9/11 was the first and most obvious example of Bush's incompetence

[Bonobo]

Can we all agree on that?

[yorgatron]

1. i agree.

[WI_DEM]

2. yes, he ignored what he was told a month earlier and then when he

heard about the plane crashing into the tower he sits with a glazed look reading "My Pet Goat" for several minutes until his aides usher him out of the room. Then he goes hiding somewhere in Nebraska.

[Bonobo]

3. Yes. He was ineffective AND a coward. Showed his true colors.

[Lefty-Taylor]

5. Or perhaps, he was successful in doing what Cheney and the other neocons wanted him to do....

nothing so that they'd have their excuse to invade Iraq. I'm sure we've all read enough evidence to question what really happened that day.

[Bonobo]

9. You need to pay attention to what matters.

Pay attention to the fact that Bush has covered up his negligence and poor response and cowardice by acting tough and portraying an image of a cowboy who can clear brush and kick ass.

THIS image needs to be defeated and all the conspiracy talk in the world will not help that.

Please remember this and let's stay in agreement.

[Lefty-Taylor]

10. So you don't question what happened? Geez, I thought we needed a healthy, open-mind to ask tough

questions about the events of that day. I'm not saying there was a conspiracy. I'm just saying a lot of well-documented evidence doesn't make sense. "Let's stay in agreement" about THAT.

[Bonobo]

12. I hear you, Lefty and I agree...

Please read my post below. To the Mods. Maybe you'll see what I meant. I apologize for offending.

[Lefty-Taylor]

14. OK apology accepted.

[Bonobo]

11. MODS: PLEASE READ

At this point, I want to come out and say that I am trying to start an important dialog. One that we can all agree on and keep away from conspiracy theories.

We need to find agreement. Consensus.

I do NOT want the ENTIRE SUBJECT of such an important event to be put in a different forum. It needs to be TALKED ABOUT in this forum and in this country -by a lot of people.

It was a defining day and we need to take our heads out of the sand and discuss it. To heal.

To remove the evil cancer that started to grow in us that day (BUSH - I NAME HIM!)

We should discuss what we agree with about 9/11, and not look for points of disagreement.

[Lefty-Taylor]

13. Sigh. So sorry to gently bring up a valid point. I better fall in line and agree. :)

[indepat]

16. The trifecta, it gave W his trifecta by his own words

[candidate]

4. Obviously

Delusional GOP'ers love to praise his leadership after 9/11 but willfully ignore his conduct before 9/11. They go around saying that he "handled 9/11 well." uh, no he didn't. If he had handled it well, it wouldn't have happened in the first place.

Of course, at that point the argument, the typical republican will just try to blame Clinton like they do for everything.

[Nutmegger]

6. "OBL determined to attack America"

And Bush Inc did crap.

[Initech]

7. No, it goes back further than that!

Back to the beginning - the first and most obvious example of this administration's incompetence was the way they were unable to concede defeat in the 2000 elections.

[pwb]

8. he hid all day in iowa or someplace.

[davidwparker]

15. Yes. It was also a false-flag operation. That's step two.

[Avalux]

17. Deliberate incompetence.

I'll call it that and say nothing else.

[Bonobo]

18. The next step is to show that we are now in MORE danger from this

type of danger due to Bush's incompetence and war-mongering.

HE FAILED TO PROTECT US, and

HE HAS PUT US IN MORE DANGER BY MAKING ENEMIES

Right?

Pretty massive indictment... Maybe we should just keep it simple when talking about 9/11 in politics.

"Revenge is not a plan" How about that for a slogan?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

19. If he was earning his pay rather than taking unending vacations, he

mighta had the time to catch this one rather than drop it as he most certainly did.

[treestar]

20. No, because he and his crime family have USED it so industriously

Once it happened, even if they didn't bring it about, let it happen purposely, or through incompetence, we the people have allowed them to make use of it continually and constantly to justify anything they can think of from the grab bag of everything they wanted before 911

[AZCat]

21. Certainly not.

If we're only talking about his presidential terms, then I'll start with a few easy ones:

1. The China spy plane fiasco
2. Executive orders trumping the release of presidential papers (coincidentally concerning his father & cronies)
3. Super vacation summer

I'm sure if I spent a little time I could dredge up quite a few more. The man hasn't had a competent moment in his life, so it's a bit like shooting fish in a barrel.

[Imagevision]

22. Neocons would disagree, Bush handled 9-11 perfectly, he allowed it to happen...

[leftofthedial]

23. it was the big one

(provided you believe the official 9-11 story) but he had amply demonstrated his incompetence leading up to that