WP slams the shrub.....hits him hard....shows everyone what a

[diamond14]

'little' man squats in the BIG WH....throw the bum out !!!! send bush* back to texas....basta de bush !!!!! this would be really funny if it wasn't so sad...I'm caught between laughing out loud and crying for MY COUNTRY.....


----------------------- this is the lead editorial in the WP

State of the Platform
Wednesday, January 21, 2004; Page A26

It was hard not to be struck by the small-bore nature of some of Mr. Bush's proposals, by the clear political cast of others and, most of all, by the failure to grapple with some of the serious issues facing the country.

In the face of record deficits, a costly new prescription drug program, and mounting costs in Iraq and Afghanistan, it was as breathtaking as it was unsurprising that Mr. Bush repeated his call to make the tax cuts permanent.

He devoted twice as much time to rallying professional athletes to "get rid of steroids now" as he did to Social Security reform.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33914-2004Jan21.html

[Michael Harrington]

1. The steroids thing...

Had me convinced he was about to snap, like Harry Morgan on that M*A*S*H episode he did before he was cast as Col. Potter. A total and utter non sequeter.

[ronnykmarshall]

2. He really said that??

I didn't watch it for fear of :puke:.

And the media is making fun of Dean??

Yeah, our number one national concern is fucking steroids.

[diamond14]

3. and the protestors were standing outside the US Capital, reading

the names of every single DEAD American soldier....the contrast is stark....

[ParanoidPat]

4. Damn, I love it!

<snip>
But he provided no accounting of his mistaken or exaggerated allegations about Iraq's weapons in his State of the Union address one year ago. Instead he tried to cover the gap between what he described and what has been found with a brief and tortured reference to "weapons-of-mass-destruction-related program activities."
<snip>

Weapons-of-mass-destruction-related program activities? :wtf:

[diamond14]

17. Weapons-of-mass-destruction-related program activities....the

NEW terminology....

went from

"Weapons of Mass Destruction"

to

"Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs"

to

"Weapons of Mass Destruction Related Program Activities"


sad, what a pathetic pResident....LIES LIES LIES...people are being KILLED because of the lies....

[Dookus]

5. Bill Schneider on CNN

reported that the immediate polling showed the worst reaction to the SOTU in at least 6 years.

I think only 45% of people who saw it felt better about the country afterward. (I may have the exact question wrong.)

The SOTU was a dud. He won't get a bounce from it at all this year.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

16. And you KNOW AEI Schneider was spinning it as positive as he could too

It must have been bad.

[nofurylike]

6. thank you, amen1234. they are getting it.

it was shocking, really.
creepy.
he is not even bothering to pretend anymore that he gives a damn about anyone or anything but his own 'side.'

o, and steroid users. ?!


peace

[annagull]

7. Good article spelling out the obvious

Just what the hell does he have to crow about? Outsourcing--I swear, whatever candidate takes this one up wins the White House.

[pa28]

8. Steroids: what a strange thing to bring up

He devoted more time to steroids than the deficit and Osama Bin-Laden combined.

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Or the environment

which is a much bigger issue that we face has a nation than some athletes who want to kill themselves by trying to become super jocks.

[Serenity-NOW]

10. Did he mention Osama? I didn't hear that

and that was about the first thing Peter Jennings said when he came on after. He commented that that name was curiously absent. A bit later one of his guests said shrub 'looked comfortable in his own skin' < code for recovery folks. Jennings made a strong point that shrubs speaking skills are vastly improved.

[Oilwellian]

18. Whose speaking skills wouldn't improve...

after doing nothing but vacationing and practicing the speech for 2 months straight?

It IS rather curious that George didn't mention OBL's name once in the past 2 SOTUS. Of course the Bushes and Bin Ladens go back decades......

[NewJeffCT]

11. remember

Bush is a baseball fanatic, so it has affected him personally the problem with 'roids in baseball.

[DrBB]

13. Got that's probably right! I can just imagine

...the conversation. After Dick and Karl decided what was going to be in the speech, he throws a tantrum. "Want something f'r the sports fans. Wanna talk a little sports this year if I can. This steroid thing we was talkin about at dinner--why can't we put that in there?"

"Oh, all right, George, but you're gonna sound like an idiot...."

[SpiralHawk]

14. Bush wanted to condemn oxycontin abuse, too

But Rove and Rush instructed him that such a statement would be "ill advised."

[VOX]

12. Yes! I do like to read these!

Kick for the early a.m. crowd.

:kick:

[ronnykmarshall]

15. Kick it again.

:kick:

[TeeYiYi]

19. I wonder why he didn't mention 'To Mars and Beyond' ? . . .

http://www.users.qwest.net/~pauladesign/BushCodpiece!.jpg

TYY