[Governor Dinwiddie]

Those Bushes had me hoodwinked once upon a time. But Chimp's call for "compassionate conservatism" was my political road to Damascus.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Humanity is fortunate that its Elites are few in number. They are brain-dead retards. Their own houses can’t run on the idiocy to which they ascribe.

[EEGator]

DHS
TSA
Patriot Act

What POTUS did more to steal freedom?

[Vaden]

They once had many people fooled. I was reading FR at the time, and I remember threads titled “A Day in the Life of George W. Bush” or similar. Everyone fell for it. He claimed he was a born-again Christian and had conservative values. For a few months everything went well. Ashcroft, another Christian pick, was popular here and in other conservative circles. Unfortunately, he also picked Cheney and Rumsfeld. I don’t know if they seized control of his administration or if he was a willing partner all along. I think the latter.

Then came Sept. 11. Then we were told that we suddenly had to fight for eternity to “keep the terrorists over there” and that it might never be over. We were told we had to have the Patriot Act. We were told God told him to invade Iraq. Then we got Abu Ghraib and deceit. Then we got still more deceit about spying, intelligence, Islam, etc. Then, to top it off, we were told we had to be “compassionate” and legalize all the invaders.

That was the nail in the coffin for me with Bush. And I haven’t totally trusted GOP, Inc. since.

[SaveFerris]

[Those Bushes had me hoodwinked once upon a time.]

I hear ya. But at least W is an excellent dancer / performer.