The Liberal Thread #2 - No Debate Please

[eclectics]

And so it begins in PA. I got my first campaign call. For Hillary.... from Governor Rendell no less! (not really, of course, it was a recording). I suspect it's going to get hot and heavy soon. I'm sure the Mailman will be cursing also, with all the Campaign Lit coming my way soon.

 

[chris1gill]

And so it begins in PA. I got my first campaign call. For Hillary.... from Governor Rendell no less! (not really, of course, it was a recording). I suspect it's going to get hot and heavy soon. I'm sure the Mailman will be cursing also, with all the Campaign Lit coming my way soon.

You must live in an important state.

 

[eclectics]

You must live in an important state.

Sadly, it will decide nothing, imho.

 

[chris1gill]

Sadly, it will decide nothing, imho.

Don't be so sure.... Something somewhere will decide something....

 

[Mugg Mann]

A McCain Gaffe in Jordan



My question is, wouldn't it had been easier to just call it a "Mcgaffe"?

Just trying to help out, carry on.

As somebody who always thought that "Yozen" was just as appropiate as "Frogurt" for Frozen Yogurt, the opposite of "McGaffe" would simply be known as "Gain".

For obvious reasons, yours works much better......

 

[MassJester]

To get back to the real problem-get a load of what Middle East Expert John McCain said yesterday:



can you imagine the outrage if Hillary or Obama had made that kind of a mistake???

And that's the best the Reps can do as the voice of experience. I'm sorry, but I don't think being physically present counts as either wisdom or hands on experience.

 

[Oreo Cookie]

I don't know if this has been posted, but I thought everyone might enjoy reading it.

This person needs a job. This individual seeks an executive position.
He will be available in January 2009, and is willing to relocate.
(Please don't skip the last section!)


RESUME

GEORGE W. BUSH

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington, DC 20520

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Law Enforcement:
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.

Military:
I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

College:
I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.

I began my career in the oil business in Midland Texas , in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.

I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.

With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.

I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.

I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history..

With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida , and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President of the United States, after losing by over 500,000 votes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.

I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.

I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.

I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.

I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market. In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues.

I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleezza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.

I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President.

I am the all-time U.S. and world record -holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.

My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. history, Enron.

My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my electi on decision.

I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history. I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.

I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.

I changed the U.S. policy to allow convict ed criminals to be awarded government contracts.

I appointed more convicted criminals to my administration than any President in U.S. history.

I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States Government.

I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.

I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Co mmission.

I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.

I refused to allow inspector's access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.

I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US election).

I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.

I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period. After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.

I garnered the most sympathy ever for the US. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.

I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the rec ord for protests against any person in the history of mankind.

I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. Citizens and the world community.

I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families in wartime.

In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends.

I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.

I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.

I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view.

All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review. I specified that my sealed documents will not be available for 50 years.


"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."--Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials

 

[eclectics]

I don't know if this has been posted, but I thought everyone might enjoy reading it.

It would be funny, but sadly, it's spot on....and what's even more unbelieveable is that some people actually think this man is some sort of hero.

 

[MassJester]

It would be funny, but sadly, it's spot on....and what's even more unbelieveable is that some people actually think this man is some sort of hero.

Speaks volumes about them, don't you think?

 

[Oreo Cookie]

It would be funny, but sadly, it's spot on....and what's even more unbelieveable is that some people actually think this man is some sort of hero.

I didn't mean it as a joke, I hope you didn't take it that way, but I enjoyed reading it because it really drives home the point about Bush, and why we're all so angered, disapoointed, and frustrated. There's a reason why change is so important in this election, and this resume is why.

 

[MassJester]

I didn't mean it as a joke, I hope you didn't take it that way, but I enjoyed reading it because it really drives home the point about Bush, and why we're all so angered, disapoointed, and frustrated. There's a reason why change is so important in this election, and this resume is why.

And it's certainly why 4 more years with Bush-Light cannot be a serious option.

 

[Oreo Cookie]

And it's certainly why 4 more years with Bush-Light cannot be a serious option.

So true, 4 more years is a scary thought!

 

[eclectics]

I didn't mean it as a joke, I hope you didn't take it that way, but I enjoyed reading it because it really drives home the point about Bush, and why we're all so angered, disapoointed, and frustrated. There's a reason why change is so important in this election, and this resume is why.

No, I didn't. It's just that most of these "lists" are meant to be humorous and this one was the sober stark truth of just exactly what this man has been all about. That's what I meant when I said "it would be funny".

 

[lovemygoofy]

Ya'll know what? I'm mad as hell. These shows talking do you remember when "shock and awe" started or five years later, the result just make me mad. Well actually I'm already pissy because the army screwed me today but the news is making it worse

For the last year or so Iraq/Afghanistain has been invisible but all of sudde it's everywhere. I see no mention of the tolls it has taken on military families, on the VA system, on the future VA system, and I sure do not see any reports about how we can sustain these numbers. I just keep seeing the fireworks and ohh awww of the pretty glow. I sure do not see a certain someone on an aircraft container declaring "WOOHOOO WE WON"


I do not see reports about how the US does not negotiate with terriorists but we are begging the likes of Al-Sadr to keep the peace in Iraq and how we are arming Shia militias to take up arms against the Sunni rebels.


I told someone today that the hallmark crochety lady, what's her name? Maxine? Well whatever, she should make a card "celebrating' someone's 1000th day of service in Iraq. I imagine it would be quiet humorous as she can be.


By the way, can someone please tell me why military members and their family should not get a say about what is going on? I mean we just volunteered for it right it's not like we should get a say in our life or anything

 

[MassJester]

By the way, can someone please tell me why military members and their family should not get a say about what is going on? I mean we just volunteered for it right it's not like we should get a say in our life or anything

Tina, your anger and frustration is completely justified. I hope your husband is returned home to you soon.

As far as having a say, well your thoughts are just as important as anybody else's and I hope you keep offering them.

 

[chris1gill]

Has anyone seen the actual footage of the McCain Gaffe? It's hysterical, I think Lieberman will now have to be his VP, without him, I don't know where he'd be....

 

[MassJester]

Has anyone seen the actual footage of the McCain Gaffe? It's hysterical, I think Lieberman will now have to be his VP, without him, I don't know where he'd be....

Just what we needed, another President who needs the facts whispered to him while he talks. They're a bunch of lesser Pinnochios.

 

[chris1gill]

Just what we needed, another President who needs the facts whispered to him while he talks. They're a bunch of lesser Pinnochios.

Here's the footage, it's the #1 Worst person in the world story, somewhere around a minute and a half in...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23699211#23699211

 

[MassJester]

Here's the footage, it's the #1 Worst person in the world story, somewhere around a minute and a half in...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23699211#23699211

Someone's got to tell Lieberman that we're not supposed to see his lips move when he manipulating the dummy.

 

[chris1gill]

Someone's got to tell Lieberman that we're not supposed to see his lips move when he manipulating the dummy.

Did you watch it? I thought it was hysterical.... and I agree, it would have been MUCH better not to see Lieberman's lips moving Sadly this man is running for President