That . . . person in the White House
I didn't tune in to his speech last night. I can't bring myself to listen to him anymore. It's gotten to be a truly visceral reaction: every time his whining little voice is on the radio, I find myself lunging to snap it off. Did any of you catch the speech?
Honestly, is there any reason to listen to him anymore? (Other than, I suppose, to keep track of the new and imaginative ways he's finding to trash the Constitution.)
How much longer until he is gone?
Honestly, is there any reason to listen to him anymore? (Other than, I suppose, to keep track of the new and imaginative ways he's finding to trash the Constitution.)
How much longer until he is gone?
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Susan
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Susan
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So no, there's absolutely no reason to do so.
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P.
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But . . . I just loathe listening to him.
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Part of good citizensship is refussing to be bamboozled by people like Bush, and knowing what civil disobedience is, and respecting the rule of law and the Constitution. In my opinion it's disrespectful to all these things to hold Bush in any kind of respect or admiration.
P.
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Careful, the idiot in my country is trying to change the laws so he can stay indefinetly! UGH!
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How much longer until he is gone?
Best of all, he flatly asserted that we'll be there well beyond his Presidency. In fact, I got the impression that we'll be making it a puppet state if he has his way. But of course this is at the request of the Iraqi government who unanimously desire a long and lasting "special" relationship with the US forevermore. There is the consulation that this suggests that he may be planning to leave when his term is over.
I liked Reed's Dem response. I only hope he'll actually do what he says. I, for one, am now ready for drastic action. The sooner, the better. Watching the commentators on CNBC was far more entertaining than the speech. The Air America one used the word "weird" in her response. The guy doing the interview used a phrase which reminded me of the old FlyingKB line: Listen carefully to the following fact-like phrase. He pointed out several things that were pitched to sound plausible while not actually being true, a theme even. Biden was scathing about the desires of the Iraqi government and just what power they might have in the country as a whole, using "bizzare" several times to refer to various claims. Pat Buchanan was visibly dismayed with Bush's seeming dependence on Gen P. Huckabee assured us that the Republicans heard just what they were hoping to hear and he feels that their guys will be able to go back to their districts happy with the good news. (How stupid are these people really?) Several people mentioned that Bush was obviously just trying to keep things going until he could dump it on the next Admin which with this approach he could safely assume would be Democratic. Edwards aired a paid ad in which he urged that the House and Senate actually do something about this now. Like cut off the money, let's say.
Today's Townhall.com doesn't have a single story on the Pres's speech. There's one talking about how maligned poor Gen P is and one which claims that the true point is never talked about (you have to click on the story to learn that the author is referring to the cost of leaving Iraq) but no rah rah on the actual speech. I think even they are going to have trouble selling this one.
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The speech didn't have to be made right that minute. If there's a good reason why it should have been timed as it was, I'd love to hear it.
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there you go.
a nice countdown.
Plus cheap gear. I have the bumper sticker. :-)
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You know, that's a good question - I'd bet somewhere on the Internet there's a downloadable counter that shows days until he's gone. I should go looking.
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He retired, and turned the federal Progressive Conservative party & the federal government over to Canada's first female PM. By the time he retired, his approval ratings were as low as 11%. The new PM had to call an election very quickly because the 5-year term was almost up.
In the ensuing debacle, the PCs lost 149 seats -- reduced from a majority to only 2 seats. It was the worst defeat for a government ever in Canadian federal political history.
Think of this as a possible example of what could happen in 2008.
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Gone isn't enough. It'll take a generation to undo the damage.
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