Why we booed - My letter to MSNBC

[Jeanette in FL]

Joe Scarborough thought it was "distasteful" and "disrespectful" that the crowd at the Obama inauguration booed President Bush when he appeared on the Jumbo Tron.

Chris Mathews declared that "This is in bad form" and Rachel Maddox agreed "This is not good" as the crowd broke into spontaneous chants of "Nah, nah, nah, nah; Nah, nah, nah, nah, Hey, hey, Goodbye".

Joe, Chris, Rachel: This is what happens when a population has been denied their voices for 8 years, sequestered to "free-speech" protest corrals.

This is what happens when a president lies his way into war; killing innocent civilians of that war nation while professing unfortunate collateral damage; maiming and destroying the lives of our military men and women and the torturing of the enemy combatants in our collective names.

This is what happens when a president spies on his own people claiming it's for our own protection.

This is what happens when a president disregards our constitution and works in the shadows and darkness, hiding not only his record but the records of our former presidents.

This is what happens when the rich and powerful are served, while Katrina victims, the unemployed, the homeless and our elderly are left to their own devices.

This is what happens when the votes of millions of us were stolen.

The boos and chants that you heard, were not those of a mob mentality, but those of a repressed and oppressed population.

We have been here throughout the course of 8 years and you chose to ignore us. We were not allowed to have our voices of dissent heard.

Rush Limbaugh now declares on our National public airways "I hope he fails" in regards to the Obama presidency.

To me, that "distasteful", "disrespectful", "in bad form" and truly "not good".

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. it was very fitting. Respect is earned, not demanded (like Bush did

during his news conferences).

[Wapsie B]

Earned and not demanded like many jobs one can have in their life.

You see the boss? You respect him/her, without question, without reservation. You don't like it? There's the door. Same mentality with the gop.

[MindMatter]

138. It is a tribute to our democracy and our people

that a man so despised, a war criminal in our midst, a man who has wrecked all of our futures, a man responsible for hundreds of thousands of completely unnecessary deaths could appear before the public and suffer nothing more than boos.

He deserved so much worse, and will probably never get his just fate.

But America got the fate they deserved as well -- by coming anywhere close to electing this moron.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

154. very well put. exactly.

[on point]

211. The sound of citizens saying Good-bye to the dictator

When this happened, it struck me as the sound of people saying good-bye to the dictator. It was what was required because the media never did its job during the nightmare, and of course didn't do its job at the end as NONE of the MSM reported the moment or what it meant. I wonder why papers don't sell anymore!

[guitar man]

2. K&R

couldn't have said it better myself. :applause:

[Roxy66]

3. Perfect!!

[peekaloo]

4. The "Focus Group" has spoken.

:-)

:thumbsup:

[John Q. Citizen]

21. Yep. What is it about consensus corporate media doesn't understand?

[groovedaddy]

5. Morning "ho" is still in denial about what has gone on for the last 8 years.

There is nothing worthy of respect about * & co. In particular, the fact that they wouldn't let the people close enough to Bush where he could hear their opinions while he occupied the office.

[UpInArms]

189. A Death in Joe Scarborough's Office: Does Anybody in the Press Care About Lori Klausutis?

http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html

Once upon a time, the phrase "investigative reporter" actually meant something. It usually involved hard work, possibly even mentation. Now, it seems, they just make stuff up. Especially on the Fox News Channel, where an uninitiated viewer could easily think she/he had tuned in Comedy Central. It's "Chandra-Chandra-Chandra" with the occasional "Condit is just like Clinton" thrown in. Given our media's 24/7 obsession with the Gary Condit "scandal", you might assume that there is a real dearth of hard news to pursue.

In reality, there is indeed a news story percolating out there. The story bears remarkable and ironic similarities to the Condit/Levy story. Both involve Congressmen, rumors of infidelity, and the fate of a younger female subordinate. The details are so similar as to remind one of two alternate universes. The difference between the two stories? First, in the Klausutis case as not in the Levy case, there is a real body, very dead. Second, the Klausutis case involves a Republican.

The story had a brief flutter in the Northwest Florida press, which ran a few very short stories on Lori's death. With the exception of the Northwest Florida Daily News, they were of the "Aw-what-a-shame/ nothing-to-see-here-move-along-now-folks" variety. But nationally, this mysterious death earned a mere one paragraph mention in The Washington Post's NATION IN BRIEF column:

"FORT WALTON BEACH, FL. - Lori Klausutis, a 28-year-old office worker for Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fl), was found dead in the congressman's district office. Police said preliminary findings from the medical examiner's office showed no foul play or any outward indication of suicide."

Unbelievably, that was it. The story was simply dropped. A young female employee of one of Florida's Congressmen had died unexpectedly in the Congressman's office. There were no witnesses to her death and the cause of death was not apparent. Klausutis' boss, Joe Scarborough had recently resigned from Congress prematurely and unexpectedly, amid rumors about his marital fidelity and soon after a divorce. He had also abruptly resigned as publisher of the Independent Florida Sun, claiming that resigning from Congress and as publisher was necessary to spend more time with his sons.

Such circumstances make one pause. Sick to death of the clear bias of the corporate owned media, and suspicious of the odd nature of this death, we began to dig for answers. The more information we discovered, the more unlikely, and the more newsworthy the story became.

Here are the facts. Lori Klausutis had a seemingly happy life. A devoted husband who listed on his online homepage "being married to Lori" as one of the honors he enjoyed, a new home in Niceville and a Catholic congregation where she was a cantor and in whose choir she sang, were some of the elements of the Good Life she enjoyed. Her husband, Dr. Timothy Klausutis, did research and development for the munitions group at nearby Eglin Air Force Base, where he presumably made a good livelihood. Although Lori hailed from the Atlanta, Georgia area where she had attended school, there were numerous family members in the area. According to her obituary in the Fort Walton Daily News, Lori had served as President and, later, Treasurer, for the Emerald Coast Young Republicans and as a aide to Congressman Scarborough, she was active during the Florida recounts. A former neighbor, Barbara Cromer, said "Every morning, I would see her run while I walked. We'd wave to each other as we passed. I loved Lori so much. She was wonderful. She was a kind, generous person, so sweet.

Then, on Friday, July 20th, the body of Lori Klausutis, 28, was found slumped next to a desk on the floor of Florida Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough's Fort Walton Beach office where Lori had served as a constituent services coordinator since May, 1999. Her body was found around 8:00 a.m. on Friday morning by a couple arriving for an appointment. She had been dead for some time. A second employee, who would have normally arrived for work at around the same time, was away on vacation. Police cordoned off the area for investigation, later announcing that there was no reason to suspect foul play, nor were there signs of suicide.

...more...

why this POS even has a radio show is beyond my comprehension.

[psychmommy]

210. did you hear him this morning-he said he was waiting for his

attorney to tell him the statute of limitations was up. he and pat were quipping with each other. my jaw dropped to the floor. there is no statute of limitations on murder schmo.

[seabeyond]

6. excellent letter. thank you. i would not have booed, but i certainly understand why.... and

it isn't about bad form, it is exactly what you so elegantly and intellectually stated. it is a fact. and bush created this in 8 yrs.... it is about bush. not about the crowd. bush did this

one must earn respect, even our president and even in this... bush failed, as he has done in all things the last 8 yrs.

[Bigmack]

7. Hey... be nice!

No booing. Just be nice and let the man responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, and torture, and a looming Depression walk away into the sunset.

:sarcasm:

[Jack Rabbit]

50. And as he walks into the sunset, he turns and says

"Mr. deMille, I'm ready for my close up now."

[ooglymoogly]

201. Excellent imagery

[EnviroBat]

8. Well stated...

I'm getting pretty fed up with Bush apologists. Turn the other cheek my ass. That son-of-a-bitch is a dammed war criminal, and he deserves to know that the people of this country see him as a fucking disgrace. We have had enough of "playing nice". Spinelessness is no longer a virtue Rachel! So get off your damn high horse, and allow the American people their voice.

[Maat]

81. And, I think that what YOU stated was well-said!

I agree with the OP and you - there's no excuse. I'm a law school graduate. I would add, "I'd show a bit of respect to somewhat that deserved a bit. This man POOPED on my beloved Constitution, its underlying principles, domestic law, and international law. He sunk to a new level. I will NOT show any respect, and will boo, someone who is responsible for the deaths of millions of people because DICK wanted to control the oil reserves. The boos were well-earned, and needed to be articulated."

[EnviroBat]

97. Much thanks...

:hi:

[gal]

185. The American people had thier voice.....

They are the ones who put Bush into office that 2nd term.
I was there and most people around me felt the booing was out of line. It was a classless to do on a great day.

[graywarrior]

9. Excellent letter

The mister and I were discussing this yesterday. It's unbelievable that they don't realize just how despised Bush and his administration is. With all the damage theyve done to this country and the world, how can they think we'd not boo and hiss at them. They're lucky we couldn't get close to them.

[mamameow]

110. to care or not to care

these people are in the 10%, do not want to make waves. i think bush should be put in the stock on a plaza and let us come and throw rotten food at him. i think a smart person might set up a piece of land with a stock with bushes effigy in it and sell tickets to throw rotten food or shoes. i'd spend some of my dwindling retirement to go to that plaza and vent my rage at that f-ing, rotten, ignorant asshole.

[druidity33]

137. hey man...

what the heck? I thought that duck was free? What, do we have to wait until Gitmo is closed down now for you to free the duck?

jeez, free the duck already...



poor duck.

he's squirming after all that time taped like that.
sheesh.



:hi:

[graywarrior]

162. Duck stays

It has been decided.

[Tuesday_Morning]

10. amen to that.

[timtom]

11. Excellent!!

Couldn't have said it any better, myself.

[bdamomma]

12. right on excellent letter the reasons for booing were excellent.

sometimes even the media (and they deserve it too) needs a spanking.

[rocktivity]

13. He should be grateful they didn't thow shoes.

What respect has George shown us?

More to the point, he should be grateful because unless Obama doesn't intend to investigate the Bush crime family (which I will refer to them from now on now that he's a private citizen), getting booed is the worst thing that's going to happen to him.

:headbang:
rocknation

[FailureToCommunicate]

61. I would have thrown a shoe, but it was too darned cold. Our area booed loud

est and longest when that turncoat Joe Lieberman was seen on the jumbotron.

(BTW -I have saved damaging my tv from
thrown objects - shoes or other things -by skipping the stupid comments of commentators by watching events like this on C-Span)

[frogmarch]

14. Wow! Perfect! k&r

[TuxedoKat]

15. Great Letter

You should consider sending a cc of your letter to the Obama Administration.

You might want to add: "This is what happens when veterans are ignored and improperly cared for."
(or something similar).

[glitch]

16. Bush and Cheney will be very lucky duckies if they get off with only boos.

Let the investigations begin...

[AndyA]

17. Distasteful and disrespectful?

What does MSNBC call starting a war based on lies? A war that has resulted in the deaths of over 4,200 American soldiers? Is that in good taste? Is that done with respect for human life?

Respect is earned. It comes with the job when you're President, but once a President have proven he is not worthy of respect, he no longer has any right to expect it.

Bush has left this country worse off than it was when he took office. We're bankrupt, out of jobs, losing our homes. If we had a Congress in this country that upheld the laws of the land, Bush would have never made it through his full term. Bush is not deserving of any respect from the American people.

[Mad_Dem_X]

187. I wish I could recommend this post.

You said it perfectly.

[Dennis Donovan]

18. They want to complain about the tone of the national discourse...

...after 8 years of the most deviously partisan presidential administration in history?

Yeah, right...

[NJCher]

66. they want us to keep on livin' the lie

And pretend this disgrace was a regular president.



Cher

[arcadian]

19. Free speech is in bad taste.

Fuck you Joe Scarborough, how do you like that?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

63. Amen! nt

[riqster]

115. Too bad Lori K. can't speak any more, Joe.

I guess that, having silenced her, you feel entitled to muzzle the rest of us? Fuck you. :rant:

[Magginkat]

206. Thank You

I wanted to say the same!
And to the poster who wrote about Lori Klausitis. No we have not forgotten. Furthermore I think there's good possibility that old Joe Scarborough is the one who administered that 6.25" fracture on the side of her head.
His helping hand in the election fraud of 2000 earned him the job he now has. And that weasel eyed fraud sits there like he is the Pope spewing his stupid declarations. He should be prosecuted along with Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc.

[Pacifist Patriot]

20. Well said.

[tblue37]

22. JFK said that a government that makes dissent impossible makes

violent revolution inevitable.

It's the same principle. When citizens are denied the opportunity to express their displeasure to the president (when they are corralled in "free speech zones" where they can't be seen or heard, either by the president or by anyone else, and denied entrance to or thrown out of publicly financed presidential appearances, etc., even for wearing innocuous T-shirts expressing belief in freedom, the Constitution, or the First Amendment), they will find a way to make him hear when he no longer is in a position to maintain his protective bubble.

[checks-n-balances]

30. An excellent reply to an excellent thread!

Especially in your first and last lines:

"JFK said that a government that makes dissent impossible makes violent revolution inevitable."

"When citizens are denied the opportunity to express their displeasure to the president...they will find a way to make him hear when he no longer is in a position to maintain his protective bubble."

[LuckyLib]

95. Television newsheads -- who asked you? Quit the damned editorializing

when you should be reporting on what you see, what is happening.

Journalism is dead.

Oops -- posted in wrong location!

[checks-n-balances]

102. Thanks for clarifying...

I couldn't figure out what I'd done that was so bad! :)

[tblue37]

122. Thaks CnB. nt

[nannah]

157. I said something to a coworker and she agreed with the media folks

I said something to a client (I am a social worker in an office serving people on public assistance), he was knowledgeable about recent american history and understood why people are moved to boo.

my coworker says she's too busy and the news is depressing. and, usually she is not willing to read or talk about current events. like it doesn't affect her life. and she thinks she is a pretty smart person.

[newtothegame]

23. I think the anchors were referring to adults...I can see kids at a high school football game maybe..

But adults at an inauguration? And throwing eggs 8 years ago?

We won, let's move on and sweept out the criminals with policies, arrests and convictions, not childish songs on a day that was supposed to be about OBAMA.

[proud2BlibKansan]

82. Tell that to the families of our dead soldiers

I would be glad to share contact info with you.

Or you could just start a thread here since some of those family members are DUers.

[newtothegame]

90. Sorry, I'll take arrests and convictions of the thugs over singing songs to get on TV. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

99. So you think getting on TV was the goal?

:eyes:

[newtothegame]

101. Well I have a hard time it was meant to accomplish anything against Bush...

1) He doesn't care. He hasn't given a rat's ass his entire Presidency. He was President for a select group of people, and we weren't it. Public opinion doesn't matter to these thugs. He wasn't listening, and if he was, he wouldn't care.

2) It was Obama's day and should have been about Obama, not some childish getting-even scheme.

All the singing did was take away from Obama, lessen the impact of credible arguments for change, etc. Obama would not have approved.

[Raksha]

104. He cares about public opinion, all right!

Re Public opinion doesn't matter to these thugs. He wasn't listening, and if he was, he wouldn't care.

He couldn't stand being confronted by protesters. That's why they were always corralled in "free speech zones" miles away from wherever he was going to be, and why he always spoke in front of pre-screened Repuke audiences.

This time he COULDN'T hide from public opinion no matter how much he wanted to. It was very gratifying to watch.

[riqster]

125. "childish getting-even scheme"

It was people venting their frustrations. That is neither childish nor an attempt to get on TV it is a prefectly reasonable way to relieve stress.

[Tumbulu]

132. I did not hear them because when I saw W I started screaming

in fact it is a natural reaction to him. Scream, throw shoes, etc. I was watching on TV and I said to the other people watching "how come the whole crowd isn't booing him?" and then it turns out they were. I want to thank all those that did for me.

[marions ghost]

140. This reaction from the crowd was so incredibly civilized & MILD...

considering the myriad offenses of the Bush Crime Family.

Actually I think it was totally appropriate for the occasion. Just a chorus of familiar jeers --from the winning team to the obvious losers. That's EXACTLY the way the Neo-Cons think, ie. that it's all a game, a sport, winner take all. Hardball, Us vs Them. So it was the perfect form of mockery for these cheating thugs. This did not in any way reflect on Obama and only underlines his mandate. Of course Bush & Co. don't care. That's not the point. These were ordinary disenfranchised Americans exercising their collective voices, voices which have been stifled for so long. The time for playing nice and shutting up is over. That's the all-important point.

IT IS NOT THE JEERING OF THE CROWD THAT IS CHILDISH--IT IS THE ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR OF THE NEO-CONS WHO HAVE NO MORALS, NO INTEGRITY, TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY, and like children selfishly believe they should get everything THEY want and have everything THEIR way. These are the people who've never grown up.

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:
:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:
:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

THANK YOU all your booers and jeerers. You spoke for me that day.

[Hissyspit]

173. It was not Obama's day.

The President works for the people.

[truedelphi]

175. I disagree. The singing was the result of all the pent up emotion

That many of us have had to repress. For eight long years. When I think of George Bush, I thik of the broken bodies in Iraq, the wounded soldiers, wounded and terrified civilians and the orphaned children. Our environment punished by the likes of George's buddies in hte mining industry. Etc.

It does make me want to scream.

People are not all like Obama in being concillatory. I predict that his concillatory mode will come back to bite us in the butt. There is nothing these crinminals won't do - The fact that they do not occupy the higher offices doesn't mean that they still are not in charge of aspects of the secret government.

[kenfrequed]

192. The Crowd knows something you do not.

We are not going to get arrests and convictions. Our best and only chance at accountability was impeachment had that occurred we might have been able to get some criminal prosecution afterwards. Without it we have little to nothing we can do.

The spin will be "You can't prosecute for policy, even failed policy."

So for all the horrible and egregious assaults on the constitution and for the secrecy and torture and election theft this administration is going to walk off into the sunset free as a bird. Some historians will even conclude that since no prosecution was sought then no crime must have been permitted. So the worst punishment will be the coarsness of a mob that has a sense of justice and a knowledge that justice will be deferred.

[Raksha]

87. "Move on" is a Republican meme, with ONE single exception:

The name of MoveOn.org. Other than that, when I hear expressions like "move on" or worse yet, "put X behind us" I am immediately transported back in time to the aftermath of the Nixon administration. I loathed the idea then and I loathe it even more now.

It's imperative that we NOT "move on" until the late unlamented Bush administration has been held accountable for its crimes.

[newtothegame]

89. And that's exactly what I wrote; reread my post if you need to.

Arrests and convictions, as well as policies ARE MOVING ON. Childish songs are not.

[Raksha]

105. No reason you can't do both.

The people can't prosecute Bush and his henchmen on their own, but they can sure as hell let him know what they think of him! I would have booed too if I'd been there.

[Chisox08]

146. Oh so we are not allowed to hurt Little Goergie's feelings?

The last 8 years Bush stuffed any dissenters in cages as far away from him as possible. We finally had our chance to voice our displeasure where Lil Bush could hear us. Just like 8 years ago when people threw eggs at him, they voicing their displeasure at Bush and the Supreme court stealling the election back in 2000. Bush got what he deserved. He earned those Boos, he earned the eggs being thrown at him, just as he earned those shoes being flung at his head. Not only that he should have been arrested instead of being allowed fly off into the sunset.

[mwb970]

179. Sorry, I have to disagree with you here.

Whenever I would see bush on the TV I would experience an involuntary reaction that caused me to say "Shut up...oh, shut up you @#$%...Shut up, go away, go away" and similar remarks to the TV until he was blessedly gone. I couldn't help it. I just despise him so much it was a natural reaction.

These people, the ones you are self-righteously complaining about, were actually in eyeshot of the jerk and were watching him finally, finally leave office forever. I understand completely that they were unable to keep from using the occasion to express their contempt and intense dislike for this most awful of presidents.

If I'd been there, I'd have been singing the song too. And you'd be on here complaining about me.

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. Fuck the pundits. You can't lie to the American people and get away with it.

At a minimum, don't expect civility, don't expect to be respected.

[veritasvg]

150. Actually...

...you can. Johnson did. So did Nixon.

[Road Scholar]

25. Why the fuss?? Respect is earned, so is dis-respect.

Just sayin'.:shrug:

[jasmeel]

26. I can't believe limpballs said that! That mean America fails u

drug addict fuckstick!

[NoQuarter]

55. Seriously.

We're circling the bowl as it is. If the president fails, we're swimmin' with the feces.

It would be better for all concerned if that doesn't happen and we just flush rush instead.

[ccinamon]

27. Standing Ovation!!

Great letter...send it to your local paper, and every other newspaper, magazine you can think of.

[malaise]

28. When GEM$NBC, CNN etc are showing Americans

how great it is to tear down governments in other countries; when they cheer on the hanging of elected leaders and the overthrow of governments, who the fuck are any of them to tell citizens anywhere who to boo or not to boo.

Bush is lucky that he was only booed.

Great letter.

add

[pleah]

29. K&R! Well done!

:applause: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :patriot:

[wilt the stilt]

31. great letter but one thing left out

he let his administration call people traitors.

[Sal Minella]

37. ....for maintaining the functioning of a free press, yet, and serving the people's right to be

informed of their government's illegal activities.

[Mnemosyne]

32. Thank you, Jeanette! Hear, hear! n/t

[eowyn_of_rohan]

33. Hear, Hear!

You have summed it up well.

[Mira]

34. How do you so so very well why I booed? I was there ! I BOOED ! Kicked

[Richardo]

35. Rachel Maddox?

:shrug:

[Jeanette in FL]

126. It was a typo, sorry about that

I do know that her last name is Maddow. It was too late for me to edit when I realized my error. I think everyone knows who I meant. But thank you, Richardo.

[IDemo]

36. kudo+

:thumbsup:

[ohtransplant]

38. K&R!

Those who hope Obama fails must feel such hatred they don't care if America fails as a result. That seems to be something left over from the * administration. They're gone now and 2 million people gathered to see our new President be sworn in.

It's time to move on Rush. We have a popular President who intends to embrace the constitution and do good for the American people. Defend fear, torture, wiretapping, secrecy and hegemony somewhere else.

Find something else to hate Rush. The future of America and our children are too important. We won't let you poison our discourse anymore.

If you can't help yourself, go elsewhere. Remember - lead, follow or get out of the way.

[Arugula Latte]

39. That's exactly how I thought about it. Exactly.

You put it into words perfectly.

:applause:

[Javaman]

40. Freedom of speech is a bitch. if the talking heads don't like it, then they must

have been on another planet for the last 8 years.

Sorry, but given the playing field of media talking heads for the last 8 miserable years, do they really have the gall to say the behavior of the masses was out of line when they themselves carried the water for morons* crimes?

fuck. them.

I'm very surprised at Rachel. (and her name is Maddow, not Maddox)

[Usrename]

41. Bush probably thinks people do that for all the ex-presidents.

What a disgrace. He'd feel cheated if the crowd didn't respond that way. It's exactly what he would do.

[Mist]

42. What a cogent letter. I was furious that the talking heads, including Maddow, who, up to now,

I've respected, thought etiquette far more important than citizens expressing their distain and disgust for this worst of presidents. Even Rachel must be in a bubble to not get how nearly universally despised the Bush/Cheney administration is. These pundits are bubbled people who, if you broke your arm, would want to give you a manicure.

[SemperEadem]

43. I totally agree... .and I was really struck by Maddow's comments

Matthews and scarface, I could care less about--they're tools for whoever is popular at the moment. But Rachel saying "that's not good", when she has, for clearly the last 18 months, has been lambasting bush every chance she got, was what I think was bad form and not good. All of a sudden, she's waxing generous with bush? For real, Rachel? It doesn't take much, does it.


At least the crowd wasn't screaming "terrorist" and "kill him", like the crowds at mclame's/mooselini's rallies before the election. THAT is bad form. THAT is what is not good. bush is lucky that 4 millions shoes weren't thrown at him.

Lumpfvck is just treasonous and should be esteemed as such.

[Career Prole]

155. I'm curious. I have to ask because I don't have a TV.

Was Rachel on screen when she said "That's not good". I can easily picture her saying that while grinning broadly, which changes things completely.

[kath]

165. Here's the clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ByPZgU4_0

[Career Prole]

169. Thanks. I'm disappointed in her.

I'll forgive her, of course, but I'm still disappointed.

[Hekate]

44. Brilliant--well done. Thank you for saying this for all of us.

There were things (such as this incident) that I missed seeing/hearing on the first pass, because I was visiting relatives and went with their choice of ABC and Charlie Gibson. Still, it was a magnificent day and I wept many times for joy.

Hekate

[raccoon]

45. Wonder if Argentina’s “journalists” were as good media lapdogs

as the ones quoted here, when President Fernando de la Rua “left Government House in Buenos Aires by helicopter after a day watching running battles outside between protesters and police.

His departure drew cheers from protesters and some danced in the streets. “

From BBC NEWS, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1722584.stm

[Bette Noir]

46. When Mattews declared booing to be "bad form,"

I began to understand why people on DU generally consider him a douche.

If Bush didn't want to be booed, he should have behaved better as President.

[Myrina]

47. Hear Hear!!

:applause: :patriot: :applause:

[chill_wind]

48. Thank you Jeanette-- and K & R. n/t

[Life Long Dem]

49. "This is not good"? Are you joking?

They should leave Gitmo open just to lock Bush up.

[Chisox08]

149. and to give Cheney a dunk in the water

[Blaze Diem]

51. K & Rec #51 Outstanding. Thanks for saying it so well.

You speak for me also.
Send this off to everyone in the media Jeanette in Fla.
Those who know you are correct in saying this, here in DU, and I will stand behind you.

You have my support.

[PA Democrat]

52. Excellent letter! And let's not forget that MSNBC also silenced anti-war voices

on its network starting with the cancellation of Phil Donahue's show during the rush to war in Iraq. They took the only anti-war voice off of their network despite the fact that Donahue's show had the highest ratings of anything on their entire network.

[Jack Rabbit]

53. K/R

I would have booed. I'll think about it with more sobriety when the bastards are sent to prison.

[Uncle Joe]

54. A candidate going to court in order to suppress the people's voice from being heard

was "distasteful and disrespectful."

A compliant corporate media more concerned with their own agenda instead of exposing the obvious atrocities being committed against the American People's right to vote and having those votes counted was "distasteful and disrespectful."

A Supreme Court deciding an arbitrary date was more important than determining the people's intent in selecting their ultimate leader was "distasteful and disrespectful."

[CitizenPatriot]

56. excellent!

You put it so much more eloquently than I could have-- but this is exactly what I was thinking. Yes, perhaps it was "bad form", but then again, when you deny people a voice for so long, and never address their issues and give them the satisfaction of being "heard", this is what happens.

In our personal lives, we know that the things we try to sweep under the rug never stay there. In fact, they grow larger in exact proportion to the effort we expend trying to ignore them.

* has many failings-- but the one that probably pushed the masses over the edge was his complete disdain and disregard for them, apparent in the way he kept himself removed from us as if he were royalty. Afraid to face us because of his own mistakes, he hid and denied reality while he continued on his mad rampage of death and destruction.

He earned those boos, the long hard way.

[Hissyspit]

57. They are not our kings. They are answerable to the voice of the people.

I was there at the Capitol and heard it all. Bad form? It was REAL and it was the truth. The Bush admin are unindicted murderers. Pageantry and form over truth and dissent? No, thanks.

By the way, I was fairly close. The boos and chants WERE heard by all.

[vademocrat]

117. That's exactly it!

Glad to hear you were close and that "The boos and chants WERE heard by all". I was next to the Washington monument and just about everyone booed and hissed but we were a mile and a half away...

[Hissyspit]

119. I have pictures of the people near the Capitol as they are booing and chanting. One U.S. Capitol

police officer was laughing and encouraging them. I will NOT post her picture.

I'll have them up tomorrow in a post, so keep an eye out for it.

[vademocrat]

124. Great - can't wait to see them!

[proud2BlibKansan]

141. I talked to a friend who was throwing shoes at the White House

She said the cops there were more than accommodating and encouraged them to throw shoes.

[Hissyspit]

144. I saw some of that. Certainly no one gave us a hard time.

[BrklynLiberal]

58. I would guess that I was not the only person who stood up while watching

the Inauguration on TV, and BOOED very loudly when prez shit-for-brains came into view...

Great letter Jeanette.

[kath]

166. Heck, when he was getting on the chopper, I screamed obscenities at the TV so loudly that I made

myself hoarse! And it felt good.

[Demeter]

59. With Impeachment Off the Table, What Other Recourse Do We Have?

Revolution takes too long, and the bastard was walking away free.

[old mark]

60. Fuck George Bush. He got much better than he deserved

just by being able to go home, not to prison.
We have not yet even scratched the surface of how bad a president he was.

mark

[Dukkha]

62. it was most certainly the proper time and proper place

It truly was the first time ever Bush faced the American people that wasn’t a carefully selected group that signed a loyalty oath. No way were we going to let him slip out the back door of America without letting him know just here he stood with the overwhelming majority of Americans. For the first time in 8 years he heard what the country really thinks of him.

Of course Rachel Maddox would say "This is not good" anything else and the media would have lynched her for being “disrespectful” to the office of the President. I take her comment as being not good for Bush to hear it , not that it was wrong.

[CrispyQ]

64. A fantastic letter!

I hope it makes the air.

[theblasmo]

65. Didn't Boo at first, but...

...after a few seconds, I was doing much worse. I was home, watching it on TV, so I wasn't quite as concerned about seeming polite WHEN THAT POLITENESS ISN'T EARNED. That entire crowd could have raised the majestic one finger salute and it still wouldn't equal the amount of hate speech, false patriotism, and flat-out lies that administration spewed forth over the past 8 years. I said to my wife, right before Bush came out, "Oh, s**t, they're going to 'Boo' him." For about five seconds, I thought it was the wrong time and place, but I quickly realized that this was the exact time and place to do it. Nope. You don't get to bask in any sort of nostalgia while you're sitting there, buddy. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Way to f**k up the entire world in only a few years.

[Fireweed247]

67. That man in responsible for murdering over one million people

He should have been thrown out of office years ago, and they want us to be respectful?

[Octafish]

68. Thank you for an excellent letter, Jeanette in FL.

It is outstanding in every way.

[EraOfResponsibility]

69. Did you actually send this to MSNBC? I hope so.

I think all of us should copy and paste this into an email and bombard them with it.

[Jeanette in FL]

127. Feel free to do so

Yes, I did send it to MSNBC as well as to Joe, Chris and Rachel. So far no replies. LOL

[baldguy]

70. I wish just ONE of them would have said, "This is how an unpopular President should be treated."

[Orsino]

71. And it's why we would boo *'s cheerleaders, too. Like Joe. n/t

[Turborama]

72. Succinct and spot on. K&R

Have you got a response from them yet? :kick:


:yourock: :applause:

[Shardik]

73. thank you. K&R

[happygoluckytoyou]

74. good form is to do evil things and then say "sorry...oops...did we kill you"?

[peace frog]

75. Excellent letter!

Beautifully expressed, thank you.

[gratuitous]

76. Let us know if you get any response

I'm guessing not. The collective amnesia demonstrated by the media chuckleheads about the disgrace of the Bush years would be nauseating if it wasn't so predictable.

[The Blue Flower]

77. If they want cheers they'lll have to wait for the trials

We'll cheer when they all march out dressed in orange.

[road2000]

78. I'd have booed,

if I hadn't been watching in a conference room at work with hundreds of other employees.

But cut KO and Rachel a little slack. Under the desk, they were probably high-fiving.

[devilgrrl]

79. You are awesome!

:thumbsup:

[krispos42]

80. Rachel Maddow was absolutely right. "This is not good"

Which is exactly the point!

If you insulate yourself from reality and surround yourself with manipulating yes-men "underlings" that are actually running the whole show behind your back, you'll never know when something you do it wrong, illegal, unconstitutional, or evil.

Not only did Bush do this, but his personality is narcassistic and self-centered as well, which doubles the effect.

This was probably the only, ONLY time he had any actual feedback on how Americans feel about him.

The crowd on The Mall wasn't hand-selected. DC is smack dab between North and South, the predominately Blue and the Predominately Red. There COULD have been just as many conservatives there to see him go as liberals were to see Obama come.

But there weren't. 90% of the crowd was there to cheer Obama AND jeer Bush.

Nobody supports him. Hell, there weren't enough conservatives in the crowd to simply be silent and dilute the singing.


For a brief minutes, this got to him.



I'm sure that on the plane ride home his personality locked away and rationalized this in his mind. He'll never "get it". But for a brief minute...

[xxqqqzme]

85. That was my thought as well on Tuesday

This is what happens when the pResident only appears before military and/or hand selected loyalists. Obama's inaugural was the last time he would appear in public. The crowd in Midland was even controlled and he wasn't president any more.

The only other times, * appeared in public were his inaugurals and people protested both of them. The coward ran away under cover of the limo at the first; the second, he just stayed in his protective bubble of the reviewing stand.

[TNOE]

86. Yep, its like the 12th Juror

When OJ got acquitted - the media declared that the people would be the 12th Juror and would give him his fair dues - and the people did. He was shunned, an outcast - the same with the pResident - the 5th Estate spoke, since our 1st through 4th estates fell flat on their faces. The PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE LAST SAY. He's lucky he didn't get pummeled.

[Balderdash]

158. Excellent post.

We deserved that moment, to tell Bush what we think of him.
I hope it haunts him...

[proud2BlibKansan]

83. Wow. You ROCK

:applause:

[TNOE]

84. Wow - 105 Recommends.

Great letter & Happy to be No. 105.

[mnhtnbb]

88. Bush sowed the seeds of disrespect through his actions of the last 8 years.

He simply reaped what he sowed.

[kwassa]

91. I was there, and I booed, too. What exactly should I be respecting?

[AntiFascist]

92. Murdering an intern is also in bad taste and disrespectful....

but some elitists often get away with murder.

[99 Percent Sure]

93. Silence is Golden. While your letter is good and although I understand why you booed,

the inaugural ceremony was not the appropriate place to do so simply because it wasn't about Shrub. This was no sporting event; it was a solemn ceremony in which Barack H. Obama was being sworn-in as president of the US, marking countless historical events never before accomplished. I understand that it was a massive act of spontaniety by a majority of people who have been overly burdened by the horrendous non-leadership and unbridled wickedness of the Bush regime. I understand this.

However, although it pains me to do so, I have to agree with Tweety and the rest that it was bad form, but only because it was inappropriate for the solemnity of the moment.

A deafening silence by the humongous crowd when Shrub, Pappy Shrub and Darth Dick were introduced would have spoken much more loudly, and would have been most fitting for the occasion.

In my humble opinion.

As for what the Fat A** Drug Addict said - whatever. Too many people give him way too much attention that he doesn't deserve.

[Lilicat]

121. The Silence Spoke Volumes

I was on the Mall by the first Jumbotron, and a deafening silence IS mostly what we heard. A smattering of boos, yes, a collective groan for Uncle Snarly (looking more evil than ever in that wheelchair), but for * a big silence. And from two million people, that's a BIG silence.

We sure booed Lieberman though...

[Ikonoklast]

94. There are some people that need to get out of the bubble.

They need to see exactly what is happening in the hinterland, in 'flyover country' to us common folk that don't have expense accounts.

They need to hear the anger of working class people whose future has been stolen by the Republican Party, its funders and patrons, its sycophants in the press, and those Democrats that helped enable the vast theft of the wealth of this nation, in order to remain part of the power structure.

They need to understand what it feels like to wake up in the morning wondering if today is the day that a job they worked at for decades, as a loyal and hard-working employee will be gone forever, offshored to a country that pays a wage that can't even keep the person earning them adequately fed, let alone support a family.

They should talk to the mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives of our military men and women whose loyal and selfless service to our nation is repaid with indifference, disdain, and outright neglect by those that sent them into battle to fight and die for corporate profits and the personal gain of a choice few.

Those that sit behind their desks offering sage and wise opinions and are safely ensconced as members of our Fourth Estate, but in actuality have become Fifth Columnists enabling the powerful to ignore the Constitution, so that they might scrabble for the crumbs thrown to them by those that are in power.

There is righteous anger in the land.

If some were taunting the willing tool of our nations demise as he left to a retirement of wealth and privilege, I say that he was lucky that was all that happened. As far as I know, there has never been anyone that died from derision.

In another place and time, with a populace less willing to forgive and forget the egregious harm done to them as citizens, the outcome of a regime change may have been far more dramatic and deadly.

But the greatest thing about this nation has been that no matter how dire the circumstances, how severe the predicament, how disabused the populace, we can successfully and peacefully transfer political power without bloodshed and civil strife.

They will soon see just how wrong they were.

[katty]

96. rush limpballs declares: I hope he (Obama) fails.. that asshole

continues to spew his venom in the public square--now THAT is way beyond disrepectful---where is the PROTEST?!!

[democrank]

98. Manners?

Joe and Mika are going to worry about civility when there are hundreds of thousands of Bush`s dead victims strewn around the globe? I`d rather worry about what kind of shallow, callous media would quietly go along with this.

[Piewhacket]

100. The crowd could have torn Bush to pieces.... but they showed restraint...

and only booed and mocked.
it all seems quite civil to me.

[katty]

108. yup-he's lucky he wasn't tarred &feathered or worse

[FunMe]

103. bush deserved more than BOOing

How about we "look back" and try bush for all his crimes?

I promise to stop BOOing if we get bush behind jail for his war crimes.

[Stinky The Clown]

106. Excellent

:thumbsup:

K&R

[ClayZ]

107. K and R!

[sandyj999]

109. Excellent! My feelings exactly! And If I was there I would have joined in.

Disrespectful 73 year old woman that I am.:shrug:

[southernyankeebelle]

111. We should show respect for the Office

This booing was in bad taste. I am a strong supporter of Obama and I am sure he wouldn't have liked people doing the booing. After all this event was being broadcast all over the world. We may not like former President Bush but we should respect the office he held. I would expect anyone to do this same. For once I agree for MSNBC. The people should have been above this type of nonsense. All some showed was the same intolerance that the republicans show.

[Career Prole]

156. While I can certainly respect your feeling that way

up to a point, I've got to disagree with you.
First off, we respect the office.
The problem was that bush did not respect the office. Bush disgraced the office.
In fact, Bush dragged the office through the mud for quite a while.
No one booed the office.

Secondly, I think you would agree that not all behavior deserves tolerance.
In fact some behavior is so heinous as to paint you as some kind of idiot if you choose to tolerate it.
That would be bush's behavior over the last eight years, ma'am.

What the right-wing is intolerant of is a whole other story.

[livvy]

176. Respecting the office and respecting the individual who holds it are two different things.

The lying weasel did not respect the office he held. Had he even had a shred of respect for the it, he would not have behaved as he did.
Respect for an individual is earned. The lying weasel did nothing while he held the highest office in the land to earn the respect of the American people.
You reap what you sow.

[Boomerang Diddle]

112. K & R

[geardaddy]

113. I guess those three can...

pick up their big bags with dollar signs at the door now.

[radhika]

114. And a Congress that Lacks Spine to Impeach!

Another reason people are left with little more to express their disgust is the Pelosi-Reid Congress. Since 2006, the Democratic Majority has refused to employ the appropriate, forceful and legally-binding ways to force elected officials to observe rule of law and respect human rights. If those 2 miserable leaders had had the character to 1) leave impeachment on the table 2) did not capitulate on war funding and 3) enforced subpoenas with available tools - we wouldn't have had BushCo ending their term at the end of 8 years. How many people have died, how many billions are lost because THEY FAILED US!

Shout and boo til the roof falls down!

[liberal N proud]

116. Bravo! - Thank you!

Thank you for participating in the singing Tuesday.

Thank you for writing to the the media morons.

Let free speech reign.

[vademocrat]

118. You summed it up for me!

My booing (and all the booing around me) was spontaneous and heartfelt. It also felt really really GOOD - so much for good form...

[think4yourself]

120. Damn right, we booed.

The best comparison that I can think of for these clueless talking heads is this. It was a natural reaction. It was cathartic and for those who did jeer him, It helped relieve some of the suffering.

It happened, much like slamming your hand in the car door at a friend's wedding.

We were fully aware of the elegance of the ceremony, but goddamn did those 8 years cause some serious pain.

[Christa]

123. K & Highly recommended

[applejuice]

128. Sorry, but those boos were EARNED.

Stolen elections.

Lying to the American People.

A Warmonger.

Starting a war that kills soooooo many people on both sides.

Screwing us all for the next hundred years with debt on an Oil War.

Incompetance on a level barely seen

I could go on all day, but let's just say this man was forced upon a lot of people, who were unhappy. I don't acutally think booing was out of order for all the damage that man did.

[girl_interrupted]

129. K&R

[Divine Discontent]

135. EARNED! love it! The shit was removed from DC and the people let it be known what they thought of

that steaming pile of crap.

[wandathewitch]

130. Thank you, Jeanette

I hope this insight will spread to every place on this planet. We, the people, must make sure that this kind of type of governing will not keep on hurting our world. What happened to Dennis K ? I'm sure he agrees with you. Mrs. Moose

[dbonds]

131. Signed

[MasonJar]

133. He's lucky he wasn't egged (or shoe-ed)!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Divine Discontent]

134. Hope you send this to each of their emails - serious. Shocking they cannot understand the anger

that shrubya has instilled in his country about him for the horrible decisions he made that hurt our standing in the world, killed our citizens, innocent abroad, and taken from our pockets and our civil protections.

[trof]

136. I'm the 177th K&R.

:-)

[ThatsMyBarack]

139. Dumbya got what he deserved!

Fuck Bye 43, you criminal POS!

[Optical.Catalyst]

178. I do not like Bush, and I choose to boo him

Let them come and do something like take away my birthday.

[Yes We Did]

142. k&R

[sce56]

143. I want to get that video and have it saved on a Gold DVD to preserve for a long time!

Shrub got much less than he deserves!
190th Rec

[rambler_american]

145. I was there

and yes I participated in the booing and the singing "Hey hey, goodbye". Joined in when everyone around me began chanting "Evil Evil" when we caught sight of Cheney. They tried to steal our country, very nearly succeeded. Sullied our reputation around the world. Sacrificed the lives and bodies of thousands of our young soldiers. Killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men women and children in a war of aggression they started. Shredded our Constitution. Invaded our privacy. Corrupted our Justice System. Stole elections. And MSNBC is upset that we disrespected them. I believe that that was more respect than those people deserve. What they really deserve is to spend the next several years in orange jump suits and shackles. Re-institute the stocks on the public square so they can feel the sting of the contempt in which they are held by most Americans. I despise Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the others, and I will express my outrage whenever and wherever I have the opportunity.

[jimlup]

147. Thank You!

You were my voice while booing! Thank You!

The normal rules don't apply to George W. Bush. He is far below polite respect. What the mainstream media doesn't realize is the raw truth of what he has done. And if boos are the only price he is ever going to pay than so help us let's boo that criminal!

[Norrin Radd]

148. KR

[deaniac21]

151. That'll show 'em!

[defendandprotect]

152. I thought the "boos" fitting, apt and encouraging for those, like me,

who would not prefer a hypocritical quietness.

Perhaps turning their backs would have also been on key -- but that might have

been less spontaneous--!!!

I also thought Bush left as he entered . . . "to boos" ---

Bush was a thief when he came and an even bigger thief when he left.

And, he should be prosecuted.

[defendandprotect]

153. Remember, MSNBC is still GE . . . I'm with ya on the booing --

it gladdened my heart!

But, I didn't hear it LIVE and I have heard that the "boos" were removed or

quieted on the tapes/repeats...???

[rhett o rick]

159. I wish Rachel would have stood up for the booers. A rule of thumb for her.

Object strongly to everything stupid Joe says.

[kestrel91316]

160. Bitching about a few boos............somebody call the wahhhhhhhmbulance.

They and he ought to be damned glad the crowd didn't rise up and lynch him on the spot.

[texanwitch]

161. Bush left the White House the same why he entered, with a protest.

I am proud of all the people who protested Bush back in 2001 and in 2009.

Y'all were booing for all of us who couldn't be there.

[Digit]

163. Exactly! K&R

You expected us to show him respect????

Unbelievable

[Ed76638]

164. Rachel Maddow used to be down

But since she got that TV show, shes gone corporate.

[mwb970]

180. Is Rachel the new Mika?

I've never seen anyone turn on a dime the way Mika did. She came in as a sensible person and is now a right-wing Joe-sucking bobblehead of the first order. Could the same thing happen to Rachel? Is Joe using some "date rape" drug on these women? (Maybe he had some left over even after giving too much to that intern.)

[fortyfeetunder]

167. The parties held all across the country

probably had a similar sentiment at the same time....

meh!

[blonndee]

168. Indeed. These f***ers are lucky the White House wasn't stormed at some point.

This is the very LEAST and MOST respectful response this sorry-ass administration deserved. Well said, Jeanette.

[Ladyhawk]

170. On the booing: It lets other countries know we don't approve

of what * did while in office. I think they needed to hear it.

[Fedja]

174. Quite true

We, who live on the outside looking in, have had a hard time constantly reminding ourselves to be nice to American tourists regardless of the shitstorm that descended on the world. It was increasingly hard to see anyone with a US passport as a person who deserves the benefit of the doubt, someone who shouldn't be scoffed at simply because of what his government did.

The loud boos carried around the world, and we were happy to see that you guys didn't just vote against McCain, but voted for a drastic change of policies you disagreed with.

[Ladyhawk]

212. I want to travel, but during *'s residency, I was embarrassed.

If I went anywhere outside the US, I was planning on getting a shirt that explained--in several languages--that I didn't vote for Bush (at least the last time). :)

It was more than embarrassment: it was guilt. I was ashamed of being American, especially since in 2000 I didn't know who Bush really was. Now I'm embarrassed that my family still supports him and the Republican Party. Ugh.

[SusanaMontana41]

171. Thanks, Jeanette in FL

You speak for me too.

[freeradicalm]

172. Booing and singing more than appropriate....

And I would've liked to have added """FUCK YOU, YOU PUNK-RAT-BASTARD, GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!!":grr:

[livvy]

177. You go, girl! Well said, and I thank you.

The videos of the inauguration will be a part of history. It is evidence that the People did not consent, nor approve of the policies of this administration, once their eyes were opened. So much for your legacy, *ush.

"Bad form" is what we and the world have witnessed under this lying weasel and his cronies. Disrespect for our ideals, Constitution, and rights is what we have endured. We didn't ask for it, but it's what we got.

This type of reaction is what you get when you betray the trust of the people. You don't get a standing ovation, you get booed.

Good job, Jeanette.

[jules1962]

181. Let us not forget that we were censored

When W ran in 2004, they made people sign pledge cards saying that they would vote Republican before you could get into one of his speaking events on the campaign trail. He catered to his base and the hell with the rest of the country. Well, the hell with him. That is one of the most undemocratic things I have ever witnessed during a campaign (other than stealing elections,and refusing to let people vote.) If his feelings were hurt, GOOD!

[kooth]

182. Right On!

Absolutely perfect!

[AsahinaKimi]

183. I wish the Boo's were louder..

I wish they had echoed from the Washington monument to the steps of the Capital.
I wish they were so damn loud that Bush had to cover his ears and run for the Helicopter. Is that honest enough?

[wolfgirl]

184. Well said and true!

My exact feelings!!!!

:loveya:

[Mad_Dem_X]

186. Yes! We refuse to be silent

As you said, our voices have been stifled and ignored for the past 8 years. And it is Limpball's attitude that is disrespectful.

[UpInArms]

188. well said!

:applause:

and proud to have made the 265 recommendation!

[lisa58]

190. Thanks Jeanette - you speak for me as well.

[Generic Other]

191. You speak for me more than the media did

We booed instead of violently overthrowing the creep. We followed the rule of law even when the thugs tried to dismantle our laws. So we broke the rules of etiquette. Tough beans. Bush got off easy.

If I had my way, he would have been ducking eggs just as he did in 2001.

[serbbral]

193. Booing

Believe me, I am no fan of Bush's and I have been an Obama
supporter from day one, but even I must admit that I thought
the booing was VERY tacky. I mean, the man is leaving, what
else do you want? I felt bad for him just seeing it on tv and
I was not even in the mix. A lady whom I work with actually
went to the inauguration and she said that the booing was
'tamed down' on television as compared to what it was really
like inperson. She said it was like being at a football game
the way they booed Bush and she said she felt ashamed. It was
a happy and joyous occasion and the booing kind of put a
damper on what should have been special.

[Generic Other]

194. I don't give a fucking rat's ass if Bush got his feelings hurt

Don't make me start posting pics of wounded, maimed and dead children whose screams of pain made that smirking asshole strut around like some kind of hero. So proud of himself.

I hope the boos were only the beginning of a lifetime of being treated like the scum he is. Public opinion is very harsh. If I had had a say, he would have ended up like Mussolini or Marie Antoinette or the Romanovs. Maybe put a bullet in his own head like Hitler.

Don't come on here and lecture me. I have been suffering for 8 fucking years. Booing Bush doesn't even begin to express my anger.

Another thing, let all tyrants and corrupt leaders know that there are consequences. The powerful bastards can take heed. You can run but you can't hide. Govern well and fairly or face the mob.

[serbbral]

199. Generic Other Re: Don't YOU Lecture Me

I'm not lecturing you or anyone on here. This is a message board and what I'm doing is EXPRESSING MY OPINION JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I'm not going to be a good little cheerleader and say what YOU want me to say. All I said is that I thought it was tacky for them to boo him and I still do. If you think that's lecturing, then that's YOUR PROBLEM,not mine.You have a right to your opinion and I so do I.

[Generic Other]

207. you responded to my comment serbbral...now I have a problem for answering?

Welcome to DU bad cheerleader. Which team are you on anyway? Hope you enjoy your stay.

I have been here for eight years. As for your diagnosis of MY PROBLEM as thinking you are lecturing me, I would direct you to examine where you posted. Beneath my post. As in responding to me.

And yes, I have some anger issues. Along with a hell of a lot of other DUers, I have NOTHING but contempt for George Bush and I will NEVER stand down when his name is mentioned. I will boo him the rest of his life and I will dance when he dies. He has earned my everlasting contempt for his disgraceful actions while in office.

Don't fucking tell me people who boo George Bush are tacky. In my view they are my compatriots. You on the other hand I don't know at all.

[nickw]

195. thank you

for putting this so clearly - when someone has been so abusive to the world, why would we want to try to be nice to them?

[serbbral]

203. " why would we want to be nice to them?"

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should be NICE to him, I just think it was tacky the way people booed him. He is leaving. Let's just start a new.

[Generic Other]

209. Give it a rest Bush apologist

That flag don't fly here.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

196. Rec #274

Understandable, certainly.

[HOLOS]

198. THANK YOU...SO WELL SAID...YOU DEFINITELY SPEAK FOR ME.... k&r x zillions!

[proReality]

197. Too late to recommend, but I can kick!

That was excellent!!!

[ooglymoogly]

200. echo that

[ooglymoogly]

202. Kickety, kickety, kickety, kickety add infinitum.

[ooglymoogly]

204. Thank you Jeanetta from Fl. You booed for many millions of us

who could not be there and for that we thank you. Maddow just dropped a notch on my admiration meter; She knows better; As for the rest, whadaya expect from a bunch of media me tooers?

[dembotoz]

205. better to cheer a war criminal?????

what kind of message would that be.

[wicket]

208. BOOKMARKED.