers they found a few months ago.

The Bush administration is playing this too cool to not have an ace up thier sleeve. Sadly enough, since the public in this country seems to need bibs most of the time, they might be able to turn this into a losing issue for the Democrats and activists.

Just speculation on my part.
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:46 AM
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16. "The Bush administration is playing this too cool ..."
Edited on Wed Aug-20-03 11:47 AM by Brotherjohn
On the contrary, I think they're in way over their heads and coming apart at the seams. I think they believed so firmly that Iraq was a threat (even if only in that "we need to make the region safe for democracy" sense, or "non"-sense) that they willfully ignored all evidence to the contrary. But when you ignore facts, they eventually back you up against a brick wall, which is where they are now.

Witness Condi Rice's blatant lies and the WH's ever-changing stories in response to the Niger fiasco (their first taste of real criticism). Mark my words, that isn't nearly over yet.

Witness Ashcroft's "tour" to alleviate our fears about the Patriot Act.

Sounds to me like they're getting desperate.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 11:38 AM
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15. I don't know
All the conspirators were together at the pigfarm recently hatching some shit. I don't think it was the power outage, they had to sober up the chimp* to respond and he still looked like shit warmed over. How they'll work it to their advantage is yet to be seen, but we had best keep our eyes wide open and have a rapid responce team ready.
My guess is they were plotting to take out the U.N. in Baghdad, noone gets between the b.f.e.e. and their ilicit profits.
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 12:12 PM
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17. he's gonna create a terrorist incident where he saves the day
Edited on Wed Aug-20-03 12:13 PM by maggrwaggr

I think election day is gonna be a "stay in your homes" day.

We'll have a code red. They'll say "we almost caught these guys with dirty bombs, but they got away. We're headed to major cities in the US but we don't know which ones! Your only hope is to stay indoors and duct tape your windows shut while our friendly forces find these evildoers"

Everyone will panic and stay home, they'll "find" the dirty bombs at the last minute, crisis averted, Bush is a hero, elections scheduled for next week while his numbers are inflated.

Gee, hope they don't read this! Can I copyright this scenario? I know, I'll trademark it! If they use it I can sue them, right?

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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 12:13 PM
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18. Just heard a rumour
bin Ladin's been captured. timing is ?
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