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SBD · Admiral Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 1022

Bush has really lost his mind and I think his father has taken over the Presidency. The downhill spiral started when Sandy Burglar got away destroying 911 records from the archive. The spiral continued a couple months ago when the truth finally came out about the Plame Game and instead of holding Powell and others to task, Bush said and did nothing.

Now, a few days before a critical election, Bush lied when told the media Rumsfield was not going anywhere. Instead of firing Rumsfield before the election which might have helped the final outcome, he announed it the day after a Republican major election defeat. He should have given Nancy Pelosi a tour of the White House while he was at it so she knows how to get around the place just in case she tries to impeach him and Cheney as well. The tale between his legs couldn't go up any further anyways.

Just when you think Republican Conservative voters could finally get up from under their rock, Bush throws a boulder at them and squashes them completely by nominating Robert Gates to run the Pentagon. Well, now we're mad and Bush better watch out because Conservatives are now mad as hell and are not going to let Bush Senior take over the country again.

BTW, this is the same Gates involved in Iran-Contra. Doesn't Bush have enough problems that he now wants to add Iran Contra to the pile too. The current President Bush policy has been thrown away and daddy is going to fix it for him by doing what he does best which is the policy of appeasement starting with Iran.

If you don't believe me, just read the Council on Foreign Relations Report below that was co-chaired by none other than Robert Gates.

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SBD · Admiral Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 1022

Looks like I'm not the only one who sees what's happening.

Anker-Klanker · Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject:

Unbelievable! I've always operated from the philosophy that one should not abandon ship, when sharks are circling the ship, unless and until you're sure that lifeboats are at the ready and in the water - even if the ship is a rust bucket.

When for whatever the reason the American electorate handed most of the reins of power to the Democrats last week, WE LOST. Things changed, and radically. That situation is locked-in for at least two years. And the current situtation is going to require compromises on some issues, unless the issue is better left at gridlock. (I, for one, am not willing to let our servicepeople in Iraq become the pawns of a political gridlock.)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but G.W. Bush heads the only branch of Government that remains in any way in right-of-center hands - both houses of Congress have flipped, and the Court is better but still in liberal control.

Discontents can firmly resolve to never vote for G.W. Bush again, of course (and the rest of us will have no choice but to go along). But in the meantime, he is our President for the next two years - unless impeached (which would move Pelosi one step closer to being the President).

So to those who've decided that now is the time to show BDS from the right, what is the responsible alternative? What is your recommendation? Do you honestly think that trash-talking Bush is in any way going to help him to beat back the liberal left's initiatives in the next two years? Endless b****ing may be therapeutic for the individual, but it doesn't solve anything real, and it damned sure can hurt.

kate · Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject:

Gates' nomination sure has lit up some heated discussions on internet forums & blogs. Much speculation, but, the only one that really knows the intent, is W. Saw one comment that this could be a trojan horse,, also that W made the Rummy decision back in September, and that it would have happened whichever way the election went

Gates will be heavily involved with implementing the recommendations of the Baker/Hamilton Iraq Study Group. Baker/Hamilton were to do a conference call with Tony Blair to get his persepective.....

Well Tony Blair, John Howard, and Romania's President, have all gone on record (after the election) as vowing to keep troops in Iraq untill they could handle their own security. It wouldn't seem that with other world leaders saying that they are staying, that the US would be doing a cut/run.

Mayhaps W chose Gates precisely because of the long standing ties, as someone he could trust. Will have to wait and see how W plays this hand out..
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homesteader · PO3 Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 294 Location: wisconsin

skerry and the libs are still whining about 60,000 votes in Ohio in '94. Well 60,000 votes in '06 would have kept the Senate in GOP hands and even increased the majority in the House. But that is not how conservatibe think and behave. There are no demands for recounts, no threats of law-suits, no stories of vote tampering and voter intimidation. We lick our wounds, shake ourselves off, assess the situation and and move on. We did that when Bubba won two elections with less than 50% of the vote and eventually took both houses.

There is plenty to be dissatisfied with regarding the squandering of the opportunity by the GOP while they had the majority but it would be a mistake to over react to the last election by abandoning the President altogether. The Dem hold on the Senate is fragile and the House has become even more conservative. With some finesse on the part of the President a more conservative coalition may hold sway. W is pragmatic and is not obsessed with his legacy rather is focused on the doable.

We may be surprised to see less damage being done than when we had Chaffee and Jefferds and the like obstructing things. What the President needs is some confidence that we will not turn a razor thin minority status into a route of our principles by jumping ship.