Why Bush thinks he can get away with it again

[StefanX]

He got away with 2000 and 2004 -
with a little help from Katherine Harris, the SC, Diebold and Kenneth Blackwell.

He got away with 9/11 -
even after he froze that morning, and we found out about the PDB "Bin Laden Determined To Strike Inside US", and about the Bin Laden Family 9/12 Airlift.

He got away with Iraq -
even after millions of people worldwide marched against the war, after the Iraq-Niger docs were proved fake, after no rose petals were thrown, afte no WMDs were found, and we found out about Abu Ghraib and DSM.

He thinks he's going to get away with Rove/Plame -
but this time there's a special prosecutor who might indict & convict.

Do we understand what we're up against?

Bush will not be stopped by public opinion.

It's going to take more than that.

He's already outed a WMD specialist and killed alost 2,000 US soldiers, and 100,000 Iraqis - not to protect us, but just to get his way.

How much further will he go to get his way? And when will he be stopped?

[FreedomAngel82]

1. I'm hoping and praying

That's for sure.

[madeline_con]

2. "... might indict & convict ..."

I hope the whole crowd gets locked up!

[jobycom]

3. Bush doesn't understand the concept of not getting away with it

His father or his father's name has bailed him out of every mess he's created since he was a baby. He's never once had to face the consequences of his actions. It's why he's so certain he's always right. Someone has always made it right for him. He's been arrested four times, at least. He's been convicted of drunk driving and cocaine posssession. He's been investigated for insider trading. Every business he's ever touched has failed, and yet he's been gifted a profit from it nonetheless. He got out of Viet Nam by having strings pulled, and he deserted his post and got away with that. He even lost the election in 2000 and still was given the White House.

He doesn't even have the experience to know what it means to not get away with something. He just assumes that he has succeeded in life all on his own. I'd like to think this is the time he'll finally get caught, but I don't believe it.

[carnie_sf]

7. Jim Hightower put it best

George W Bush was born on third and thinks he hit a triple.

[jobycom]

12. He stole that from Barry Switzer

But it's a great line. And Switzer didn't say it about Bush.

[calimary]

13. I think that's the mistake they're all about to make. They're all so used

to getting away with WHATEVER IT IS that they just simply assume they'll beat the rap here, too. It's just the template that's been laid down so far.

BTW, I believe that's also why we are, as a country, in such an historically collosal mess now. We are being "led" by a "leader" who has NO CONCEPT WHATSOEVER about consequences for actions. That's why we had for-shit planning on Iraq with nobody taking into account what would happen if they did this, or what would happen as a result of such-and-such causative action. That's why we're still being sold the snake-oil solution for Social Security "reform." That's why we barreled on into a big tax cut with no thought given to what might happen when all that money disappeared from the treasury. bush only knows what he wants, what he wants to own, lay his hands on, play with, take out into the back yard and break, or bully his playmates into handing over to him. When he fucks it up, whatever it is, daddy or mommy always came to the rescue, somebody else always pulled out the checkbook, somebody else always picked up the phone, the nanny or governess or housekeeper was called in to sweep it all away, and so forth.

This seems to me a CLASSIC case of arrested development - where he stopped growing at the age of maybe five or six, as a spoiled brat who got thrown more increasingly expensive toys to shut him up and send him to his room so the grownups could get back to cocktail hour and their fancy cigars more or less undisturbed.

I keep hoping junior will finally reach the point where he's fucked up everything so badly, and at such a high level, that it's impossible for anyone or any group to bail him out. This guy has just NEVER EVER had to pay for anything, or face the music on anything he's fucked up, broken, or squandered. I wonder if we've finally reached that point. I'd just like to see him forced, finally, to have to pay for SOMETHING all by his pathetic, spoiled, arrogant, coddled widdle self.

[jobycom]

16. You know what's sadder?

I think we deserve him. I think that this generation of America is the same way. We've pushed the world around with impunity since WWII. We've taken resources from wherever we found them, never paying our fair share for them. We've invaded and slaughtered with impunity from Korea to Viet Nam to Lebanon. Our people don't know what it's like to reap the whirlwind, either. That's why so many voted for Bush in the first place. That's why he gets such high approval numbers. Even now his numbers aren't falling because people suddenly realize the atrocity of what he's done--what we've done. Things just aren't going as well for us, so we've gotten bored with W. His numbers fall.

"We" doesn't include DU, or course, nor the rest of those who oppose Bush. But it includes enough people to screw up the world. The nation, like Bush, has never had to face the consequences of ill-considered actions. I'm afraid that's going to change.

[Erika]

4. His legacy will show him as the worst president in history

He's hurt and divided this country in a way that was never thought possible. He's killing our kids for his buddies/donors www.icasualties.org

May he be gone soon. Amen.

[unlawflcombatnt]

11. Agreed

He certainly is the worst president in American history. He has destroyed our economy, our international reputation, and our military. He's the most corrupt, dishonest president in U.S. history. He no doubt has the lowest I.Q. of any previous American president. He's the only president to be fraudulently elected twice.

[Tom Kitten]

5. It will be interesting to see

how long his silence lasts regarding reporter's questions...

[anarchy1999]

6. We can only hope and pray, It looks good and I sure do miss

BEAM ME UP, Traficante. What a nut, but a good one.

Arrogance knows no bounds. Bush is just a puppet. Look behind the curtain.

"America, What went Wrong?"

Donald Bartlett and James B. Steele
Pulitzer prize winning Reporters of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

First Printing, March 1992
Fourth Printing, May 1992

This book opened my eyes and then I went to sleep until 1999 and 2000. When I saw who Bush surrounded himself with, I knew we were going to war. Damned it all.

[wli]

8. and crippled thousands of Americans

Maybe he thinks Boykin et al will bail him out by gunning down anyone who tries to arrest him. After all, they think he's "ordained by God."

[Bake]

9. Every time Scotty says, "no comment," is another nail in his coffin

Politically speaking. Oops, my previous statements are no longer operative.

Smells like Watergate to me.

Bake

[Straight Shooter]

10. The difference now is that bush is no longer "popular"

Also, Rove is distinctly unlikable, with a long trail of political enemies he has stepped on in his insatiable climb to the top.

Anyone ever play King of the Hill as a kid? Well, that's Rove now, he thinks he's the king, but everyone that he shoved aside and f*cked over is coming to tear him down.

[whitebear]

17. I have a premonition that he won't make it the whole 4 years

Look at the damage he has done in the last 6 1/2 months.People are going to get angry.Really angry

http://pstr-m01.ygpweb.aol.com/data/02B/3C/34/70/48/Uu13

[oasis]

14. The fourth estate is back on the job. That will make a big difference.

I have a notion that Bush's house of cards will collapse under the weight of Rovegate.

[OneBlueSky]

15. he honestly does think he's both right and invulnerable, imo . . .

and therein may (hopefully) lie his downfall . . .

they used to call this kind of attitude "hubris" . . .

[whitebear]

18. The best republican blog I ever read! Fascinating!

These guys have even managed to tie us into the Duncan case of child rape and murder!READ!!!!!

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_8675.shtml :spray: :rofl:

[Disturbed]

19. I bet that at least 45 Million Americans..

do not know the following:

"Bush doesn't understand the concept of not getting away with it


His father or his father's name has bailed him out of every mess he's created since he was a baby. He's never once had to face the consequences of his actions. It's why he's so certain he's always right. Someone has always made it right for him. He's been arrested four times, at least. He's been convicted of drunk driving and cocaine posssession. He's been investigated for insider trading. Every business he's ever touched has failed, and yet he's been gifted a profit from it nonetheless. He got out of Viet Nam by having strings pulled, and he deserted his post and got away with that. He even lost the election in 2000 and still was given the White House".

[no_hypocrisy]

20. Doesn't surprise me. Newt tried to tie Susan Smith murdering her sons

to liberals and their legacy in 1999.