Bush To Baker: "I'M THE DECIDER!!!!" - Democratic Underground

berni_mccoy

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Fri Dec-08-06 12:50 PM
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Bush To Baker: "I'M THE DECIDER!!!!"

W.House won't accept all proposals from Baker group

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08379780.htm

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday dismissed former Secretary of State James Baker's appeal that his Iraq recommendations be largely adopted as a whole and said President George W. Bush was considering various proposals for a change in course.
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"Someone has to get the message to this man," said Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid, soon to be the Senate majority leader, who has praised the work of the Iraq Study Group which issued its report on Wednesday.
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"I hope we don't treat this as a fruit salad, and say, 'I like this but I don't like that,'" Baker had said.
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"I think that he is going to digest it, however, and he will take the time that he needs in order to figure out how he wants to move forward."

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connecticut yankee

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Fri Dec-08-06 12:52 PM
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1. What an asshole!

He lives in dream world.

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Cha

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Fri Dec-08-06 12:52 PM
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2. "CHANGE IN COURSE"!!

mONKEYboy has to do it. The will of the Peeps will PREVAIL!

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groovedaddy

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Fri Dec-08-06 12:54 PM
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3. Not treat this as "Fruit Salad?"

When we've got a "fruit cake" in the WhiteHouse!?!

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wake.up.america

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Fri Dec-08-06 01:06 PM
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10. Bush has painted himself into a corner, he is hoping the situation...

in Iraq magically improves.

Or he is waiting for the situation to become so bad that no amount of attention will stop the bleeding? "Okay, you guys do something with this mess." Afterward, he will claim had we followed his course, the situation would have been resolved.

Watch for some political gymnastics.

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longship

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Fri Dec-08-06 12:54 PM
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4. Translation...

Stay the Course!!!
Stay the Course!!!
Stay the Course!!!
Stay the Course!!!
Stay the Course!!!
Stay the Course!!!
Stay the Course!!!
Stay the Course!!!

The man thinks in monolithic monotones.
(Sorry! My redundancy check was overwhelmed by my alliteration activator.)

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Lex

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Fri Dec-08-06 12:54 PM
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5. Republican leaders need to meet with Bush and tell him

Edited on Fri Dec-08-06 12:55 PM by Lex

it's over. He can either get with the program or face impeachment.

Not that I think the R's have the fortitude to do that for the sake of our country.

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bklyncowgirl

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Fri Dec-08-06 01:56 PM
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12. Wasn't that what Baker was supposed to do? Next step please...

Some senior Republicans need to tell Bush that if he doesn't change his course, and start taking the situation seriously their next stop will be the offices of House Speaker Pelosi in order to ask her to institute impeachment procedings against Bush and his sneering mentor Dick Cheney.

Maybe that will get the idiot's attention.

The election results didn't get his attention
The Baker report didn't get his attention
His own father bawling like a baby in public didn't get his attention

Maybe a one way ticket to Crawford and the possibility of being indicted for war crimes might turn on one of the few remaining brain cells in his thick skull.

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Dec-08-06 12:55 PM
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6. The GOP has the most to lose ...ya would think they would send someone up there to knock some

sense/reality into the dudes head.

Or, Have they installed a MADMAN???

The GOPERs helped the dude 2X and this is what they get???

A sinking GOP Ship??? Bush is sinking the USS GOP...How Special???

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Ishoutandscream2

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Fri Dec-08-06 12:58 PM
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7. One more step to impeachment?

It's as if the Boy King wants to be removed from office. Doesn't the idiot understand that this is a monumental mistake for his administration. That magic number of 67 will be more easily obtained the more Bush ignores reality and the bipartisan suggestions relayed to him.

What...an...ass.

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chaska

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Fri Dec-08-06 01:01 PM
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8. You know guys, Bush really HAS to stay the course....

With the war behind him, he's dead meat. Suddenly, the subject turns to "Wow, that really sucked. How did we get into that mess?"

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Lex

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Fri Dec-08-06 01:06 PM
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9. Reminds me of this Oliphant 'toon:

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indie_voter

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Fri Dec-08-06 01:07 PM
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11. Narcissistic sociopaths

never listen to anybody but themselves.

I wonder how the republicans are feeling about at this response?

"I understand that Secretary Baker's comment yesterday about the fruit salad is descriptive, I think, of how they feel about it; however, I don't think the president considers it as any type of food," she said.

"I think that he is going to digest it, however, and he will take the time that he needs in order to figure out how he wants to move forward."

Not a type of food, but he is going to digest it. The time HE needs.

:crazy:

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