"I am the war President." Anyone remember those words by Bush?

cantstandbush

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Thu Jun-01-06 08:41 AM
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"I am the war President." Anyone remember those words by Bush?

Now why would anyone expect him to seek peace through diplomacy with any country?
Why would American want him or anyone like him to be its President?

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Aiptasia

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Thu Jun-01-06 08:43 AM
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1. GOP Brainwashing

Let's face it, the GOP has been more vigilant on appealing to the right winged christian conservatives. The fundies in and of themselves aren't enough of a political threat on their own, but their votes can be the deciding factor in low turnout elections.

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Truthy Nessy

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Thu Jun-01-06 08:50 AM
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2. War is money....BUsh is from a very rich clan

Let's face it. Peace is not profitable

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Sadie5

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Thu Jun-01-06 09:47 AM
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3. War President?

One of his handlers came up with that line and Bush jumped on it big time.It was designed to make him look macho and tough, only now it has done the opposite and has slapped him in the face. Come to thing of it everything he has said or done in the past 6 years has been wrong or stupid.

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gratuitous

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Thu Jun-01-06 09:51 AM
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4. This is part of my ongoing frustration

Bush has said plenty of things in his time wrecking the country. A lot of it has had all the seriousness and staying power of cotton candy in a rainstorm. But there have been numerous statements, made at significant times, when Bush lays out his corruption and his unfitness for office for everyone who has eyes to see.

And yet, the popular media constantly run back to their "let's give this latest hare-brained scheme a chance" security blanket, as if somehow, some way, this time when Junior jams a fork into the electrical outlet, he'll magically poop out a pill that cures cancer instead of being shot ten feet across the room.

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charlie

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Thu Jun-01-06 09:53 AM
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5. Oh man

That last line has left me dyin' and cryin'! Thanks :thumbsup:

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Lisa

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:10 PM
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8. beautifully put ...

Yes, he's definitely forked up everything.

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bumblebee1

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Thu Jun-01-06 12:29 PM
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6. Damn. I knew it.

I should have asked the staff at Hyde Park to open FDR's grave. I wanted to see if he was spinning in it. The thought of * being a war president should be enough to make FDR, Wilson, Churchill and Harry Truman spin in their respective graves. I'll throw Abe Lincoln in there for good measure.

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Lisa

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:12 PM
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9. and presto, he's solved the energy shortage

Maybe this was Bush's cunning plan all along. Now he can hook up all those spinning predecessors (and the Founding Fathers for good measure) and generate enough electricity to make oil obsolete.

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LaPera

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:09 PM
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7. Bush believes war gives him the right to break laws, question patriotism

hold people without trial...As Cheney revealed, we will always be at war...Not ony does it make Bush into a dictator...War is great for stealing other countries resourves (oil) and great for Bush/Cheney's corporate friends, pappy's Carlyle Group and other weapons makers, Haliburton, KB&R, Bechtal, etc. etc.

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kskiska

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:42 PM
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10. After he drummed that into our heads

he said this:

(snip)

This is a dangerous time. I wish it wasn't this way. I wish I wasn't the war President. Who in the heck wants to be a war President? I don't. But this is what came our way�"

more�
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040806-1.html

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