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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:39 PM
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Brainstorm!!
Let's list the words and phrases that have come to define the Presidency. Don't get personal. This is for the historical narrative.

Imagine a blank flip chart with "George W. Bush" written at the top.

I will start.

unitary executive

signing statements
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:40 PM
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1. Pretzel.
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:23 PM
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35. That's history there! n/t
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cayuga Donating Member (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:41 PM
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2. malevelance.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:43 PM
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3. War Crimes
High crimes and misdemeanors

Treason
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:43 PM
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stovepipe
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:43 PM
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4. Torture. n/t
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:43 PM
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5. Fear. n/t
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:43 PM
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6. Propaganda. n/t
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:45 PM
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7. Human/animal hybrids
switchgrass

putting food on your family

fool me, can't get fooled again

terrorists never stop thinking about ways to harm our country, and neither do we

is our children learning

enhanced interrogation

ownership society

axis of evil

looked into his eyes and saw his soul

he can have a hamburger or a hotdog... his choice... he can have him some beans
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:45 PM
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8. Preemptive strike
Shock and awe
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:46 PM
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9. renditions, illegal occupations,
secrecy, ignored subpoenas, bushisms, failed economy, looted treasury, broke the Armed Forces, crony capitalism, disaster capitalism, arrogance, elitism, permanent war, for starters
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:46 PM
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10. Un-American n/t
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:48 PM
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11. Department of Justice
Alberto Gonzales
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:51 PM
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12. Wanted, Dead or Alive... n/t
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:52 PM
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13. Enemy combatant n/t
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:52 PM
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14. Patriot Act n/t
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:52 PM
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15. Mission Accomplished
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:57 PM
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18. Commander in Chief
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:55 PM
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16. Idiot in Chief.
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99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:56 PM
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17. Two Stolen Elections/Election Fraud ~nt~
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:57 PM
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19. lying sack of crap. n/t
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:58 PM
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20. Homeland.
:scared:

--IMM
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:59 PM
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21. hanging chad
Supreme Court

Florida

Texas

Ken Lay

Karl Rove

Al Gore
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 02:59 PM
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22. Federalism--Capitalize the profits and socialize the losses n/t
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:01 PM
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23. mushroom cloud
mobile labs

anthrax

WMD

crusade

God

America
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Gore1FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:02 PM
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24. Decline, Crash, Fear,
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Mariana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:03 PM
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25. Incompetence.
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:04 PM
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26. Military Tribunal
detainee

Guantanamo

water boarding

Rush Limbaugh
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:07 PM
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27. Office of Special Plans
Dick Cheney

PNAC

Donald Rumsfeld
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:08 PM
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28. War Criminal
Corrupt
Criminally Negligent
Influence Peddling
Thoroughly Incompetant
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:11 PM
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29. Heckava job n/t
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:12 PM
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30. Vacation time n/t
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elbram Donating Member (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:12 PM
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31. Cronyism
No-bid contracts
Incompetent friends in important leadership positions
Corporate Welfare (private corporations keeping profits while socializing the losses)
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road2000 Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:15 PM
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32. Hard work. Decider.
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:17 PM
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33. Decider n/t
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bigendian Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 03:22 PM
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34. September 11, 2001 n/t
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 04:27 PM
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36. Chickenhawk
overcompensating
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