The official and unofficial Bush critics' list

[jumptheshadow]

It includes:

Richard Clarke, a Bush administration anti-terrorism official
Paul O'Neill, former treasury secretary
Joe Wilson, former ambassador

The new president of Spain, who is openly rooting for John Kerry. An ex-official in the Polish government, who says the Bush government bamboozled his country.

Pop culture figures, Howard Stern, who had been a supporter, and,
Mel Gibson, a politically paleographic specimen who talks to the Pope.

John McCain, mentioned as a possible VP contender, is a stealth critic, defending Kerry's record on the military. And didn't another Republican senator just say the same thing?

His supporters include Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Al Qaeda, which has issued a statement backing his reelection bid.

[roguevalley]

1. Cool. Add Graydon Carter of Vanity Fair. He's taking bush out every

which way he can. BBV and Sharon Bush in the same issue this month.

[riverwalker]

2. Trump ?

I caught the Wolf Blitzer interview with Donald Trump today. Trump said although he considers himself an Independant, he is about "80% Democrat" and that "the economy is always better with a Democratic administration". I know he's popular right now, and has a new book coming out. A real endorsement could only help.

[jumptheshadow]

3. Trump said that?

Man, the guy is hard to look at and seems like a sleaze but he sure nailed this one.

[chookie]

5. He gave the "peace" sign a lot

I caught the Trump piece. Conspicuous use of the peace sign by Trump. That's pretty cool for a capitalist. Imagine making as much cash as he did without having to invade a country? I'm warming up to this guy.

I'd love to hear what he has to say about Enron and Halliburton.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi riverwalker!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[chookie]

4. Gibson?

Is it because he is bankrolling Michael Moore's upcoming Fahrenheit 911, or Hannity interview in which he claims he is having doubts about Bush, or something else?

[freeforall]

6. Well, there are some Canadian politicians

who are too polite to say so, but they think Bush is a moron. So, I imagine they'll be silently rooting for Kerry.

Can't say it too loud. Must be nice to our neighbours, LOL.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. It wasn't a Polish ex-official, it was their current president

You can also add the Italian European Affairs Minister:
An Italian Minister has broken ranks on Iraq with his pro-war Government, telling a newspaper that last year's invasion could have been a mistake. European Affairs Minister Rocco Buttiglione says that in any case, it is not the best thing to have done.

"The war may have been a mistake," Mr Buttiglione said in an interview published by the daily newspaper Il Messaggero. "Perhaps there were ways it could have been avoided," he said. "What is certain is that it wasn't the best thing to do. Terrorism cannot be defeated only by the force of arms and if we give the impression that weapons play the dominant role, we will only stir up nationalist feelings among the Arabs against us," he added.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1069025.htm

And George Soros.

Or George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Economics Prize winner:
There is a systematic reason. The government is not really telling the truth to the American people. Past administrations from the time of Alexander Hamilton have on the average run responsible budgetary policies. What we have here is a form of looting.
...
I think this is the worst government the US has ever had in its more than 200 years of history. It has engaged in extraordinarily irresponsible policies not only in foreign and economic but also in social and environmental policy. This is not normal government policy. Now is the time for people to engage in civil disobedience.
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,258983,00.html

Or Jimmy Carter:
"There was no reason for us to become involved in Iraq last year. That was a war based on lies and misinterpretations from London and Washington, claiming falsely that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11, claiming falsely that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

"President Bush and Prime Minister Blair probably knew that many of the allegations were based on uncertain intelligence and a decision was made to go to war 'lets find a reason to do so'.
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=503708