Let.s see Bush and his daddy killed more Iraq.s than Saddam Hussien. At least his father didn’t try take over the place. Now daddy Bush friends are trying to clean up the mess left by his son. I say let’s give Saddam his old job back. We can even send Rumsfeld over to shake his hand again!

It’s up to the Republicans now. Will they start speaking out against Bush and demanding his resignation or will they allow this country to drift for the next two years?

If any Republican’s are listening, now is time for all great men to come to the aid of their country.

At least Bush’s “Stand & Bleed” Iraq policy will now change. Hopefully.

Gee, in the photo of the Current Occupant at a death memorial he almost looks as though he’s realizing he and his lies are responsible for about 1/2 million deaths and God know how many mutilations.  Or are his panties just bound up?

war for no good reason is murder.

what is going to happen to those massive military bases we built in iraq?

the damage is done. bush and co had to know there was a big chance theyd lose the elections. i believe this is all a sideshow. big deal. the democrats won the midterms.
more horror to follow.

It’ll be even better when the numbers drop below twenty percent.  That’ll signal that even the hardline rapturists (longing as they do for that promised flyaway and the chance to hang-out with guess who & where) are coming down to earth and actually paying atention to the here and now; and, for the time being at least, putting the pie-in-the-sky on hold.  And thus rational thinking will have prevailed over superstition.  Yeah!

I contributed more money to “World Can’t Wait” than any political campaign in my life. The slogan of the World Can’t Wait was DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME.  They placed a number of full paged ads in Sept and Oct and encouraged others to place ads also which they did. In addition they promoted many anti Bush Demonstrations. Undoubtedly they added to the anti Bush milleu. They have asked people for feed back and what the World can’t wait should do now to get rid of the Bushites NOW including the Democrat apologists and believers in Fascism lite.

This reflects my current thinking on politics as the art of the possible.

From: Lewis Beyman To: feedback at worldcantwait dot org Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:20 PM Subject:

What the World Can’t Wait needs to do!

What the world can’t wait needs to do is have a very sophisticated approach to the American political system.

The American political system is a very sophisticated system in which only the right and the far right have a chance to win. Look at the up coming presidential election. We are already being told by our “liberal” media that the spread of views allowable will be the “moderate” Republican John McCain and the “moderate” Democrat Hillary Clinton. The far left is represented by Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama both of whom advocate bombing Iran and undying support for Israel no matter what. And neither of whom promote a social program that has any chance of reducing the income/wealth divide or that actually promotes SOCIALIZED medicine (Not a weak kneed National Health Insurance program partly run by the Insurance Industry and big Pharma and maintains all of the private blood sucking institutions that make the system so corrupt and expensive as it now is).

So what does The World Can’t Wait do? Nudge the zeitgeist to the left. Refuse to accept any imperialist arguments and be sophisticated. When one of the mainstream creeps promotes a more progressive view support it. And when that view is reactionary mildly attack it and try to find someone to the left to support. Cindy Sheehan would be a good bet perhaps or their might be a need for a step in-between. Someone posted an article at Huffington Post on the desirability of a social ideology similar to Norway and Sweden, GOOD, publicize that blog as it makes some arguments that would be favorable toward socialism.

I at first was very disappointed at the results of the October 5 demonstrations and those very expensive ads. It seemed a complete flop. Small demonstrations with almost no media coverage. The entire left or what passes for left was/is incompetent! They refused to have a united effort and so on. YET THE ELECTION RESULTS were very significant. Not only was there a rejection of the Bushites but it was wide spread and many of the candidates that did win where actually slightly left of center. That helps change the zeitgeist.

BUT did the agitation of World Can’t Wait have any impact? I think it did. It allowed a wider discussion and actually after thinking about it those very expensive ads probably worked to broaden the dialogue.

We need now a very expensive anti-imperialist campaign with all types of discussion including an attack on reactionary right wing religion of all types and an argument for socialized medicine which would be an argument for socialism in disguise. Michael Moore is making a movie on our stupid health system. We should be out there with the facts and figures to back him up and to say why socialized medicine would be better.

We should have ads that back up socialized medicine. We should have ads to back up Ethical Humanism or attack right wing religion. We should have ads to attack capitalist imperialism ---and attacking Dick Cheney would be a great attack on capitalist imperialism. It should be made clear that corruption and capitalism are synonymous. The Bushites are just wonderful because they have their fingers in every pot and are ultra corrupt!

Anyone that really thinks Bush is willing to change his tactics anywhere is hopelessly naive. Bush praised Donald Rumsfeld at every stop during his unsuccessful political barn-storming the last week before the election.

One day he praised Donnie the next he announced a Change to R. Gates. That is no change what-so-ever.

The Gates appointment was contrived as a means to assure that the Democrats will continue funding the war in Iraq. If they fall for this thinly disguised ruse they may find themselves losing in the 2008 race.

Lets just hope they can all keep him in check for the next 2 years and minimize any more damage.  If we can get through the next 2 years without any more major crises (real or manufactured), we can really turn things around in 2008 and hopefully get this country back on track.

Keep the faith.

Sad isn’t it? Still he has more support than some of our “better” presidents. Are we in the U.S. this delusional? Is it apathy? greed?

If ya want apologies guys why not ask for em from those who voted for this administration? Not once but twice!

I agree that the “followers” after 9/11 are knee jerk reactionaries or political patsies. It would have been nice if they too had lost their elections (preferably in the primary races).

Personally I hold nearly all of the congressional representatives responsible for not doing their job holding the executive branch in check. Worse, handing him his legislation on a silver platter (I believe Bush has yet to veto anything). I’m sorry but apologies just won’t do.

B

http://b-political.blogspot.com/

Tom Patterson writes “I’m waiting to hear from those who wholehearedly supported the war (including many Republicans and Demcrats still in Congress) an apology for the shaming of those who protested its inception.”

Very well said. Will Charles Schumer please stand up to explain your war loving rhetorics.

And this with the corporate media still sending up smoke screens to cover for these yahoos.  A little fresh air from investigative hearings might go a long way toward helping people grasp the true nature of BushCo’s brand of imperial capitalism.

Probably part of this new Bush support drop is many Republicans who feel that Bush let their party down. His last minute lie that Rumsfeld was doing a “fantastic job”, when he knew that Rumsfeld was soon to go not only hurt Republican chances last week, but proved the ease at which Bush lies to public routinely about many matters.

Compared to both Abraham Lincoln, and Jimmy Carter who probably made the best attempts at being honest and straightforward with the public of any presidents, this routine lying to the public by Bush is absolutely awful and not what most persons want to hear from a president.

Bush’s approval rating should be in negative digits: What has he done for us (US) lately? Are we better of than 6 years ago--NO! Health care-10%; Deficit-25%; balance of trade -33%; Lobbyists +100% Cheney, who advises Bush, hides somewhere and causes corruption in Iraq by seeing to it that Heliburton gets all of the re-construction work. A six pack of coke for our troops for $25: ask Cheney why! They are both crooks, inept, single focused (Iraq) and the poison (Executive Branch) needs to be cleared out with a fireman’s hose now!! Get ‘em Democrats. It’s about time!!!

Yeah, and here’s some of the reasons why he’s so low

Top Ten Cloves: Reasons President Bush Believes GOP Lost The Midterm Elections
http://puregarlic.blogspot.com/2006/11/top-ten-cloves- reasons-president-bush.html
5. We didn’t do anything wrong, it was just one of those “Ek-A-Lec-Tic” voting things

Peace
JTD

What amazes me is that 31% of those polled still approve of Bush.

In the recent book about corporate psychopaths called “Snakes in Suits”, the author mentions the “Rule of Thirds”.

When confronted with a psychopath,

- one third will approve of him,
- one third will be repulsed and
- one third will sit on the fence and wait for some kind of evidence.

After he has proven himself to be dangerous character that he is,

- the third that were repulsed by him will be vindicated,
- the third who were unsure will come out against him, but - and here’s the kicker
- the one third who approved of him will STILL approve.

31% is pretty close to 1/3.

If Bush’s popularity plunge is because people disapprove of his “handling” of the war in Iraq, then I’d say we’re in no better shape, and have no more clarity than before the war.  If the military had had a swift and clear victory, my gut tells me many folks would be just fine with the invasion in the first place--and wouldn’t be acting as if they’d just found their conscience.

I’m waiting to hear from those who wholehearedly supported the war (including many Republicans and Demcrats still in Congress) an apology for the shaming of those who protested its inception.  My guess is, however, that it will never happen.  Instead, I think they’ll hope no one remembers their complicity in what was, from the beginning, an obvious sham, with far-reaching consequences and tragic loss of life across the board.