a crank’s progress

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1. CitizenBoo wrote:

   It is any wonder then that the next big bump he expects is from Iran? The big question is, of course, will Americans fall for it.

   I swear to G-d, I think Dick Cheney’s motto is “Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people”

   Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 2:56 PM | Permalink
2. Rockwell wrote:

   No hyperbole… he is the worst president ever.

   But with his self-proclaimed powers he keeps compounding the problems he has set in motion. Cheney is basically saying: “We dare you to try to stop us.”

   Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 8:58 PM | Permalink
3. paul wrote:

   The next two years may be a rocky ride. He and his handler(s) won’t want to give up a bit of power. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there isn’t some effort to suspend or vacate the 2008 election in the name of “national security.”

   Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 9:24 PM | Permalink
4. John wrote:

   Yikes, Paul! :-o

   That is a grim graph, although it’s impossible to say what would’ve happened if there’d been no war. Simple extrapolation may not apply.

   But I’m not defending Dubya, surely the Worst. President. Ever.

   Dare I blame Dick Cheney? At the very least he aided and abetted.

   Friday, January 26, 2007 at 5:22 PM | Permalink
5. paul wrote:

   well, yeah, we shouldn’t extrapolate but we can ;-)

   Seriously, other than cutting taxes for his club, what else was he going to do? Osama has gotten him more than a single line in the history books — all he would have deserved. We’re not talking about someone who possessed the power to surprise us: this is the monkey to Cheney’s organ grinder.

   Friday, January 26, 2007 at 7:03 PM | Permalink
6. John wrote:

   I don’t disagree.

   Friday, January 26, 2007 at 7:10 PM | Permalink
7. Dave Burton wrote:

   If, after 9-11-2001, President Bush had promised the nation that he would take the fight to the enemy, ensure that there would be NO more successful terrorist attacks on U.S. soil for at least half a decade, thwart the nuclear ambitions of two murderous Middle Eastern dictators, and lose fewer than 5000 American soldiers in the process, everyone would have have called him absurdly optimistic at best, and more likely nuts. But, in fact, he did ALL those things, while setting a refreshing example of personal rectitude, and helping to maintain a strong American economy.

   He has always put America’s good ahead of his own popularity. The result is that America is better off because of his leadership, and his own popularity is in the dumps. Nevertheless, I believe that George W. Bush will go down in history as one of America’s greatest presidents.

   -Dave Burton
   Cary, NC

   Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 7:10 PM | Permalink
8. paul wrote:

   Well, I hate to burst your bubble but it took having a inept doofus like GW Bush in office to provoke an attack like 9/11/2001.

   As for the loss of fewer than 5,000 soldiers, it sounds like you’re willing to sacrifice 1,700 more young men and women than we have lost so far: for what? We’re asking these folks to keep on paying, in blood, for something we already achieved. Saddam Hussein is out of power, dead. Elections have been held and a government has been formed. Why are our troops still there? And why are you willing to see 1,700 more killed?

   And for his “personal rectitude” the jury is very much out on that score: I suspect we’ll learn a lot more about daily life inside the Bush Bubble between now and Jan 20, 2009, and a bit more afterwards.

   I don’t know how you dead-enders, you in the 28% who still think this president is competent, sleep at night.

   Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 8:10 PM | Permalink

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