GEORGE BUSH: MAN OF THE DECADE

[fjc]

DALLAS -- With all due respect to two great institutions, the U.S. military and Time magazine, the latter got it wrong when it picked the former as its "Person of the Year" for 2003. President George W. Bush was the person of the year, perhaps of the decade and more....


http://www.uexpress.com/richardreeves/?uc_full_date=20031225

[bemildred]

1. It really does seem a bit early to pick a "man of the decade". nt

[NV1962]

14. Man of the Millenium, at least!

Also, let's start a global signature collection so that Reagan and Mrs W can be added by Time to their Triumvirate of Timeless Titans - the faces of whom should be carved on the moon as an everlasting, omnipresent tribute to the Leaders of the American Millenium!

Irony deficiency? Yum!

I think a global signature collection drive is in order, to convince the droolbots at Time that they're really, really missing the boat by not dedicating every issue to W and/or Reagan.

Isn't there a country we can name after 'em? How about Iraq?

[bemildred]

15. LOL.

PNACistan gets my vote.
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[BeatleBoot]

2. Puke

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[asjr]

3. More likely

The Sham of the Decade.

[fjc]

4. Interesting testimony

to the respondents failure to read the article.

[Sir Craig]

5. I have to agree

Like many of Time's "People of the Year" choices, the choice is not based so much on popularity as it is on overall influence in regards to current events. (This would explain why such people as the Lady Whistleblowers share the honor with someone like Hitler.)

That is the point of the article - not that Bush should be lauded for his actions, but rather be recognized for what his actions have done to the world at large.

And it is a far-from-flattering recognition.

[Faygo Kid]

6. Great article, and terribly true - wait till the next term

If he "wins" a second term (I despair that he can be stopped, as he will not step down voluntarily), both what is analyzed here in terms of foreign adventurism and the continuing and even more naked coalescing of power in the hands of a few will make his first term look almost moderate by comparison. Make no mistake: 1996 may have been the last legitimate presidential election in this nation's history.

[takebackthewh]

7. Oh my god.

Barf-ola.

But then, Hitler was MOY twice, so I guess Man of the Decade would not necessarily make * a good person.

[Wells]

8. Hitler of the decade, more like.

George W:puke: like his :puke:father, his:puke:grandfather and :puke:great grandfather, is a menace to society, but invulnerable to honest, public scrutiny because the industrial corporate :puke:executive crooks who've sponsored the idiot:puke: Bush dynasty would be exposed for their culpability in the 20th Century's numerous holocausts.
George W:puke: will burn in hell.
And the:puke:morons who believe Bush Cabal, neo-conservative, blatant lies,:puke: are a good reason for birth control.

[teryang]

9. Reeves has been an outspoken critic of dim son

...from the outset. He's right. The ill founded and ill fated actions by this demented leader will influence the rest of the decade. It is about time that everyone wakes up and gets rid of him.
A lot of Democratic leaders have pandered to his ill conceived foreign and military policies. They indirectly stengthen his reactionary domestic agenda by doing so.

[fjc]

10. I still have to wonder

at those who reply and don't even read what they're replying to..

[Exultant Democracy]

18. for real, why bother to post if you don't bother to read?

[salin]

11. to those who the clip and title deter looking at the article - snippets

The president is a bold, decisive and overconfident crusader, a self-righteous leader, a dangerous man. He changed the rules, ignoring the post-World War II history of alliances, multilateral institutions and containment. His rationale for the invasion of Iraq is called "pre-emptive war" in the White House and "preventive war" in other capitals. But, in fact, it is more than that.

Saddam Hussein's Iraq was not a nice place, but we did not go there to pre-empt or prevent anything. We went there to change the regime and make a new country in our own image. If Iraq were truly a threat -- to us or its neighbors -- it would have become the pre-emptive target of its neighbors, tough guys like Turkey, Israel or Iran. Remember: In 1981, Israeli jets destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor because it may or may not have been capable of being used in the development of nuclear weapons.

You really should read it.

[johnfunk]

12. Man of the decade? More like "MAN OF THE DECAYED"

... as he rots American democracy from the inside out.

[arikara]

26. I'll build on that... "Moran of the Decayed"

I read it. Its good.

[BadGimp]

13. Sock Puppet leader of the Decade

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. I don't know what's funnier! The editorial or some of the responses!

That was a brilliant piece. Definitely one for the printer! I would LOVE a commentator to BEGIN reading it on the air and then around the middle figure out what he was really saying!

A few folks might want to click on the link. :D

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. The responses by far... I am suprised that no one has invoked

the "F" word in response to this fantastic post and it's author.

[bemildred]

23. OK OK, it's a good piece on George.

He makes some good points.

I disagree with some of it (details), and I disagree
with the leader, I think George is a pothole in the
road of History.

[jpgray]

17. ACTUALLY READ THE ARTICLE FOR ONCE!

Ahem.

Sorry.

:)

[REP]

20. Excellent Piece

I'm not familiar with Reeves - thanks for the link! Wonderfully written piece that people should READ.

[gator_in_Ontario]

21. To me it is not

"sobering" to think of what bush might do with another 4 years...it is down right scary :scared:

[Obamarama]

24. If he gets another term who would WANT to be sober??

Not me.

"Show me the way to tne next whiskey bar..."

[randr]

22. This would be laughable were it not

for the fact that so many people would subscribe to this nonsense.

[goobergunch]

25. Excellent article, IMHO. (n/t)