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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 11:34 AM
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* in a nutshell
This was posted early by mwb970 it is spot on.

Bush has bankrupted our treasury, killed tens of thousands in an expensive, unnecessary war, trashed America's reputation throughout the world, poisoned our air and water, trampled the Constitution, eliminated and outsourced our jobs, raised our health-care costs, increased poverty in America, tolerated corporate and government corruption, infused the government with an intolerant, extreme form of Christianity, denigrated scientific achievement, and divided our nation. He has sent America hurtling backward towards Third-World status. And through it all he has lied, lied, lied to the American people and to the world. His administration is a permanent stain on our history.
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bear425 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 11:46 AM
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1. Perfect summary. I think I will email it. Good job mwb970!. n/t
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 11:49 AM
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2. Spot on, out damn spot/stain! Recommend! nt
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lady lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 11:49 AM
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3. Yes, Perfect.
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cdb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 11:51 AM
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4. A few additions:

fermented further hatred of the US throughout the Muslim world, thereby increasing the likelihood of terrorist attacks on US soil and interests

tolerated and encouraged corporate and government corruption,
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lady lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:10 PM
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6. I think you mean
fomented (as in incited), don't you? Good additions though.
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cdb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 01:28 PM
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9. yes
i did indeed mean foment. thanks for the correction...
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wiggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:03 PM
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5. Yes, but....
Good points all. One might ask why he is still is office with that horrendous record of greed and incompetence, when most other presidents would have been run out of town for much less. Given the level of misinformation, media control, and probable election tampering, you could come up with some logical explanation why this lying, crooked group is still in control.

However, what I don't get is why congress, especially dems, are complicit in this administration's goals. Up until the fillibuster and social security threats, our dems leaders have not been vocal in opposition against your list of mis-deeds. Kennedy, Byrd, Waxman, and a couple of others have long voiced their opinions on a variety of issues, but few others have used their positions and votes to make statements.

I understand that those in power (pugs and global corporations) will do whatever it takes to keep and increase it...so what is the motivation of those NOT in power (dems in congress) so stand by idly?
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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:14 PM
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7. Give him credit for his successes, though. Um...
Edited on Thu May-05-05 12:14 PM by gulliver
um... uh... hmm...

Sorry, I'm stuck.
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:41 PM
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8. We wish we could help all the Good People
Edited on Thu May-05-05 12:47 PM by Amonester
in the United States regain control of their country ASAP.

We (well, the Good People here, a 60%+ majority) really regret that President Gore never could be sworn in as he should have been in 01/2001.

Most of us are absolutely convinced that thousands of innocent (but now dead) civilians in this world (including thousands of citizens of NYC and DC, airplane passengers, visitors, and troops now) would still be living their lives in peace today if the greedy madmen/man in charge had not robbed him in late 12/2000. President Gore and his Aides would have raised security at all airports weeks before the PNAC's EVILY WISHED FOR "New Pearl Harbor" crimes happened, and he would have SAVED THOUSANDS.

Today, the magnitude of the * cabal's criminal cheatings, lyings, misleadings, killings, and stealings is unacceptable, and we wish we could be in a position we could help. Unfortunately, we don't know how we could do more than we do now, which seems to be to resist all the "bad-policies-of-them-bigots-and-bully-boys" they throw up in our faces sometimes (although, a lot less lately than in the sad 2003-2004 "era").

Personally, I marched against their wicked plans twice (we knew they were ALL LYING to the world) in the deep freeze along with some 200 thousands peaceful citizens of Montreal, to protest (in two languages) against their EVIL "endless-war" plans, and to make sure our then Majority Libral MPs would reject the neocons' pressures to participate in their war crimes.

Most of us really hoped President Kerry would not be robbed also, because we would have supported his plans to withdraw all troops within a 6 month period.

Sadly, it seems all we're left with now, is this small hope that either the International Court could do something SOON with the incrimating U.K. secret memo, and if this can't work again, we are with you now, and sure will be hoping for your victory in 2006 (yeah: to impeach them all).


Vive DU! :thumbsup:


On edit: 2 typos (je parle le français et l'anglais un peu moins).
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