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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 04:48 PM
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Are there any respected world leaders that actually LIKE Bush?
Many act nice in public (obviously) but are there any that aren't giggling with the others at his expense when he leaves the room?
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 04:52 PM
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1. there are no respected world leaders that actually LIKE Bush
Edited on Sat Jan-15-05 04:59 PM by auntAgonist
not if they want to continue to be respected. just my never to be humble opinion of course.

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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 04:54 PM
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2. Don't forget Poland!
Edited on Sat Jan-15-05 04:54 PM by Pacifist Patriot
*chuckle* Had to say that. My real answer? No!
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baby_bear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 04:58 PM
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3. Probably Berlusconi of Italy
They seem to be from the same piece of cloth, as my grandmother would say.

b_b
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:03 PM
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5. Mussolini would have.
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:28 PM
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13. And you know what happened to him!! Any live leaders??
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TwentyFive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:36 PM
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14. No - but I'll bet some dead ones are looking up from the fires of Hell
and smiling that Bush is carrying their legacy of starting wars, killing & torturing people, destroying the environment, taking away civil liberties, etc.
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:28 AM
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35. It's REVOLTING... he's evil incarnate
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:26 PM
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31. Berlusconi would
the media mogul PM of Italy.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 10:00 PM
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33. There you go you just reminded me, Rupert
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dutchdoctor Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:58 PM
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16. Yeah you're making a lot of sense
If all leaders in the world hate this guy (not to mention all the PEOPLE in the world and half of the American population) then they're probably all wrong and * is right... suuuuure!

By the way: just out of curiousity, now that it has become painfully clear that Saddam had no WMDs or even WMD programs meaning that the invasion of Iraq was based on a lie, do you think anyone in the world actually has any reason to trust or like this idiot???
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meppie-meppie not Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:04 PM
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17. nope n/t
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:04 PM
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6. You know, there may be some who "like" him casually, as in the affable
fool. I suspect most realize he is a front man who has been recruited, used and tooled by his own belief in his "mission"...

Unfortunately, the handlers are pros.



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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:08 PM
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7. I imagine something like this:
Edited on Sat Jan-15-05 05:15 PM by ocelot
Chirac: Alors, did you hear what that homme stupide said the other day?
Aznar: Hahahaha! Si, he is muy ridiculo. Vladimir, he is un bufon, no?
Putin: Da. If he calls me "Pootie-Poot" once more, I call old KGB friends and...
Schroeder: Achtung, er kommt!
Bush enters.
Schroeder: Hahahaha! Guten Tag, Herr President. So nice to see you again!
Bush: Hey, everybody! Pootie-Poot, Jack, s'nice to see y'all. How about them WMDs, never did find 'em, ain't that a bitch? Hahahaha! Well, shit happens, don't it? Hahahaha! See y'all at the next summit!
Bush exits.
Chirac: Mon Dieu.
Putin. I call KGB now.
Aznar: How you say "tool" in Ingles?


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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:21 PM
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30. OK, LOL, that made me laugh....
Putin. I call KGB now.

LOL
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alexisfree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 02:13 PM
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38. lol....
very good acting skills you have...
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JohnLocke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 02:19 PM
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40. LOL (nt).
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candle_bright Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:09 PM
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8. Yes
I can think of a few. John Howard, Tony Blair, Silvio Berlusconi, and Junichiro Koizumi. None of us know what relations are like behind the scenes, but it appears these leaders like him.
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Laurab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:18 PM
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12. Tony Blair had better wake up
he was quite close to Clinton, and I think they were genuinely friends. I have a hard time believing he actually likes * - I think he felt he had to go along, for some political reason which I will never really understand. I'm thinking he was bullied myself. I think he will like * less when he finds himself on the unemployment line because of the choices he has made. It appears the British are not quite as dumb as many Americans, and I believe he has done great damage to his own political future. Of course, maybe shrubby can appoint him to something when his own country fires him...
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meppie-meppie not Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:15 PM
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20. Tony is a very strong catholic, his piety finds good company
with the little turds' self righteous, holier than thou attitude. That is one of the key motivators drawing them together and which has facilitated Tony developing such trust in the resident creep (which is really obtuse when one contemplates the notion of developing a trusting relationship with a rattle snake). :shrug:
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Laurab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:48 PM
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24. I know a lot of very strong catholics
Who disagree very strongly with what the "little turd" (that's catchy), is doing and has done. I am what I call a "recovering catholic" - I left the church long ago because of it's hypocrisy and it's big-business appearance, among other things. I guess the major one being that I believe in a loving God, not a punishing, cruel one.

That being said, I can't believe that the catholic church (aside from its anti-abortion stand), would condone much of what has been done in the name of God. Of course there are the other very strong catholics who do have the "self-righteous, holier-than-thou attitude", and in my experience, those have been the ones who least practiced any kind of "christian" behavior in their daily lives. I think fundamentalism of any kind is quite dangerous. I like people who walk the walk, not those who talk (or should I say shout) the talk.

If Tony Blair is an example of a very strong catholic, he's giving the church a worse name than its already given itself.
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meppie-meppie not Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 02:01 PM
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36. you are right on every single point! Tony considers himself the
"ye old great christian" just like "wee turd" and just like turd they are both hypocrites and spew a christian dogma but sure don't walk it! TY for putting into words what I wanted to but a brain fart wouldn't allow me :-) :yourock:
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:07 PM
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29. The Pope is a very strong Catholic
and finds Bush repulsive.

I highly doubt Blair's Catholicism has a friggin' thing to do with his support of the Iraq war. And I haven't seen much of anything else Blair supports Bush on.
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meppie-meppie not Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 02:08 PM
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37. I wasn't talking about Tony's catholicism justifying his support of
the war, I was referring to his "christian faith" as one of the common denominators that helped forged the existing relationship he has with baby turd. I think Tony plays a lot of mind BS with himself so he'll never consciously admit that the real reason for his support of the war is so he can partake in the spoils of the war and get his piece of pie. It's all greed but he'll never admit that!
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:10 PM
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9. Define "respected"
:evilgrin:
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KaliTracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:16 PM
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11. your cat has my son's name *grin* n/t
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:11 PM
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19. Sure, but is your son fluffy :)
:evilgrin:
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KaliTracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 07:23 PM
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26. no, but's he's almost as cute...


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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 07:55 PM
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27. Indeed he is.
He probably doesn't tear stuff up like Quinn does either . . . then again, he might :)
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KaliTracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 10:34 PM
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34. h just turned 5. he might be in the running there... *grin* n/t
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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:12 PM
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10. No - I don't think they are giggling. They are scared of what the idiot
Edited on Sat Jan-15-05 05:14 PM by neweurope
and his gang might do to us all. They cannot take him seriously. They must feel repulsed. But giggle? No. There's too much at stake.

edit: Loved that, ocelote :bounce:



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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!
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dutchdoctor Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 05:51 PM
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15. Don't forget the Dutch prime minister! (Bush did)
It seems that our beloved Jan Peter Balkenende worships the ground * walks on even though * couldn't remember his name on their first meeting.
Since Dutch television was allowed to be present when they met, everyone in Holland was able to see the scene unfold:
Balkenende: "Hello Mr President"
Bush: "Hello....uhhhh.........Friend!" Then the chimp realizes that this is pretty painful, so he guesses this guy must be from Europe, and follows up with: "You are truly one of the great leaders of Europe"

Um, sorry Mr President, Balkenende's greatness in Europe is about as legendary as yours is in the U.S!

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bipolarity1 Donating Member (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:08 PM
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18. Tony Blair
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:19 PM
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22. OMG you ARE KIDDING right?
Tony Blair of all people knows what an incompetent piece of SHIT Bush is
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:24 PM
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23. You mispelled his name, its BLIAR
Hes about as respected as margaret thatcher these days. (read: not very).
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:55 PM
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25. No, you're wrong there.
It's documented that the Blairs can't bear the Bushes. Way back to the beginning of the Chimp's first stint in the White House. I remember an article in the Guardian about it where the members of the British press accompanying the Bliars were discussing how the Bliars hated the thought of having to spend time around Chimp and Pickles, whom they thought were dull, ignorant and stupid.

It begs the question, though, of what Bliar is doing supporting the disgusting actions of a man for whom he has no respect. Be easy to blame it on religion but Bliar, although seemingly a committed Christian, is far from being an idiot. We have an election next year and he'll pay for his actions then.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 06:17 PM
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21. his own staff thinks he's a moron
can you imagine what they REALLY think when they hear him speak? When they have to listen to his "input" in meetings?
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pdxmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:03 PM
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28. Pooty-Poot maybe?
n/t
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 09:28 PM
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32. Bill Clinton...no longer a world leader.
Edited on Sat Jan-15-05 09:29 PM by Ladyhawk
But he said he liked *. I've never been a huge fan of Clinton's, but :wtf: This is yet another example of why DLC-approved Dems need to be left behind.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 02:18 PM
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39. IF they like him, then they are not respected
example blair

so i guess i would have to say no
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