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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:41 PM Original message |
consider the possibility that the Bush presidency is wildly SUCCESSFUL... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is how I feel about George W. Bush |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Even if you did meet him, you wouldn't know. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. True enough |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 02:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. I'd say he's neither genius nor idiot... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wildly successful |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes, for a while. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Actually, Mussolini went "up" - feet first. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Bush is inherently weak.. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Stalin died of a stroke. Way too late for his country. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 04:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
55. An interesting tidbit about Stalin's death |
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julianer (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. The rumour is |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I'll have to ask my co-worker about Lavrenti Beria |
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julianer (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. He was Stalin's henchman |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. I believe that according to most historians, they were afraid to ... |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Read this essay |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Jane Smiley should be required Reading |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. WOW! Jane Smiley nailed it spot on.... |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Brilliant and perceptive piece |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, that is the point, isn't it? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've said the same thing long ago. From Bush's view, and those of |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Accomplishing what he said he would not do too (2000 debate). |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. cloak your stealing in patrotism |
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cybildisobedience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. many of us did |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. control media and elections and you can control everything |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. GW is a TOOL |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. king george had been wildly successful |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. And why is it that None Dare Call It Treason? With apologies to |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. "Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? For if it prosper, none... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. and here's another measure of success.... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. I fear for a few special interests it is wildly succesful |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. agreed |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 03:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
54. Maybe it will become high time to encourage the end |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. This guy sums it up. Kind of a controlled chaos thing. |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Too Close For Comfort....Scary, but |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Yeah, I passed this book on to my sister a while back |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 11:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. It's not tin foil. It's happening in real time in front of your face. |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Yes. Which is why it scares me so. n/t |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Machiavelli was wrong on that one: |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 02:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
53. But the "inferior" *are* the superior! |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. Bush wildly succesful at lying denying with no checks & balances |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Extremely well written and well thought out. The only thing to ask is |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. The answer to your question is your own screen name |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. My brother in law said the same. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yep, from a PNAC point of view, he's doing quite well. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. You're right. We're occupied by alien ideals/leaders. They will fail. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. in other words -- no matter how things turn out, they profit ... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. Thanks for this--it's important stuff. Now, Part II should include |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. Call it what it is: The New World Order |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yeah for his cronies, but not for me, and most other people. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. Even if disgraced, impeached, and jailed... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
64. Sure, until we pull their charters. Then they'll have to create alters in |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 02:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
71. And you can be sure that they are already "grooming" the successors to |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. Of course! It's a failure to us, but the rich guys are ever richer... |
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MadisonProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's no coincidense.... |
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teach1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
40. This is one of the more instructive threads I've read at DU |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. this is where my inate cynicism kicks in... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. You're right, the Bush admin has been wildly successful.... |
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peanutbrittle (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
42. If this happens..I will never forgive |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-15-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. He has failed America |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
50. the conflict I have is over Iraq, if (big if) it turns into a peaceful |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I believe there is exactly ZERO likelihood of that happening.... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. I actually agree it is a fantasy, but more's the pity n/t |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 05:07 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. You Can End Your Conflict Ham It Is NEVER Gonna Happen |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Good to see ya, Binks!!! |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Hey Honey |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Thanks so much for posting the pic! |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
51. yet another measure of success-- the dollar is still the monopoly currency |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
62. Granted. What the heck do we do to stop it? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
65. I got to K & R! Yay for one of the best threads ever. |
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centristo (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
66. Bush has been a "catastrophic success" eom |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yup, You've Got It! I've Been Saying this for Some Time Now |
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