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Sat Nov-06-04 04:46 PM
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Do we trivialize Bush too much? |
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When we make fun of how he talks and acts, are we just making light of what is really happening -- the 100,000 dead in Iraq, the stolen elections, curtailing of civil rights? Do we maybe need to stop making fun and really make it dead serious?
IMHO, we need to stop, and instead of calling him an idiot, call him dangerous, call him a madman, call him a LIAR!
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Sat Nov-06-04 04:47 PM
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1. I think all of the above have been in play since I've been here. |
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Sat Nov-06-04 04:48 PM
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3. Yes, maybe his goofy demeanor is intentional |
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to throw everyone off the notion that he is a mass murderer and a dangerous ideologue.
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Sat Nov-06-04 04:48 PM
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4. You're onto something NYC... |
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Edited on Sat Nov-06-04 04:49 PM by ClassWarrior
He's a criminal. Same with calling the American people stupid. It doesn't allow us to understand them and defeat the Radical RW.
NGU.
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Sat Nov-06-04 04:55 PM
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5. People argue that Bush isn't as dumb as he looks |
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Edited on Sat Nov-06-04 04:57 PM by jabuchan
I disagree. You're assuming that he has to be smart to do that much damage. I disagree, I think he was capable of that sort of damage without even a tiny bit of intelligence.
On edit: that's not to say I trivialize him. All his danger, madness and even his cunning flows from his ignorance and stupidity.
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Sat Nov-06-04 04:57 PM
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What I'm saying is that instead of poking fun at it, we should make it very serious. He's even more dangerous because he's dumb.
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Sat Nov-06-04 04:56 PM
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6. Yep, but not for your reasons |
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Edited on Sat Nov-06-04 05:01 PM by zmdem
He needs to be taken seriously. Going from calling him stupid to calling him a madman ain't gonna get you anywhere. He needs to be engaged just as any other successful political figure would be - on his policies and on his results.
Name calling only resonates with those who are already committed. You need more than that group.
"Misunderestimating" Bush has been an occupational hazard for his opponents - it doesn't work, try a different approach. One definition is of insanity is keep doing over again what has failed in the past.
ON EDIT: fixed a couple of misspelllings, ;)
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Sat Nov-06-04 05:00 PM
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10. I disagree with you. Kerry called him on his policies and results |
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ad infinitum. HE continued to pound on the very bad results. He continued to pound on the lies and the potential for horribly destructive policy.
We have to figure out a new way. But we all agree that laughing off his idiotic statements and clumsiness is over.
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Sat Nov-06-04 05:08 PM
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12. Kerry did, but an election is a two way street |
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Kerry also had weaknesses as a candidate and of course Bush pointed them out. Forget about Bush's poor abilty to speak extemporaneously, that's trivial. The Democrats need to be clear about their policies, not try to be Republican lite, and go out and convince people that they have a better alternative. IMHO, Kerry's unclear position on the Iraq war was a killer.
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Sat Nov-06-04 04:58 PM
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8. yes. I think lips pursed disdain is best now. not a light JOKE |
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you know that's not a way to go when even his supporters tout all of his fucking stupid language massacres.
No, we really need to lose our sense of humor on this because he has destroyed so much very good progress this country had made.
All of the deaths...who knows HOW MANY he will kill by sending others into poverty with no social safety net. How many will be killed by mentally unstable people who will lose their SSI and become desperate? How many older ones will die because of no social security or affordable medicine?
I think we need to realize the gravity of this situation.
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Sat Nov-06-04 04:59 PM
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9. You call him and the rest of them "right-wing authoritarians" |
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which is what they are -- and they're well on their way to becoming "right-wing totalitarians." Especially when people here think that we're going to get Evan Bayh or Hillary Clinton to "talk them out of it."
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Sat Nov-06-04 05:03 PM
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11. I quit laughing long ago. |
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That kind of man holding that much power -- however you slice it, just ain't funny.
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