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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:24 AM
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Does anyone out there feel a little bad for *?
He looked beaten last night, and the spittle thing, and the drooping mouth...he just looked so sad at the end.

Mind you, I'm not backing down - Kerry all the way. I just feel a little human emotion about this. Here is someone who never really fails (he never has to deal with his failures) and is always right (because his people won't tell him when he's wrong) and now he knows Kerry's better than him. He just looked beaten down.

I enjoyed the look after the first debate, but I don't want to look at pics of the last one. I was even looking for a good MP3 of the original "I don't know where he is, I'm not concerned..." and I suddenly lost interest.

Then again, I just went from 20mg to 30mg of my meds...so it might just be that.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:25 AM
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1. bad
Normally i would , because i too have "feelings"

But after what he did to America,and John McCain
he is not worthy of any Feelings
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:26 AM
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2. Fuck no.
eom
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:27 AM
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9. Hell...fucking...no!
Hate the rat bastard.
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July Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:42 AM
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34. Hey, that's what I was going to say!
I second that!
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:26 AM
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3. Yep, I was thinking the same thing before going to bed last night.
I alternate between hating him and feeling pity for him. I am not generally a hateful person, so it is not surprising to me that the hate goes away pretty easily. But then I think of his attitude, his desregard for the lives of our soldiers, his clear intent to lie to the public, etc, and I get riled up again.
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Paxdora Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:08 PM
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51. Hate AND Pity
for the Gollum in the White House???






Just hate, I think...I reserve my pity for animals and innocent human beings....



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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:26 AM
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4. No I don't
Too many people have died for me to feel sorry for that giggling murderer.
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Dem Agog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:26 AM
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5. Oh Lordy...
There is nothing, NOTHING, that can happen to Chimpy that will ever make me feel bad for him. I'm serious, he could be destroyed with all the horrible circumstances that befell Job in the Bible and I wouldn't feel bad for him. To me * is pure and ignorant evil and well deserving of whatever justice befalls him.
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michigandem2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:26 AM
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6. nope..its time for him to go...
I think I would feel bad if he were selected again to lead the country down more disasterous roads....I think we are doing him good by giving him time to spend in Crawford...resting...
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:27 AM
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7. No.
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irancontra Donating Member (689 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:27 AM
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8. IF he hadn't imprisoned 40,000 innocent iraqis
IF he hadn't bombed their country, trashed what little infrastructure the people had in Afghanistan, kinda-sorta didn't do anything on 9.11, emptied out the surplus, gave his cronies contracts at the cost of americans jobs & lives, tortured people & generally ravaged the unity of this country...

yeah I'd feel sorry for him.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:27 AM
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10. i did, for a second this morning./ went eeeeeewwww, lol
ya for all a sec. not now, lol
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:28 AM
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11. Hell no. He doesn't feel bad for trying to destroy our country.
I have no sympathy for him. None at all.
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DarthDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:28 AM
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12. Not a Chance

He's just a puppet, and a poorly performing one at that, with a couple of the marionette strings severely frayed or perhaps even broken. However, he knows what he's being manipulated to do. I feel sorry for all of those mothers who have lost their children in Iraq, not for this despicable fop.
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Malva Zebrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:29 AM
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13. No
I feel so very sorry for the families of the 1086 Americans who he put in harm's way ( murdered ) for nothing but profit.

I never felt sorry for Hannibal Lechter or any other serial killler.

I know it's probably never going to happen, but I would like to see him tried, convicted and put away in some prison begging for a drink or two from the prision guards. Nothing I would like to see more.
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:30 AM
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15. Ah. Thanks. :-)
I'm better now. I think it is the damn antidepressants...which I probably won't need once Kerry wins! :-)
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:29 AM
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14. he's a sick man, he should withdraw
I don't feel sorry for him. He is not so damaged that he couldn't do the decent thing, admit his problems with substances or whatever is causing him to act like this, and withdraw. We don't do addicts any kindness when we enable them through pity. The drooling in a presidential debate is just plain disrespectful to the people. Is it asking too much for this man to be sober for just 90 minutes?
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:30 AM
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16. I feel for the families of over 1000 DEAD for interests of BIG OIL
And for those who lost their loved ones on 9/11 when Bush was WARNED in August and did NOTHING but go on vacation for the entire month.

He's a born LOSER who has done great damage to a country we love.

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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:31 AM
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17. Not even a little bit
Since he is so fond of "down home sayin's", George, if you can't stand the heat, resign, er, I mean get out of the kitchen.
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TexasSissy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:33 AM
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18. Rufus - I, too, felt kinda sorry for the shrub. He was clearly out of
his league. I didn't get carried away with it, though, and I of course reminded myself of the arrogance and petulance of the last four years, that this sorry sight wasn't the REAL * we know, and that thousands of people have died unnecessarily because of his bad judgment. So it didn't last long, but I did kinda feel sorry for him fighting so hard to keep his job, and being clearly out of his league in a debate with Kerry.

Let's just hope Kerry wins this thing and gets America back on teh right course.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:33 AM
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19. Uh, no...
He signed on for this. He could have been a uniter not a divieder, he could have let the inspectors continue, he could have done godd things. He didn't. If he feels like crap because he lost 3 debates, too damn bad. What goes around comes around.

MzPip
:dem:
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Texas_Dem Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:33 AM
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20. No.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:34 AM
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21. "Whew!" He looked completely overwhelmed.
And no, I don't feel badly at all.
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eeyore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:34 AM
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22. Don't fall prey to Stockholm Syndrome!
That's where prisoners begin to sympathize with their captors. Just keep repeating to yourself that this fucker is evil, dangerous, and must be removed from office for the health of the entire world!

Shake it off man!
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:07 PM
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49. Why do I feel joining the SLA .......
death to facist insect that preys upon the lives of the people!

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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:27 PM
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61. Ronny
you are my hero.

::swoon::

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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 02:28 PM
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74. Ahhhhh!
That's so sweet!
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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:35 AM
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23. Real sad, I am - I hope he's not in any pain, mean it
In the summer of '99 after announcing his bid for the presidency, Bush openly mocks Karla's pleas for clemency in an interview he does with Talk magazine.
" `Please,' Bush whimpers, his lips pursed in mock desperation, `don't kill me,' "
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:36 AM
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24. No, hell no, no, not a bit.
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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:37 AM
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25. This guy?


No, I don't feel bad for him. I feel scared for US!
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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:37 AM
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26. I feel sorry for the thousands who've needlessly died
... as the result of his arrogance, spitefulness and greed. No pity for him, sorry.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:38 AM
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27. Nope - quantum physicists couldn't track my sympathy for Bush
Edited on Thu Oct-14-04 11:39 AM by hatrack
And even if they did, it would be either location or velocity, but not both - that's how vanishingly small it is.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:39 AM
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28. Feel sorry for bush at your
own risk..he'll go for your jugular!
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:39 AM
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29. No Fucking Way.
This man has been the worst president this country has had to endure for at least a century.

He's a coWard, a liar, a killer and a borderline psychopath. He's a freaking war criminal. He has plunged us into a war that will drain our resouces for decades.

He has never accomplished anything good in his entire life.

He has implemented policies that have divided this country, greatly expanded the divide in this country between rich and poor, and he attempted, unsuccesfully so far, to make our courts even more right wing.

He has single handedly destroyed the fiscal standing of the USA and he has turned our allies into enemies. The harm he has done to our international standing will take decades to repair.

What more harm could possibly be done in a single presidential term?
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Pig_Latin_Lover Donating Member (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:40 AM
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30. I can't yet
Maybe after the election is over, I'll consider it, but he's still in office and he needs to go. If he gets re-elected, how can I possibly feel sorry for him?
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:41 AM
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31. Nope. Not a chance.
15 to 30 thousand dead Iraqis and over 1000 dead Americans and I'm supposed to feel sorry for the monster who is responsible because he got his ass whipped on TV?

Trust me, it's the meds.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:41 AM
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32. fuck no
there is nothing the little bushturd or his gang could go through that would elicit a nanosecond of pity from me
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:41 AM
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33. No!
I want to see that sumbitch in prison for the rest of his rotten life.
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Chimpanzee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:44 AM
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35. your kidding right?
I will never feel sorry for a man that mixes cyanide into his worshippers Kool-Aid.
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:44 AM
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36. He's the one who shit his own bed
Let him lie in it.
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troubleinwinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:46 AM
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37. No. He is a mass murderer.
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:49 AM
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38. This is a joke right? I mean this is just a sick joke yes
"Does anyone out there feel a little bad for *?"

You're one sick puppy

Had me going there for a sec.

Good one LOL :)
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Libby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:53 AM
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39. fuck no
fuck no
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:57 AM
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40. No, I feel sorry for this guy


And them



And him



And so on.

Bush will get none of my pity.


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Raenelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:05 PM
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41. Fuck no. No fucking way. Not as long as he's anywhere near power.
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txindy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:07 PM
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42. No. Okay, wait..... Ummm, well,....
No. Absolutely not.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:10 PM
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43. Bush needs to suffer utter and complete humiliation for what he stands for
I recognize that Bush the person is a human being and, in his capacity purely as a human being I can feel compassion for his impending fall as I could for any human being who suffers an embarrassing failure. But for the symbol that Bush represents, as the leader of a loathsome party with values that I find abhorrent, I can only wish that Bush the President suffer the most humiliating, one-sided embarrassing defeat in Presidential history. I personally wish Bush the private citizen no ill will. But I have nothing but hatred and contempt for Bush the Chimperor, the President who stole an election, led us into an illegal war, turned his back on the poor, and who wants to take the United States back to the 19th century.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:19 PM
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44. No, I feel sorry for our troops, and for the prisoners of Abu Ghraib....
I do feel sorry for Bush supporters, though...it must be really hard to keep supporting such a complete waste of flesh.
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devinsgram Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:33 PM
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45. Gee, I can't post anything. Everybody beat me to it.
So here it is "All of the above."
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:48 PM
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46. I guess I'm the only one to say yes, sometimes
I have always thought that the shrub is basically a decent guy who's is surrounded by some very bad people. His good-old-boy schtick was used to get elected.

Benign Republicans love him and a gullible public too,on the face of it. Where's Dorothy to pull back the curtain when we need her?
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Paxdora Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:21 PM
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59. "a decent guy"???
who blew up frogs when he was just a child???

please...he knows exactly what the fuck he is doing - everything he's TOLD to do, just to be "Numero UNO" in the public eye! He's a psychopathic megalomaniac who needs to be put away forever in a rubber room...
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:52 PM
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47. Do I feel bad for.....
....A man who was never elected in the first place.

A liar who is directly responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 Americans and at best, indirectly responsible for the deaths of 3,000 others.

A coward who dodged the draft himself, then deserted the National Guard, and still has the balls to shit all over the service of 3 Vietnam Veterans who have run against him, and direct his surrogates like Saxby Chamblis to shit all over others.

An arrogant piece of shit who disregards the will of the American people, the counsel of previous Presidents - even his own father - and shits on those whom this country has called allies for decades.

A fool who has never been held accountable for one thing in 58 years on this planet, and has no concept of what it's like to struggle to make ends meet.

Nope.... I just find it impossible to scrape up an ounce of compassion for the piece of shit. Whatever happens to him in his remaining life after next January 20 will never come close to the millions who have sufferred because of his fucked up policies.

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Cats Against Frist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:02 PM
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48. I think he's delusional and is probably being exploited some at this point
I also think he doesn't know jack shit about anything, and has been WAYYYYY in over his head, this entire time.

So, I feel a twinge of compassion, because I do have humility, and Bush, the doofus that he is, is humanized to me, a bit.

However, the rest of the GOP, their delusional and dull constituency and their think tank henchpeople can go suck on a lemon.
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:07 PM
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50. No
he is an evil man. Karma's a bitch.
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devinsgram Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 02:03 PM
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71. And, an amen to that one.
Rush is going to get his, O'Leily is going to get his and as far as * and Cheyney, well let's say, I'm sure glad I'm not them.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:08 PM
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52. bwhahaha. NO.
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demokatgurrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:08 PM
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53. No, I feel bad for us that we have been stuck with him
for the past four years.
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Paxdora Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:10 PM
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54. I can't feel bad about this tyrant...
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TrueAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:10 PM
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55. He's like a dog who
bites your kids, you feel sad for the dog, but you have to take it back to the pound.
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:11 PM
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56. Hell no.
He's a pathetic little man. After what his decisions have cost this country, there is no way I could ever feel sorry for him.
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liveoaktx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:12 PM
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57. A man who signs orders to circumvent international law in order to torture
deserves no pity. He deserves, in fact, a day in the international court docket.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:18 PM
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58. Not In The Least, Mr. Firefly
We are all familiar with the formulation known as the Golden Rule. In my view, it is impossible not to abide by it: the way a person treats other people is a sort of instruction manual for how they believe people ought to be treated, and it is therefore wrong, and unkind, to treat a person in any other way than that in which they treat other people. As this reptile has never shown the least degree of pity or empathy for another human being in his life, it is clear to me it would be the height of cruelty to ever show him the least smidgen those things he feels such innappropriate ways to regard suffering human beings....

Asked whether evil should be repaid with good, the Master said: "With what, then, would I repay good? Repay good with good, repay evil with correction."

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:26 PM
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60. Nope, not at all.
I'm a pretty empathetic person, but all I have to do is think of thousands of dead Iraqis (including children) who did nothing to us and over 1000 dead servicemembers who didn't deserve to die in a nasty sham of an illegal war and I feel no pity for the man, none at all. Period.
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i_c_a_White_Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:28 PM
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62. we still haven't beatin this punk yet
feel bad for someone who's decisions have cost the lives of 100,000 people? HELL NO
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knight_of_the_star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:32 PM
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63. I would
If he hadn't done so much TO this country in the last four years.
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:33 PM
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64. I feel a little bad for the country and the world that we've
had to put up with his "leadership" for a single term of office.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:44 PM
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65. Just think about the thousands of people dead
because of him, think about the soldiers and Iraqis alike who are dead, maimed, homeless, broken. Think about all the hate he's brought down on this country. Think about all the people who have lost jobs, homes, retirement savings. All because of Bush's arrogance, ignorance and greed.

When I think about, I don't feel at all sorry for him. When I think about that, merely losing a debate or an election doesn't even begin to make up for what he's done. He brought it all on himself.
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zinsky Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:50 PM
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66. I feel badly for the little Iraqi boy with his arms and legs blown off....

NOT for this spoiled, petulant creep who thinks he is the president.

Any trouble Bush has, is of his own making. He could have stayed on his faux ranch in Texas and cleared brush and drove his dumbass Ford pick-up around all day. No one forced him to run for president (that I am aware of anyway)....
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Irishladdie Donating Member (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:50 PM
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67. Aw, NOOOOOOOOOOO!
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:52 PM
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68. Let's see...
I have as much compassion for * as he had for Karla Faye Tucker (the born-again Texas woman he mocked before signing off on her lethal injection)
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:55 PM
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69. NEVER! Because of one thing Bush said a few years ago:
"Who cares what you think?"

Fuck him and his entire administration.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 02:27 PM
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73. That's right
We're all just a "focus group" anyway. That one boiled my blood.
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MsAnthropy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 01:58 PM
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70. DEFINITELY NOT!!

No way no how. Stupidity I could forgive, but mean and stupid are a bad combination and have caused too much damage.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 02:23 PM
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72. I won't feel bad even when he hangs for war crimes.
I'll feel justice has been served.

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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 02:30 PM
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75. Absolutely not. I feel sorry for this nation and will for decades
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Oak2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:11 PM
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76. If the pain he was feeling came through self-awareness and...
true remorse, I'd feel great empathy for him. I went through a time where I questioned my political direction and past deeds, and it was painful, though urgently needed.

But the pain I see in Bush is not the pain or recognition and remorse. It's the pain that comes from trying to hang on to a wrong way of life while seeing things slowly collapse around you. He doesn't want to do better -- he wants to be able to continue to bully the world, silence Americans, and steal every penny he can from us and our future. He is pained that this, and more, may be coming to an end. He suffers because he sees his power to do whatever he will regardless of the wishes of others, regardless of the consequences to others, slipping away. He is anguished over his failure to lie and be believed. He worries about the consequences to him of getting caught committing crimes.

I have no sympathy with that kind of pain. None.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:14 PM
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77. He murdered over 1000 of this nation's children
and tens of thousands of Iraqi children. For money.

I won't feel sorry for him even after he's gone to meet his fiery end.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:16 PM
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78. Sympathy can be found in the dictionary...
between shit and syphilis!

Do you think "*" feels sorry for us?
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omnithrope Donating Member (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:16 PM
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79. 0% sorry.
nt
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hiphopnation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:18 PM
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80. Yes.
Oh wait...I mean no.
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ninainsf Donating Member (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:28 PM
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84. I do feel sorry...
in that he really is so completely oblivious to reality and probably has no sense that his administration is totally playing him. He THINKS he's being moral and has high integrity. He THINKS his foreign policy is best steered by his religion. You could see on his face last night that he took the punches personally. He's just way out of his league, but doesn't even sense it! I guess I feel sorry for him because he is mentally disabled. Whose fault is it that he's disabled? Whose fault is it that he is president?
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hiphopnation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 05:00 PM
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85. I used to feel that way as well.
Edited on Thu Oct-14-04 05:02 PM by hiphopnation23
Then I started reading up on the man. I know he is a willing participant in the actions of his admin. This man is complisate in all of the actions of the Necons and their PNAC agenda don't think for a minute otherwise. If they could, they would take you and your family for everything you're worth, distribute amongst a few of their rich family buddies and leave you to wither in poverty and starvation. They don't care about you. HE does not care about you.

Whose fault is it that he's disabled? I suppose it's possible that the Bush family is a result of some kind of imbreeding further up in the family tree but make no mistake, George Bush is ENTIRELY responsible and, likely, proud of all of the "accomplishments" his administration has made. He would do it again. Read up more on the man in his youth. At the same time read "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" and try to feel sorry for Hitler in all of his early failings and the harsh blows he was dealt in the years prior to his rise to power.

Start with this article from Salon...

Bush, by contrast, "was totally the opposite of Chris Cox," Tsurumi said. "He showed pathological lying habits and was in denial when challenged on his prejudices and biases. He would even deny saying something he just said 30 seconds ago. He was famous for that. Students jumped on him; I challenged him." When asked to explain a particular comment, said Tsurumi, Bush would respond, "Oh, I never said that." A White House spokeswoman did not return a phone call seeking comment.

In 1973, as the oil and energy crisis raged, Tsurumi led a discussion on whether government should assist retirees and other people on fixed incomes with heating costs. Bush, he recalled, "made this ridiculous statement and when I asked him to explain, he said, 'The government doesn't have to help poor people -- because they are lazy.' I said, 'Well, could you explain that assumption?' Not only could he not explain it, he started backtracking on it, saying, 'No, I didn't say that.'"


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/16/tsurumi/

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Sound familiar? This guy is not your friend and does not deserve your pity, trust me.

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helpisontheway Donating Member (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:21 PM
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81. Hell no...
Kerry should keep going after him HARD. Kick him while he is down! That is how they treated KErry during the whole SBVT thing. Even when they were up they kept fighting harder. That is what we have to do. We have 19 days left and need to keep the momentum going.
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evilqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:22 PM
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82. Why should we feel bad for Bush?
He and his crime family don't feel bad about all the people they've destroyed.
Do you think any of them feel bad about all the unemployed, uninsured, disenfranchised poor? Fuck no.
Do you think any of them feel bad about the soldiers who aren't coming home, or the ones coming home so maimed or mentally destroyed that they may never recover? Fuck no.
Do you think any of them feel bad about the senior citizens who now have to choose between their pills or their food each month? Fuck no.
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giant_robot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 04:28 PM
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83. Not at all
and we ain't seen nuthin' yet. Bush's self-esteem is tied to doing better than Poppy Bush. I predict that losing this election is going turn him into an emotional wreck, and I can't say I feel sorry for him.
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