Posted on 11/07/2006 11:20:16 PM PST by dangus
Are we allowed to say it now? Can we drop the happy warrior schtick? In the past six years, we've seen the deficit explode like never before in the history of the country. A flaming bra-burner nominated to the Supreme Court, only to be replaced by a (hopefully) stealth conservative. The most inept State Department in the history of the United States. (Clinton's wasn't incompetent; they were flat-out fifth columnists.) 20 million new illegal aliens, and barely-contained glee that the election-day losses mean we can welcome another 50 million in.
And I hate to say this, but when we won the war in Iraq, I was praying for my friend who was an MP, fearing for his safety in the dangerous house-to-house searches. And then they never came. So I put joyful trust that the military didn't need to do such a dangerous task. Then came the insurgency. And bold optimism. And more violence. And more bold optimism. But, um, after 3,000 of America's finest dead, it becomes plainly apparent that Rummy and Bush simply didn't realize that disarming the terrorists was necessary.
So can we say it now?
That Bush is the most incompetent Republican ever?
I can say this now: You are an idiot.
No.
But we can say that you are an idiot and probably have done more to contribute to dead soldiers than Bush.
You can say it, but you would be wrong. I think his father was even worse.
In before pulled thread.
I guess Bushbots never can accept new data.
"But we can say that you are an idiot and probably have done more to contribute to dead soldiers than Bush. "
would be fascinated to learn more about your views on this. Thinking a blogger causes more KIA's in iraq than POTUS is a fascinated case study.
STFU. 3000 dead big deal we have lost more than that in days.
Me, too!
Uhmm....drinking pretty heavily tonight, I presume?
The problem is not somebody named Bush.
It's about people named Ney and Foley.
Getting your talking points from Couric, Matthews, or Olberman?
Ok, so where is your great solution?
It's never a good idea to start out a rant with a lie.
Nothing like a rat jumping off a sinking ship as opposed to someone bailing water and plugging the holes.
No, his father was.
You are an idiot.
Bush has been a good leader ,has he been a conservative,nope. Would I today still vote for him over Kerry or Gore knowing what I know. Yes.
What an idiot. We can only be glad that you have only one vote and no place in public life.
in terms of post-occuupation behavior and results, probably, at least since 1918. I don't care what bushbots say, Iraq's current situation is not even close to what was envisioned in 2002/3.
In the sense that some of those responding to you seem to think, likely not. TO me the major issue in iraq was securing long-term access to forward air bases/terrestrial air bases for any future problems in the area, and to date this is still possible. As far as the conversion of iraq into a republican government that actually governs, I am very dubious, but that is a secondary issue.
Dangyou.
"Out economy is HUGE!!
do you account for inflation in dollar comparisons?
Oh boy....another vanity.....woo hoo !!!!
My vote goes for U.S.Grant.
wow I pray you said that in anger and not actually meant that.
How soon we forget Warren Gamaliel Harding.
I don't agree with everything Bush has done, but I believe far and away, he is the best man that could have been in the White House today. Maybe that's more a statement on how sorry all of the other politicians out there are, rather than on how good President Bush is.
That Bush is the most incompetent Republican ever?
Why are you doing this?? Why don't you look at all that has gone right under this president including the state of the economy, the fact we've been protected for 5+ years from further attack, the fact we did hold Congress and the Senate for 6 years and got two fine SCOTUS Justices?? Iraq is a tough fight, but to pronounce judgement on Bush over a war we're still in the middle of is short-sighted at best. History will speak well of this effort when it's all said and done. In the middle of WW2 it could have been said that FDR was incompetent two because we endured one military debacle after another far worse than anything that's gone on in Iraq.
We don't need fair weather soldiers like you name calling the president based on an incomplete evaluation of an incomplete war. We need determination to move on and to make the best of this bad situation. You calling Bush incompetent is really, really low frankly in light of all he's done for this nation.
Just wait till that P woman starts to open her mouth on the floor....She will make the Dems look like a pile of...I will be laughing all the way to the polls in 08.
I kinda like the new data-- because it so amply demonstrates that you are wrong.
We keep winning in Iraq-- 94 % of Iraqis hate Al Qaeda
Unemployment keeps going down
Gas prices keep going down
The deficit keeps going down
thats pretty good data
They are going to really curb spending, cut the deficit and hold down your taxes.
Sorry, just kidding!
You're as inflexible a thinker as Bush.
I guess I can blame you now, too, for the loss.
Whats wrong with these Trolls?
Bush Derangement Syndrome, it is just for liberals anymore.
Do you wash that stink off of yourself every few days, or every few weeks?
Wondering who kept the airlines afloat after 9/11. Wondering who paid for all of the natural disasters in the last six years. Wondering who paid for a completely new federal agency and hired a crap load of TSA employees. I don't know but Bush dumping all of our money into Social programs instead of cleaning up the aforementioned items has me irked too.
3,000 in 3 years is nothing.
I'm not going to say that...........
Saddam is history, the economy is good, and so far the Dems have only said "it's time for a change".
Ok Dems.........you got the ball.
Were all watching........
I think leftism and liberalism are dangerous and idiotic. But republicans, IMHO have never wanted to lead enough to tell the people that squarely.
And the democrats are nefarious schemers without principle. A few thousand more GOP votes here and there and you'd all be saying Bush is brilliant.
The problem is a US news media that could portray nothing right about the economy or Iraq that worked over time to help elect Democrats. This was a massive unreported in-kind contribution to the Democratic party that helped them to secure this win. That media study released last week shows 77% of stories about Republicans or Republican-related issues in this campaign were reported on negatively by the Clown Car Media while 88% for Dems. were positive.
Meanwhile, Dem. scandals with Mollohan, Jefferson and even Harry Reid were mostly ignoraed. Mollohan and Jefferson cruised to re-election tonight. That should tell you something about why this election went the way it did and it's not Foley or Ney.
Vote in the primaries.
There is no excuse for picking a college cheerleader from Connecticut as the Republican choice for president.
Bush should have been out of the running early on.
i think he is probably stating a fact, that the US, when it has DECIDED to accomplish something, has accepted casualties approaching 100x our current rate, if not much more. any observer would agree that to occupy a generally unfriendly country with so few casualties is quite unusual.
I think you are misunderstanding the post. are YOU trivializing the casualties we took in WWII, somehow saying 100 men then is worth 1 man now? If not, you might consider clarifying your position on this.
If anything, the fact we have nominally occupied a generally hostile country for over 3 years at this casualty level is quite amazing (to those who have survived).
So the state of the economy and the fact we've been protected for 5+ years from further attacks was just all a great big accident and had nothing to do with Bush's policies? Unreal.
Have we forgotten history? How about Herbert Hoover?
Some people still don't believe that we are in a war.
3,000 dead is NOT nothing
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