Remember THESE Bush Gems?

[Delano]

Remember all through late 2002 and early 2003, how Bush repeated OVER and OVER and OVER how he was "sick" of "playing tic-tac-toe" and whatever other games with Saddam (as though Saddam had done something of any consequence since our 1998 bombing of his remaining WMD sites).

How he would not make war on Saddam "if he would comply with UN resolutions." When Saddam presented tables full of documents, that wasn't enough. When he allowed inspectors full access to anyplace they wanted to go, that wasn't enough -in fact, Bush even lied that Saddam wasn't letting the inspectors in! Bush insisted over and over that he had not yet "made a decision to go to war" - even when he had 100,000+ troops en route to Kuwait!

He was obviously lying that there was any way for Saddam to avoid war, and LYING that he hadn't made up his mind about going to war. And when Iraq failed to put up ANY defense to our invasion, WMD or otherwise, it became clear that Bush had been LYING about the weapons as well.

WHY doesn't this constant pattern of deceiving the American people not bother repukes in the least?

Watching Bush's bizarre, surreal performances during that period made me SURE that there was NO way to avoid war, that he had made up his mind (I went to the protests anyway) It was so obvious that every word was a lie - do you think most Americans remember him saying these things?

I've posted on Yahoo boards that apparently Saddam had pretty much been complying with UN resolutions after 1998, and those people act like I had said that 2+2 = 9.

Is everybody else on some kind of weird SOMA-like drug where they listen to Bush's stumbling, bizarro lies and it somehow sounds reasonable and sincere?

GRRR...

[xxqqqzme]

1. this is indeed, the great mystery!

It absolutely baffles and confuses me. If any one person that any one of the devoted rethugs knew, continually lied 2 them, wouldn't U think they would get a clue? I wouldn't trust that person as far as I could throw him. Why do they?

Like U, I took 2 the streets even tho I knew he was going 2 INVADE a country that posed no threat. I knew the lame-ass rat bastard was lying. I find it totally perplexing that people continue idolizing the criminal.

[radfringe]

2. couple of other bush* gems from 2000 campaign

"After years of false statements and empty promises, it's time for big changes in Washington... We need a president who will finally stand up and fight against the lies and corruption. It's time to renew the faith the people once had in the White House. If elected, I pledge to usher in a new era of integrity inside the Oval Office." --George W. Bush...


http://www.applicom.com/twibih/election.html
Governor George W. Bush yesterday criticized what he has called exercises in "nation building" and said he would only use force if U.S. territory or citizens, defense-alliance members or "friends in the Middle East" were threatened.
"I don’t think we can be all things to all people in the world," he said. Those arguments are often used by those opposing any U.S. military action in non-NATO, non-oil-producing nations. Bush has called for a review of U.S. commitments abroad.

http://www.applicom.com/twibih/election.html#Bush
"I don’t want to be the world’s policeman," he said in his closing statement during last night’s debate.

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meanwhile...this little nugget is interesting in light of the "...we didn't know..." excuse for 9-11

Bush: U.S. to honor commitments, pick future overseas missions 'judiciously'
http://ww2.pstripes.osd.mil/01/feb01/ed021501c.html
By Bob Kemper
Chicago Tribune

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Bush said America’s national guardsmen and reservists may be called on to play a greater role combating terrorism at home, but pledged Wednesday to reduce their burden by cutting back on U.S. military missions abroad.

Bush, a former fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard, praised the part-time soldiers for shouldering greater responsibility for American security interests in places such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo in recent years.

But the president said he is “worried that we are trying to be all things to all people around the world and therefore creating ... tension” in America’s military ranks.

“We’re going to address that by starting with redefining our mission, or clarifying the mission of the United States military,” Bush told hundreds of National Guard members and civilians at the West Virginia National Guard headquarters.

--snip---

Now in an age of portable terrorism, it is likely that part-time soldiers will become ever more important to homeland defense, the president said.

“As threats to America change, your role will continue to change,” Bush said. “The National Guard and reservists will be more involved in homeland security, confronting acts of terror and the disorder our enemies may try to create.”

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bush* mentions terrorist threats to the homeland, homeland security -- this article was from February 2001 -- 7 months BEFORE 9-11

might be just my :tinfoilhat: is on too tight -- but seems like he "knows" more than he claims he "knew" after 9-11..

the words homeland, homeland security, homeland defense didn't enter our general public lexicon until after 9-11 -- yet here he is using those very words 7 months before 9-11

so I ask once again what didn't bush* know and when didn't he know it?

[Delano]

5. Thanks for the additions.

Good morning kick.

[CBHagman]

6. Someone needs to put these statements in ads, with footage.

Given that A) the attention span in the media is so short and B)people are being trained to swallow fairy tales (witness the out-and-out lying about the effects of Reagan's policies and how the world and the nation received them). People need to remember just what Bush claimed and how big those whoppers turned out to be.

Also, I would be remiss if I didn't include the ever popular, "I'm a uniter,not a divider." This is one of the nastiest, most openly partisan times in American politics. One only has to look at Frist or DeLay's latest sound bites to get the flavor.

[rock]

3. Deceiving the American people not bothering repukes

As long as bushsucks* doesn't deceive them (the repukes) it's OK for him to deceive Americans.

[Bhaisahab]

4. It doesnt bother republicans...

... because like bush, these intellectual dwarves want to see america as an imperial power, a sort of modern day Rome that will dictate what the world does with its future.