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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:43 PM
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‘Mildly profane’ Bush ‘crashes’ Republican meeting on Iraq.
Fox News reports that “President Bush shocked Capitol Hill staffers and Republican leaders Monday when he crashed a meeting at the White House. … His message: the policy on Iraq isn’t changing. He is not backing down and no one on Capitol Hill should be confused into thinking he is letting up.”

Bush was described as “folksy, adamant and mildly profane” when he interrupted the meeting. “It was stunning. We couldn’t believe he came in,” said one aide in attendance. “We kept looking at each other, amazed he came in,” said another.


http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/17/mildly-profane-bush-crashes-republican-meeting-on-iraq/
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:45 PM
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1. “folksy, adamant and mildly profane” - and wildly insane. nt
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:46 PM
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5. And probably drunk.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:46 PM
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8. ROFL, 11B
see my comment(s) below :rofl:
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:11 PM
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37. Drunk?? This guy??





Surely you jest!!

This guy???


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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:22 PM
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48. Well, it does remind me of tales of the days...
when Britain's Foreign Secretary was George Brown, who, it is said, occasionally partook a little too much of the juice of the grape. In the 1960s, serious newspapers still did not like to say that a Cabinet Minister was drunk, so they would refer to him as being 'tired and emotional'!
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 02:28 PM
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82. "slightly psychotic"
"partially fucked up" :eyes:
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:45 PM
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2. wow, if that's the way Fox reported it, I'm betting the profanity wasn't
mild and that * was unhinged. Probably sloshed, too. :wow:
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:01 PM
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28. He was sweetly smiling as he called them motherfucking cocksuckers.
O8)
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:02 PM
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29. sure he wasn't just talking to the portraits?
:evilgrin:
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 07:19 PM
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63. Wrong. It was "cocksucking motherfuckers."
:rofl:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 09:40 PM
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75. But he said it in a way that made you want to have a beer with him! eom
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:45 PM
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3. he slipped his leash?
Someone had better call Darth. :sarcasm:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:46 PM
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7. lol he carved a key out of a bar of soap and got loose from the attic nt
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:52 PM
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16. They let him out to go potty and he got away.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:30 PM
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51. xultar ~ you always make me spill my water on the keys
:bounce:

Idiot Boy was drunk as usual.
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Madspirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:19 PM
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68. "They let him out to go potty and he got away."
:rofl:
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:46 PM
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4. he was drunk
I wish he would just admit it, he's on the bottle.... :beer:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:46 PM
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9. that was the "folksy" part, no doubt. nt
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:16 PM
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42. Bebe Rebozo, where ARE you when you're country needs you?
:rofl:
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:17 PM
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66. I loves me a good Bebe Rebozo joke.
:rofl:

:hi:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 09:32 PM
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74. Can you imagine how patient you'd have to be a friend to Nixon?
Edited on Tue Jul-17-07 09:44 PM by sfexpat2000
The man is a national treasure. Probably kept us out of New Zealand. He deserves a medal or a Cadillac or SOMETHING.

:rofl:
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 09:40 PM
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76. I've got it:
a REAL vicuna coat!

Or the rights to sell the taxidermied Checkers on eBay.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 12:42 PM
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78. OMG! Can you imagine how hard it was to be Nixon's DOG?
LOL
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:46 PM
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6. 1. thanks for posting this, as I was about to
:hi:

2. I don't get it. What do you suppose was so "amazing"?

the fucker was probably drunk :)
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:48 PM
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11. It was amazing as he is usually sleeping it off at that hour. nt
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:50 PM
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13. Amazing that he's now showing up where he's not invited
I'm sure this was meant to be a closed meeting.

How can they provide "candid opinions" with the president stumbling through the doors all the time?
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:56 PM
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21. hehehe
Chimpy trying to play "gotcha"?

:)
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:04 PM
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31. Barbinator failed in housebreaking him
I wonder if they had to have the carpets steam-cleaned in Kennebunkport after the summit? :sarcasm:
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tonkatoy57 Donating Member (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:20 PM
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47. That's what jumped out at me too
“It was stunning. We couldn’t believe he came in,” said one aide in attendance. “We kept looking at each other, amazed he came in,” said another.

Is this how far we've slipped? Is this the new normal.Being surprised the the motherfucking president of the United States would stop into a meeting of party leaders to talk about the most divisive and pressing issue of the day?

Has it become common wisdom that Bush is such a total bonehead and so far removed from the true levers of power that it's remarkable that he would join a policy meeting? It's really sad that a news organization (well, sorta)would assume their audience "just knows" that the president is so intellectually vapid as to be worse than useless in this type of meeting.

Other than that, it's kind of a strange article. It's like reading an article from Pravda during the Brezhnev days. You have to read between the lines to make out what's going on. I think it boils down to this; the president is by intellect and temperment wholly out of his depth, was knee crawling drunk when he crashed the meeting, is entering Nixonian talking-to-pictures territory, and most importantly Fox is just about to bail out on his sorry ass.
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 07:22 PM
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64. Agreed. This IS a very weird article. It hints of more than just Bush
coming into a meeting -- it reveals Bush as a total crackhead who surprises people by coming to a meeting! Pravda, indeed.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:47 PM
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10. Like "Lucky" Luciano breaking in on a meeting of Bugsy's crew.....
:crazy:
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Mandate My Ass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:48 PM
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12. Folksy? What'd he say "Fuck y'all and the hosses you rode in on"?
He's as folksy as a crack monkey that throws poo on everything and everyone in the room.
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:14 PM
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40. Per an Atrios commenter, what he REALLY said was...
"And ah just want tah say, anhybody who thinks were are leavin' Eyerack is just fuller poopies"
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:51 PM
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14. I wish someone would dish on what REALLY went on
Popping in on a meeting doesn't sound too shocking to me. It's all about the demeanor. I bet he was stark raving wacko with glowing red eyes.
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:53 PM
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17. "stark raving wacko with glowing red eyes"
Swamp Rat, I think you've just been paged. :-)
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fed-up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:55 PM
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20. BINGO! "stark raving wacko with glowing red eyes" nt
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:10 PM
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36. Froth and spittle
Oh, to be a fly on that wall.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:51 PM
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15. Leader of the Free World, ladies and gentlemen. Weep for us.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:54 PM
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18. he is loosing it, he is really loosing it.
Edited on Tue Jul-17-07 02:09 PM by alyce douglas
did he stomp on the floor with his feet. I want my war, I want my war, and nobody is going to tell me what to do!! He is loosing it.

Will someone please take him away to be appropriately assessed psychogically, he has some mental issues.
He is sick SOB. Really.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:54 PM
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19. Didn't Nixon start doing things like this towards the end?
Getting drunk, and then going out looking for people to
explain himself to?
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:57 PM
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22. yes, that is when Kissinger stepped in.
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:57 PM
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23. And nobody told him he wasn't invited
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:58 PM
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24. Anyone thinking "Paranoia"? He thinks his enemies are hiding and plotting.
In all the nooks and crannies of the White House.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:07 PM
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32. True - now he suspects that even his staffers are abandoning him
I wonder if he's suddenly entering the stalls in the restrooms at the White House to tell those there that he's not changing course.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:09 PM
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34. Yup
They're everywhere. Can't trust 'em. They think they can hold a meeting without ME?

I'll show 'em......
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:15 PM
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41. Plotting, making up shit, getting ready to spill the beans to reporters
and congress and all the other enemies of Bush's state.

Really, I think the man has gone stone cold nuts.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:59 PM
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25. "Whadda FUCK're you meeting bout wishout (BURPP!) me? Whad?? HIC!!!" nt
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 01:59 PM
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26. Off the wagon
We all know dry drunks who occasionally get wet...
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:01 PM
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27. Probably pissed out of his tiny mind too....
...
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verse18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:03 PM
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30. He reminds me of that one relative
That comes uninvited to parties drunk and belligerent. You smile, nod your head and humor them until the forget what they're talking about and move on.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 12:48 PM
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79. Exactly, the drunken uncle that everybody tries hard to ignore..n/t
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:08 PM
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33. his confusing "folksy" with "cussing up a storm" is a real insult ...
Edited on Tue Jul-17-07 02:12 PM by Lisa
... to everybody who wasn't born wealthy, and/or is from a rural area. I know plenty of people who were raised on farms and who may not have had much formal education, but would NEVER swear, put their feet on the table, or insult visitors the way Bush does. My mom always warned me that being one of the first people in my working-class family to get an advanced degree meant that it was even more important for me to remain dignified and respectful at all times no matter who I was talking to -- and that being crude would disgrace my parents and my university. Bush went to Andover, Yale, and Harvard -- my dad started working at age 14 and would have have been thrilled to have a chance to attend any one of those schools. If Bush has a problem with elitism, there are more thoughtful and compassionate ways of dealing with that than simply spurning anything he thinks is associated with East Coast intellectualism or aristocratic snobbery.

Bush's sham "folksy" act is condescending and feeds upon the worst stereotypes.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 02:45 AM
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77. A folksy impeachment would be nice.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 02:15 PM
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80. yes -- and a nice "down home" ol' "perp walk"! (n/t)
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 02:26 PM
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81. I'd be 'a pickin' and 'a grinnin'.
Oh, yeah. :hi:
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coco77 Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:09 PM
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35. What is wrong with these people?
they all seem to be afraid of one dumbmother fucker! I am tired of hearing this shit! They sit and let him get away with anything he wants while we all will be facing the consequences of his and cheney's actions in the future. REPUBLICONS HATE AMERICA! Where are the fucking men in this country, must women do all of the hard work and the truth talking.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:11 PM
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38. he is a sick SOB, he has got some mental issues, and he needs
to be called out on it. He is mentally unfit.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:18 PM
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45. President Cartman needs to meet this psychologist.
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:33 PM
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53. When are they going to realize that he's the Titanic...
and he's going to take them all down with him? Granted, they don't give a flying F for the Constitution or the people of this country. But, you'd think they'd care about their own, slimy hides.
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coco77 Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 04:18 PM
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61. A lot of them don't see it that way...
they will follow him anywhere because they hate one group or another in this country. They hate the same people that they want to fight their wars. THey will tell them "we must come together because we are at war" and once the war is over they reap all of the rewards and use a few to pretend that there is no racism,sexism or classism.

They also are very angry because they want all to fight for there freedoms but they love to take away others freedom. In the run up to the war all who didn't agree were suppose to shut up and they continue to say that because people used their right of free speech now they are responsible for all of the bush fuck ups.

They don't have any allies because they thought they knew everything and didn't want to listen to any of them. Now they are trying to frighten all of the European countries and are telling them it is in their best interest to follow their lead and the so called president of this country. They should all throw everything back in his and cheney's face and leak all of their lies. Fool me twice shame on you, Can't get fooled again. The dumb bastard!
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bunny planet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:13 PM
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39. Looks like forcing the debate on the war tonight is getting to Chimpy.
He's asserting his unitarily executive powers.
Please somebody leak the 'mildly profane' little hissy fit the Pretzeldent just had. Pretty please with impeachment sauce on top.
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coco77 Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:17 PM
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43. He is pulling out all of his old tricks again..
and they aren't working so, expect anything. They will do anything to stay in Iraq and try to convince everyone that america should stay there.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:19 PM
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46. I hate to say this, but even to the point, of killing more Americans
this dangerously unstable man must be reigned in. he is a threat to the American people.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:33 PM
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52. He is World Terrorist # 1

They have got to find a way to Nixon him out of the White House.
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coco77 Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 04:08 PM
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60. If you tell some people this..
they will refuse to believe this, they really think that he knows what he is doing just because he carries the label of president.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:18 PM
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44. I just sent this article to Keith, and hopefully will give some feedback.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:23 PM
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49. I really thought this was an Onion article
Imagine my surprise when I read further....

It's like we've all taken the green pill. :crazy:
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:24 PM
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50. I don't quite understand this one
How can he crash a meeting at his own headquarters? Did they have a meeting there he wasn't invited to?
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:34 PM
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54. LOL
Sounds like the "No Homers" club on the Simpsons :rofl:

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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 04:24 PM
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62. LOL
:rofl:
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:34 PM
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55. in later reports, it was said that presidents* breath set the curtains on fire.
:rofl:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:35 PM
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57. .......
:spray:
:rofl:
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:34 PM
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56. More Fuhrer worship from the Republican press
Edited on Tue Jul-17-07 02:35 PM by alcibiades_mystery
"Like, ohmygod! The super-cool President actually came into the room, folksy-ing and aswearin'! He's sooooooo hot."

These people are despicable.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 02:49 PM
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58. I went to Fox and got the entire article
Bush Surprises Senate Aides With Unexpected Interruption of White House Meeting
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

By Major Garrett and Trish Turner

WASHINGTON — President Bush shocked Capitol Hill staffers and Republican leaders Monday when he crashed a meeting at the White House to deliver a blunt message that he wasn't backing down on Iraq and Republicans need to understand that.

"It was stunning," said one GOP aide who attended the meeting. "We couldn't believe he came in."

"We kept looking at each other, amazed he came in," said another Republican aide.

Bush was described as folksy, adamant and mildly profane as he interrupted the meeting between senior White House communications staffers Tony Snow and Ed Gillespie and GOP leaders. His message: the policy on Iraq isn't changing. He is not backing down and no one on Capitol Hill should be confused into thinking he is letting up.

The interruption precedes what is expected to be an all-nighter in the Senate on Tuesday, ordered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as a way to protest GOP blocking tactics on moves to compel U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq.

"We're going to work on this amendment until we get an up or down vote on it," he said.

Senate Republican leaders, alerted to Reid's plans on Monday, said they have the votes to keep the president's surge policy in place, at least for now, and called Reid's up-all-night gambit a stunt that wouldn't change any minds.

Senior Democratic leadership aides acknowledged that Reid's all-nighter — complete with roll-away beds — is meant to draw public attention to GOP demands that any changes to Iraq policy carry a 60-vote majority.

"Is this a publicity stunt? Yes," a senior Democratic aide told FOX News. "This is the only way we know to highlight their complete ignorance of the will of the people!"

Republicans said they've applied that standard for months on Iraq policy changes and aren't about to change now, especially when recent GOP defections have given Democrats bipartisan majorities on troop drawdowns and other policy changes.

Reid will seek a test vote Wednesday on an amendment by Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan and Jack Reed of Rhode Island to begin troop withdrawals late this year and have most combat forces out of Iraq by spring 2008.

Republicans predict that amendment will fall well short of the 60 votes required and probably attract no more than 55 votes, possibly fewer. Other non-binding policy changes are expected as well, but nothing is expected to garner the required 60 votes.

"The much-discussed Republican revolt has yet to materialize," a senior GOP aide said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289504,00.html
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fed-up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 03:23 PM
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59. BINGO-This is the only way we know to highlight their complete ignorance of the will of the people!
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 07:57 PM
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65. Don't they mean "mildy insane"?
Well, maybe not so mild.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:19 PM
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67. More like smug, arrogant, bullheaded, crass, and highly embarassing.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:20 PM
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69. He offered them one of two envelopes
after he told them what he wanted.
The first one was a check for their service and the second was a compromising photo if they didn't accept the first.
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:22 PM
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70. "This is my fucking show you beotches...now suck on it."
"I'm the decider...!!1111"

It would be hi-larious if it weren't so sad and so lethal to so many in harm's way.

HELP US.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:23 PM
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71. What, it's the first time he joined their meeting?
and yeah, he was buzzin
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ProgressiveEconomist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:27 PM
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72. k&r. Oliver Stone must be revising his screenplay (for Gary Oldman as Dubya)
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:28 PM
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73. "What the fuck do you all think you're doing?"
'Oh sir, please cuss me out more!' Stupid sheep.
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