"Bush Is Just Getting Blamed for Everything!" says my Republican

[leftyladyfrommo]

friend. She was talking about the Russian who was poisoned. Somehow Bush will get blamed for that. I don't know exactly how that train of thought works. Maybe because Bush looked into Putin's soul and thought he was really just an all right kind of guy.

I just can't believe these people are still trying to stand behind Bush - even after everything that has come out.

People are just ganging up on him and blaming him for all the ills of the world. None of this is really his fault. I guess someone else has been using his hands and mouth again.

So I guess this means it will be the 12th of Never before these folks ever vote Democrat.

[porphyrian]

1. He's only getting blamed for everything he's done.

And he's proudly admitted to half of it, the fucking dolt. Your friend's head should explode by the end of the first quarter next year.

[marmar]

2. Kool-Aid brain damage....

You can hear it in some calls to CSPAN's Washington Journal. It's quite sad, actually.

[dddem]

3. You'll have to set her straight.

Doesn't she know by now that it's all Bill Clinton's fault?

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Oh yea! Still hearing about Clinton. Here is the latest from my Republican

friends.

People in Hawaii don't like Clinton because: He was good friends with the governor or someone there. He would fly over for a visit every month or so and completely tie up all the traffic on the island for several hours.

I heard that after I brought up the horrible time Bush had in Hawaii with his entourage had a three vehicle pile up and someone got beat up after visiting a bar (my friend from Hawaii thought it was probably a stripper bar.)

[tsuki]

4. Yes, it does. I live in a county that voted for Katherine Harris because

she's a good Khristian woman. You cannot pierce their reality bubble with facts. So, I don't think that they will ever vote for a Democrat.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. I just don't think that they will ever admit they were so wrong.

I think it has become just an ego thing.

[lapfog_1]

5. My reply would be..

"well you know, Bush getting blamed for everything is really the fault of that Bill Clinton, and you know that has to be the case because ever since Bill left office, the Republicans have been blaming Clinton for everything."

[Ilsa]

I think I'd call her on that and let her see that you aren't

unreasonable in attaching blame to W only when it is due. I haven't heard anyone try to blame DimSon for the spy's murder, but it sure shows everyone what an idiot W was, claiming Putin was such a good guy.

Then, you could mention that you do think the war, the economy, lack of healthcare, etc are all DimSon's fault.

[xchrom]

6. d'uh -- he's fucked up everything he's tried to run

including our country.

and oh yeah -- it's not so much that he had the putin thig wrong -- but that recognized his spiritual twin.

[dubykc]

I personally can't think of anything he's been blamed for...

that's not truly his fault. Granted, I truly think he is no where near intelligent enough to come up with most, if not all, of the evil he has wrought onto the world but he is the one that ultimately said "Do it!"

[Demeter]

7. Your Friend's Train of Thought Derailed Long Ago

Now she's just spinning the wheels.

[Warren Stupidity]

9. Yeah it ain't like Iraq is his fault or anything.

We need to understand that there is about 1/3 of this nation of ours that is delusional perhaps beyond our comprehension.

Some of these folks are truly scary. The Republican pandering to extreme fundamentalist lunacy is a very dangerous game. These folks are not going to take a change in course lightly.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. And a lot of those delusional people live here in the B ible Belt

They have always been here - but it sure seems like there are a lot more of them around now.

People used to kind of look at them as far right wierdos - now it seems like that far right wierdo stuff has gone mainstream.

But I do think we are beginning to see a shift back toward the middle - even tho it is a pretty slow shift.

[Nikki Stone1]

11. In a way, she's right. Think of Pearl, Wolfowitz, William Kristol and

a huge host of other neocons who were responsible for this disasterous foreign policy. Bush had a lot of help in creating this mess and, other than Rumsfeld, the other power brokers seem to be escaping the onslaught. (Most of them are not in elected office and there is no way to shoehorn them out of their decision-making positions.) You also might remind your friend that a lot Republicans in Congress--not just Bush-- suffered for Pearl et al's plan to "remake the Middle East." Even Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican, lost in the wave of voter disgust with the way the war is going, and certainly, he didn't have a hand in the major planning.

[Toots]

12. Just scratch your head and say innocently "Why do you think that is?"

:rofl:

[filer]

14. If she's distressed now...

just wait until the investigations begin. The ugly truth about this administration hasn't even begun to surface.

[elocs]

15. There is a core of Republicans who feel absolutely stuck with their party

and feel obligated to support it and the president no matter what happens. I have a friend who is like a father to me who bleeds Republican. When I mentioned how badly most Americans feel about how the war in Iraq is going and how Bush lied, I could see he was starting to steam. When I said that maybe the Democrats would cut off funding for the war, he said that Bush would pull out the troops. My reply was that I wasn't sure, that maybe he would leave them there and blame the Democrats. He claimed I was just talking out of my ass and that he didn't want to talk about it anymore. I said that I could understand how he could feel embarrassed about what his party has done and how it had been hijacked by the neocons. He yelled at me not to tell him how he felt and at that point I realized it was better to leave sleeping dogs lay. He is stuck and disgusted, but he does not know what to do other than to support his party because he cannot bring himself to vote for a Democrat until the 12th of Never. I am sure he is not alone and the best we can hope from this crowd is that they just do not vote.

[Mr_Spock]

16. There people who will root for a team with a broken armed quarterback

and no running backs. These people cannot be reached. I still see "W04" stickers on trucks up in NH. I still give them the finger and scream "moron!" at them - knowing it will only make them more determined to stick with their idiot loser. Some people just cannot be reached - as if they have a type of mental illness that prevents them from being contacted though their senses.

[tanyev]

17. If people don't want to get blamed for anything,

they shouldn't run for President.

[Orsino]

18. With absolute power comes absolute responsibility.

By grabbing all the power he can get, * has been demanding the blame.

[rock]

19. Yah, bush* and Clinton

You know the guy that used to be president SIX years ago.

[seabeyond]

20. gets blamed for everything, takes responsibility for NOTHING

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. Iraq is blowing sky high and he is out riding his bike.

I really gotta wonder about that guy. He just doesn't seem quite right in the head.