Attention, my dear little lurking freepers....

Bush...is...a....PHONY. I guess what I'm trying to say is...you've been had.

He'll tell you what you want to hear; you want to feel good about America and and about God. He knows it; he plays on it. He and his backers profit from it.

He's not unimpeachably honest, and I know that deep down in your shriveled, black little hearts you suspect that he's paying lip-service to what you believe. Remember Harriet Miers?

He's in the pocket of corporate America, and their dogs down on K Street, and moreover, you know it -

He surrounds himself with people who are now getting criminally indicted and convicted, right and left.

His biggest value is loyalty, right up until you become an embarrassment to him. Don't believe me? Just ask Ken Lay. Or Jack Abrhamoff.

He and his minions will put the entire country in danger, just to punish those who would dare speak against them; don't believe me? Just ask Valerie Plame, and every American agent or contact she ever worked with or knew, world-wide.

While these guys lead with how much they love the Almighty, they'll be simultaneously robbing you, and your kids, and your grandkids blind - one way or another.

Any questions?

but they can't admit they've been had and they tore up this country with their stupid votes. They can't admit how they've destined their own kids and grandkids to a future of war and poverty. But, make no mistake, they have.

if you could get one to admit that on record...

exactly what's happening, IMO... they're clinging to the neocon drumbeat without absorbing the horrific truth of the raping of our economy for corporate crony profit. They own the pork barrel but think the Dems do.

:hi:

WAKE THE FUCK UP!, and become just plain Americans again!

Many of them are smart enough to know they've been had. But pride and fear keep them from admitting they've been voting against their own interests. The Reich-Wing has convinced them they're superior to "liberals," but what did that get them? Nothing.

The hard truth is they just want good jobs and good wages, and the right to live their own lives and make their own choices, free of government intervention.

"Their own interests" were trumped by "their values." And now they're discovering those values are nothing but lip service.

NGU.

facts.

Stupid they are, because they can't put two and two together or they don't want to do so.

It is not fair when they cause problems, which affects everyone.

I know plenty of smart people who vote for the Cons based on "values."

Of course, if you'd rather bigotedly call an entire class of people stupid, that's your prerogative. Not very Progressive, but definitely your prerogative.

NGU.

means not willing or able to recognize the pitfalls of Bush's policies despite "good". intentions.

They won't vote our way but hopefully they'll be disgusted enough not to vote at all.

Maybe they know when to cut their losses.

and by raising their health insurance and co pays. Oh yeah, he supports the troops. :eyes:

Our party leaders need to get organized--and then get busy; I'm tired of having nothing but pity for the freeps. (With the GOP-led House and Senate--and with SCOTUS similarly going straight to hell--pity is the ONLY thing we have left.) We've got to turn this around. We need to go ape-shit warrior on the GOP and hook into stronger feelings that'll get something done!

"It's late, it's late--but it's not too late to HATE!":mad:

destroying our rights? Name one damn thing!


WHAT HAS GOP DONE FOR

WORKERS?

CLINT C. GOLD
10/24/1999
Tulsa World


Not too long ago, my wife and I attended a TV football
party in south Tulsa. With a lopsided score, the
conversation turned to a livelier subject -- politics. The
crowd was, of course, top-heavy with Republicans. With each
point expressed their faces became more flushed, eyes
bulging a little more and veins popping in their foreheads
as they railed against the liberal programs.

Finally a lone, liberal voice asked: "Will you people
name me one bill your party ever passed to help the working
man of this country?" The question created much din and
clamor, and someone sputtered, "Well, what have the
Democrats done?"

The liberal responded with a few programs and was
interrupted by howling and disdain. He noted that he had
not promised they would like the programs and he asked to
complete his statement -- a difficult task to ask of
Republicans.

He spoke of Social Security; Medicare-Medicaid; Peace
Corps; unemployment insurance; welfare (for the poor and
corporate); civil rights; student grant and loan programs;
safety laws (OSHA); environmental laws; prevailing wage
laws; right to collective bargaining (which brought about
paid medical insurance, paid vacations, pensions, etc.);
workers' compensation; Marshall Plan; flood-disaster
insurance; School Lunch Program; women's rights.

He spoke of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which
established a minimum wage, instituted child labor laws,
and set up time-and-a-half pay for over a 40-hour week.

He mentioned FHA-HUD with its public housing, urban
renewal and 44 million residential homes (before WWII
almost 70 percent of our nation were renters; by the 1970s
this had been reversed). And farm-conservation
subsidies -- USDA programs, Farmers Home Administration (the
bankers didn't want to make rural loans), small
flood-control lakes (more than 3,000 in Oklahoma alone),
rural water districts, rural electricity (REA).

The GI Bill was passed, which the Republicans at the
time bitterly opposed. They were salivating over millions
of returning veterans to hire as cheap labor. More than 8 million have used college benefits, creating millions of
entrepreneurs; most of us had never dreamed of college. For
the unemployed GI, there was $20 a week for 52 weeks to
help get started (a lot of money in those days). The
Veterans Administration provided more than 2 million home
loans.

For the bankers at the football party, it was pointed
out that the liberals saved their industry with the
creation of FDIC and FSLIC, insuring their deposits, and
saved Wall Street with the establishment of the Securities
Exchange Commission.

The oil men came on bended knees to FDR at a time when
East Texas oil was 4 cents a barrel and begged him to save
their industry. He did; prorationing overturned the rule of
capture and the days of flush production were over.
Prorating has served this great industry (and nation)
well.


And the list went on and on, but of course this group
didn't let him get halfway through. He noted they were
weary, inattentive, so again he challenged them to offer up
any Republican legislation examples.

"I'm sure your party has authored one or two comparable
bills from time to time, but I can't think of any, and
apparently you can't either. What it boils down to is this:
the liberals dragged you into the 20th century scratching
and screaming with your heels in the mud, fighting anything
that's progressive, everything that's made this country
great. You Republicans have never understood that the
spending power of blue-collar workers, obtained through
Democrats and unions, is what really made this country
great. You really believe "The Good Life" was obtained from
your own endeavors. You cloak your greed in religion and
patriotism, railing against any form of tax, never
comprehending that these programs have benefitted all of us
and our country."

Well, I almost didn't make it out of the house. My wife
and I didn't even get to see the end of the football game.


If Reps. Steve Largent or J.C. Watts had been there,
perhaps politics would never have come up, only the game
plan ... pity.
Clint C. Gold is former mayor of Moore and a retired
savings and loan executive.

they don't realize he is laughing at them behind their backs, pulling them around like marionettes using fear of 'terrists,' abortion and gay rights to get away with taking their rights away. he and rove and cheney and the whole lot of them have to go to crawford so often to laugh their guts out at the gullible little peeps who are falling for their pretense of defending them. sad. very sad. and how embarrassing it will be for them when they finally DO realize how they've been used. too bad it will be too late for the country and probably the world. WAKE UP FREEPS! HE'S LAUGHING AT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

Might as well just give up. I wrote off Freepers a long time ago.

Although only about 10% of the population is getting any meaningful amount.

But that 1/10 of 1% is saying "Thanks, suckers!"

Taking Care of Business, as another DUer pointed out yesterday.

Guess who shows up as the second most popular? :evilgrin:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=Fascist&btnG=Search


Enjoy!

After Their Boy George's stirring speech tomorrow night, I'm sure they'll all rush down to see the recruiters.