Is there no outrage in this nation over Bushs' praise of Rumsfeld?

[spanone]

I'm mean for God's sake. This man is responsible for who knows how many deaths. His arrogance and utterly heartless policy of having a handwriting machine do his evil work is beyond contempt. Will this nation ever care again?

[goclark]

1. Birds of a feather stick together

I think that is how that one goes.

Two criminals.

[NYC]

2. How many times can you get outraged over the same thing?

Bush repeatedly praises people who are harmful to the country.

[Ian David]

4. Outrage Fatigue

If Bush was caught eating live babies in The Oval Office, many Democrats would just sigh and say to themselves, "Oh, now this too? Geesh."

And the Republicans would justify it on the grounds that eating live babies is necessary for a strong economy and a secure homeland.

[NYC]

15. You got it.

That sounds like exactly what would happen. (I'm so disgusted.)

[spanone]

5. for example: George Tenet..... the fucking presidential medal of freedom

I beg your pardon mr. president. Certainly takes the shine off that award.

[NYC]

14. No kidding.

About 5 days after 9/11, Bush praised the CIA for doing a wonderful job on intelligence. At another point, he was blaming the CIA. Then he gave an award.

In summary: He's jusf full of shit. It is exasperating.

[thoughtanarchist]

3. jeezus...I'm suffering from outrage fatigue...

I have no outrage left for the bad drivers that cut me off in a snowstorm...

:shrug:

[spanone]

7. I'm outrageously outraged at the outrageous righteous right.

[thoughtanarchist]

9. oh YEAH? well I'M...

righteously outraged at egregiously grifted gaffes of government goings-on!

[zulchzulu]

6. Too many reality TV shows to watch and XMAS shopping to do

People are more worried about whether to get an iPod for Suzy, a new jacket for Timmy and some new snow tires for the minivan than what Chimpy has to say about Rumsfailed.

Oh crap! What to wear for Chistmas dinner with the MacGilicutties coming over!

[slay]

18. I refuse to celebrate x-mas until we are out of Iraq

At some point you just have to say enough to commercialism. The current people in power want our lives to be only about work and money. Makes me sick.

[driver8]

20. That is exactly right, zulchzulu!

Let's face it, the majority of Americans don't give a shit about what is going on in the world unless it affects them in some way. The Iraq war is someone else's problem, not theirs. As long as they've got gas in the Humvee (or Tahoe, or Expedition) and a credit card in their pocket for Christmas shopping, all is right with the world.

I am not in a very "Christmassy" mood this year...if I didn't have small children, I might have just let it slip by. It is hard to celebrate a holiday when our armed forces are dying in Iraq and the Presidency of our country has been hijacked.

Bah, Humbug...I feel like Scrooge.

[Ruffhowse]

8. BushCo's strategy is to neutralize outrage by constant exposure to

incidents that provoke it. At some point people begin to accept it as the status quo and stop reacting to it. That, coupled with the Big Lie propaganda technique has worked well for BushCo. Seriously, I think this regime could get away with concentration camps if they desired. With the main stream media in their pocket, they are free to do anything they want. And the American people (the vast majority of whom are nothing better than sheep) will be willingly led to the slaughter. When it's their time to be thrown into the ovens, all they'll be able to do is desperately click their remote controls in a vain attempt to change the channel. Too bad Americans, this is not a new reality series, this is real reality.

[bling bling]

10. I used to get outraged at the lack of outrage.

The majority of the population appears to be clueless.

Probably 1 in 4 people couldn't tell you who Rumsfeld is if they saw a picture of him. 2 in 4 probably couldn't tell you his job title if you said his name. I work with a lady who just a few weeks ago asked "Who's Condoleeza Rice?"

It seems that the only people who are outraged are the ones who are paying attention. Sadly, that's not very many people.

[thoughtanarchist]

12. ...and all those clueless people vote...

that's why info needs to be packaged into pre-chewed bits in order to get anyone to pay attention...

This is why dittoheads exist.


:puke:

[bling bling]

19. Yes, and the dittoheads dictate what should "outrage" people.

People should be "outraged" about a President who gets a blow-job. A President who kills their children and Iraqi children by starting wars based on lies and manipulated data for the sole benefit of the President and a few of his friends is certainly not the cause for outrage. In fact, we should reward that behavior by re-electing him!

[terry4kerry]

11. consider the source

Consider the source, is the only thing I can say when Bush consistently says something that is so absolutely insane! Of course it doesn't make sense, because crazy people don't make sense. With what comes out of his mouth....The man definitely seems like he is back to his good ol' drinkin days.

[NYC]

17. Maybe we should all take up drinking.

Heavily.

[Lugnut]

13. I'm outraged as hell

But nobody cares what I think outside of my family and DU.

[LittleClarkie]

16. Yes, from the Right of all places

From the neo-cons, of all people.

Even one of my local Conservative Radio guys was talking Rummy down. Even though some of his callers said it didn't matter, because it was par for the course from the government, he couldn't stop saying that he thought it was bad form. That it hit him in the gut in a bad way.

If you don't have your base in your camp, you is in trouble, honey.

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[Davis_X_Machina]

22. The king can do no wrong.

Rumsfeld is the king's minister.

If Rumsfeld is wrong, then the king is wrong.

And the King can do no wrong.

[Pithy Cherub]

23. Actually, rummy is the * court jester.

Everyone who is attached to the * administration/court is diminished.

[ThorsHammer]

24. You're preaching to the choir here

We'd have to convince the millions who voted for Bush about this in order to make any difference. Most if not all here agree with you, but we don't have the influence than a Hannity, Rush, or O'Reilly has.