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The more I hear him knock the GOP and praise Hussein, the more I hate this man.
madmonkphotog on January 12, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I don’t always agree with W, but I honor his humility & toughness.
jgapinoy on January 12, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Socialism will be historic all right
jp on January 12, 2009 at 10:39 PM
I’m convinced that Bush voted for BHO.
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 10:39 PM
What’s wrong with recognizing the BHO loves his family?
Can I still be conservative if I don’t hate Obama?
jgapinoy on January 12, 2009 at 10:40 PM
thethatjgapinoy on January 12, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I just watched the video. No where was there a moment that “he praised Hussein” in that video.
wise_man on January 12, 2009 at 10:42 PM
There’s a lot of reasons to be furious with Bush, but this moment isn’t a reason to “hate” him. I do have to wonder if he realized, right after he did the fake “whiney voice”, how much material he just gave the late night shows. What’s going to infuriate me is if they portray it dishonestly, and act like he wasn’t doing it in a way to mock such behavior.
RightWinged on January 12, 2009 at 10:43 PM
madmonkphotog & progressoverpeace, you two are complete idiots.
wise_man on January 12, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Great, just great, we get to have an “historic moment” because a black guy got elected as POTUS.
Never mind that Obarfa is a stone-cold tyro in every sense of the word for this job….he’s BLACK, so just concentrate on that as you line up for your daily soylent wafer.
Bishop on January 12, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Did you like the way Bush stresses the importance of having a black Precedent (that takes one right off of conservativism and into identity politics) and accuses the GOP of being (in his mind) bigots?
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 10:43 PM
GW is and always has been a globalist.
katy on January 12, 2009 at 10:43 PM
I love W for his disdain for whiners.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Was that in another part of the news conference? Because if it was, I will take back my nice words.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Exactly what’s about to happen, I’m sure.
Midas on January 12, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Yes. Bush talked about how “the GOP must be more inclusive” and then went on to say that Republicans are viewed “fairly or unfairly” (his exact words) as being anti-immigrant (forget the distinction between illegal aliens and immigrants, as that seems to have totally disappeared).
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 10:48 PM
When he mentioned “front row seat”, I got the distinct impression that he wanted to mooch off our popcorn;)
Laura in Maryland on January 12, 2009 at 10:48 PM
But I recommend you see the clip yourself instead of taking my word for it. I remember it from seeing it live, but I think the other Bush press conference thread here has that part.
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 10:52 PM
First, let us kill all the politicians!
Vince on January 12, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I think some of y’all are missing the point – he was talking about how happy some people were to see the election of a black pres, not that some other folks were bigots about it. Try watching it again.
Personally, I think a lot of people missed MLK’s point about race, namely that it simply shouldn’t matter in how you deal with other people. I see a lot of people screwing that one up ahead of the MLK holiday. No, this was a contest where one candidate (McCain) ran on the content of his character and the other (Obama) ran on the color of his skin. It feels like we were tested to see if we were paying attention. I think we failed.
commenter on January 12, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Historical,is the reason they voted for Hope!
How grand and noble,now there’s work to do!
——————————
There is no praise what so ever,that President Bush
discussed.Bush said,that Hopey has a loveing family,
and in that,Obama will certainly need them,to get
through the daily grind as President of the United
States of America!!!
canopfor on January 12, 2009 at 10:53 PM
The bigot part was connected to his talk of illegal aliens and the GOP, not the black Precedent part. He didn’t say bigot, but what he said was the same as what he heard during the shamnesty debates, when people were more explicit.
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Yeah, I’m sure Obama DOES love his wife and daughters, but what about MY wife and daughter? And YOUR wife and daughter? Will he keep them safe the way Bush has? Or will he open up the flood gates of London-Madrid-Bombay-style attacks against us because he’s is preceived as weak by the jihadis? That’s all that matters.
Tony737 on January 12, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Yes I do recall hearing that. Nice words taken back.
It seems as though the pro-illegal portion of the GOP has taken a cue from the Left: by pretending that the modifier illegal doesn’t exist, they can make it appear as if the rest of us are bigots.
I know that some of you will say “well he has protected us from the Islamic terrorists for the last 7 1/2 years.” Well what about that southern border? Are you paying attention to what’s going on down there? What about protection from the anarchic state that is Mexico? What about protection from the narco-terrorists? The president dropped the ball there. :(
Thanks, progressoverpeace, for jarring my noggin.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I think the establishment, governing minded GOP leaders wanted a Democrat for pragmatic reasons.
had McCain won, we’d have out of control, “Bush Derangement Syndrome”, related to all things including the War on Jihad, for another 4yrs.
now with Obama in there, he has to actually govern and it will be a wake up call for the far-left lunatics with severe BDS.
jp on January 12, 2009 at 10:56 PM
I understand what he’s saying, even though I think he’s a nitwit for thinking and saying it. Racial politics infects a lot of people, mostly liberals, and I’ve always thought he was more liberal than conservative.
Jaibones on January 12, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I just finished the press conference and you are putting words into his mouth and find that unseemly. He said the GOP (which is a part of, don’t ya know) needs to be careful of the perception of being anti-immigrant. He did not call the GOP bigoted.
terryannonline on January 12, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Why are so many here loyal to Bush but hate McCain? They’re the same person. And frankly Bush is more at fault for the Socialist-Elect than McCain. Not even any combination of Fred, Romney, and Palin would have won the election this year because of the damage to the Republican brand over the last 4 years.
The Dean on January 12, 2009 at 10:57 PM
There is no praise what so ever,that President Bush
discussed.Bush said,that Hopey has a loveing family,
and in that,Obama will certainly need them,to get
through the daily grind as President of the United
States of America!!!
Well thank God he doesn’t have small children at home who need him to be a parent first and a President second; what an unthoughtful cretin Obarfy is for doing that to his kids.
Bishop on January 12, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I still don’t get the racial stuff with Obama, he’s half-white for one thing. Grew up with his white grandparents and went to privileged schools. Exactly where is the Street Cred here?
jp on January 12, 2009 at 10:58 PM
You don’t elect a person to make history. You elect them to lead. History makes itself.
swash_plate on January 12, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Btw,when Hopey’s hand comes off the bible,he
will get the dignity as any POTUSA,as a visitor
here on H/A,I will call him President B.Obama!
And the ‘Hate’,maybe a dislike of politics,but
I imagine,that the ‘true hate’is really reserved
for the Jihadys!
Jus sayin:)
canopfor on January 12, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Yep. Well … We are through the looking glass, now. And it’s only going to get stranger.
I was trying to say nice things about Bush yesterday (as I genuinely liked the guy and appreciated the good things he did) but this press conference was just too much for me.
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 11:00 PM
My goodness! So the current president can’t say some nice words for the incoming president and how much he loves his family without being accused of being a full fledged supporter. What did you want Bush do? Slander Obama on national television? What’s wrong with you?
terryannonline on January 12, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Two things:
1. Almost all black Americans have some white blood–even those for whom it might not be visibly obvious (like me).
2. Don’t get caught up in the bogus idea that some sort of phantom “street cred” has anything to do with being black. The idea is a subset of Leftism. Don’t adopt it.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:01 PM
had McCain won, we’d have out of control, “Bush Derangement Syndrome”, related to all things including the War on Jihad, for another 4yrs.
Hehehehe…what do you call the last eight years? How long was that list of terrible things that Bush is now responsible for?
Bishop on January 12, 2009 at 11:02 PM
He earned that cred by soaking up racist propaganda from the white commie grandparents, his Che-wanna-be momma, muslim father and step father, radical friends, and crazy-ass preacher.
Don’t mind me. I’m mean, just ask Michelle about that.
Laura in Maryland on January 12, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Go back and listen to the “fairly or unfairly” part. It’s pretty clear what he was saying. But, I am putting words in his mouth that he did not say (with my bigot reference). I readily acknowledge that. If you go listen to Lady Lindsey’s “shut up all the bigots” remarks and compare them to what Bush was saying you’ll see where I made the leap.
I understand if you disagree with me, but there is no doubt in my mind.
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 11:04 PM
He caused my bunions and my plantar’s wart!
Laura in Maryland on January 12, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Like I said (and what you said)–”street cred” is a subset of Leftism.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:05 PM
The fact that the word “illegal” hasn’t come out of GWB’s or McCain’s or Graham’s mouth in years with regard to this topic makes your summation correct.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I pretty much have liked W, but…Terrible way to go out. Too much drama, not enough “presidential”
KCB on January 12, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I have no clue what you are talking about.
terryannonline on January 12, 2009 at 11:10 PM
He caused my bunions and my plantar’s wart!
Laura in Maryland on January 12, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Because of Bush’s failure to keep Cheney from operating the Oil Price Raising Lever© in the underground bunker, you probably walked to a few places when normally you would have taken a car.
Ergo, the foot maladies you describe were probably due to the extra wear and tear on your feet from walking, all because of Bush’s fascist Nazi scumbag Vice Chimperator raising oil prices.
You see….everything, yes I said EVERYTHING, is Bush’s fault.
Bishop on January 12, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Yep, and it trumps experience over there too.
Laura in Maryland on January 12, 2009 at 11:10 PM
ROFLMAO!
Laura in Maryland on January 12, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Thanks, baldilocks. Others disagree, but that just puts us right back to where we were during the shamnesty debate. They have learned well from the left – abuse/manipulate/destroy the language first, and then the ideas will fall in kind. It won’t work, though … at least I hope it won’t. But we’re all going to find out fairly soon, as this insane Congress gets to work on a new amnesty. Oh well.
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 11:14 PM
EVERYTHING, is Bush’s fault. – Bishop
Yup, right before the world is destroyed by an asteriod on Dec. 21st 2012, eveybody on the planet will look up, see the asteroid burning through the atmoshpere and collectively say “Phuqqing Bush”. Those will be the world’s last words just before it hits and wipes out all living creatures on Earth.
Tony737 on January 12, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Of course they’re lying. First McCain and now Bush. They need to tear them down, assume the worst and not give them the benefit of the doubt. This is disgusting behavior and it has been the near exclusive domain of the left.
It’s sickening to see people from our side using the left’s tactics against our own. You people disgust me.
wise_man on January 12, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Lady Lindsay Graham, speaking to La Raza, announced at the end of his speech that, “We’re gonna tell the bigots to shut up.” Go listen to his whole speech (given to “The Race”).
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 11:17 PM
where I made the leap.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Listen to the whole thing.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Oops. Messed up the html but click the link anyway.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:19 PM
What we’re talking about NOW. Not what someone else said May 08, 2007
wise_man on January 12, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Yup, right before the world is destroyed by an asteriod on Dec. 21st 2012, eveybody on the planet will look up, see the asteroid burning through the atmoshpere and collectively say “Phuqqing Bush”. Those will be the world’s last words just before it hits and wipes out all living creatures on Earth.
Tony737 on January 12, 2009 at 11:16 PM
In the best tradition of Chinese businessmen, I’m going to steal this and claim it as my own invention.
“Fu**ing Bush”…LOL, I guffawed so hard the dog started growling at me.
Bishop on January 12, 2009 at 11:22 PM
I don’t know why you refer to Lindsay Graham as “Lady,” so I wasn’t going to get that reference.
terryannonline on January 12, 2009 at 11:23 PM
It was no leap. Bush is the one that said “anti immigration” without the crucial “illegal” modifier. There’s only one reason he would do that.
FloatingRock on January 12, 2009 at 11:23 PM
No. Not being Ed or AP or Michelle, you don’t get to dictate the pattern of conversation.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:23 PM
That’s where I messed up the html. Those words are not mine; they belong to progressoverpeace.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Yes, I explained that. I am willing to make the leap to tie the two similar lines of reasoning (and the intentioanl abuse of the word “immigrant” to try and confuse people) together. You disagree. People can make up their own minds about what Bush was saying. But his talk of the need for Republican inclusiveness (as if conservative values should be identity-adjusted) made it all very plain. The “fairly or unfairly” should really seal it, but everyone will decide for himself/herself.
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Floating Rock, “where I made the leap” is part of the preceding quote in my comment at 11:18.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Sorry, terryann. It was just an artifact from the amnesty debates, and a little childish fun on my part.
progressoverpeace on January 12, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Senator Lindsey Graham is not in the linked video. Bush is speaking, and he’s mentioning Obama in ways that have absolutely zero to do with what you, baldilocks, progressoverpeace, madmonkphotog and anyone else in their demented minds is trying to connect to Graham.
Maybe we should all talk about how wonderful Bob Barr is. I get the feeling that the crazy here always comes back to idiotic comments such as ‘we need to destroy the GOP and start again’ or whatever this BS ends up as
wise_man on January 12, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Ah—sorry.
FloatingRock on January 12, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Alright. Well glad I wasn’t here for that.
terryannonline on January 12, 2009 at 11:31 PM
You can talk about whatever Ed, AP and Michelle allow you to talk about here. And as for being demented, one suspects that whenever McCain’s name is mentioned (as it is in the video), you will drop in to sling insults at the person who has the temerity to speak of your god in a less than complimentary manner.
Obamatons have nothing on you.
baldilocks on January 12, 2009 at 11:32 PM
“Fu**ing Bush”…LOL, I guffawed so hard the dog started growling at me. – Bishop
Good boy! Sic him Fluffy! :-)
Seriously, during Katrina, a lib co-worker of mine looked at the mess on tv, the flooded streets, people on rooftops, the looting, etc and actually said those words “Phuqqing BUSH!”
Tony737 on January 12, 2009 at 11:36 PM
I don’t get the caption.
toliver on January 12, 2009 at 11:37 PM
sod off. You’re as bad as the rest.
Lying
misrepresenting what I have said in the past
intentionally changing the subject
I have made myself clear on many occasions and you still lie about what I say and make this f*ked up ‘mccain is my god’ absolute BS.
You people are worse than liberals.
wise_man on January 12, 2009 at 11:42 PM
and now you all want to tear down Bush for the same reasons you had to do the same to mccain. As I said on a previous page:
It’s too bad that so many people here want so bad to trash him on the way out, with out regard to the facts. I don’t appreciate what they are doing to another human being, another republican and a small c conservative, and yes, he is a conservative. Because if they feel so free to do this, then who else will they trash next time? What other republican will be the focus of the hate from this site without any regard to the facts. And as I have mentioned, the facts are that McCain has never said anything negative about Palin, and Palin have never had anything but praise for McCain. Now that Palin is free of this supposed evil man, she could set the record straight and trash him if she beleive that any of this was true. But she hasn’t.
… and now you people feel the need to destroy bush. Lie about him. Trash him. dig up some quote from some other hated republican from a year and a half ago to connect this to Bush’s comment today.
My God, the truth isn’t something that you care about, is it? Worse than liberals
wise_man on January 12, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Then why in the hell are you still here?
FloatingRock on January 12, 2009 at 11:48 PM
I want a half-refund from Bush because he only did half of the job of the presidency.
He forgot the “explain yourself strongly and often” part.
(Permitting himself to be puppetized for 8 years by hostile yahoos… without much of a peep.)
As well as overlooking the “hold state functions to schmooze with the influential and demonstrate the crucial value of social contacts in a political system for building alliances to promote your agenda“.
A little late to wake up to the need, George.
profitsbeard on January 12, 2009 at 11:52 PM
If Bush had spoken like this throughout his Presidency, the country would be much better off.
He allowed the Left to control the debate, by essentialy staying silent and NOT FIGHTING BACK!
End result? We now have a Socialist President… and Bush was part of the problem….
Romeo13 on January 13, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Then please stop speaking to me and addressing my comments.
Via con Dios.
baldilocks on January 13, 2009 at 12:03 AM
It would probably be best if he did all of us that favor.
FloatingRock on January 13, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Go ahead, and find the “perfect person”. Have him run for office. Do you think he’d get elected? First off, he does not exist. Bush was flawed, yes, but far less than most men. Could you have stuck to your principles as strongly as he did, with the pressures you know he was under, not to mention the pressures you don’t know about? I somehow doubt that…have you ever bounced a check or gotten into a fistfight, or allowed your car insurance to lapse?
Most people couldn’t handle the simple stuff, and here we are picking nits at Bush, who handled most of the really big stuff quite well.
stonemeister on January 13, 2009 at 12:20 AM
All I hear is children bickering!
Turn it all off!
Ah!!!!
blatantblue on January 13, 2009 at 12:22 AM
George, come on home. The mood is set, the dice have been thrown. Tara is not going to be rebuilt.
Limerick on January 13, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Not the perfect person, but the one who will keep me and mine alive. I thought GWB was that person. But then I look at the border and my hometown of Los Angeles….
baldilocks on January 13, 2009 at 12:23 AM
IDK. Look, he wasn’t awesome as in “DUDE” awesome, but he wasn’t awful as in “DUDE” awful either.
Very pro-life.
Strong defense: Made the right call on Iraq’s surge, defended us in Afghanistan, disarmed Libya, has applied pressure on the Iranians and Koreans. Strengthened ties with Eastern Europe.
Good on tax cuts.
Some bad:
immigration,
TARP funding.
IDK some HotAirers here flip out on this guy. Wasn’t the best, wasn’t the worst.
Let us thank him for his service, for protecting us and being a source of strength after 9/11, but let us move forward knowing there is much work to be done.
blatantblue on January 13, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Oh, and got some good supreme court picks in there.
blatantblue on January 13, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Jamiel Shaw is not available for comment.
baldilocks on January 13, 2009 at 12:27 AM
I’ve seen this Bush before… it was shortly after 911, then it faded away till now.
Welp, it’s only downhill from now on.
♪♫ dah de dum de dum de dum ♪♫
Kini on January 13, 2009 at 12:30 AM
He strongly stuck to his principles? Which ones? The ones he himself says he “abandoned” or “chucked”?
FloatingRock on January 13, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Those without sin or have never fu@ked up anything, made mistakes, or have tried to lead a country in a time of war with a media, opposition political party, and entrenched bureaucrats against you ………..
……………… then, by all means, cast the first stone.
I have not agreed with President Bush on a number of policies……………
……… but I do believe he will be missed very shortly after he leaves office.
Very shortly………..
Seven Percent Solution on January 13, 2009 at 12:33 AM
What are you talking about? Bush was the one who decided what he wanted to say for his farewell. He decided to take an issue that so bitterly divided the GOP that it pretty much destroyed the party – by the results of the last election, “destruction” is a pretty apt description. I had thought that no one would rival Bill Clinton’s destruction of Democratic power during his tenure but Bush’s decimation of the GOP made Clinton look like a piker. And all while we’re in a major, and very dangerous, war, too.
I didn’t lie about him. My inference was right on, as any rational person will admit. Of course, one who intentionally uses the term “immigrants” to divert attention from the fact that it’s “illegal aliens” who are under discussion (and to conflate the two separate issues and confuse people) is a true abuser of language and intellectually dishonest.
“Dig up”? Please. We all know that quote. And when Bush referenced amnesty and the “anti-immigrant” attitude of Republicans (“fairly or unfairly” … LOL) he was going back to exactly that time. Blame him. That’s why Bush also said, elsewhere, that he should not have gone after Social Security reform to start his second term but should have tried to shove amnesty down our throats, instead (and, yes, I’m paraphrasing, so don’t get your panties n a bunch).
Truth is what it’s all about. Show me where I made an untrue statement (not including my bigot inference, since I made it perfectly clear right after that that was my word for Bush’s sentiments). That shouldn’t be too hard for you to do, as I’m supposed to be such a liar.
progressoverpeace on January 13, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Yup… and the Giants lost on purpose yesterday because they don’t want the distraction of being defending Super Bowl Champions for another season.
benny shakar on January 13, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Conservatives are supposed to “tear down” liberals like McCain and Bush. I wouldn’t have any interest in politics if not for opposing and eliminating liberalism. There would be no need for conservatives if there were no liberals the same way there would be no need for exterminators if there was no vermin.
The more conservatives tear down Bush now, the less they will have to hear “but, but I didn’t hear you complain when Bush [ insert Bush socialist precedent here ]“. Bush precedent will be used to sell most of the anti-American domestic agenda they are getting ready to shove down our throats.
Buddahpundit on January 13, 2009 at 12:35 AM
I will miss this dear well-intentioned man very much.
After 32 years of marriage to the love of my life with whom I often disagree, I want to thank President Bush with all my heart with whom I’ve also disagreed.
My former birthday was Sep 11. It is now THEIR day.
I’ll never forget the Tower jumpers and the anguish, the desperation of asking my husband, “Did we know anyone on that side of the Pentagon..then finding that Barbra Olsen had perished. And a local fellow heroicaly said “Let’s Roll”.
THANK YOU, DEAR PRESIDENT BUSH FOR KEEPING US SAFE ALL THESE YEARS.
May God bless you and your family.
YankeeinCA on January 13, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Um, we’re not talking about killing him or damning his soul to Hell. We’re just saying that he was less than stellar at his job in several areas.
I will miss him also because I do believe he has a good heart. That has no bearing on the the major disagreement in policy which I and many others have with him wrt to illegal immigration–a national security issue just as salient as Islamic terrorism.
Here’s hoping that Mexico’s narco-terrorists can be kept out (for the most part) and we are still able to keep saying that at least GWB kept us alive.
baldilocks on January 13, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Yes, BHO is going to be orders of magnitude worse. I am convinced that the US will not survive Obama, as a nation. That doesn’t chane my opinion about Bush, though. I’d rather have an empty chair in the Oval Office than BHO.
Just the idea that America could come to a point where we’d elect a marxist who was raised in Indonesia to the Presidency is still baffling. How did that happen and who is responsible for letting the left get so out of control like this?
progressoverpeace on January 13, 2009 at 12:43 AM
Blind mice, Seven. Libertarian madness. Best of luck to them as each individual Libertarian stands up for what is ‘right’ as the mob charges down the hill. They won’t have enough fingers to point out who is to blame.
Limerick on January 13, 2009 at 12:43 AM
Decades of planning went into this.
baldilocks on January 13, 2009 at 12:45 AM
what is a conservative? serious question…
equanimous on January 13, 2009 at 12:49 AM
It may be useful if a conservative think tank would draw up a point by point plan to counter decades of Saul Alinsky community activism. We can’t simply turn their own methods of undermining the underpinnings of the nation back against them, it would have to be made compatible with conservatism.
FloatingRock on January 13, 2009 at 12:55 AM
and a 45 second commute to his mother-in-law muahaha
- The Cat
P.S. He also was taking the wind out of Obama’s blame game.
MirCat on January 13, 2009 at 12:56 AM
this a joke right?
equanimous on January 13, 2009 at 12:57 AM
*snicker*
MirCat on January 13, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Yes, and the courts deserve the blame for most of the long-term deterioration, I think. But it seems to me that there were major changes at ground level, in our society, over the past 5 years that let it go to lunatic levels. Clearly, the credit crisis was the nail in the coffin for the last month running up to the election, but the whole campaign was insane.
I had, for a long time, written a lot of this off to latent shell-shock from 9/11, on a massive scale, but there was also the GOP lying down and never defending itself. To my mind, that display of weakness provoked the massive attack of idiocy from the left, and the sweeping wins they gained. Though that doesn’t explain everything, like Murtha being able to call his constituents bigots and idiots, and still cruise to victory. Weird stuff.
progressoverpeace on January 13, 2009 at 12:59 AM
I’m not joking at all. I see a dissolution of the US as a strong possibility, either through a massive amnesty and the effects of it or the destruction of the dollar – both of which BHO is working towards. I’m deadly serious.
progressoverpeace on January 13, 2009 at 1:01 AM
It means different things to different people but I think most agree that the founding principles of our nation is the root.
FloatingRock on January 13, 2009 at 1:02 AM
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