suddenly bush has become the Turd in the Punchbowl

[mopaul]

remember how gloriously Lincolnian and Churchillian the mighty foe of terror was 4 years ago? mr. take charge, mr. dead or alive, mr. bring em' on? republicans were humping his leg like puppies and singing his praises to the mountains, hail bush, hail bush,...now look at his sorry ass.

with the 06 elections coming up, it's going to be a contest to see who can distance themselves the farthest from the suddenly smelly ape in the banquet room. ha ha, ho ho, and hee hee is what i say.

katrina has made him the uninvited, way too drunk brother in law at the fancy society wing ding, who just scratched his ass and put his hand in the punchbowl. 'george w. bush? mmmm, no, i don't believe i've heard of that gentleman, sorry'

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Be careful

about easing up too soon. A year is a long, long time and the American public is very easily swayed by the latest media event.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. True, but recovery from a disaster of this scale may take a year

or longer. (Obviously TOTAL recovery will take much much longer than that.)

[bluedawg12]

7. Half the people think he's doing fine.

HerrKarl us already plotting the next conservative regime.

It ain't about *** it's about a movement and many have a religious fervor about it.


His polls may be down- but how many remain conservative?

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. Not anymore. Did you see the new poll numbers?

38% approve of the job he is doing and 22% said they were satisfied with the state of the country.

[Nite Owl]

6. That's true especially with this gang

but those polls don't show strength in any area any more. It's almost like the public suddenly sees through them. There's no more trust and that is really hard to win back.

If only they had listened before last November!

[whistle]

3. Bush can change all that by becoming the dictator he has .....

...always wanted to be. The army and ultra rich would back Bush in this, we all know that and with Bush loading the Supreme Court with his own lackeys in the next few weeks, he'll be able to declare himself dictator by Christmas.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

9. I'm new here but I've got to ask

do you really believe that, or is that just kind of ... well choir preaching? Seriously, I'm not quite sure how to take your statements. I have, frankly, never seriously considered the concept of a coup, (overt, that is), dictatorship, etc. So I'm not trying to get in your face or anything, I'm actually wondering what your thoughts are here that lead you to this conclusion.

Or maybe I'm just not used to the give and take on here yet.

Don't flame me, though. I'm a marshmallow.

[watrwefitinfor]

15. Many, perhaps most of the people here really believe that -

what Whistle said about dictators and such. Many of us believe that the coup happened already in 2000, when the Supremes named little George our ruler. Many at DU have been fighting this awful regime for years, and have experienced much emotional turmoil over it. Many, including the OP, poured their heart and soul into the '04 election just to see it stolen again. Sometimes we make wisecracks about it. But we are dead serious.

I am replying to you because I didn't want you to be in the position of being new and feeling ignored. I think people see sincerity behind your questions, and recognize that you are not tossing out flamebait. At the same time, perhaps they don't want to take a chance on replying too harshly to you questioning their sincerity.

I would suggest that you avail yourself of the search feature here on DU and and Demopedia and seek out information on BFEE (Bush Family Evil Empire). Look for the threads by Truth Is All and others showing how the 2004 election was stolen in Ohio. Learn what George is really about. There is an AMAZING amount of research that is compiled in the DU Archives - all there for the finding. Then send what you find to your family and friends. Get the word out.

You are here. And you are asking questions. That is a great beginning - if you really want to know what has happened to your country.

And welcome to DU, from one Grannie to another. :-)

Wat

[TallahasseeGrannie]

19. Good suggestions

and I will heed them. I do have a pretty good idea of the election 2000 issues. (I live in Tallahassee and saw THAT debacle firsthand) but not as much Ohio. I also live in a college town and saw a lot of heartbreak in young people who for the first time threw themselves into the fray and got so little for their trouble. I hope they won't be a generation that just turns away and gives up.

Thanks for the welcome! We live in interesting times. Too bad that is a curse.

[whistle]

17. It is sarcasm on my part TallyGrannie and I should have inserted

this: :sarcasm:

But, Bush made this statement himself in an interview either right before he was elected in 2000 or shortly after. So my sarcasm is based on shrubs own words or wishes of verbal slip whatever spin they want to make, Bush said it first.

<snip>
GW Bush:
"It Would Be Easier If I Was Dictator"

Robert Lederman

It is now clear why a visibly nervous Dick Cheney is always looking over GW Bush's shoulder when his President-elect protege addresses the media without a carefully-worded script. Like a child, Dubya says the darndest things.

Take his photo-op with Congressional leaders on 12/18/2000. As broadcast on CNN and available in transcript on their website, a goofily-grinning GW managed to put the entire election controversy into a unique perspective. Standing besides bipartisanly-compromised Democratic Congressional leaders Dick Gephardt and Tom Daschle, GW - or as he is known within the Bush family, Dumbya - had this to say:

"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."

See CNN transcript from 12/18/2000:

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/18/nd.01.html

<from link> http://www.konformist.com/2000/bush-dictator.htm

[TallahasseeGrannie]

20. Ahhh

thank you so much for the links. I understand now. I was not familiar with that quote at all. How distressing for Mr. Rove! LOL Actually, I think I saw that... no, wait, that was a Saturday Night Live skit.

Do you think the right follows him so blindly because they just can't even IMAGINE somebody being that ... well, stupid?

[Eric J in MN]

24. For more on Bush's expanding power, read this:

http://www.speakspeak.org/speak-blog/index.php?p=1117
George W. Bush Can Imprison Anyone Without Trial

[pretzel4gore]

13. i recall a story about kathleen graham

she was the upper class twit/publisher of the wash post during watergate era (and kind of a hero to anti fascists)...anyway, talking about nixon and the neocons (they were then called nitwits) trying to grab too much too soon, and the danger...i think she said 'they (the american people) would get rid of us like garbage, and it's this generation's duty to carefully preserve our station while not aggravating the socialist too much' (paraphrase)...i'd love geeb (brother of john ellis bush, or 'jeb') to declare his sissy arse 'dictator'...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! haha

[bobbieinok]

22. link for her quote PLEASE

[pretzel4gore]

25. it's 'katharine graham'

here's a link to a bunch of stuff about the old rich bag lady (lol) she looked down her nose at everybody who ...well everybody, but she was very smart in that 'got nothing better to do then what's demanded' way those upper class twits have (most upper class twits are like the lawyer in 'tale of two cities' who actually just present the work of some sydney carton who labours behind the scenes)
here's a link with the famous quote about keeping secrets from the public when the uc twittery think it's necessary:
http://www.answers.com/topic/katharine-graham

one good thing about bush junior is that the entire fiction about the 'well bred well educated and wealthy' having the right stuff for running society has been blown away. the rich are stupid, if geeb (brother of uc twit john ellis bush, or 'jeb') is any indication, probably moreso then the people who actually do the work in society

[stevietheman]

14. But the army is sworn to uphold the Constitution... I'm all but certain...

there would be mass mutiny if the army was called to support a dictatorship. And in fact, I'm all but certain most in the army would rebel.

[whistle]

18. Hand picked all volunteer army/military with highly trained

...propfessional mercenaries for hire in back ground....these are very different times we face. The old paradigms no longer apply.

[stevietheman]

26. They're still sworn to uphold the Constitution, no matter how the...

army is constituted. And if the army or mercenaries were used against the people of this country, the people would indeed have the right to shoot back. If Bush wants a civil war, he'll get one.

[dbt]

4. In the fulness of time, the Turd BLOSSOMED.

At first, he was too small to fill up the bowl, but then he gruesome.

Remember New Orleans.

[zippy890]

11. HAHAHA

:rofl:

blossomed and gruesome

thats our praysident

[Aviation Pro]

5. The mistake the Bushitas will make...

...is that they will believe - in their non-scientific way of thinking - that this will be the last hurricane season like this. News flash to the moron jocks, drunken frat boys, and bleach blonde sorority sisters (all of whom majored in beer, hurling and networking), us scientific types know that next year's hurricane season will have the same characteristics of the past two.

Therefore, expect the murderous bastard Republican congresscritters to fuck up again next year and be tossed out mid-term. (Then sit back, pop some corn, crack open a brew and enjoy 2007's new reality TV show: "Impeachment, Indictment and Imprisonment").

[bluedawg12]

10. The turds numbers are down-but is

the ruling junta strong?

Hope the mid-terms put Dems back in charge of congress.

They won't just ooze away quietly.

[katmondoo]

12. A lot of great posts here.I laughed a lot

[JNelson6563]

16. haha! Excellent analogy!

Bravo! :applause:

[undergroundpanther]

21. Ugh that image

but what a great slogan! or bumpersticker

Bush is The Turd in America's Punchbowl..

Make a pic of a punchbowl at a party,put a turd in it,put bush's face on it,and a cowboy hat,have a person dipping punch with a totally repulsed expression... Funny graphic idea!

[kohodog]

23. Not sure, still the Baby Ruth.

That is, until people finally take a bite. Then they'll taste his shit.