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Timothy Egan, based in the Pacific Northwest, writes a column for the New York Times.
1 posted on 09/08/2013 6:30:57 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The first refuge of scoundrels: Blame Bush!


2 posted on 09/08/2013 6:35:18 AM PDT by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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Trying to rescue a dithering president by demanding Bush put some order to a policy that is ongoing is simply mad.

What insanity is this?


3 posted on 09/08/2013 6:36:35 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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Bush is a coward - flame away.

He must have been traumatized by the awesome burden of the presidency. I don't think he was man enough for the job -

4 posted on 09/08/2013 6:37:36 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.)
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An article as absurd as anything I've seen this year.
5 posted on 09/08/2013 6:40:03 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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Dear Timothy: the inability to recognize reality is the textbook definition of mental illness. You are mentally ill and should be hospitalized. Time has no meaning to a mentally ill person, and you have no grasp on the concept of time. Your king Obama has had five years to make the world in his image. We defeated Japan and Germany in less time. I think Obama’s policies clearly reflect Obama.


6 posted on 09/08/2013 6:41:50 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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This article is a waste of Jim’s bandwidth.


7 posted on 09/08/2013 6:42:00 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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Look over there! Look over there!

What ever you racists do, don't blame the Muzzie-in-Chief.

8 posted on 09/08/2013 6:42:01 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The left still blames Bush after 5 years of obama in office...


9 posted on 09/08/2013 6:45:19 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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President Obama has to lead; it’s his superpower now, his armies to move, his stage.

First, it isn't HIS anything, IT IS OURS. It is our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers, mothers, uncles and aunts who will pay the price in blood, and all of us in treasure for any military intervention anywhere.

That implies a level of Responsibility well beyond "community organizer", and sometimes the best action to take is no action at all. Beware the man who rushes to war, without certain, overwhelming, and just cause--which is why the power to declare War is placed in the hands, not of the President, but The Congress.

But the prior president gave every world leader, every member of Congress a reason to keep the dogs of war on a leash.

Yes, he did. Aside from the blood and treasure to be expended, there must be an objective, a plan to achieve that objective, and a time to finish up and come home.

We find ourselves still in two wars, combined under the general heading of "The War on Terror". In those wars we fight Muslim "extremist" groups, and do so justly, imho.

Entering yet another war on the side of those same extremist groups is not in the best interests of America.

The die is cast, dance with the girl that brung ye.

15 posted on 09/08/2013 8:00:40 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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It's not Bush. It's what the Democrats and the media did to the Bush Presidency.

They destroyed Bush's noble effort to improve the lives of Iraqis. They did it for crass political reasons.

Now, the burden is on the Democrat's side and they can't handle it.

I bet Bush now laughs to himself.

16 posted on 09/08/2013 8:01:07 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Palin was right (again)!)
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And so-called journalists can’t understand why newspapers are dying.


21 posted on 09/08/2013 8:50:25 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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