"Trouble in Bush country": support hemorrhages, especially in Ohio

[Bluebear]

President George W. Bush is watching public support haemmorrhage for his handling of Iraq, and the bleeding seems especially acute in Ohio, the state that sent him back to the White House. A demographic microcosm of the US political map, Ohio suffered a devastating week, losing 15 young Marines in insurgent attacks in Iraq's wild west. For some Ohians, grief ceded to quietly expressed anger, at a war which has now killed more than 1,800 US soldiers, more than two years after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.....

"I don't agree that we needed to be in Iraq," said Vietnam veteran Greg Roberson, whose son Chris serves in the same division as the dead Marines. "We were told there were WMDs there -- I feel we have been BS'd."

At least two dozen people interviewed at random last week in Cleveland expressed similar feelings. Only a few said they were satisfied with the course of the war....

Anger is also evident in staunchly Republican Cincinnati, in Ohio's south. A web chat set up for Cincinnati Enquirer readers to remember fallen marines turned into an online protest, with messages critical of the war outnumbering those in support. "A war begun on lies will cause deep divisions at home," wrote one reader, Robbie Smith, of Hamilton, Ohio. Another, Kathleen Murray, of Blue Ash wrote : "How many more of your children will you have to lose to a senseless war based on lies?"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050807/ts_alt_afp/usiraqbushohio_050807030027&printer=1

[bluestateguy]

1. We tried to tell them

But they would not listen.

Um, we were right.

[MarianJack]

2. But, But, But,...

...** returned integriy and honesty to the white house. Also laura bush told us that we could look at ** and be proud of the president again.

Isn't that so? :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[emulatorloo]

4. "I know I know, but he'll do better his second term!"

"He will make everything better, he knows he made mistakes. He'll do a better job. He'll be more moderate his second term."

I heard all this and more during election '04. . .

[hippiegranny]

15. if I heard

"Bush made the mess, he should have the chance to fix it" once, I heard it a thousand times. Idiots.

[deadparrot]

16. Yeah, remember when the anti-war side was radical and

anti-American?

[Melynn]

3. Ohio was never for Bush

The state voted for Kerry but we all know how that turned out.

[emulatorloo]

5. Gee, the freepers don't think this is a very good story - GO RATE IT UP!

Currently at 1 and a half stars.

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[Flubadubya]

8. Pull out and leave you in danger?

And just how might that be? Are you an Iraqi citizen?

[SoCalDem]

9. I doubt that a "crazed iraqi" will be bursting through your front door

anytime soon..Iraqis never did anything to us...and once we are out of their country, they will probably find a way to forgive us like the vietnamese did..

The vietnamese did not come her and torment us, did they?

You are as safe now as you will ever be..war or no war..

[Bridget Burke]

11. Of course-- "We're fighting them over there....

So we won't have to fight them over here." How, exactly, are YOU in danger?

You want more Americans & Iraqis to die as a gesture?

[SoCalDem]

7. He doesn;t even CARE.. He's in until January 2009

and he can wreak havoc at will until then.. Whether people like him or not is of no concern.

Guess what? People probably disliked him just as much on 04, but with a fixed election, it doesn;t matter what the people really think..it only matters how the numbers are stacked up..

[Hubert Flottz]

10. I TOLD Y'all So! * Didn't I?

I TOLD, everyone who would listen, before the election, that Bush wouldn't give a damn about what people thought of him, if he were reselected! I SAID, that the price of gasoline would go through the roof! I KNEW, we were headed for the FOURTH REICH in a hand basket, if Bushco wasn't stopped in 2004! I'm TELLING YOU now, you ain't seen nothing yet!(the invasion of Iran and France and the draft) If congress don't change hands in 2006, that, will be the final nail in democracy's coffin! GAME OVER!

It's funny watching the know-it-all Bushcobots squeal like little fresh porked piggies, when reality hits them over their pointed little heads, but the cost of watching the freak show is HUGE, for you and me and the generations to come! We may all lose our country, because half the voters had their heads up their stupid asses and STILL DO! To be so touchy feely about sex, the bible thumpers sure do vote for a major F-----g of every American, young or old, when they back George Dumbya Bush!

[DemonFighterLives]

12. Good Job Hubert

Even with Mr thirty-seven percent there are still a lot of people out there that will never see the light.
With the righties I talk to, you would think that everything is going honkey dory. We won 2 wars USA, USA, the econmy is booming and our fearless leader is the greatest war president ever.

I wonder how he ties his shoes?

[Hubert Flottz]

13. "I wonder how he ties his shoes?"

I'll bet he don't tie them. Probably KKKarl and Dick have to do that for the national dunce too!

[Imagevision]

14. HOW CAN ANYONE BE SATISFIED WITH THIS COURSE OF WAR

BUSH LIED AND DECEIVED THE WORLD ABOUT WMD'S AND NOW; "WE'RE THERE UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE!

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE JOB??? BUSH KEEPS SAYING UNTIL THE IRAQI'S CAN FEND FOR THEMSELVES WE WILL REMAIN IN IRAQ. MEANWHILE, IT'S GOOD FOLKS LIKE SIBEL EDMUNDS - JOE WILSON GET SMEARED OR GAG-ORDERED WHEN THEY ATTEMPT TO TELL THE TRUTH.

[Oerdin]

17. Nobody likes post in all caps.

So please turn your caps lock key off. Thanks.