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Dick Morris Gets It

by BooMan
Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 02:39:11 PM EST

...Bush faces a stark choice: If he doesn’t begin pulling out, his party will lose the White House, lose Congress by stunning and likely filibuster-proof margins, and his tax cut and education reforms will be repealed. His footsteps will be obliterated from history. It will be as if he never served.

And if Bush doesn’t get it in time, there are enough sensible Republican senators to give him a wake-up call.

I didn't write that. Dick Morris did. But I could have written it, because it is true.



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His footsteps will be obliterated from history. It will be as if he never served.

No such fucking luck. The destruction of America's international reputation, and of the constitution, and of the treasury! We'll still be stuck with his awful judges until they die, and with the bill for his bad ideas for longer than that.

And that's just what he did to America, the harm he did to Iraq is unfixable and to "obliterate it from history" is NOT what should happen.

there are enough sensible Republican senators to give him a wake-up call

I'm not sure this can be described as true. A few rats may swim for it but I consider "sensible Republican" an oxymoron.

The Four Horsemen of Bushism: War, Corruption, Hypocrisy and Greed
by esquimaux (esquimaux1 at gmail dot com) on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 02:57:07 PM EST
Some of them are praying for another terrorist attack "on American soil" to save their party's and Bush's bacon:

"Between now and November, a lot of things are going to happen, and I believe that by this time next year, the American public's going to have a very different view of this war, and it will be because, I think, of some unfortunate events, that like we're seeing unfold in the UK. But I think the American public's going to have a very different view," said [Rick Santorum] the former senator from Pennsylvania. [...]

Last month, the new chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party Dennis Milligan said that there needed to be more attacks on American soil for President Bush to regain popular approval.

"At the end of the day, I believe fully the president is doing the right thing, and I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [Sept. 11, 2001]," Milligan told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "And the naysayers will come around very quickly to appreciate not only the commitment for President Bush, but the sacrifice that has been made by men and women to protect this country," he concluded.



A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 03:03:21 PM EST
Of course they are.  All we need is one attack - real or false flag - and this will be the law of the land.  I wonder if he'll call himself George I or pick up where the last kings left off with George IV??

One way or the other, this darkness has to give....
by Denim Blue on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 04:30:19 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I don't know how to post videos, but if you haven't seen this Irish correspondant interviewing Bush, you really don't know what a dick he can be.

You Tube Link

Wonder why this was never shown in the U.S.?

by Second Nature (denn1214 at gmail) on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 03:06:00 PM EST
Thanks for that, SN.
A 'must see' if your stomach can take it.
What an unbelievable ass!
Did he not realize that the Irish audience looks straight through his crap?

(To post the video, just look for the 'Embed' box just to the right of the image.  Just copy/paste the content of that box the same way you copied/pasted the URL for the page itself.)

by ask on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 03:20:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Thanks, ask.  Sorry you had to be exposed to that during your vacation! :)
by Second Nature (denn1214 at gmail) on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 03:26:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I was experiencing bad abstinence after the initial 2 weeks - online only twice.
Now - back in Oslo, I piggy-back on some neighbor's unsecure wireless network (fairly bad signal which goes down too often).
by ask on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 04:13:38 PM EST
[ Parent ]
and they don't care much for chimpy...

Irish opinion of George Bush

Sunday Tribune

Ireland doesn't like George W Bush and and an overwhelming majority
of Irish people believe his administration in Washington has made the world a more dangerous place.

[...]

What will surprise many, however, is the sheer scale of the irish
public's negativity towards President Bush. Four in every five
respondents to the Sunday Tribune poll believe that taking everything
into account the world is now a more dangerous place due to the policies and actions of the Bush administration
. Only 6% believe the Bush presidency has made the world a safer place
while 8% said the world is no safer or dangerous than before.

The critical sentiment towards the current US government is
replicated when people were asked for their view of how George W
Bush is performing as a world leader. Just over 70% of respondents
believe that Bush is doing a "poor job" as a world leader. Only 20% think he's doing a "average job" while a tiny 5% give him positive feedback for doing a "good job"
.

LINK

rather good judges of character l'd say.

lTMF'sA



the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 03:44:18 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Oh my god, he's such a flaming incoherent babbling chimpanzee of an idiot.

How on earth did the reporter keep herself from smacking him in the face?

"Little people are very stuff-intensive."

by CabinGirl on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 04:33:13 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I don't think Morris gets it. Bush WILL be remembered as the worst president in history, and nothing he or the GOP does now will change that at all. It's much too late.

Well, resignation might buy him a little slack.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

by DaveW on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 03:44:34 PM EST
But what he gets isn't that we need to get out of Iraq for reasons of national security, saving our near-collapsing troops, or trying to salvage our tattered reputation.  Oh no.  We have to pull out before the next election, or democrats will infest the White House again.

Bill Kristol said basically the same thing the other day, except he wasn't advocating troop pullout.  He was advocating, well, I'm not sure what.  More ponies, more Friedmans, whatever.

These guys, ultimately, do NOT get it.  And we now have three carrier groups in the middle east.

by merciless on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 03:52:01 PM EST
Of course the world will remember Bush, and so will we whenever we find ourselves in court.
by BooMan on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 02:40:20 PM EST
Yes, we can all ponder the commutation we will never get. Hillary Clinton's position on Iraq is too nuanced for me: have your cake and eat it too!
by Quentin on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 02:58:29 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Tell that to the 3,600 soldiers who live no more, and the more than 600,000 Israeli civilians who lives were wasted on account of this dimwit's incompetence.

by shergald on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 04:01:37 PM EST
your Israeli obsession is getting out of control at this point.
by BooMan on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 04:04:42 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I think you must be right at this point. I often take the view that I am publicizing the Palestinian cause no matter what the topic is. But there are many on both sides with this single-minded malady, especially on DKos. The more you learn, the more obsessional it gets.  

by shergald on Thu Jul 12th, 2007 at 03:10:13 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Then let's hope that the hubris of Bush wins out and he doesn't get it.  We need filibuster proof majorities in order to reclaim our country, repair our reputation in the world, and honor the sacrifice of our troops by getting them the hell out of the meatgrinder in which they exist for the sole purpose of letting the hubristic Mr. Bush make it to the end of his term.  

Impeachment is a moral imperative.

All Progressives need to become ardent supporters of the Second, as well as the , First Amendment

by phronesis (swwiener@gmail.com) on Thu Jul 12th, 2007 at 04:43:13 PM EST


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