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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 01:52 PM
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It's amazing that the president of the U.S. got on national television,
admitted to 30 counts of high crimes, and the only thing coming from it is that he's upset somebody would blow the whistle on him being a major criminal!

OUTRAGEOUS!!
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 01:53 PM
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1. It's come that far, Walt...
And furthermore, he's going to continue, and nobody can do a damn thing about it. And he's mad!
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doublethink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:05 PM
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7. Like when Rumsfield stated during the Abu Ghraib .......
inquiry how he was upset at 'all the little cell phone cameras' out there able to record these things. Another jaw dropping moment. He was more upset that there were pictures of these things than the actual torture abuse itself. This administration is Fascist, how much more has to be spelled out for America to see this? EOM.
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Protagoras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:06 PM
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10. But when the Colonies complained
The king said: "I don't care!"
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 03:36 PM
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22. Please don't compare George III with Mad Little Georgie
George III was an okay monarch, a very intelligent man, a very nice man, a great husband at a time when kings weren't and weren't expected to be. Some bad advice and some opportunistic New Englanders is what smeared his rep. Hey, I started wishing a while ago that the AR never happened -- Canada certainly seems to have made out okay.
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drdtroit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 01:57 PM
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2. IMPEACH: DEN HAGUE!
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 01:58 PM
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3. I was thinking the same thing
Any sane Republican should be calling for impeachment right now, but then any sane Republican got out of politics a long time ago.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:41 PM
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19. Hell, even some of the INSANE Republicans are starting to wake up
Bob Barr was certainly never mistaken for "sane". But he's completely rational compared to this Fraudministration and those supporting it.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 03:32 PM
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21. That's who his speech was aimed at
they know they are close to losing their base.
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 04:59 PM
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24. When he's lost the batshit crazy vote, you know he should be scared
As should we.

:scared:
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converted_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:01 PM
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4. I'm really beginning to fear how far it will go, before it's finally over.
:hide:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:06 PM
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8. Well I'd be very wary
because angry spoilt brats usually know what to do to get their own way.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:03 PM
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5. I'm still a little in shock about, others may be too. This is...
...the unmasking moment: the moment where he actually admits crimes like it was nothing. This is pretty freaky.

PB
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:12 PM
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14. Yes, it is. And if it's so important that the "terra-ists"
not know that the government is doing this, why did he get on national television and emphasize it?
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:17 PM
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16. And continue it. Don't you think he should go back to the drawing board?
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fiveleafclover Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:05 PM
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6. Once again,
he's pissed that someone questioned him.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:11 PM
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12. BUSH to LEHRER
from http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/july-dec05/bush_12-16-05.html
JIM LEHRER: Mr. President, in all due respect, don't you believe that answer is going to lead people to believe that you're confirming that in fact you did this?

PRESIDENT BUSH: We don't talk about sources and methods. Don't talk about ongoing intelligence operations. I know there's speculation. But it's important for the American people to understand that we will do-- or I will use my powers to protect us, and I will do so under the law, and that's important for our citizens to understand.

JIM LEHRER: I don't want to "beat a dead horse" here, Mr. President--

PRESIDENT BUSH: Okay.

JIM LEHRER: --but the story is now all over the world.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah.

President Bush and Jim LehrerJIM LEHRER: I mean, it's on the front page of the New York Times, the Washington Post, every newspaper in America today, and it's going--it's the main story of the day. So--

PRESIDENT BUSH: It's not the main story of the day.

JIM LEHRER: Well, but I mean in terms of the way it's being covered--

PRESIDENT BUSH: The main story of the day is the Iraqi election.

JIM LEHRER: Right, and I'm going to get to that.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Okay.
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:38 PM
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17. So now he thinks he is a news editor as well as a dictator?
Apparently he is taking the Leona Helmsley approach that laws are only for "little people".
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:41 PM
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18. Yes, the law breaking plays to his base
They love that ends justifies the means mentality, especially when it comes to big tough Cmdr. Bunnypants protecting the good soccer playing kids from Terrist attacks!
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Surya Gayatri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:06 PM
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9. Breathtaking & unprecedented
effrontery (at least in my lifetime--and I lived through Watergate). With such alarming evidence being thrown right in our faces, how not to conclude that he is truly mad? SG
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:07 PM
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11. And my bet is that nothing will be done about it.
We're sliding downhill fast.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:12 PM
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13. Might as well admit that 9-11 was an inside Job and get mad at detractors
Treason, plain and simple, he broke his oath of office.
He thinks that in order to defend the constitution he
needs to break it. Impeach the son of a bitch.......
He really is a son of a bitch if you look at his mother.
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pdxmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:15 PM
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15. I think the fact that he got on TV and defiantly declared that, yes, he
violated the Constitution and will continue doing so, indicates that he feels that he is able to operate with total impunity. And with a Republican Congress, it's obvious that he is able to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants and to whomever he wants. The arrogance in his pronouncement this morning has really left me totally stunned.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 02:57 PM
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20. The Constitution is just "a Goddamn piece of paper".
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 03:37 PM
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23. They always do this. Yeah I did it. So what. What are you going
to do about it? Then it ends......
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 05:01 PM
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25. Where do you get 30 counts?
Just curious as to the breakdown.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 05:03 PM
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26. Right here is his admission to 30 counts of High Crimes, Will:
Edited on Sat Dec-17-05 05:05 PM by Walt Starr
<snip>

... I have reauthorized this program more than 30 times since the September the 11th attacks, and I intend to do so for as long as our nation faces a continuing threat from al Qaeda and related groups.

<snip>

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051217.html

He also broadcast his intention to continue committing high crimes.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 05:11 PM
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27. Thanks
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 07:57 PM
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28. I call that the Rumsfeld Doctrine
Be mad at the exposure of the behavior not the behavior itself.
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