Uncle Fester (bravely posting anonymously) in gray
I get awful sick of people bad mouthing George Bush.
I'm just sick of Bush.
Bush gets blamed for everything under the dang sun.
He turned a balanced budget into the largest deficit ever; lied to America about his reasons for invading Iraq, and - most importantly - has needlessly sacrificed the lives of more than 3,000 of America's best and brightest kids without reason. Anybody silly enough to think we're "fighting terrorism" in Iraq's civil war is beyond intellectual redemption because it simply ain't so.
I've heard people say Katrina was Bush's fault. But of course its all Bush's fault.
The buck stops where?
Now we hear people saying this is Bush's war. Never mind 90% of everyone was for the war to begin with, the weapons of mass destruction talking point is just democratic rhetoric.
Actually, it was Karl Rove's rhetoric and Bush's dismissal of the his own intelligence services' assessment of Iraq's nonexistent weaponry of mass destruction. Does it bother Limbaugh's Legions that not a single WMD has ever been found? After all, that was Dubya's excuse for invading Iraq.
Sadam Hussein was an evil dictator and an enemy of the US who was giving safe haven to terrorists and was murdering thousands of his own innocent civilians, he failed to comply with UN sanctions and called our bluff.
So the hell what? Kim Il Jong is a helluva lot worse, has killed more of his people, and has more UN sanctions against him, but we're not invading North Korea. Besides, since when does the UN have anything to do with US policy unless we choose to use if for an excuse for our actions?
If you are gonna tell someone you better do so and so or else, you better back it up or you loose any further credibility.
Our credibility hovers around zero at present. Our failure to acknowledge that Islam, not "radical" Islam is our enemy has folks wondering at the head-in-the-sand idiocy of American political correctness throughout the world. Doubts? When was the last time you heard a Muslim cleric condemn a suicide bomber? A rocket attack on Israel? the 9-11 attack on the US? Have you forgotten that the 9-11 attacks were financed by Saudi sources? Or, that most of the terrorists were Saudis?
Hussein was a lot like Hitler. But Hitler didn't have weapons of mass destruction either did he, so I guess we shouldn't have stood up for those people either.
Your understanding of history is quite unique. For starters, Hitler had WMDs, Saddam didn't. Hitler attacked American interests; Saddam didn't. We invaded Iraq; Iraq didn't invade the US.
The fact that Bush has the testicular fortitude to stick to his word is a testament to the fact that he is a man of character.
Bush invaded Iraq without provocation and is directly responsible for the deaths of more than 3,000 America soldiers. Character? I've seen dogturds with more character.
Nevermind the fact that we've not had another terrorist attack since 9/11.
Who was in charge when 9-11 happened? Where does the buck stop?
Nevermind the extra cash you got back in your pocket that came from Bush.
Extra cash? The economy is in the dumps, our dollar has taken a nosedive, and we're in the midst of a recession.
How bout these higher gas prices, of course they are Bush's fault, nevermind the democrats have continuously blocked attempts to pass legislation to allow offshore drilling, drilling in anwar, or the opening of new refineries.
Reckon the instability in the Middle East might have something to do with higher gas and diesel prices? Are you aware that until yesterday, offshore drilling was forbidden by
executive order, not legislative mandate? Or, that while multinational oil companies whine about environmental regs, they somehow manage to pay their executives more than 1,000 times what the grunts in the refineries make - provided they haven't gone to contract labor consisting mostly if illegal aliens.
Nevermind the democrats have increased the amount you pay in taxes per gallon time and again. The democrats are responsible for the high gas prices and any reasonably minded individual would agree to that.
Your logic is a bit faulty: High gas prices are the result of supply and demand, lack of refining capacity, and instability and unrest in the Middle East.
But maybe we should all vote for Barrack Hussein Obama, he's a man with experience right? He wants to cut and run from Iraq, so all our soldiers who have given their lives would then have died in vain.
All of our soldiers who've died in Iraq have already died in vain, as will the next one to die. Bush's private war in Iraq is a civil war, we have no business there.
He wants to raise your taxes. He is all for abortion. He is against drilling. He was against the surge. He doesn't think we have a problem with illegal aliens, as a matter of fact he wants them all to get free medical care at your expense, and he wants them all to be able to vote too.
I'm not an Obama fan and I sure as hell wouldn't vote for him, but your lies about his stance on various issues are easily refuted. Why lie? Stick to the issues.
After all they are not very well educated and therefore tend to vote democratic. Obama's idea of what America should be like is the exact definition of socialism.
Only dummies vote Democratic? Damn, here I thought the Dems were the last bastion of academia.
Republicans believe in individual responsibility and limited government intereference.
You might want to check the amount of corporate welfare that came into existence during Bush's years in office. Remember, Dubya is the brilliant scholar who said, "Jobs going offshore is good for America."
Where the hell is ol' jug ears when you need him?
Democrats believe in the opposite. I could go on forever.
Hopefully, you'll stop before making an even greater fool of yourself.
Personally, I really like the idea of marking my ballot, "None of the above!"