Will W be the first US president to go into exile???

[KansDem]

With more and more revelations surfacing regarding W and the torture scandal, the lies regarding Iraq invasion, Bush’s ties with Saudi Arabia, the Plame investigation, the 9/11 commission report, etc., I have had this nagging feeling that sometime soon, W is going to take Air Force One to a “unexpected, unscheduled meeting” with some “official” in another country. It will be unannounced but it will be a ruse; AF1 will return home empty. In other words, W will go into exile in a “Bush-friendly” country, especially if the photos described by Seymour Hersh are made public…

[DoktorGreg]

1. If the next round of photos, look as bad as they sound...

I think we have to start acclimating ourselves to the reality that the USA has become a stalinist regime, and the light of democracy has gone out. Bush will likely be the dictator of the US for a long long time. Given the cabals total control over the media, and 44% of Americans will support Bush no matter what he does, he has the raw power to maintain it.

[Jose Diablo]

2. No, he only has as much power as we give him

democracy is not down and out. I even doubt that he has 40% of the people.

As for the media, more and more people are realizing what lap-dogs the media has become. The media follows the money. If they sense blood, like sharks they will circle in to feed.

Expect a huge whip-lash against this cabal.

[DoktorGreg]

3. I hope you are right, and I am wrong.

But I'm just not seeing it.

As far as the media is concerned, there absolutely was "blood in the water" after the torture scandal started to break(and many others as well). The media promptly squashed it. If the media was going to react to this at all, the editors would start to squash the obviously discredited and dishonest editorialist's. I have yet to see anything like that happen.

Also, in my personal life, I am seeing a pattern of rationalization of by republicans to justify the many scandals. The most insidious of these is "Iraqi's would rather be tortured by American soldiers than Saddam's soldiers". I can taste the acid in the back of the throat whenever i hear this.

[PATRICK]

4. media will never pose 100% populist

but seek to yank the threatening embarrassment of Bush out of the limelight on one carefully edited issue or two then cry for the need to stop investigations, "heal the nation" and praise Bush like Reagan for stuff that isn't true.

I see nothing coming out of the media other than the usual cowardice or the usual few honest columnists, much less than what Bush himself is showing the public.

It will be grudging, misdirected, soaked with crocodile emotion and defense of all the corporate graft Bush has ladled out. Only if Bush truly becomes a down and out scapegoat(some meager poetic justice there)MIGHT they mindlessly kick the dog who made them puppies. Perversely if they leave the Bushes empowered they will still be mute from residual fear no matter what.

Truth? Restoration of American values? Objective support of President Kerry? Doing their job?

Forget it. They will.

[KansDem]

5. MODS--this is a duplicate...please lock

I must have posted this thread twice. Sorry. :dunce: