so who or what can i compare bush to when making a rhetorical point?

[datasuspect]

seems like nazis, fascists, dictators, banana republic second string thugs are all off limits.


i wouldn't want "most people" to close their ears or think negatively about democrats when i make negative comparisons between bush and anything.



or is the whole thing just a ruse?

is it possible that some people here on DU get offended when you say bad things about bush?





what's REALLY going on?

[bryant69]

1. i would think there would be a difference between comparing

Bush to a Dictator and saying that we are now living in a dictatorship.

But at any rate it seems like there is no shortage of people calling bush all of those things and more, so I'm not sure what you are talking about.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[jimshoes]

2. Compare him to karl rove

but with a tiny amount of charisma.

[EFerrari]

3. Peter Pan's evil twin?

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

20. Bed Pan? (Works for me.)

:silly:

[TahitiNut]

21. (sigh)

Well, I thought it was funny. :-(

[jgraz]

4. dogshit is always a good option

But only if it was produced by Hitler's dog.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Caligula.

[Buzz Clik]

6. Simply calling him a name is pretty much a brainless exercise.

Screaming "Bush is an asshole" doesn't take much thought, regardless of how passionately you may believe it to be true.

Attempting to "prove" that Bush is a Nazi may be fascinating in a tinfoily kind of way, but you end up looking like a total dick.

And what's the point? Bush is a horrible president, a disgrace to the nation, and a danger to the entire globe. It does not matter is he's a Nazi or not, and trying to make that point distracts from more reasonable debate.

[nebenaube]

7. It is not unreasonable to consider him the one

who was arrogant and incompetent enough to expose the fascist 5th column in this country.

[datasuspect]

15. who said anything about calling him names?

actually i'm all for that if it helps to concretize a negative reaction to bush whenever people hear his name.

and you mention reasonable debate. you cannot have "reasonable debate" with a right wing extremist.

the point is a war of ideologies.

do you want to fight right wing tyranny or be on the winning side of history? this a question people need to ask themselves.

[Mist]

8. "Psychotic, retarded pre-teen" seems accurate. nt

[Disturbed]

9. Busholini works for me.

It would be great if he met the same fate, eh?

[blogslut]

10. A fecal KIng Midas

Everything he touches turns to shit.

[cynatnite]

11. ...

:rofl:

[Gabi Hayes]

19. couldn't agree more, but people have been saying this for a long time

http://roxanne.typepad.com/rantrave/2004/11/bush_has_the_an.html








Daily Kos: UPDATED: The Bush-GOP Scandal Document CenterT

he Perrspectives Bush-GOP Scandal Document Library has been expanded to include ... techology to document for posterity the foul deeds of the Shit Midas. ...


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/7/221319/9581

[Blue_In_AK]

12. I say fascist...

because he is.

[mmonk]

13. I don't know. Americans are exceptional humans

and nothing similar is possible with anything bad.;-)

[lpbk2713]

14. Cheney's (ie Halliburton's) Stooge

And he really needs a handler ....



... because he's not bright enough to pour piss out of a boot
with the instructions printed on the heel.

[Mugsy]

16. The most historically accurate analogy is Napoleon.

Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of France who said of his invasion of Russia:

"We have yet to lose a single battle, yet we are not winning."

(actually, frowned upon as it is, Hitler IS the most accurate comparison: He used a unrelated tragedy to justify his war, responsible for many multitudes of innocents that were of a different religion, and ordered his Generals to NEVER retreat from any battle... no matter how sound a military strategy it might be... to avoid showing "weakness". His refusal to retreat, fighting to the bitter end despite no chance of victory, cost him an enormous number of troops, weaponry, and expended resources that precipitated his downfall... a strategy he took by the way... from Napoleon.)

[ruiner4u]

17. a post turtle...

I read this years ago and loved it...



A 70-year-old Texas Rancher got his hand caught in a gate while working cattle. He wrapped the hand in his bandana and drove his pickup to the doctor. While suturing the laceration, the doctor asked the old man about George W. Bush being in the White House.

The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'Post Turtle.'"

Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked what a Post Turtle was.

The old man looked at him and drawled, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a Post Turtle."

The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain:

"You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want to help the poor dumb bastard get down."

[IChing]

18. (N)eo-con. (A)sinine (Z)ealot (I)nterloping (S)OBs.

:)

[Selatius]

22. Woodrow Wilson was far more authoritarian when dealing with anti-war folks and dissidents. n/t