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BuckeFushe Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:05 PM
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WHY WE HATE BUSH-wonderful op/ed by Ted Rall
I don't know if this has been posted anywhere else today. I looked for it but somehow this was missed. If you are not a fan of Rall, become one. He has on many occasions, hit the nail on the head regarding the stolen misadministration. This is one of his best.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=127&ncid=742&e=7&u=/uclicktext/20031027/cm_ucru/whywehatebush

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First but not foremost, Bush's detractors despise him viscerally, as a man. Where working-class populists see him as a smug, effeminate frat boy who wouldn't recognize a hard day's work if it kicked him in his self-satisfied ass, intellectuals see a simian-faced idiot unqualified to mow his own lawn, much less lead the free world. Another group, which includes me, is more patronizing than spiteful. I feel sorry for the dude; he looks so pathetic, so out of his depth, out there under the klieg lights, squinting, searching for nouns and verbs, looking like he's been snatched from his bed and beamed in, and is still half asleep, not sure where he is. Each speech looks as if Bush had been beamed from his bed fast asleep. And he's willfully ignorant. On Fox News, Bush admits that he doesn't even read the newspaper: "I glance at the headlines just to kind of a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves." All these takes on Bush boil down to the same thing: The guy who holds the launch codes isn't smart enough to know that's he's stupid. And that's scary.


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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:08 PM
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1. He doesn't read the paper? Ugh.
I didn't know that. Though, why it surprises me is, in itself, surprising.

I just can't imagine someone willingly passing up an activity that I so thoroughly enjoy every morning. And to think that the leader of the once-free-world makes no opinions of his own, apart from those fed to him like pablum from some child-sized spoon.
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:28 PM
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9. If you don't mind clicking on Fox, here is the transcript to the interview
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98006,00.html


He talks about a great deal of nothing. It is a fascinating read, if only because it underscores his (lack of a) thought process. The part about Bush not reading the papers is pretty far down.

But wade through it all. It's fascinating.
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 08:18 AM
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21. It says it all, doesn't it:
BUSH: I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm more interested in news. And the best way to get the news is from objective sources. And the most objective sources I have are people on my staff who tell me what's happening in the world.



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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:11 PM
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2. THIS SHOULD BE VOTED ON .... YAHOO NEWS ....

gave it a 5
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:47 PM
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15. Same here...
it was at 4.08 when I gave it the 5.

I also got into the 1711 postings, and made it through two before I ran into a Reagan 'glowworm'. In brief, he was talking about Iran-Contra, and Reagan not knowing anything about it, (right).

I posted, that he either lied or was incompetent, in either case, he was unfit to be president.

Doubt if I'll go back to see if I get an answer. 1711 is a lot of posts. :eyes:
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Stevendsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:14 PM
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3. Great article.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:15 PM
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4. Ted Rall
Always hits it on the nail
He is always correct!!!
Bravo Ted
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Unknown Known Donating Member (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:17 PM
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5. "effeminate frat boy" heheheheheheh
Rall's right - bush always looks like he just rolled out of bed. His hair always looks like shit. What's up with that - it looks like a brillo pad that the dog gotta hold of:evilgrin:
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BuckeFushe Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:25 PM
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8. This was the one sentence that is a common thread amongst us all
Bush isn't president, but he plays one on TV. His presence in the White House is an affront to everything that this country stands for.
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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:18 PM
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6. rall!!! (coming in the next CARTOONS!......
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:20 PM
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7. great article
:-)
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:40 PM
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10. The man admits that he didn't even read the education bill that
he signed into law. If they told him it said that he'd get free beer, he'd probably believe it.

Now, with that kind of legislation, how does anybody believe that he would be bothered to read something as detailed and long (few pictures) as a 3 year study on terrorism?

"I'll wait for the pop-up version!"
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:58 PM
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11. He cannot read! The man is illiterate. Just listen to him.
Uh, er, hum....da...

It's disugsting. Thank you Ted Rall for telling the truth about this incompetent.
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:19 PM
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12. Strange--
This op-ed appeared on Yahoo News more than a month ago (sept 25) (I thought it looked familiar, and sure enough, I had e-mailed it to myself and hubby to save it, because it was so good.

I wonder why Yahoo has it up on their news page again??
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BuckeFushe Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:31 PM
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13. "I wonder why Yahoo has it up on their news page again??"
Ghosts of impeachment past?:) Or future? :):):):)
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:42 PM
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14. Do you remember during the run for the president someone asked Bush
what he reads. He paused (I thought it would be some philosophy or history or something deep) finally he pipes in "I read the newspaper!"
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:51 PM
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16. The closest bush comes to reading the paper...
Edited on Mon Oct-27-03 10:03 PM by rasputin1952
is after Pickles spreads it on the floor so 'w' knows where to crap.

With any luck, he reads a few lines while he's squatting.

:evilgrin:
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 10:06 PM
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17. That was great!
Thanks!!
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BuckeFushe Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 07:28 AM
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18. Coffee time bump
:) It's worth the read.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 07:50 AM
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19. Excellent!
Gotta LOVE Ted for telling it like it is.

Don't forget to rate it!
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-28-03 08:13 AM
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20. Made my morning! VOTE on this story!
Thanks.
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