Americans are sick if they allow Bush another term after today.

[BurtWorm]

What more can I add to that? They're mentally sick, profoundly insane, completely deluded if they ignore the consequences of the Duelfer report and the devious response to it from Bush/Cheney.

http://start.earthlink.net/newsarticle?cat=6&aid=1007084545_5302_lead_story

Duelfer found no formal plan by Saddam to resume WMD production, but the inspector surmised that Saddam intended to do so if U.N. sanctions were lifted. Bush seized upon that inference, using the word "intent" three times in reference to Saddam's plans to resume making weapons.

This week marks the first time that the Bush administration has listed abuses in the oil-for-fuel program as an Iraq war rationale. But the strategy holds risks because some of the countries that could be implicated include U.S. allies, such as Poland, Jordan and Egypt. In addition, the United States itself played a significant role in both the creation of the program and how it was operated and overseen.

For his part, Cheney dismissed the significance of Duelfer's central findings, telling supporters in Miami, "The headlines all say `no weapons of mass destruction stockpiled in Baghdad.' We already knew that."

The vice president said he found other parts of the report "more intriguing," including the finding that Saddam's main goal was the removal of international sanctions.

"As soon as the sanctions were lifted, he had every intention of going back" to his weapons program, Cheney said.

[Gloria]

1. You know, I was just mulling over this when I saw your thread....

how unbelievable it would be if Bush actually was REALLY elected after these last horrible 4 years! I mean, this total failure actually being CHOSEN??

You're right...something is seriously wrong with the voters of this country if they give the election to Bush. Frankly, I think the country will be lost....but, no one will care!

[BurtWorm]

4. I think it's especially disturbing if they choose Bush

after it's been made amply clear that he lied to get us into war, and that he's lying even now that it's blatantly obvious he's been lying. It's disturbing that the right wing praises Cheney for his "intelligence" and "command of facts" but excuse Bush for having neither. It's disturbing that Americans might actually lose their collective brain power and reward these lying dopes for being lying dopes.

[BillZBubb]

2. This is the first election in a very long time where Americans

will show the world what kind of people we are. If Bush* actually wins, then a plurality of us are self-absorbed, purposefully ignorant, fascist leaning bullies. I truly hope it doesn't turn out that way.

[BurtWorm]

11. Of course it could also mean that a tiny percentage of us knows how to rig

elections.

[Gloria]

3. You know, I was actually mulling over this when I saw your thread...

how unbelievable it would be if Bush actually was REALLY elected after these last horrible 4 years! I mean, this total failure actually being CHOSEN??

You're right...something is seriously wrong with the voters of this country if they give the election to Bush. Frankly, I think the country will be lost....but, no one will care!

It's like you can't have adults running the government anymore...what is wrong with people?

[briang5000]

5. How do they know Saddam's intent? How do they prove this?

They said they had proof...
no doubt...
that Saddam had WMD.

Now, they expect us to take their word that they KNOW Saddam had
the intent to acquire WMD and use them on America or our allies.


WTF ?

Anybody who believes their rhetoric is full of sh*t.

[LearnedHand]

7. Welcome to DU, briang5000!

:hi:

[BurtWorm]

10. I imagine there's a clique that believes every word out of Bush's

twisted lips. These are the same kind of people Revelation warned Christians not to become.

[LearnedHand]

6. Someone on "Democracy Now" said today...

... that actually the very best thing for the Iraqis would be for Bush* to be relected, and then for his house of cards and all the players to implode.

Didn't catch who the gentleman was -- he was from Europe or the M.E. -- but you can hear the replay of the interview at http://www.democracynow.org.

Although in principle, I understand and agree with what he said, in reality, I don't believe I'll live long enough to see the cleanup of the damage that four more years of the Bush* doctrine will do to my country and the world.

[BurtWorm]

8. I wouldn't trust a nation that gives Bush another term

to have the sense to ever bring him to justice for his crimes against it and other nations.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. Concisely on the money.

[bread_and_roses]

13. I heard part of that interview

...I am sorry I can't remember the name of the Iraqi gentleman. It was so painful to listen to even the few minutes I heard...thinking of the families bereaved, especially by the loss of small children, thinking of the terrible shame that we've sent our men and women to occupy a country and kill its' people, its' children, for LIES and WAR PROFITS. They deserve to serve the rest of their miserable lives in prison for war crimes, these murderous fanatics who took us into this war.

[briang5000]

9. Just because Bush says it.. that doesn't make it true.

It's like Kerry has said.


Just because they say it... doesn't make it true.

They make these wild proclamations about Saddam, WMD, terror, etc
and the flock follows right along... no questions asked.


When I try and debate they folks... they look at me like I'm nuts for questioning the president.

I had a "friend" tell me that the President wouldn't have taken us to war unless he had good justification. He absolutely won't consider the thought that Bush was looking for an opportunity to go to war with Iraq. He's taken the line... we can't wait for another attack before we do something.

I try and point out that we didn't need to wait for an attack, but we should have at least waited to find out what threat Iraq really presented.

It's unreal that these Bush supporters have no qualms about 15,000 dead Iraqi, 1,000 dead American's, torture, wounded, tons of tax money....

they just accept it --- no sweat --- just doing what's necessary to protect America.

ughhh!!!

[snowbear]

14. If.......

It's a big if... but "if" the SOB did per chance win his first ever election ... (or if Diebold rigs it for him and he wins)..

How long will it take before a good deal of the deaf, dumb, and blind Bush supporters encounter major "buyer's remorse"?? :silly:

I'm not referring to the brain-dead freeper types (yeah, I'm talking about YOU Freep Lurkers. I'm not talking about you because you've already lost all sanity. You've already reserved your spot in Hell) -- I'm talking about the idiots who claim to be "undecided, but leaning towards Bush" (and who eventually vote for him)

THEM. How long will it take =THEM= to realize just what the hell they've done?

How long before serious remorse and depression sets in for them? Not long I suspect.

Because the second term sure as $hit is going to be far worse than the first. He'll have nothing to lose.

I still have faith that he'll be packing up Barney and Laura for Crawford. But if God forbid he pulls it off- it won't take long before a great deal of them sink into remorse beyond belief.

BTW... poor, poor Barney :(

[BurtWorm]

15. I believe there is a large number of Bush supporters who are too afraid

to vote for anyone else. They're too afraid even to consider voting for anyone else, not because they love Bush, but because they are terrified of change right now. These people might wake up if Bush were elected and the horror of what's happened to Iraq enters their consciousness, and they might then have buyer's remorse.

I only hope that more people are awake and unafraid right now, so we can save these poor saps from themselves.