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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:50 PM Original message |
Why is George W Bush considered a "great" president by some people? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. because they shit their pants after 911...and needed a Daddy.... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Remember that the "Y2K" scare came before 9/11 , ....that 'prepared' |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. If anybody said that to me |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. You get my vote for greatest response ever!!!!!! |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It's got my vote, too! n/t |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I dunno |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I'm a liberal |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. You could always |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. it IS always better to give than receive... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Collective Delusion |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's a Cult. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. That's exactly right. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Nailed it! And this is constantly reinforced by hate-radio |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. They are "authoritarian" types |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
67. I'm going to read it, for sure. |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. He sent $300 checks to everybody after 9/11. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. You can't explain it. |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because he is a good, religious man... |
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SensibleAmerican (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. 9/11 and the War on Terror |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. They like yellow kool-aid. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. I would keep my distance from such people. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. I know many rightwingers and NONE of them think he is even good |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because some people can't get enough of all hat, no cattle? |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's because their preachers have told them he's a "good Christian man"... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Some in America think Junior is "the greatest"... |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
50. LOL!! "tagged and studied". I love it, do you mind if I repeat it? |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. For the same reason some people deny the Holocaust ever happened |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I was never so scared in my life as I was on 9/11 |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. What scared me most on 9/11 was that Bush WAS......... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 01:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Your instincts were correct.... |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. bush is just a puppet for cheney and rumsfeld |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. He's the authoritarian security blanky for the weak minded |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. A lot of people thought HITLER was great too. They're empty words |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. Thing is you can say anything |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
27. Social pathology |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. interesting, and sad, story |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
69. thanks for telling us the story of your friend. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. It's actually pretty simple. Fucked up priorities. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. Two words: blind faith |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. Someone actually posted in another forum I frequent |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. Because deep down they know he isn't. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
37. Because they bought him like a buying a car or appliance.... |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
39. this may be part of your answer, |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. When I read that paragraph the first person I thought of |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. it seems to also describe people like |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. Some people are just flat-out too stubborn to admit their mistakes. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
42. Only the delusional think so. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
45. Simple! He's NOT Bill Clinton!!!! |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
46. This administration is an authoritarian's wet dream. |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
47. We haven't been attacked? What about the anthrax letters? |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
48. "The big lie" |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
49. Here'a a simple and an absurd response |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. lol..so did Goldwater, Mondale, and McGovern |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. WHAT?!?!? Those Commiepinkoliberals! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
51. I call it low IQ. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I like your response.. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Just PUNT 'em, man! |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
53. Some people are just stuck on stupid. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
55. I've never heard him referred to in that way |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
56. They did something to improve Reagan's image, too. In 1988, he |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. Anyone who thinks Bush is the greatest president ever has |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
60. It's because he pisses off liberals more than any other pol has! |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I think this is a big part of it.. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
61. Most people are fucking stupid. - n/t |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
62. lobotomized zombies |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. yikes..you even have this flying rat shakin! n/t |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
63. Because, just like members of the Reagan cult, they go way over the top |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
64. The same reason a lot of people thought that Hitler was a great leader. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
66. Apparently, 23% of us are "some people" |
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FUGW (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
71. Thank God for John Dean, I no longer ask that question. |
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