India LOVES Bush..."B" (Bully) "U" (Usurper) "S" (Satan) "H" (Hitman)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Indian Shiite Muslims hold placards against U.S. President George W. Bush during a protest against the U.S. in Bombay, India, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006. The Shiite Muslims were protesting against the bombing of the major Shiite Askariya Shrine in the Iraqi northern town of Samarra. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060225/481/bom10202251320

GO TO the link above and RATE THIS ONE UP, folks.

[NewJeffCT]

1. WSJ article - pro Bush PM in India has daughter

That is one of the lead attorneys for the ACLU in their exposing the torture at Gitmo. I didn't read the whole article, but I guess they don't talk politics much at home...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. I'm sure it's a deeply divided country when it comes to Bush...

It's also important to factor in the "Tata Consultancy" crowd...the clear front-runner in siphoning off U.S. jobs and promoting the "benefits" of offshoring to American CEOs.

I'm guessing these folks are also Pro-Bush...so I take any protests as part of the overall picture and not a representation of any "national" attitude.

:patriot:

[liberalpragmatist]

17. I wouldn't call the PM a "Bush-Lover"

He's a longtime economist and a longtime member of the socialist Congress Party. He doesn't back Bush on the war, and whatever "friendliness" you may see between them is purely the stuff of diplomatic niceties. It's true that there are no major quarrels between India and the US and I doubt he sees Bush as some kind of devil, but I'd hardly call him a Bush-Lover.

[leftchick]

3. they have been protesting him all week

what makes me sad are the "down with america" posters. :(

[Greeby]

4. Its harder at this stage for America to be any further down than it is

You can thank shrub for that :eyes:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. When it comes to Bush America, there is no "US" in "USA"...

There's an unspoken rule that because Bush is "our" president, calling the shots for "our" country, that his actions become "our" actions and we are completely accountable.

I don't buy that logic.

I haven't drawn any cartoons of the prophet Mohamed, I haven't bombed any mosques, I haven't forced prisoners to wear women's underwear on their heads.

It gets to the point where "Down With America" strikes me as ignorance.

My reaction is "You hate me? Good. Now kiss my red, white and blue ass."

And no, that's not intended as freep-speak, no, I am not telling the morans to get a brain, NO, I'm not cueing up Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The USA" on my turntable.

I just get damned sick and tired of apologizing for things I didn't do. I understand the anger and realize that some of the people venting it don't really care about focusing it...they see Crusader Bush banging the war drums and think that they're looking into the eyes of America.

They are NOT.

:grr:

[leftchick]

8. It makes me sick too

I remember a few years ago when they were all about bush signs. I suppose the eventual blame all americans was bound to happen the longer this shit drags on. Very sad.

[blondeatlast]

10. Hubby's has family back in India (he's from Bangalore originally)..

One has to keep in mind that their press is as manipulative, in many cases, as ours is. Not to mention, many get as fired up by "spiritual" leaders as factions of our population do. The furor over the Mohammed cartoons is a glaring example (yes, it pissed them off in India, too).

Just as many of them haven't actually seen the cartoons, how many of the radical Christians in this country have never seen a particular thing they were incited to protest against?

Not to mention, there are literally hundreds, possibly thousands, of ethnic groups in India. Just as 9/11 serves as a sort of unifying force for political and religious manipulation, so does hatred of everything American in some circles.

The people depicted in these photographs are very unlikely to be answering help desk phones. They are likely poor and poorly educated--which makes them, like the God, guns and gays voters here, a sitting target for manipulation.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

13. It's not limited to "radical" Christians, believe me...

I'm Catholic, and my church...while conservative...is by no means radical. But I remember talking with a friend during the 2004 elections, just running down the full litany of George Bush's "Greatest Hits," from the frat boy days through AWOL through laughing at Karla Faye Tucker sitting on death row, on and on...and he DID listen to it all, then paused thoughtfully, and said "But Kerry's pro-abortion."

After I picked my jaw up off of the floor, I just gave up. By virtue of his Catholic background, as well as his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a line had been drawn in the sand.

Educated people know that George W. Bush may support the rights of an unborn fetus, and that once it emerges from the womb it becomes fair-game cannon fodder for his never ending war.

But some people are deaf to anything other than "Kerry is pro-abortion."

So yes, I hear and understand and respect everything you said. I guess my response is that I'm pissed off at the manipulators that got through to these people. They're no better than Karl Rove, regardless of how much "holy" cloth they wrap themselves up in. They have an agenda, and it's a destructive one where no one wins (just like our occupation of Iraq, where we are not seen as liberators and the Iraqi oil isn't paying the bills).

:patriot:

[karynnj]

18. Just a quibble,

Although I doubt it would have made a difference, Kerry said many times that he was not pro-abortion and that he welcomed people who provided other alternatives to pregnant women (he mentioned some organization Teresa was involved with in the 2nd debate), but that ultimately he thought it had to be the Woman's choice.

The problem is that, to your friend and many others, this boils down to letting abortion continue to be legal. This really is a tough issue for these people - unfortunately, for the Democrats the fact that the next President was almost certainly going to pick SC justices gave this issue incredibly undue weight. There are far more people on the pro-life side that voted on this as a single issue than on the pro-choice side.

All the "frame it right" people really need to look back at what Kerry said in the second debate. His demeanor was very polite and respectful towards the woman answering the question, he was very open and sincere. He is a practicing Catholic who does go to church. He spoke of his being Catholic and personally being against abortion. He discussed alternatives, even mentioning that Teresa had for years worked on these, but he ultimately came down on the side of seperation of church and state and felt the decision had to be the woman's. I really don't see that Hillary's statements on abortion were any more convincing to someone who sees this as a black white issue.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

19. Bush's "policies" trickled down from the fundies to the non-fundies.

I hear what you're saying. And the fact of the matter is that my friend (and many others) didn't actually take the time to READ or UNDERSTAND what Kerry's policy actually was.

Kind of like people who believe that a giant mutated race of alligators lives in the sewers of New York because kids got them as pets and then flushed them down the toilet. Same principle.

Karl Rove lit a fire under the fundies, painted a picture of Kerry as a baby killer, and it got passed from one fundie to another, and THEY proceeded to pass it to non-fundies.

By the way, the same friend encouraged me to join Knights of Columbus...I did...and when the rep came to my house I told him that I disapproved of the organization's endorsement of Bush and that if the same was expected of me, they've picked the wrong member.

I was told that although Bush SPOKE, it was NOT an endorsement, and I was free to believe what I wanted to believe politically.

So...one more myth shattered.

[CJCRANE]

11. Trouble is MSM said Bush won in a "landslide" in '04.

Only a few DUers and others with their eyes open knows the truth.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

12. Exactly, and that is my point...it is "guilt by association"...

If you look at the nature of the atrocities, then couple that with they way they are reported, it all adds up to Bush = America. So I do understand it...I'm just saying that understanding it doesn't make me like or accept it.

:patriot:

[donsu]

15. the rest of the world wonders why we haven't stopped them

we haven't stopped the bushmilhousegang from doing anything it wanted to since the 2000 coup d'etat

the world sees that

[WePurrsevere]

7. I wish folks could differeniate between Bush/Neo-Con BS & Americans...

It's a very broad brush they're painting us with and I'm sure they wouldn't/don't appreciate it when others use the same brush on them.

[Skittles]

9. I think they did before he was "elected" a second time

yup

[WePurrsevere]

14. Perhaps but at *LEAST* 48+% of us were sane & smart enough not to & ....

in increasing numbers are wakingup to and fighting against the insidious take over of our country by the Bush neo-CON cabal and it's Anti-Peace, Anti-American, Anti-Humanity fundie-fascist agenda.

[Skittles]

20. that is true

but we are still seen as a nation that uses the rest of the world as its toilet

[WePurrsevere]

21. Sadly & increasingly true. We had PR troubles before Bush but NOTHING....

compared to now.

Although I don't think that the damage is totally irrepairable YET it will take years, perhaps decades, of "honey" versus "vinegar" to become a nation that the world sees with kinder eyes. The only way that will happen is if Dems, especially Progressive ones, can get/take back and KEEP power long enough to fix what BushCo and the neo-fascist "Republicans" have thoroughly messed up and totally sell the vast majority of US citizens on keeping that way is in our nations REAL best interests.


:hangover:

[Divernan]

5. Great horns on the "B" & tail on the H of Bush's name.

nt

[roseBudd]

16. I always click through and rate highly, DUers we can be a rolling Nielsen

family if we all click through. Not only are we boosting articles into most viewed status we are rewarding media (ad rates) and indicating what the public want the media to cover. Don't let sheep sodomy stories have the most page views.

[Vinca]

22. I thought they'd love Shrub in India. After all, he's sent them all

our jobs. ("Killer of Humanity" - a great sign.)