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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:04 PM
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Yet another strawman soundly defeated by our President!
Anyone catch this quote by Bush from today's press conference? Watch in amazement as the President mocks an unattributed, morally abhorrent position, with a "some people say" half-twist for good measure!

"Some people say, 'It's OK to condemn people to tyranny.' I don't believe it's OK to condemn people to tyranny, particularly those of us who live in the free societies."

What a shameless, intellectually lazy, fascist motherfucker. Is this twit capable of speaking more than 3 minutes without having to pull a strawman out of his ass?
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:06 PM
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1. now that you mention it, No he can't
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:06 PM
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2. Not only that, but it's bullshit.
Clearly *he* thinks it's perfect okay to "condemn people to tyranny," as long as they're not sitting on an oil field. What about North Korea??
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:07 PM
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3. Bush Quijote, tilting at straw windmills. nt
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:07 PM
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4. Never trust anyone who begins an argument with "Some people say" n/t
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genie_weenie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:27 PM
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20. Some people say
that your above statement is logical and should be heeded.

Personally I blame the sloppy human brain and it's slipshod ability to determine a sound and cogent argument. What a crappy design!
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:08 PM
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5. He is completely intellectually uncurious...a real troglodyte.
He doesn't know too much, doesn't want to know too much, and hates it when he's required to know even a little much. The polar opposite of Clinton in that regard.
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:09 PM
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6. Quick show of hands: Anyone in favor of condemning people to tyranny?
Anyone? Anyone at all?

Oh, please put your hand down, Mr. Vice-President. I'm only polling DU members.

-MR
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 04:10 PM
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25. Me! Me!
:sarcasm:

What an a-hole.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:09 PM
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7. In any case, when did it become his mission to protect everybody
from "tyranny". That dumb ass can't even eat a pretzel, where does he come off trying to sound like some half ass Gandhi knockoff?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:10 PM
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8. Just the other day I was saying to my daughter, "It's okay to condemn
people to tyranny." Thank gods Bush is around to help me see the error of my ways.

:eyes:
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:11 PM
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10. LOL! (eom)
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:12 PM
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11. lol
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:10 PM
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9. Some people say George Bush is a good man. I'm here to tell you he isn't!
:D
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:15 PM
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12. Some people say that we should cut the heads off of little, furry kittens.
(leaning forward, resting forearm on podium)

"I strongly disagree."

:eyes:
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:16 PM
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13. LOL
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1620rock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:17 PM
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15. Some people say....Umm, most people say that * is an asshole.
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rock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 04:06 PM
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22. Even his supporters
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:16 PM
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14. Thats very intellectually lazy
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:19 PM
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16. Thats Bush!
:D
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Master Mahon Donating Member (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:21 PM
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17. By us staying in Iraq
we are certainly condemming these people to tyranny AND anarchy!
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:23 PM
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18. Why do you hate America?
;-)
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:23 PM
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19. Some people hate America and say it's an evil country.
I'm here to tell you it isn't!
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 03:57 PM
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21. he learned that from Faux news
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Lusted4 Donating Member (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 04:08 PM
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23. A reporter should ask " who sir? so far
you are the only person I have ever heard say that.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 04:09 PM
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24. So wouldnt that make Bush a tyrant then?
We dont live in a free nation unless we have the right to denounce our leaders for fucking things up the way they have.
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wherewingstakedream Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 04:12 PM
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26. Well look over here asshole
Because with every new signing statement exempting yourself from law and each new election you steal America sinks deeper into tyranny. :nuke:
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bigmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 04:15 PM
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27. Isn't it strange that this is not a straw man declaration:
Some people in the Republican leadership think it's ok to cut up innocent little kittens, but I think it's wrong! Very wrong!
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