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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:14 AM
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I Thought Jeb Was the "Smart" One n/t
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never_get_over_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:15 AM
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1. Well everything in relative
in that family he may just well be the smart one....but the bar is not too high
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:15 AM
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2. It's a relative term n/t
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:18 AM
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3. to say bush whether jeb or shitler in the same sentence with any similance
of intelligence nearby or associated is to error on the side of not thinking.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:18 AM
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4. He's the expendable one
Has STATED very plainly that he is NOT running for President in 08, thus he can make an ass of himself amongst thinking folk, yet at the same time be perceived by the religious right as carrying water for his brother, and Georgie stays clean. He ain't touching this issue again.

Probably Cheney has already had a talk with Scalia.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:20 AM
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5. We Believe Him (about anything)? n/t
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dandrhesse Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:20 AM
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6. my thoughts exactly, we used to know a guy who was the
champion tennis player in his condo development and he said it was like being the champ of Forest Lawn Cemetery. So yeah, if your biggest competition is Pa, S & L wunderkid and he who shall not be named, then bingo he's the lucky winner, but not much of a title.
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chookie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:31 AM
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7. He's religiously insane as well?
I think the same question can be asked of him as it is sometimes asked of his brother the Chimperial Majesty -- are they REALLY religiously insane, or do they pander to the religiously insane because they are a key activist voting bloc?

Why is Jeb getting involved? It's part of his strategy to not only gain support for his brother the monkey -- so he can ram further piratizing upon the American people and the world due to their rabid, unthinking fervor -- but it is also a sign that despite the fucking lies he tells, he IS going to run for the Presidency in 2008 -- if the bastards still aren't in prison for war crimes by that time.

As ruthless as Poppy and Barb are, they would have never sunk to the level of this grosteque hillbilly hysteria.

Funny how George is not dragging them out, or even Pickles, to back him up on this wacky stuff.
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dandrhesse Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:48 AM
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8. The arrogance is so huge is it mind boggling. They truly believe that they
can do whatever they please, but the rest of the world is not going to stand for it. Also remember this point, the folks funding all this stuff do not like the limelight. The bush boys have made a grave mistake. Sure the people behind it are probably ruthless and would take the money and power by whatever means is necessary, BUT it is to be done without the glare of the public spotlight.

Before bush pull most of this stuff, how much did most people know about how the government works, how contracts are awarded, what we pay for the soldiers meals etc, etc, etc.

I am quite sure that corruption in this area is a long=standing practice but no one ever looked at it because it wasn't done so brazenly, so in your face, you can't touch me kind of way that he has done it.

If anything topples the house it will be traced back to this fact, too much publicity for the wrong people.,
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scarletlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 07:56 AM
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14. it is a known fact among state employees in florida
that jeb is indeed an arrogant bastard. he thinks he knows it all.
he is ubercorrupt.
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dandrhesse Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:22 PM
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15. big shock right? I don't get why "religious conservatives" don't see the
brothers as spoiled brats who need a good "whoopin".
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:59 AM
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10. I wonder why too
I think they pander to them because they are easy to brainwash. Simple as that. They have control over the media so it's easy.
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morcatknits Donating Member (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 01:40 AM
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11. Easily Brainwashed
Under-educated and anti-science. Perfect.
morcatknits
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scarletlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 07:20 AM
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13. I don't think he is any more religious than gw
(unless gw has totally lost it and now thinks he talks with god)

Its all a calculated act with jeb. he conveniently converted to catholocism just before he ran for governor. that fit in nicely with all the right wing catholic cubans whose vote he was courting.

jeb is a bigger crook than gw ever thought to be.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:51 AM
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9. In the long run, among the "faithful" Jeb will be considered a hero
for this stand. He really can't lose on this one with his base. It was a very wise move for him. Doing anything else would be like killing Santa Claus.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 02:17 AM
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12. Buwhahahaha!!!!
Keep me entertained UTUSN.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:28 PM
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16. Talent on loan from God

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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 12:31 PM
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17. LOL, relatively speaking, he is...
He speaks in complete sentences, can pronounce words properly and doesn't seem to be covered in bruises on a daily basis. Using these criteria, he is a freaking genius in comparison to his brother, lol.
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