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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:10 PM
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34% approval: Time to call for resignation?
OK, folks, is it time to start pounding the "Bush resign now" drum?

That should, I think, be the mantra of the left -- the focus of demonstrations, candlelight vigils, letters to the editor, calls to talk radio, Op-ed pieces, the whole none yards. I mean, hey, why not?

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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:14 PM
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1. He's not going to resign no matter who asks him.
Do you really think these guys give a damn about opinion polls? They're there and that's it. Unless we can win back Congress, Chimp is there until January 2009.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:17 PM
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5. That's why calls for resignation would be so potent.
The louder we get - the harder he resists?? Can we say Marie Antoinette?

:evilgrin:

16+5=2006

NGU.


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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:38 PM
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17. YES! (nt)
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:19 PM
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9. That's not really the point
So what if he doesn't heed the call? By starting now, we can build support before November for the idea of throwing his ass out. If we get people behind the idea that Bush should go, he'll become more and more isolated and the GOP will be in a tough spot -- having to defend an embattled, deeply discredited president.

And who knows... it also just might work. "People power" should not be underestimated.
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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:53 PM
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22. too bad it isn't
February 2004, do you think * would have had a chance?

All of the bad deeds are coming to fruition now, so much for the rubber-stamp crowd.

They have reaped what they have sewn
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:15 PM
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2. You are right, but it isn't going to happen.
They don't care what we the unwashed massed want.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:16 PM
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3. What if we took a bath?
I'll try it tonight and see if anything's changed in the morning.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:18 PM
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8. Nothing will change. They don't care.n/t
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stevietheman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:16 PM
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4. Yes, and use my graphic :)
Seriously, even though we know the prick-in-chief won't resign, I still think it's politically useful to beat the drums for it anyway.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:20 PM
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11. I agree (nt)
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:17 PM
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6. He's too stubborn and stupid to resign
And besides, do we really want Dickhead Cheney in the #1 position? Or if Dickhead also resigns, perhaps Dennis Hastert?
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misternormal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:18 PM
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7. Chimp-boy himself...
...has stated on more than one occasion that he doesn't care about polls...

We're gonna be stuck with him until the next election... and by then we Democrats had better have a hell of a good candiate, and a hell of a good plan.
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JoeJoefreedom Donating Member (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:19 PM
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10. We're stuck with him. n/t
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:21 PM
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12. They do care about the polls...
They have to make sure their base is viable. However they DON'T care for the common person...
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misternormal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:22 PM
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15. He does not care about them...
...he can't understand them anyway...
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:22 PM
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14. If he ain't going anywhere, HE'S stuck with US. Let's make sure...
...he hears about it.

16+5=2006

NGU.


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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:55 PM
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23. Chimpy doesn't care about polls now
Why would he?
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Texacrat Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:21 PM
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13. Yes, because I've always wanted President Cheney!!!
:D :sarcasm:
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:23 PM
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16. Ya know what
Ya know what? I think it'd be worth it. Cheney would take "power" as the weakest president in U.S. history. He'd be a seat-warmer in the Oval Office. The idea of Cheney taking over should not stop us.
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:42 PM
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18. LOL! -that was post #666
Edited on Tue Feb-28-06 10:43 PM by upi402
Somewhere some fundie has snot bubbles coming out his nose in an absolute lather over that!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:43 PM
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19. Calls for resignation will get mocked. Call for impeachment....
something that's likely to happen.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:48 PM
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20. We can do both
We can call for resignation while also calling for Congress to start impeachment proceedings.
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:49 PM
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21. Yes you can. I still think that calling for a resignation will only bring
mockery.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 10:58 PM
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24. Naaah...
Look, the right does this kind of thing all the time. Certain folks call for one thing, others take a more "reasonable" position while also showing sympathy for "those who would go farther." It's good cop/bad cop. I think having people on the streets beating the drum for Bush'sresignation strengthens the hand of those in Congress who want impeachment.

"Clearly," they can say, "the nation's confidence in our chief executive has been shaken. It is up to Congress to act in a way that will heal America and restore faith in our republic."

Trust me... if we put 30,000 people in the Washington Mall calling for Bush to resign -- with satellite demonstrations in 10 other cities, letters to the editor, op-eds, etc., some folks who are on the fence about impeachment (I'm talkin' to YOU Barrack Obama!) would hop down onto our side.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 01:09 AM
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28. I don't have much respect for the opinion of the people who'd...
...be the ones doing the mocking anyway.

:shrug:

16+5=2006

NGU.


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Innocent Smith Donating Member (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 11:15 PM
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25. Meaningless
He is not going to resign.

Focus on 2006 and the actual elections happening. If this would help Dems win this November then it would be worth doing, but it would just be a distraction.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 11:31 PM
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26. He doesn't care what the focus groups (the other 66%) say n/t
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 11:35 PM
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27. Nice.
At least it woudlnt' be predicated on getting Congress to do something.

I think a "Bush Step Down" movement is good just for PR alone.

What about worldcantwait.org?
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