a Bush Campaign theme out the window

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Thursday December 09, 2004 · 7:52 AM PST

2004/12/09 · 07:52

2004, just a month or so out from the election and before the electoral college meets, one of the main 2004 Bush campaign themes has been abandoned. 'Don't change horses in midstream during a war' has gone the way of the Dodo. With the turnover in cabinet positions, we have to wonder exactly what is still the same, except perhaps Donald Rumsfeld, and he was doing such a stellar job. Read More

How to turn Conservative into a negative

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Saturday November 06, 2004 · 9:49 AM PST

2004/11/06 · 09:49

One of the reasons left wing idealsare on the defensive is the right's success in turning the word "liberal" into a dirty word. They use it constantly as a negative, like "the most liberal senator from Massachussetts". The left needs to do the same.

I suggest we all start using the word "regressive" to negatively describe conservatives and conservative ideas. Rush Limbaugh would no longer be the right wing blow hard, he would be the regressive right wing blow hard. Bush's bad judge nominees wouldn't be inappropriate because they are conservative idealists, but would be unacceptable regressive activists. Read More

Bush's "Global Test" is protect the oil first.

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Tuesday October 26, 2004 · 11:35 AM PDT

2004/10/26 · 11:35

How is it that the Bush Administration claims it sent enough troops to do the job but couldn't secure WMD sites? They were able to secure the oilfields but nothing else in a timely fashion. It sure seems strange to me.

We were told Iraq had WMDs but they were second in priority to the oilfields. The oilfields we were told were essential to the wellbeing of the Iraqi people. I guess their wellbeing gave them a VETO over our security. Now we have tons of high explosives to go along with the radioactive materials that were looted.

Bush & Co. misrepresent Kerry's "global test" as giving other countries power over our national security. Bush & Co. in the real world have shown that they value oil over our national security.

BillyGeorge

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Thursday October 07, 2004 · 1:57 PM PDT

2004/10/07 · 13:57

I finally figured out what actor Bush looks like. Tom McLaughlin.

Not quite like the movie BillyJack, the halfbreed who learned deadly combat skills as a green beret in Vietnam, but a spineless bizarro version, a son of the elite who learned his skills as a cheerleader in Harvard while specifically not going to Vietnam, BillyGeorge perhaps.

Where BillyJack protected the weak and his environment, his bizarre counterpart would have done things differently. BillyGeorge would be the one leading the gang, dumping flour on the little Indian girl, he would be harassing the hippie kids and he would be the one shooting the wild horses. He would have seized the land the hippie school was on to build a baseball stadium.

Where BillyJack goes into the hills on a spiritual rite involving rattle snakes, BillyGeorge would be burning books, or maybe he'd practice his religion by spitting on gays.

In the end, where BillyJack surrenders and takes responsibility for his actions, BillyGeorge's father would buy him out of trouble.

His theme song would still be "One Tin Soldier"

Framing how Bush failed on 9-11

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Monday April 12, 2004 · 6:23 AM PDT

2004/04/12 · 06:23

One problem I always see is the lack of organization in arguments about how the Bush administration failed on 9-11. Here is an idea, when trying to explain how 9-11 could have been prevented, break it down into 4 areas to place your information based on where the 9-11 could have been stopped.

In Afghanistan. This may not be a winner, but it is often confused as the whole argument by right wingers. According to Richard Clarke, if all of his suggestions made in January 2001, regarding actions against Afghanistan had been followed, 9-11 would still have happened. Ok, however, many Bush apologists point at the part where Clarke says 9-11 would still have happened while conveniently leaving out the part where he is talking about action against Afghanistan only. Be aware of this.
In the US during the planning stage. This is where all those FBI memos and warnings come into play. As well as that pesky increased intelligence chatter that failed to spur any action. This is also where Richard Clarke explains going to `battle stations' could have stopped the hijackers. This is where many members of the Bush Administration went on vacation, so keep that in mind if someone tries to claim they were at `battle stations'. Snide comments about Bush learning that his battle station was best filled on vacation was learned in the Air Guard may or may not help your case.
At the airport. This is where knowing Al Qaeda was planning on hijacking planes could have been met by increased security and awareness, yet airlines and airports weren't properly warned.
In the air. This is where the Sky Marshals could have been increased due to increased risk, and when military action could have been taken, but was oddly lacking.

This may help deal with some of the confusion that is usually brought up when discussing 9-11.

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