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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 09:59 AM
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The Bush Years
He did a "heck of a job".
:mad:


— Stealing the 2000 election.
— The Patriot Act.
— "Dead or Alive."
— Pre-emptive war.
— Iraq "will be a cakewalk."
— Weapons of mass destruction.
— "Bring 'em on."
— Troops with no body armor.
— "Mission Accomplished."
— Osama bin Forgotten.
— Abu Ghraib.
— Gitmo.
— Secret renditions.
— Torture memos.
— Walter Reed Hospital scandal.
— "I'm the decider."
— Valerie Plame.
— Scooter Libby.
— Halliburton.
— Blackwater.
— Harriet Miers.
— Alberto Gonzales.
— Fired federal prosecutors.
— Illegal spying on Americans.
— Executive privilege.
— Signing statements.
— Secret energy task force.
— Fake News Releases.
— Cheney shoots a lawyer.
— Tax cuts for the rich.
— More tax cuts for the rich.
— Ditto.
— National debt.
— "Heck of a job, Brownie."
— Minneapolis bridge collapse.
— Global climate change.
— Privatize Social Security
— Veto of children's health care bill.
— No Child Left Behind
— Deregulate Wall Street.
— Bail out Wall Street.
— Iraqi journalist throws shoe.
— Approval rating down to Richard Nixon's historic low.

http://www.creators.com/opinion/jim-hightower/bullet-points-for-assessing-the-bush-years.html

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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 10:18 AM
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1. worst. pResident. EVER!
really... it will take generations to recover from his hubris.
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trusty elf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 10:33 AM
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2. I wonder if somewhere in his dim little mind
there isn't a tiny nagging doubt gnawing at him, that he is in fact an epic failure? No, probably not. No regrets, he'd do it the same way all over again.

I think it's amusing that "I, Shrub" is an anagram for "hubris".


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President Decider Donating Member (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 11:19 AM
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3. Add these 2 - .....My Pet Goat .... and Katrina Response
They must be added to ensure his legacy
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Capt. America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:32 PM
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4. Fake rescue of WV female soldier, cover up of Pat Tillman, "free speech zones"?
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