Can you feel it?

Today has been quite interesting.

Eyes are being opened all over the country.

Bush is standing there right in front of them buck naked.

Talk show hosts are stone silent. Aside from the usual assholes (Hannity and Rush), they are mostly mute. *crickets chirping*

The people defending * all sound like a bunch of maniacs. Either that, or they are smug assholes whose only defense is "Clarke is a liar".

Hell, I just watched Dan Abrams tear apart a Bush propagandist.

Can you feel it?

I keep telling my wife, "you are watching history being made, and that guy (Clarke) is about to bring that clueless pampered thing to his knees."

Overheard in coffee shops, restaurant, etc. I just hear little snippets of conversations (hate, asshole, etc used) and then the word Bush* inserted. I am old enough to have been around for quite a few elections, and I have not heard this kind of vitrol since Nixon.

edit - typo

But I feel like we've been through all this before.

We have to give to Kerry until he has at least half what Bush does to have any hope of winning.

And we all know what happened there.

And I really, really, really don't want to ruffle any feathers by saying this, but here goes:

Howard Dean had a bunch more money than Kerry, too.

But Dean didn't have the DNC nor was he a habitue on the hill.

Kerry has already taken on someone with a huge money lead who was seemingly unbeatable, and beaten him fairly soundly.

And he did it the same way he's beating Bush.

Kerry, with our help and the help of his other supporters should be about the business of "spending well" the truth!

The Truth well spent is PRICELESS!

Welcome to DU!

By letting the ugly truth about the WH idiots come out for free. You can't BUY this type of free advertisement for why they need to go!

The real power in this country has seen the havoc they brought upon us when they installed these guys. No amount of campaign cash can outdo a media that has turned. Dan Abrams' shredding of Barbara Comstock is a sign of things to come.

I kept waiting for Bush to be brought down. No matter what, he gets a pass. I have become so cynical, I don't know who I am anymore.

this stuff out of the media for a while. The fact that it didn't is very, very telling.

That sickly sweet smell just before lightning strikes.

Think there's a whole lot more to come. :)

the one thing for certain is this will make Joe Wilson's book that much harder to spin by the press/BushCo

when the media wakes up, it is over instantly

Bush might have to take a 60 day vacation this time :D

they are just waiting to see if they are going to be forced to acknowledge it.

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NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO REST ON ANYBODY'S LAURELS.

If they think WE don't care, THEY won't, either!

BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!

One big name and it's over.

Just waiting for the shockwaves to follow.

Come, we BBQ and watch the shift...;-)

Farenheight 911. Everything is building. If Bush does beat the odds and gets re-selected, he will be impeached. If he was smart, he'd lose this election and crawl back under the rock he came from.

Read my sigline dedicated to freepers everywhere:evilgrin:

had a good meeting of the minds with the checkout cashier at the grocery store. saw my first kerry bumpersticker today. tonite one of the very repuke docs i work for says the war was wrong and "the whole thing is f*cked up" and i was right about the war after all... yes, i feel it.

You'd walk out the door and see a few of known Democrats and they'd see you and we'd all just grin at each other.

that is the difference.

we have the courage to speak out, whether it's here, in chat rooms, on the street, with our families and at work and in public.

Let's support them all, loud and clear.

It's WORKING....

completes the puzzle

On today's washington journal, the repuke callers were saying how it was politically motivated and that Clarke is a liar. hahaha! So funny to hear them defending shrubnuts!

Just like every other DU moment like the precursor to the 2002 elections with the dreams of victory and every other "bush knew" moment posted here. I feel it but it is a hollow feeling.

big words for so little interaction.

But it is true what you say.

However, it's different now.

Republicans are turning on each other. Publically. This is a first.

Republican voters are turning on Bush in large numbers. This is a first.

Republican talk show hosts have shut the fuck up. This is a first.

It can only get better.

What is needed now is conviction and an alternative.

I see neither yet.

Hate is only the instigator.

Compassion will be the winner.

2002, weren't they. They used fake compassion and they won anyway. rotflmao.

We've been smacked around so many times just when we thought the bastards would have to pay for their crimes.

I will believe it when I hear the gavel fall on Bush's impeachment hearing.

If anyone that deserves it, it's Bush.

:hurts:

I just want * out so bad I can't stand it, I can't even begin to hope that this is the beginning of the end. Impeachment was just the first image that came to mind.

They can neutralize Clarke just like they did O'Neill. By November most Americans will have totally forgotten Clarke's points.

But, what I hope is that they go too far smearing Clarke and some friend of his still on the inside goes public to back him up on every point. Then I might just get the feeling!

9/11 testimony begins tomorrow.

Clarke is just reinforcing O'Neill.

Clarke was backed up by two of his staff.

O'Neill's claims were backed up. But that was privately.

The show begins tomorrow with Powell's testimony.

I think even if people have forgotten about this by August, there is this feeling i have that this cuts right into the heart of character and that's why the administration is so worried. I believe the damage has been done and no matter how they try to fix things they are unfix able. When voters go to the booth in November and they are not sure this will turn them against bush.

They will know go to plan b, which i believe is to sling mud at kerry and make it a mud fest, so as to make voter turnout as low as possible and hope that Nader takes enough votes away from kerry. This can all change but i think this is all possible.

wish I could feel it. Im on this cutting edge daily of pins and needles. Bush literally took our kid and is using him as cannon fodder in Iraq. I guess I feel this overwhelming sense of despondency that I wont see any justice, and havent seen any yet. I have seen snippets of things here and there but I am impatient. I want something to happen, nothing is happening. There is this great brick wall of lies we have been beating our heads against since 2000 and now I beat even stronger with a kid in Iraq, its a desperate beating, Im pounding my fists and shaking off a few bricks on the wall but who will be the big guns and blow the whole wall of lies down? Im not important, Im some 52 year old lady I dont have the money Soros has, I cant even find a job. I am spending my retirement monies calling lawyers and senators and congressmen to fight this and theres no one leading the charge , or saying Bush LIED and should be IMPEACHED
the outrage is simmering. I want to see it boil.
I wish I could feel change.

It seemed so weird to me, yesterday, watching 60 minutes and listening to this guy say things that to me (and us) are OLD NEWS.

It's like somebody saying "the sky is blue" and everybody going all hysterical about it.

WTF????

Why isn't he in jail? Why is he still in office? How many more crimes is he gonna commit before January 20th???

Why are we putting up with this shit?

Why is everybody ecstatic that he's merely going to be voted out in November?

He needs to be in jail. Yesterday!

You took the words out of my mouth. I want to see the whole stinkin lot of them go down, down, down. But here in the south, in my place of employment, we Dems are polishing our smirks for the first time in too damn long. God speed to your child in Iraq. May all of our men and women come home soon and safely.

I don't spend much time watching TV so I don't get to get a feel for this stuff.

But I'm very optimistic (not really my nature :)) that the continuing pile-on of revelations from ex Bush* staffers is taking its toll.

Condi and Cheney and whoever can come on TV and blame it all on lies but after the 3rd or 4th time people, even disconnected, apathetic people, start thinking... where there is smoke there is fire.

Eventually, if not now, certainly in the month to come - there will be a sea change. Bush* will no longer get the benefit of a doubt from most of the media, and most of the people. When this tipping point happens, Bush* will be over in literally days.

I am confident this will happen before the election. It will.

I just can't let my guard down until Bush is out! I would feel more confident about these developments if we were closer to the election.

cspan for one will carry them.


Just remembered -- NPR also.

I just checked their web site.

See ya'll tomorrow!

on T.V. tommorow, probably c-span early afternoon

He told her the only way you can talk off this book and all the points made in it is to say Clarke is lying about it all. He also pointed out that Clarke is a career person, not a politician.

It's all bullshit and anyone who is not in complete denial knows it. The trailer for Hardball actually compared the 9/11 commission reporting tomorrow to coverage of Watergate!

This is the beginning of the end.

House of Bush, House of Saud
O'Neill...
Clarke..


The cards are falling! The day has come!

this evening, talking animatedly about the "R"'s in his office and how FIRED UP they were after last night's "60 Minutes." They're saying aloud that they will either stay home or vote for Kerry on Election Day. DH doesn't discuss politics at the office, so he listened quietly, and told me this evening that he was shocked.

I agree with the "stone silence" of RW talk show hosts. They brought Crash Cart out for this? Let's face it, the big guns are out, and the book they're most afraid of hasn't even hit the shelves yet.

Julie

BTW catwoman... I CAN FEEL IT!!!

In the meantime, I believe that there was one more book due to come out by another "disgruntled" member of the * administration that they were even more afraid of. I can't remember the title or the author. Maybe I'll come up with it later :eyes:.

One thing's for sure, this book (and the 60 Minutes interview,) shook them to their core.

Go Richard Clarke, go.

Julie

My parents are retired "snowbirds" who go to FL for each winter. My mom is in a painting class down there with a bunch of other retired women. The area they are in is part of the "nowhere" section of the middle of the state -- hardly a bastion of extreme liberalism.

My mom told me that, out of her painting class, almost ALL of the people are staunchly anti-Bush. There might be one or two who are pro-Bush, but THEY are actually afraid to say anything out of fear of being torn apart by the rest of the group.

Remember, these people I'm talking about are seniors and retired people. The one thing you can count on them to do is VOTE. Don't look just at the media hype, but if you want to know the dissatisfaction sweeping the nation, look to groups like this, diners, lunch counters, etc. You'd be surprised that this kind of thing has been going on for quite some time.

Been afraid to even speak it aloud for fear of jinxing it, but I feel it! I smell TOAST burning. bu$h is going down like Sweet Sweet Connie in the back of the band bus!!

"Stay out the Bushes." (Why in HELL didn't we listen when our Cousins were telling us this?)

:bounce:
dbt

I'll feel it more if the poll numbers show it DID something.

inviting me to take a poll.

Thanks to Lynnesin who posted that link, asking for people to sign up to take his polls.

Forgot to check his latest numbers, but really it's all down hill from here.

Hell, even Alan Colmes showed his ass last night.

Alan Fucking Colmes.

Poor Hannity -- what's a Bushbot to do?? :D