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Slate's Fred Kaplan: Risk of Bush Collapse Is Soaring
Slate ^
| June 3, 2004
| Fred Kaplan
Posted on 06/04/2004 12:52:04 PM PDT by Bonaventure
The walls haven't collapsed around George W. Bush, but the pillars are buckling, the floorboards are rattling, the inspectors are probing, and it doesn't look good.
In the White House and the Pentagon, senior officials face the prospect of criminal charges. The vice president is accused of malfeasance, at best. A key erstwhile ally in the war on terrorism has apparently turned against us in an act of criminal perfidy. And now the nation's spymaster has turned in his cloak—it's not yet clear whether he jumped or got pushed; either way, Bush's risk-rating has just soared.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; inuendo; kaplan; reportfrommordor; rumor; slate; speculation; tenet; wishfulthinking
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I don't see where Kaplan's coming from. How does the Tenet departure show that Bush's fortunes are declining?
To: Bonaventure
and who says he jumped or got pushed?
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:54:08 PM PDT
by
priceofreedom
(On A Roadmap To Hell)
To: Bonaventure
They see what they want to see and interpret they way they feel will damage Bush,no matter how ridiculous it is.
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:54:36 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Bonaventure
Agreed. Tenet's departure, aside from the expected Bush-bashing book deal and the quagmire of getting a new director appointed without Democrat obstruction, gets rid of more Clintonian deadwood.
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:55:16 PM PDT
by
SquirrelKing
("I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion." - Maxine Waters (D - California)
To: Bonaventure
Compared with Kerry, Bush looks simply mahvelous.
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:56:00 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Bonaventure
Just more of the same from Kaplan, making the spin.
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:57:25 PM PDT
by
Pikamax
To: Bonaventure
How does the Tenet departure show that Bush's fortunes are declining? Here's how: First, smoke a couple blunts, then drink 2 rumrunners. Look at the clock. Add 5 minutes to it. That's the time your article is due. Start typing a story about a President you hate.
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:57:34 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(John Kerry never saw a TAX he wouldn't HIKE !!!)
To: SquirrelKing
Tenet won't write a book.
And just let the Democrats filibuster a CIA chief in the middle of a war.
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:58:10 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Bonaventure
Is this from the "make it up" school of journalism?
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:58:10 PM PDT
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: Bonaventure
They get more paranoid every day.
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:58:11 PM PDT
by
Jaded
To: Bonaventure
and of course his price has been soaring at Tradesports.com.
who is this imbecile?
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:59:17 PM PDT
by
Keith
(The American Press is in violation of Article III, Section 3. Time to prosecute.)
To: Bonaventure
And let us not forget the Abu Ghraib scandal How on earth COULD we..?
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:59:33 PM PDT
by
Lunatic Fringe
(John F-ing Kerry??? NO... F-ING... WAY!!!)
To: SquirrelKing
Be nice, Tenat did a good job considering Clinton never gave him any support or listened to him in any way.
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posted on
06/04/2004 12:59:54 PM PDT
by
Sinner6
(Under capitalism life is hard, under communism life is death)
To: Bonaventure
I don't see where Kaplan's coming from.And I don't really think you want to.
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posted on
06/04/2004 1:00:17 PM PDT
by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
To: Bonaventure
What is wrong with you, huh? Haven't you been hearing the knashing of teeth on airwaves for the past 24 hours. It's enough to make your head explode.
To: Mears
They see what they want to see and interpret they way they feel will damage Bush,no matter how ridiculous it is.Exactly. I remember after the 2002 midterms, Macauliff said it was a wake up call for Bush!!
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posted on
06/04/2004 1:01:16 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Terrence Maculiffe-Ariolimax columbianus (hint- its a gastropod.....)
To: Bonaventure
Yawwwwn
Doesn't this dufus know it's summer time?
He's wasting ammo.
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posted on
06/04/2004 1:01:33 PM PDT
by
G.Mason
(A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride…Max Lerner)
To: Bonaventure
Incoherent babbling from the parallel universe otherwise known as the dark side.
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posted on
06/04/2004 1:02:53 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(The French love Michael Moore but they also think Pepe Le Pew is a cat!)
To: Bonaventure
The Tenet resignation shows what happens when Dems get their wish. Many had called for his resignation, now that they have it, they think they smell blood in the water, and are crying for more, accusing the admin of using Tenet as a strawdog.
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posted on
06/04/2004 1:03:04 PM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Bonaventure
I don't see where Kaplan's coming from. How does the Tenet departure show that Bush's fortunes are declining?
It is 5 months until the election. Any mud they can, they are going to sling. Lies, deceptions, half-truths, whatever they can find.
It will get worse at the election nears.
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posted on
06/04/2004 1:03:30 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
(Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
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