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MISSDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 03:13 PM
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Boy, did Bush ever step in it!
Desperate presidents resort to desperate rhetoric -- which then calls new attention to their desperation. President Bush joined the club this week by citing the U.S. failure in Vietnam to justify staying on in Iraq.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/23/AR2007082301835.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 03:28 PM
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1. Yep
he swiftboated himself. I bet that speechwriter lost his job.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 03:30 PM
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2. They were trying for an "alternative" view of the Vietnam war.
A view shared by some misguided nut cases where, if we had stayed longer we could have "won" and things would have turned out better than they did.

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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 03:37 PM
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3. Did you mean step "in" it.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 03:38 PM
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4. I should have said created it...
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sandrakae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 04:04 PM
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5. Can he get any fucking dumber?
Edited on Fri Aug-24-07 04:04 PM by sandrakae
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djjimz Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 04:51 PM
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6. One word---
Edited on Fri Aug-24-07 04:52 PM by djjimz
NOPE!
Or then again, knowing him...
:crazy:
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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 04:53 PM
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7. they can't let go of this POV-been doing it for decades
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 05:05 PM
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8. We are in Iraq precisely because these fuckwits never did accept that Vietnam was stupid. nt
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