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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:42 PM
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How would Bush have responded if terrorists blew up the levee?
Would the response still have had the same time frame?
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:42 PM
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1. He'd start looking for OBL
Edited on Sun Sep-04-05 01:44 PM by Mabus
again.

Face it, he took off on 9/11 to protect his own ass. The only difference would have been that he would have left Crawford but where would he have gone? We know he doesn't like being in the WH.
:shrug:
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:42 PM
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2. Sure, he wouldn't know what the fuck to do regardless
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:43 PM
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3. Invaded a different country
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liberaliraqvet26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:43 PM
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4. We would've nuked the wrong country...
and Halliburton would already be rebuilding it.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:43 PM
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5. Drop MOABs on New Orleans

Cause that's where the terrorists are.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:44 PM
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6. And what if the Mayor and Governor had parished in such an attack?
I guess we'd still be waiting to rescue the citizens of a given state?
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:44 PM
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7. He would have shut down all air traffic
so that they could fly back to Saudi Arabia again.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:45 PM
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8. He would have invaded Iran immediately
They already HAVE plans for that.
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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:45 PM
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9. he had invaded Canada
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:45 PM
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10. He would have invaded Iran
even if the perps were US wackos.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:46 PM
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11. Then it would be easier for him to externalize the responsibility.
That piece of shit traitor has yet to be man enough to take responsibility for his many catastrophic failures. If it were due to a terrorist attack, he could easily blame them, and use it to invade Iran/Venezuela/Notwhitievania while stealing from everyone.
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:46 PM
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12. Bush, in hip waders, brandishing bullhorn, wading through stanky H20
That's what we'd have seen.

"I can hear you, and the people who blew up this levee are gonna hear US ... BLAH BLAH BLAH BLATHER BLATHER BLOVIATE!"
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 02:08 PM
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15. heh heh heh
:rofl: with codpiece, :roflL
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nookiemonster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 02:27 PM
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16. And Lee Greenwood playing in the background.
"An' um proud to be an Amurican!"

:puke:
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 01:47 PM
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13. Question: Would the resonse time have been any different?
Would Bush have continued on to San Diego -- Photo-op the guitar bit etc.
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POLEIS Donating Member (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 02:06 PM
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14. Natural Cause or Terrorist Cause would still use the SAME PLAN
Please look at my post here and check out the google map links:

Levee Band-aids??? Terrorist attack on levees UNFORSEEABLE?

Wouldn't part of the plan to deal with a terrorist attack on New Orleans look to a way to patch levee's blown up by a simple truck/car bomb driven right up to it?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4627788

(BTW if the obviousness of the lack of plan from this fact strikes you as much as it did me, give the post a nudge or two to get some more visibilty too :) )
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 02:28 PM
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17. He'd attack Monaco.
Edited on Sun Sep-04-05 02:28 PM by chimpsrsmarter
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 02:30 PM
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18. About the same. But the MEDIA would've responded differently.
Edited on Sun Sep-04-05 02:31 PM by Marr
They would've been fawning over him and promoting the idea that criticism = treason.

Now- I'm sure Bush would've been on the scene much faster. But actual relief? That might even have come slower. He'd have a vested interest in letting the situation get very bad.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 02:31 PM
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19. The other difference--wealthy white people would've still been in town.
Therefore a much faster response would've been likely.
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