Bush Calls for Compassion on Christmas

[rsmith6621]

>President Bush (news - web sites) issued a Christmas Day call for compassion toward the sick and suffering, urging Americans to volunteer to help the neediest among their fellow citizens.<

> "Many of our fellow Americans still suffer from the effects of illness or poverty, others fight cruel addictions, or cope with division in their families, or grieve the loss of a loved one," he said. "Christmastime reminds each of us that we have a duty to our fellow citizens, that we are called to love our neighbor just as we would like to be loved ourselves. By volunteering our time and talents where they are needed most, we help heal the sick, comfort those who suffer, and bring hope to those who despair, one heart and one soul at a time."<

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20041225/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_christmas

I think this news story has ruined my christmas.......Just Rehtoric.

[sbj405]

1. The ole "Do as I say, not do as I do" nt

[NEOBuckeye]

2. Yeah, right!

He doesn't know the meaning of compassion, or humility for that matter.

[Laelth]

3. Pot calls kettle black ...

... scenes at 11.

(you gotta be kidding me). :eyes:

-Laelth

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Put your money where your mouth is, then

Take back the tax breaks for the rich and the no-bid contracts for corporations. Make sure that the homeless have a safe, warm place to stay. Make sure the ill, including the mentally ill, have access to doctors and treatment. Make sure the children of this country have hope via increased Pell Grants, fully funded schools that do more than teach to a test, and no huge deficit hanging over their heads. Show not only compassion but justice by stopping all forms of torture and bringing ALL those who condoned it to justice.

[Solly Mack]

5. That man offends my very being

[Missy Vixen]

6. I feel nauseated

What has this man done to help the poor and needy? I'd like a list. He has shredded an already compromised social safety net; he and his buddies have made it clear that they're not interested in anyone who isn't rich, white and Republican.

It is sad and shameful that nobody from the MSM will say a word about this.

Julie

[Webster Green]

7. Thats right-wing code for "screw those peasants"......

"They'll get no government handouts on my watch".

Fuck you chimpy!, and stop taking the Lord's name in vain. You are the exact opposite of what a true Christian should be.

[siliconefreak]

8. Irony

It's ironic that this topic currently is right next to the topic about the Texas dad who's selling his kids gifts on eBay.

I guess that's what they call "compassionate conservatism". (Or as Bush says, "conservativism".)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. "volunteering our time and talents" blowing up people in a country

that doesn't want us there. Mr. Compassion, eh?

[Demeter]

10. If Bush Resigns--I'll Advocate Compassion for HIM

I'll endorse life in prison without parole, as opposed to the death penalty.

[autorank]

11. And in return, I say he * does 10 instead of 20 for vote fraud.

[TwentyFive]

21. No, a life sentence for Bush. Solitary confinement....and lotsa pretzels!!

[CoffeeCat]

12. Does this fuckwit have no shame?

I'm so furious right now...reading that sick, twisted piece of shyte that Bush trolled out.

"One heart and one soul at a time." OhmyfrickinGod!!! Does this man have ANY shame? Did he get those lines from Hallmark greeting cards or what?

His tax cuts gave windfalls to yacht owners, while the poorest of the poor receive zilch. His corporate tax breaks hand over buckets of dollars to companies that send jobs overseas. The man CREATES poverty and misery--and now he urges us to bring "hope to those who despair" and "comfort those who suffer"?

As if this boob gives a hoot about anyone who makes under $250k!

I'm gonna hurl my eggnog.

Maybe Bush is subconsciously pleading that we have compassion for him--because he knows his chimp hiney is toast. Maybe he understands that this fraudulent election will soon be exposed.

Just when I think that I've reached my threshold for revulsion at Bush's evil, he opens his mouth on a major holiday and manages to raise the bar.

Suck it, you freak!

Here! Have a chocolate-coated pretzel!!

I'm sorry for the swearing and vulgarity, I just can't help it!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

15. I hope * burns in Hell. Merry Christmas,e h?

[Nothing Without Hope]

30. I take it the question in your message title is rhetorical?

;-)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. Ok, ok ok..... I'll give him another chance.... n/t

[Stargleamer]

14. Poverty has risen during his administration...

and will continue to rise, as will the gap between rich and poor, and he can utter such words without any notice of that fact by the media?

What kind of hypocrisy is this? The new Republican kind.

1300 American soldiers dead in Iraq, countless Iraqis dead, for a completely useless, asinine and bungled war.

When he said, "They never stop thinking of ways to harm our country, and neither do we", it was no Freudian slip.

[Deja Q]

16. Be an example, Bush. And not the antithesis of.

[yorkiemommie1]

17. ' he intends to unwind '

i suppose we won't see him and Pickles and the girls ladling soup at the nearest mission? gotta unwind. being p(resident) and misleading the world is HARD WORK!

[Mike Niendorff]

18. And, in a related story:

George W. Bush calls on neighbors to "volunteer" to help out Tiny Tim.

Update : George W. Bush announces plans to cut all public assistance to Tiny Tim, declares Tiny Tim at no risk thanks to "outpouring of volunteerism".

Further update : George W. Bush blames death of Tiny Tim on "moral decline" and "welfare mentality", demands further cuts in services to the poor.

Update #3 : GWB announces plan to "reform" Bob Cratchitt's Social Security, declares that SS system has become "unstable" following passage of large (and "entirely unrelated") tax cuts for Ebenezer Scrooge.

Update #4: Ebenezer Scrooge relocates firm to Malaysia, cites "unreasonable heating demands" by Bob Cratchitt.

Update #5 : Ebenezer Scrooge nominated by Bush for Secretary of Labor.


MDN

[demosincebirth]

19. The #1 Pharisee

[TwentyFive]

20. Typical right wing christian

Say one thing with a smile, while doing just the opposite.

[VegasWolf]

22. and ask for your money!!! n/t

[VegasWolf]

23. Maybe he should put actions where his words are and let christians

lead the way. Just saw on the local news that over 900 catholic
priests in California alone have been accused of molesting little
children.

[Robin Hood]

24. what a way to wake up on xmas morning

with a hypocritical lying policitican telling you to have compassion for the sick and suffering...please...who does he think he is Jesus?!

[NYC]

28. He creates the sick and suffering,

you are supposed to comfort them.

[robbedvoter]

25. Feed the homeless to the hungry - a modest proposal

Swift would have been overwhelmed by the hypocrisy...

[NYC]

26. That's because the next $80 billion will be going to the war.

Did he mention anything about compassion for Iraqis, or were they specifically exempted?

[Orsino]

27. Someone please find him some, quick!

Surely we can spare some compassion, since he has so obviously run out?

[Chipper Chat]

29. crap

Dear George: You left out the suffering of all the young teenagers who, since 2001, discovered they were gay and commited suicide because your homophobia and fundie-preachers hell-and-damnnation drove them to it. Of course it's too late to help them now. And even if it were possible to bring them back, The Rev. Fred Phelps - who fundies refuse to condemn - would rekill them.
And a merry christmas to you mr. president.

[TahitiNut]

31. DUPLICATE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1097956

[Moderator]

32. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1097956