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FormerRepublican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:29 PM
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So are we FINALLY getting to the tipping point on criminal Bush?
More and more stories seem to be coming out implicating Bush and his pals in all kinds of criminal stuff. Where do you think we are in our approach to the tipping point? Half way there? Two-thirds there? Or finally, FINALLY at the point when folks will start talking seriously about kicking the boy king out?
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:30 PM
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1. Yep. I'd say things are about to implode...
Peace.
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Protagoras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:31 PM
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2. I'd say yes but I'v been saying yes the last 35 times
and they're still squating in the people's house.
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:31 PM
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3. Folks have been for a while. Do you mean the Corporate Controlled Media
will be talking about it?
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joemurphy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:32 PM
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4. Until they find him in a motel trysting with a transvestite
my guess is there will continue to be about 35% of the country that thinks he's just dandy. I'm despairing that there is such a thing as a "tipping point".

As Pogo used to say: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:37 PM
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11. I'm afraid as large a portion of every population thinks he's peachy
Stupidity is a common human condition.

There are actually more Bush supporters in Europe than there are in the US. Of course, they don't have to live with him.

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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 09:20 PM
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27. I thought Bush was hated in Europe
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-10-06 03:23 PM
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32. The majority hate him, as is the case here
However, he still has substantial popularity numbers in the UK and in Russia (oddly enough). He's more popular in two major Russian polls and some polls of the UK than he is here.

France and Germany hate him overwhelmingly, however they usually polls as having a deep dislike for US Presidents (they just hate this one more, as is only fitting).

This is only the beginning of the slide. He'll be going down to universal infinite infamy before long (outside just my house, I mean).

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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 08:10 PM
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23. he had that freak gannon in the WH how many times?
the media slept. I am not hopeful either.
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:32 PM
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5. I don't think we're there to be honest.
I think its going to take more time. Most smart people have a clue about what is going on at this point, but convincing the stupid people will take something like a blowjob, and at such a level that the media can't ignore it, which will be tough.
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Quakerfriend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:33 PM
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6. Strangely enough, the LA terror crap following on the heals of
CS King's funeral 'show' is saying to me, yes- We are tipping and tipping very quickly all of a sudden.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:33 PM
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7. We need a "Lonesome Rhodes" moment that will piss off the
Fundies.

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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:35 PM
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8. All I know is that I've been out of town with no Internet access
for the last three days and I can't belive how much I've missed. When I go to RawStory, I don't know which story to read first, there are so many.
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NightOwwl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:35 PM
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9. Maybe if they found a picture of Bush giving a....
blowjob to Abramoff.

But ya never know, so I'll keep my fingers crossed that yes, the tipping point is very close.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:35 PM
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10. I wish I could figure it out . . .
. . . but I can't.

We live in a country where day is nite, evil is good, traitors are heroes, etc. to the people who are in charge.

And over half the populace is too stupid, too drugged, too infatuated with their lifestyles, too scared, WHATEVER . . . to see what is right in front of their faces.

I think they will fall eventually, but every day they are causing such damage to the system that used to protect the powerless. It is a terrible shame that it's taking so long. But it will eventually happen.

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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:37 PM
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12. Well he's
been at 38-41 % approval rating for year now. I'd say everyone that's going to tip has tipped. The question really has become "will the media figure out 60 % of the nation thinks Bush is horrible and it's ok to talk about him in negative terms." The recent hires at CNN seem to say "nope".
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:37 PM
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13. I'm actually starting to get that impression.
Please, please please....O8)
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:39 PM
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14. The media seems to be reporting full stories for a change
CNN slayed Bush tonight on The Situation Room.

They spilled the beans: Abramoff messages, Libby's superiors (notice this is plural, not singular - more than one superior) told him to release highly confidential info to journalists, the speculation that the LA terror plot aversion announcement had funny timing, etc.

I couldn't believe it!
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Jayhawk Lib Donating Member (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:46 PM
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15. Teflon
I am sorry to say he has a good coat of teflon on him. Just like Ray-Gun shit just slides off of him.
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Justice Is Comin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:47 PM
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16. Watch the Republicans
they're the key. If they start piling on gradually even more, start calling the U Hauls.
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elfin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:47 PM
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17. No way, unless and until the Dems
get control of supboena power - all up to the so far hapless (bought?) media and un-galvanized public so far.

We at DU were "tipped" ages ago - with no resounding victories for our (and our kid's futures.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:51 PM
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18. They are on the defense, that's for sure.
The bad news is flowing faster and from more directions than they can control and spin their message. I think this so-called "Liberty Bomber" is interesting, both in that they're obviously trying to change the subject back to terror attacks and the fact that it is not being taken seriously. Pretty risky, too....they'll need to release a lot more verifiable facts, which I think is impossible. That will further underscore that they are not truthful about this GWOT.

They've pretty much shot their credibility wad.

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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 07:56 PM
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19. I hope so!! How much more do we need??!! Does Bush have
to actually stand on the White House lawn with an eight ball of coke in one hand and a bottle of Vodka in the other and scream "I am guilty!"??

These criminals sure do have their asses covered, don't they??
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 08:02 PM
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20. The further we go without correction, the worse the reckoning
I truly fear for where all this is going to take us. The further down the road we go before there is a corrective action, the worse and the more dangerous that corrective action will be. This is why I get so upset by the tutu-wearing Democrats who think, after all this, that they can "get along" with the Republicans. That's why I get so upset by the DLCers who are either blind to what is happening, or are actual fifth columnists from the evil side.

I keep thinking that the further things go in the direction they are going, the higher the chances of a really bad thing having to happen to fix it.

Then, there are all these issues that are themselves worrisome. Loss of liberties, preemptive wars, ignoring science, unchecked executive power, unchecked corporate power, unprecidented national debts, inability to deal with natural disasters, etc. What is it going to take? What kind of catastrophe will be required before the country says...

Nevermind. I'll say it, myself. "Oh my God! What *have* we done?"
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AverageJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 08:04 PM
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21. I think it was long ago established that *
could walk down Pennsylvania Avenue naked, covered in horse shit, eating a dead baby, shooting an AK-47 willy-nilly into the crowd, coked to the gills, and masturbating a monkey and the media would praise him for it and 38-41% of America would cheer. After all, he is a godly man.
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MellowOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 08:09 PM
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22. It's almost unbelievable that there are those
who haven't caught on by now. Are they so brainwashed and programmed to believe in our country no matter what?
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 08:57 PM
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24. Don't ask me. If they'd been Dems, they would have been tarred,
feathered, and run out on a rail oh, about 4 years ago.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 08:58 PM
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25. I'm not going to hold my breath though
Tomorrow they'll flip back to his side.
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Loge23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 09:05 PM
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26. Circling the wagons
If big dick leaves, or is forced out, the wheels will officially be off the cart.
My prediction: he won't make it to 2008. Resign!
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mim Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 09:28 PM
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28. I don't know for certain
But we may be getting near one. I heard most of the NSA hearings on streaming audio, and both Dems and Repubs were jumping on Gonzales. Only two or three Repubs were defending him.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 09:31 PM
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29. I don't know if we ever will.
Even money says they get away with everything regardless of the facts. They own the whole show.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 09:35 PM
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30. I think it's possible
It's pretty clear that Bushco is worried or they wouldn't have heightened their use of "Terra!" again.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-09-06 09:41 PM
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31. Something has changed
The media is not ignoring these facts now. They are not putting a big spin on it. This is being covered, and not buried under the Briton who murdered his wife and little baby. A horror, to be sure, but not big enough to ignore other facts.

Something has changed. Something is different.

I think NOW is the time when the Dems need to come forward with a plan for the Future of America. Strike while the iron is hot. They need to be screaming bloody murder, just like the Repugs would do if the situation were reversed.

Remember how Clinton was treated - turn about is fair play, they made the rules!
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-10-06 03:27 PM
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33. Ways to go yet!
we are three degrees to the north and one degree to the east. Then BAM!!

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