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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:42 PM
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Has there EVER been a world leader REMOTELY like this?


Nope, I didn't think so either.

Next question: Does there exist so much as a single picture of this man NOT making a complete ass of himself?

Nope, I didn't think so either.

Just checking...
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:50 PM
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1. Boris Yeltsin
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:51 PM
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2. There have been many leaders even less suited . . .
To lead their nations: George III, the last King of Romania, Kaiser Wilhelm, Charles Taylor, etc., etc.

However, they didn't have as many nukes.
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:58 PM
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3. Kaiser Wilhelm II is a good comparison
as far as shooting off his mouth and making an ass of himself, although to say he actually started WWI would be wrong, so Bush is somewhat worse than the Kaiser.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:58 PM
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4. Caligula
of course the photographic record of his reign is a bit spotty...
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:01 PM
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5. Mussolini
that's why I began calling * Il Dunce'
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:02 PM
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6. Ludwig II of Bavaria
Who actually was nuts. He had good taste in music and architecture though. Well, interesting taste in music and architecture.
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:38 PM
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13. Cue the singing Valkeries,
Herr Wagner. Good ol' Mad Ludwig. Fairy tale castles, Wagnerian bombast. Totally loopy.
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:04 PM
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7. Two of the Russian tsars, Peter II and Paul II, I think.
They were mysteriously strangled.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:09 PM
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8. Ya know - I think it is time to start hammering the people who selected,
approved, and succeeded in getting him to the WH. I picture PNAC, AEI, Fed Society, and a few other foundations constantly studying, analyzing, collaborating then saying yes. I picture the barons and other groups approving. Then we have the Card, Rove, Hughes, Bartlett, Baker, Scalia, Thomas, Harris, Jeb teams who carried off the theft. I envision these people being photoshopped in a vignette dancing around and making faces just like Bush.

Why don't we ever berate these people. Why does poor George receive all our scorn. He did not make himself. He doesn't deserve our derision piled all on him (and Rumsfeld).

Meanwhile, most of the week Cheney gets away with ...with... with.....'murder'.

Also, think about this - we are constantly watching our pundits make fun of the North Korean President which sends the message that it is OK for us to this. What can it be like to listen to the people of other countries when they consider George, Dick, and the cabal they come from?

Does it make you agree with right wingers who brag about the superiority of our country?
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DianaForRussFeingold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:20 PM
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9. If Past Is Prologue, George Bush Is Becoming An Increasingly Dangerous Pre
:kick:Thank You,A Picture tell a thousand words! Watch this,It was shocking,the Real Dubya? Bush & A Soldier´s Mother; http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx-itemnum-1614
A mother of a fallen soldier recalls her meeting with President Bush. You feel her pain.:cry: This is what online video is all about - offering information the MSM will not show. ... Her name is Mrs. Dolores Kesterson. This is an interesting and very scary ;If Past Is Prologue, George Bush Is Becoming An Increasingly Dangerous President :crazy: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20060421.html
... Also did you know Bush Met Privately With a Think Tank at Stanford University where he met privately with members of the Hoover Institution. The Hoover Institution is a think tank that has been aggressively promoting the viability of a preemptive military strike in Iran. There was a protest there,but I don't think many knew about it. :cry:
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OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:23 PM
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10. Let's face it, the guy is a fucking idiot!
I'm sure there have been more like him, throughout history but none have had the attention of the world and the media like this nutjob. Even Georges father, who picked Dan Quail didn't have the "internets" to flash his stupidity across the globe like we can do with Little Lord Pissypants".

The guy is a wackjob and none but the thirty % of the cool- aid drinkers can denie it!
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:34 PM
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11. In answer to your question...
uh, no...





He's apparently always taken a crazy, wicked photo.


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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:37 PM
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12. They used to label them "the Idiot," "the Mad" "the Imbecile" etc.
and George has been called all those and more...

:shrug:
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 09:54 AM
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14. If Poppy is Bush the Elder
maybe Chimpy could be Bush the Under?

That makes sense, he certainly comes in under any known standards you can name.
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