Do you think they might have hanged one of Saddam's look a likes?

[azndndude]

Maybe this is all a hoax. Saddam did have numerous body doubles. Just a thought

[hang a left]

1. Yes, I think it is highly likely.

We will never know however. You can only guess.

[Puregonzo1188]

2. No, not really (n/t)

[LA lady]

3. DNA

I remember something about DNA testing. It's easier to get a look alike to roam around a palace than to die for you!

[Selah]

4. Many enjoy a good conspiracy theory

But it could be possible. Question is: what purpose would it serve?

[cali]

5. Oh, for the love of the god of reason.

This is beyond ridiculous. Way, way, way beyond it.

[H2O Man]

25. No, please, wait!

Think of that license plate on the cover of Abbey Road: "28 IF" .... Dick Cheney's popularity might reach 28% "if" they hang Saddam. But Saddam is actually on a double date with Ken Lay. So what is the most obvious second choice? Hang that guy who replaced Paul McCartney, and ruined the Beatles with "silly love songs."

[cali]

27. This is fast becoming

one of my favorite DU threads ever. Thanks for the laugh.

[blondeatlast]

29. Keyboard. Ruined. Pay up, dammit!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[H2O Man]

32. Paul played the keyboards

Well, piano. (Tried drums on "McCartney.") This is just too freaky.

[blondeatlast]

38. And Skilling loved the song "Perfect Day" by Hoku, who performs frequently

with Jesse McCartney at Radio disney events (reputedly no relation, but it's all just too conveeeeenieeent...).

Edit: OOH, OOH, OOH! I heard that at the last Radio Disney concert, there were chemtrails.

I'm now officially creeped out.

[H2O Man]

39. Jesse Ed Davis

had a lot of fun with John in the the LA lost days. Probably too much fun. The chances of this not being directly unrelated to the execution seem likely, indeed.

[stevedeshazer]

31. That guy DID ruin the Beatles.

Thanks for the laugh.

[H2O Man]

35. I could deal

with "When I'm 64" ..... by just leaving the room for a song. But stuff like "Ob-la-di,ob-la-da" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" were all the proof I needed that Paul was "dead."

[stevedeshazer]

37. Yes, but he lives.

It's ironic, given John and George don't.

Bang, bang.

[H2O Man]

40. At least he did

"Let Me Roll It," which was a heck of a tip of the hat to the Plastic Ono Band, in my opinion.

[spanone]

33. It was Yoko Harvey Oswald. She replaced Paul & Saddam with cyborgs. Money can do that.

[H2O Man]

36. He should never

have left Cynthia. Wait -- that was John! Okay: he should have married Jane, and he'd have never served time in Japan.

[Tom Joad]

6. It might have been Rich Little. Let's check.

[cali]

8. LOL

Now that was truly funny.

[Tom Joad]

12. Of course, that proves a few things.

we are both old enough to know who Rich Little is. Let's not let that get around. umm... though in reality, I only know him because he is pushing those Dean Martin videos on TV ... no really, that's how i came up with that. Heard he was funny back in the day...but um... wouldn't know myself.

Anyway...
I agree Cali, some of the things posted here... e.g. a journalist who once asked Scottie (white house press person) a mean question about Rove is said to have committed suicide. Some DU'ers KNEW, for a fact, they were absolutely sure, that he was murdered... not that the journalist had any inside info, he just asked about the Plame leak, and from the info they had in a 1,000 word newspaper article, it was an open and closed case of murder. The freepers do no worse than that.

[CatWoman]

14. yes, it was

:rofl:

:hi: Cali

[The Magistrate]

7. No, Sir, They Did Not: The Man Is Dead, Get Used To It

[Balbus]

9. And they could be burying a Gerald Ford look-a-like also.

Or the Godfather of Soul???? Maybe no one famous actually died this weekend... Or no one famous ever died!! People still claim to see the King!

[Missy M]

10. Sure and now Saddam is in the same place where.....

JFK, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley and all the passengers on the plane that didn't crash into the Pentagon are stashed:crazy:

[specimenfred1984]

11. Quite possible

That lovely picture of a dead guy didn't look like him, especially his nose. But hey, pre-hanging videos are all the rage! Let's break in the new year with a healthy, happy dose of brainwashed and propagandized murderous glee.

[librechik]

13. Don't even start.

answer is NO.


and let us not go down the road to candyland on this one. It's bad enough that they hanged the wrong delusional decider. Let us not imagine wrongs that will only agitate the BS detectors on our tinfoil hats.

[dave_p]

15. His last words would have been different

... like "You got the wrong guy, suckers"?

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Aaaaaachoostupid

Gezundheit.

[eileen_d]

17. I think not. n/t

[Libby2]

18. As inept as this cabal is, anything is possible.

[ldf]

19. ok, so i will be forever branded as a lunatic

but...

i am just a wee bit skeptical about this whole show.

we did not capture saddam, he was turned over to us. he was found in a "spider hole" that had no exit. he could not have escaped from where he was "put" if he wanted to. we were then informed of his whereabouts.

yet our media touted the whole "our valiant troops captured saddam" story to no end. hogwash.

during the whole trial, saddam could have sang like a canary. he could have, at the very least, been EXTREMELY embarassing for the boy king, cheney and rumsfield, and especially so for the latter two, who helped to CREATE him.

why would he not have spilled his guts? the best way to hurt the bush cabal would have been to do just that. and our media may not have reported it but it WOULD have gotten out.

unless he knew it was worth it not to.

and why do you put a thick scarf around the neck of someone who is about to be hanged?

so what if there is a little ropeburn. it's not like he, being dead, is going to give a shit. that one really puzzles me. it just doesn't wash.

and having a double take his place? there are many instances where suicider's families are offered unended care and support. why would these doubles respond any differently?

i am not saying for sure that the execution did not happen.

but given the track record of the criminals in power, and the lengths they will go to keep info from getting out, why not yet one more, elaborate show?

i suppose i will have to fall back on the "fooled me once, won't get fooled again" train of thought.

i'm just sayin'.....

:shrug:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

20. He was a fan of the Godfather movie saga.... perhaps there was

a little bit of fondness for Clint Eastwood movies as well.... remember the preacherman.... I'm just sayin'.

[pitohui]

21. have to admit the same thoughts have crossed my mind

very easy not to talk in prison if you don't have anything to tell

and we've already established that people are willing to martyr themselves if their families are taken care of, it's well-known that saudi arabia pays the families of some of the suicide bombers

i should think if people are willing to blow themselves to pieces to get $25,000 for their families, someone somewhere would be willing to take the fall for a like or much higher award for their own family

not to say that it did happen but i don't know why it couldn't have

i think saddam is dead but yeah because of the actions of our glorious leaders there will always be that niggling doubt

[arikara]

44. Don't feel bad about the response here

its always the same old CS debunkers that blow their hot air into these threads. There's nothing wrong with discussing the possibilities, especially with such liars in power.

Saddam's wife said it wasn't him when he was first "captured" and they took her to see him. I'd tend to think she should know her husband.

[Totallybushed]

22. Why would they?

I don't see any gain to be made from doing so, and the BFEE does things for its own benefit, right? So what is the advantage?.

The Iraqis wanted him dead. I've been unable to clamp the tinfoil tight enough for this one, so far. What's the explanation?

[mtnsnake]

23. In Bush's case, HIS body doubles are more aptly called "dummies"

[azndndude]

30. Dont the Freepers call us DUmmies?

[seriousstan]

24. Your open mind let your brains fall out.

[boston bean]

26. I think I can one up you. My mother swears that * was there at the

hanging.

That is why he wasn't at Ford's laying out.

[Rex]

28. Doesn't matter, they wanted to get rid of him as a material witness.

Even if he 'springs' back up later, 'he' will be dismissed as a look a like. Mission accomplished.

[Lars39]

34. Questions like this will continue to plague the event...

that's another reason he should have been tried at The Hague.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

41. Yayyyyyyyy Another Insane And Irrational Conspiracy Theory!!!! Woooohoooooo!!!!!!

Let's keep 'em comin guys! Can never have too many wild ass illogical theories floatin around to muddy up the discussion with right? So bring 'em on! Insane conspiracy theories for everybody!!!!

Let's have a wild ass conspiracy party!!!! Wooooohoooooooo!!!!!!

:party:

[blondeatlast]

42. Um, how much did they pay this imposter to die for someone else, exactly? nt

[etherealtruth]

43. No. I really don't

[Megahurtz]

45. LOL! Ahahahahahaha!!!!!

:rofl:

I'm convinced that anything is possible!