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This was an excellent article.
The funny thing about this alliance is how the religious leadership don’t get the connection between the ascendency of conservative politicians and their own descent. For example, the conservative solution to poverty and wages is for people to work more, leaving befuddled clerics scratching their heads wondering why fewer people are sitting in their pews.
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The Case Of The Disappearing Dubya
Having lived in Texas since the late-70s? For me personally, it’s hard to say what the butterfly effect of his having been disappeared from history altogether-- might be with regard to my life’s journey.
In all probability?
The world would have been a much better place without this man whose greatest successes-- involved screwing things up so magnificently-- his conscience now requires near-total anonymity and seclusion.
jw1
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Who ever the D candidate ends up being ought to take this into account and put up lots of ads showing Dubya alongside the R candidate!
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Dubya is still very much with us nearly every time Jebya opens his mouth.
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two disastrous wars, mismanagement of Hurricane Katrina, the war
profiteering of Vice President Dick Cheney, rampant Wall Street
deregulation, and huge tax cuts for the rich that helped the national
debt to balloon out of control in tandem with defense spending.
these points need to be repeated over and over and over and over …
do not let the voters forget.
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Seriously, can you blame them? None of their former president’s policies were popular or lead to favorable outcomes. The only former president they want to talk about is Reagan, and they tell lies about him.
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SCOTUS installed Bush and severely lowered the Presidential bar. And now we have Fuckface Von Clownstick coming in first AND second as the conservative choice for president. WTF? If only the Democratic party could figure out messaging. Then again, if Barron Asphair does somehow make it to the final ticket the end may write itself.
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Honestly ----- Who could possibly ever forget this schmuck ? ? —
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Thanks, I needed that laugh.
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Good article…
But how can you ignore that McCain, one of the GOP’s past nominations, is being used as a political pinata this time around, with the front runner actually getting a boost in his numbers for saying he isn’t a hero for being shot down? He has taken jabs at Romney, called W.'s crowning “achievement”, the war, a complete disaster and even pointed out that dear St. Ronnie was actually a Democrat during a nationally televised debate.
Like I said before, Trump is the barbarian bursting into the Holy GOP Church, throwing down and smashing all the GOP idols, while the congregation screams in ecstasy.
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They need to be repeated because JEB! is planning to do the exact same thing…only bigger. Because the Bush’s treat our nation as a therapy session to work out their petty family squabbles. W collapses Iraq to show he is bigger than Daddy, JEB! wants to go even further to show he is bigger than W. Don’t forget the “friendly competition” they held as governors to see who could execute the most people.
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W needs an animal totem. When Bill Clinton appears, he is referred to as the “Big Dog.” Similarly, we might refer to W as the “Little Rat”, “Misguided Mouse”, “Skulking Skunk” or something.
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W’s silence after leaving office is pretty much the only thing he’s done that I have any respect for.
He knows enough to keep quiet, which is more than we can say for his VP…
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Dubya Dung Beetle?..
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The GWB presidency was only one in a succession of several in the past couple of decades that was more about working out some personal, family psycho-drama on the world stage than it was about serving the nation. Going back at least to Reagan, who seemed to see the presidency his opportunity to star in the role of Father Knows Best, to GHWB (aka ‘Papa Doc’ Bush- remember him?), to Clinton and Dubya. The Clinton and Dubya presidencies were perhaps the most transparent psycho-dramas. Clinton, at least, had some measure of competence, but his terms were marred by serious shortcomings of judgment and temperament.
I just wish that more candidates would recognize that they don’t possess the qualifications or the balance of intelligence, wisdom, and restraint that the presidency demands. Most candidates seem to think that being president (or congressman or senator) means that you get to impose your way of thinking and doing things on everyone else. Which recent president has inspired you to follow his leadership? At least Carter left office with his integrity and most of his dignity intact, and he certainly followed up his presidency committed to public service, like few others. Obama has served with admirable restraint, and where the way forward was uncertain, his restraint has kept us from squandering lives and treasury to beat our chests in a display of our ‘exceptionalism.’ I think Obama can leave office with his head held high, and I expect that we haven’t heard the last from him.
To my way of thinking, the only reasons I would vote for another Clinton are these: every Republican alternative is repellant, there are no other plausible Democrats with a chance at being elected, and most importantly, whoever is elected President will be nominating at least one, and possibly two or three SCOTUS justices.
And I fervently hope that President Hillary Clinton will nominate Barack Obama to the Court.
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Dung Beetles are quite industrious, of course.
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Molly Ivins nailed it perfectly…
Shrub
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It’s part of a larger trend of former Republican presidential candidates being faded to black
John McCain hadn’t even begun to fade away yet.
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I think that’s mom’s doing — She loves the spotlight… just not his type - –