Why does no one compare Bush to George Armstrong Custer?

saracat

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Wed Sep-01-04 03:20 AM
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Why does no one compare Bush to George Armstrong Custer?

He is far more like him in his stubbornness than he is like Churchill who was merely strong.

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DemBones DemBones

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Wed Sep-01-04 03:21 AM
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1. Lack of bravery? nt

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krkaufman

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Wed Sep-01-04 03:25 AM
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2. Ha! I was thinking the same thing just the other weekend...

... watching the Errol Flynn puff-piece movie, 'They Died With Their Boots On', framing Custer as a heroic figure (as though Rove had been the screenwriter).

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JohnnyRingo

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Wed Sep-01-04 03:26 AM
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3. We fear the analogy with our "leader"

"We" represent his troops

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Julien Sorel

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Wed Sep-01-04 03:26 AM
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4. Custer was brave, good looking, and actually went to war

along with the people he led. No comparison at all.

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Wed Sep-01-04 03:29 AM
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5. I love the quote, which is from Little Big Man, but it's appropriate

"Your miserable life is not worth the reversal of a Custer decision."

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Gore1FL

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Wed Sep-01-04 03:31 AM
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6. Custer actually helped save the Union...

He stopped Jeb Stuart's Cavalry attack on the rear of the Union lines accross Cemetary Ridge, July 3, 1863. Though it is arguable that a successful charge by Stuart would have saved the odd assault the South made at "The Corner" and "Copse of Trees", Custer nonetheless prevented the possibility.

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niyad

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Wed Sep-01-04 03:49 AM
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7. how about comparing him to nero, who fiddled while rome burned?

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necso

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Wed Sep-01-04 04:23 AM
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8. I have heard it cogently argued that this is a slander.

Herostratus seems a more appropriate comparison.

For those who may miss my point, it is about wanton destruction of a great thing for the sake of vanity. This seems very apropos to me.

I would also defend Custer but it has been done well enough already.

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Xipe Totec

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Wed Sep-01-04 05:17 AM
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10. More Like Bucephalus Than Nero

Sneaky Dick Cheney would play the part of Nero.

:nopity:

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LynnTheDem

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Wed Sep-01-04 04:27 AM
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9. He's very much like Custer

Refusing to listen to the experts; refusing to change course when the course is obviously heading off a cliff. But bush has gone better than Custer; bush has the entire country headed off a cliff.

And the vast majority of Americans agree.

So WHY would anyone vote for bush?

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