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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 10:21 PM
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Is Bush Really An "Alpha Male"?


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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 10:23 PM
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1. he might be more like Ahnold
Edited on Fri Jul-21-06 10:26 PM by C_U_L8R
with the tiny wee-wee


nice alf-alpha-cizing there
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 10:23 PM
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2. If He Is, He's Still a Very F-ed Up Alpha
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 10:23 PM
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3. LMAO!!
my first thought before I opened the thread was " more like an alfalfa male" :rofl:
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etherealtruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 08:04 PM
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35. Exactly!
Edited on Sun Jul-23-06 08:05 PM by etherealtruth
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 10:26 PM
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4. OMG!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!
:rofl:

I,...I,...:rofl:
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Sadie5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 10:39 PM
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5. The dog trainer
described my Jack Russell Terrier as an "Alpha" male because he wanted to pee on everything(mark his territory). Does Bush want to pee on everything?
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 11:12 PM
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8. Females tend to "alpha" the males in the canine world.
Dog trainers and owners will testify to that.

OH, BAR-BA-RA!!! What a weenie you raised,...suck a weakling giving into the neocon's beck-n-call and will to destroy even you, and your daddy, too.

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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 11:08 AM
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19. Robert Parry: 'Bush: 'Alpha male on the cruise ship''
When future historians scratch their heads and wonder how George W. Bush came to lead the world's most powerful nation at the start of the Twenty-First Century, it might help them to know that many Americans found his type familiar - and thus reassuring. Bush was the alpha male on the cruise ship.

He was like the wise-cracking guy leading a pack of vacationers out of the elevator toward the all-you-can-eat buffet bar, while poking fun at Charlie for getting too much sun on his bald head or at Mildred for putting on a few extra pounds. The others in the group titter with nervous amusement, fearing their ribbing will come next.

Like that dominant male on the cruise ship, Bush exhibits a freedom to mock the appearance of almost anyone, holding up both American citizens and foreign leaders to public ridicule for how they look.

Indeed, between his pre-screened crowds and his layers of protectors, Bush has gone through five-plus-years as President with barely a single note-worthy incident of anyone challenging him to his face. Unlike alpha males in the wild, Bush has managed to mark out his territory knowing that virtually nobody - not another head of state nor a private citizen - is in any position to contest his supremacy.

http://consortiumnews.com/2006/051706.html

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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 10:47 PM
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6. uh, yeah...in his dreams
alpha male wannabe. :rofl:
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 11:05 PM
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7. I'll see you a
:rofl: and raise you ;) :D :D }( :7 :evilgrin: :party: :headbang: :yourock:

That was funny as hell...!
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Cant_wait_for_2008 Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 11:13 PM
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9. No chance in hell. He was a CHEERLEADER in College !!!.........
Edited on Fri Jul-21-06 11:21 PM by Cant_wait_for_2008
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 09:26 AM
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18. He's still a cheerleader
He has others do his dirty work and he roots for them from a safe distance.
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Kelvin Mace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 11:16 PM
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10. If your deinition of "alpha male"
is a man who wets his pants and runs away at the first sign of danger, like Bush did on 9/11, then yes.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 11:23 PM
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11. It's just a drunk male and being 'male' could be debated!! n/t
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 12:05 AM
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12. He wouldn't make it as an Alpha Male in a chimpanzee troop.
He's too stupid and he lacks the kind of raw physical courage that it requires.
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 12:23 AM
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13. Right, whatever. The guy is a pansy-ass spoiled rotten
rich boy. He's more of an alpha turd than anything else.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 12:26 AM
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15. A pack of chiquaquas would piss all over him.
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 12:26 AM
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14. Alf male /cheerleader /AWOLer /airplane driver guy/army mans...
:eyes:
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mykpart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 12:56 AM
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16. He's a Mama's Boy,
which is probably why he has a problem with drugs and alcohol. Imagine having Babs for a mama!:puke:
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Cant_wait_for_2008 Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 06:49 PM
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21. Babs has more testosterone then her little boy......YIKES!!!
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Bad Penny Donating Member (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 12:59 AM
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17. Bush is as far from being an alpha male as
the moon is from neptune

He's a sniggering, spoiled buffoon. A swaggering coward. With ZERO character and ZERO truth anywhere in his hollow, pathetic, vindictive little soul. Martin Short could beat the hell out of him in a fair fight

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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 03:01 PM
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20. Bush & Cheney
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 06:50 PM
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22. Still as funny as when I saw it the first time!
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 06:50 PM
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23. Double post deleted.
Edited on Sat Jul-22-06 06:51 PM by lonestarnot
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tinfoil tiaras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 07:20 PM
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24. He's a Zeta-Male
imho.
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MoseyWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 07:22 PM
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25. alpha male in skirts
as the head cheerleader who has sustained massive brain damage.
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Jim Warren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 07:22 PM
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26. FUCK
Edited on Sat Jul-22-06 07:37 PM by Jim Warren
On Edit:

After my exasperating initial reaction, let me say if junior and I were stranded on a deserted island, there is no doubt in my mind who is gonna end up with the coconuts.
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 11:17 AM
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28. Keith Richards?
:b
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blonndee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 07:24 PM
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27. As any dog person would probably tell ya,
A REAL alpha male rarely has to fight. Clearly Chimpy is among the scrabblers in the pack, jockeying for position. That explains why he feels the need to fight, and also why he does it by proxy. :)
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 04:54 PM
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29. poor Barney



:cry:

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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 10:25 AM
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37. FREE BARNEY!
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 05:01 PM
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30. Alpha psychopath maybe. nt
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 05:03 PM
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31. Ewww.
No, he's in that category we call "Asshole-Males."
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 07:37 PM
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33. a LYING asshole male
Edited on Sun Jul-23-06 07:41 PM by TDubyaA
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 05:07 PM
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32. I don't think either one would do very well in the troop.
I don't think Bush would even qualify for alpha female.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 08:02 PM
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34. Not an alpha male but
he plays one on television.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-23-06 08:05 PM
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36. He is when there are no other males. - n/t
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electron_blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 10:26 AM
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38. LOL!
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lies and propaganda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 10:27 AM
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39. hahahahha
if he is then so am I.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 10:30 AM
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40. Apparently one freeper thinks so.
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 07:11 PM
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41. and how many of them are fighting over in Iraq right now?
awol birds of a feather flock together
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 10:54 PM
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44. the deck of Republican Chickenhawks
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Tenseiga Donating Member (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 09:02 PM
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42. Alf-Aplha male...LMFAO
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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 09:11 PM
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43. LOL : Jack Sparrow walk
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-24-06 11:42 PM
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45. bush is no alpha male
he's a sick, mama's boy who wants to prove something to his daddy.
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-25-06 09:31 AM
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46. lets him eat cake
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-25-06 09:38 AM
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47. Anybody who just walks away from flying jet fighters (even an "obsolete"
one like the Delta Dart) to work on a political campaign is not "alpha" by any stretch of the word.
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-25-06 09:49 AM
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48. No, he just thinks he is. nt
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Crankie Avalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-25-06 09:55 AM
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49. Bush is trying awful hard to live it down, but...
...actually, he was always the sort of monkey that "presents" his hindquarters to the tribe's true alpha males. Afterwards, he grooms their fur.

That's what he did in school, basically--he was a jocksniffing cheerleader who always tried to insinuate himself with the school's star athletes and try to glom some reflected popularity that way.
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-25-06 12:28 PM
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50. Then Dick Cheney or Rove must be the alpha male
because Bush "presents his hindquarters" to them (that is, gets approval for everything from them).
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-25-06 12:38 PM
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51. A swaggering adolescent wannabee male with a light jockstrap.
He couldn't handle the beer and motorcycles but he's kept the pretzels and bike. Alas, he can't handle them either.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-25-06 12:39 PM
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52. no, but he plays one on TV
and that's why many men worship him.

Republican men want a "daddy"
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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-25-06 07:01 PM
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53. W is For Wimp! (So Why Do Manly Men Love Him?)
By BRIAN J. FOLEY

The things seem inextricably linked: an SUV, a man's arm cocked out the driver's window, Bush-Cheney 2004 bumper sticker. Message: President George W. Bush is the candidate of Manly Men. But why do Manly Men support him?

Is it because...Bush was a war hero? No, he avoided Vietnam by joining a National Guard squadron, certain never to leave the Home Front.

Is it because...Bush was a jock? Well, no. He barely played sports in school. Instead, he was a cheerleader. Because...he dominated the business world? Again, no. Rich friends bailed him out of his oil ventures. Taxpayers bought the new stadium when he co-owned the Texas Rangers. As Byron York wrote in the conservative National Review Online, Bush's business career is "a complicated tale of family connections, hard work, and sweet deals, topped off by a taxpayer-subsidized baseball bonanza that may leave some Republicans feeling queasy about how their candidate got rich."

Bush's specific brand of talk, his admirers say, shows that he's "decisive." The Bush campaign seized upon this idea and has relentlessly attacked John Kerry -- a combat veteran who says he can win the Iraq war -- as indecisive, a wimp, a "flip-flopper." The worst thing about flip-flopping, apparently, is not that it might show dishonesty, but that it reveals weakness. The tactic seems to be working. The label has stuck to Kerry so much that you can buy "John Kerry flip flop sandals."

But a look at Bush's record reveals that HE'S a flip-flopper. Bush wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive." Six months later, Bush said, "I truly am not that concerned about him." Candidate Bush said gay marriage was an issue for states to decide. As president he pushes to amend our Constitution to outlaw gay marriage nationwide. Bush opposed creating the Independent 9-11 Commission. Then, under pressure, he supported it. First he promised that we'd win the war on terror. Then last month, he said that the war is "un-winnable" ñ but the next day said it is not only winnable, but that we're winning it. None of these flip-flops, however, has punctured the myth that Bush is "decisive."

http://www.counterpunch.org/foley09182004.html

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doh_phooey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-26-06 10:31 AM
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54. The Alpha Male, The Decider
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-26-06 10:34 AM
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55. He's more like a queen bee.
Selected to be protected.
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