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[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
George H.W. Bush had the guts to fly combat missions in the Pacific during WWII, but he got painted as the wimp and Reagan got painted as the warrior, probably because Reagan pounded on a table at the right time and said, "I'm paying for this microphone, Mr. Bush." It's all about the pose.

Actually, during a dispute over whether the other Republican primary candidates could participate in what was supposed to have been a one-on-one between Reagan and Bush in 1980, he yelled "I'm paying for this microphone, Mr. Green!" at the moderator. Whose actual name was Breen.

Plus, you forgot to mention how goofy Michael "Michael" Dukakis looked in that tank in 1988. What a loser.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
With all respect, because you know that I love you like the sister who starred in Woody Allen movies that I never had, the notion that Democratic candidates don't have the "guts" to do what it takes is the biggest stinking pile of horseshit it's been my displeasure to smell lately. It's a political pose that has nothing to do with policy choices and everything to do with getting elected. Republicans sell this bullshit because it works, not because it's "unpopular." Until recently, Republicans liked to remind people that it was Democrats who'd gotten the United States into every war this century. George McGovern had the guts to climb into a B-24 and fly combat missions that lots of people didn't come home from. John Kerry had the guts to volunteer for duty in Vietnam when Dick Cheney was getting student deferments and George W. Bush was skipping out on flying jets over the Gulf of Mexico so he could work on Republican presidential campaigns. Say what you will about either one's failings, but lack of guts are not among them.

Ronald Reagan had the guts to act in movies during World War II, and then to "do what it takes" to protect the country by invading Grenada and withdrawing troops from Lebanon after a barracks full of Marines got killed. George H.W. Bush had the guts to fly combat missions in the Pacific during WWII, but he got painted as the wimp and Reagan got painted as the warrior, probably because Reagan pounded on a table at the right time and said, "I'm paying for this microphone, Mr. Bush." It's all about the pose.

So now you have wannabes like Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani outdoing themselves to prove that they'd have the guts to torture prisoners, while the GOP has decided that the war hero who actually withstood torture isn't their man. And Republicans are swooning over Fred Thomson because he can play a general in a movie.

How many Americans will die in Iraq because George W. Bush doesn't have the guts to face the fact that he screwed up?

CARNAC: The cries of an Iraqi child trapped beneath a pile of rubble; the sane voice of Richard Clarke in the Bush administration before 9/11; prayers to God.

ED McMAHON: The cries of an Iraqi child trapped beneath a pile of rubble; the sane voice of Richard Clarke in the Bush administration before 9/11; prayers to God?

(Carnac opens the envelope and pulls out the card.)

CARNAC: Name three things that go unheard.

ED McMAHON: Right on, Carnac. Right on. We are alone in the universe, absolutely.


http://www.mcsweeneys.net/

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
With all respect, because you know that I love you like the sister who starred in Woody Allen movies that I never had, the notion that Democratic candidates don't have the "guts" to do what it takes is the biggest stinking pile of horseshit it's been my displeasure to smell lately. It's a political pose that has nothing to do with policy choices and everything to do with getting elected. Republicans sell this bullshit because it works, not because it's "unpopular." Until recently, Republicans liked to remind people that it was Democrats who'd gotten the United States into every war this century. George McGovern had the guts to climb into a B-24 and fly combat missions that lots of people didn't come home from. John Kerry had the guts to volunteer for duty in Vietnam when Dick Cheney was getting student deferments and George W. Bush was skipping out on flying jets over the Gulf of Mexico so he could work on Republican presidential campaigns. Say what you will about either one's failings, but lack of guts are not among them.

Ronald Reagan had the guts to act in movies during World War II, and then to "do what it takes" to protect the country by invading Grenada and withdrawing troops from Lebanon after a barracks full of Marines got killed. George H.W. Bush had the guts to fly combat missions in the Pacific during WWII, but he got painted as the wimp and Reagan got painted as the warrior, probably because Reagan pounded on a table at the right time and said, "I'm paying for this microphone, Mr. Bush." It's all about the pose.

So now you have wannabes like Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani outdoing themselves to prove that they'd have the guts to torture prisoners, while the GOP has decided that the war hero who actually withstood torture isn't their man. And Republicans are swooning over Fred Thomson because he can play a general in a movie.

How many Americans will die in Iraq because George W. Bush doesn't have the guts to face the fact that he screwed up?

Over the last century, the Dems won WWI and WWI, while the Republicans won Grenada, screwed up two wars in Iraq, and ignominously pulled out of Korea and Vietnam after not meeting their objectives.

That kind of says it all. The Party that fought and won two world wars, or the Party that kept Grenada safe for a few local power brokers.

[charlie the crocodile]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Over the last century, the Dems won WWI and WWI, ......
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That was a different breed of democrat, as distinguishable from today's dems as Milton Friedman is from Carl Marx. Today's dems are cut and run pussies, fronting for a one world government headed jointly by the third world socialists of the UN and the ChiComs.

Thank G-d for the Republicans, without whom a free and safe America would be regulated to the dustbin of history.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by charlie the crocodile
That was a different breed of democrat, as distinguishable from today's dems as Milton Friedman is from Carl Marx. Today's dems are cut and run pussies, fronting for a one world government headed jointly by the third world socialists of the UN and the ChiComs.

Thank G-d for the Republicans, without whom a free and safe America would be regulated to the dustbin of history.

Well, we might well have lost Grenada without Reagan.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Over the last century, the Dems won WWI and WWI, while the Republicans won Grenada, screwed up two wars in Iraq, and ignominously pulled out of Korea and Vietnam after not meeting their objectives.

That kind of says it all. The Party that fought and won two world wars, or the Party that kept Grenada safe for a few local power brokers.

If there was a screw-up in the first Gulf War, it wasn't with Desert Storm, it was in the policy decisions at the end and afterward that helped Hussein survive.

Moreover, I'm not sure to what extent we could say they were screw-ups. There were a lot of competing forces pulling at the national interest then.

Of course, we didn't know that Hussein would go on to launch the Oklahoma City bombing and help Al Qaeda attack the Twin Towers. Might have changed the equation. 20/20 hindsight.

S_A_M

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
If there was a screw-up in the first Gulf War, it wasn't with Desert Storm, it was in the policy decisions at the end and afterward that helped Hussein survive.

Moreover, I'm not sure to what extent we could say they were screw-ups. There were a lot of competing forces pulling at the national interest then.

Of course, we didn't know that Hussein would go on to launch the Oklahoma City bombing and help Al Qaeda attack the Twin Towers. Might have changed the equation. 20/20 hindsight.

S_A_M

Noted and agreed. Any screw-ups in Gulf War I were with GHWB, not Powell and Co.

My point really was that, looking back, Republican war waging really isn't something to be proud of. They have a habit of waging wars they can't build support for, and of waging them in a half-assed fashion (which is likely related to the lack of support).

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man

Of course, we didn't know that Hussein would go on to launch the Oklahoma City bombing and help Al Qaeda attack the Twin Towers. Might have changed the equation. 20/20 hindsight.

S_A_M

Not to mention heading up the Coalition of CD Stealing Bastards. I haven't lost an album since the fall of Bagdad. As soon as we find the WMDs, I'm betting we stumble into one huge cache of Rock.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Noted and agreed. Any screw-ups in Gulf War I were with GHWB, not Powell and Co.

My point really was that, looking back, Republican war waging really isn't something to be proud of. They have a habit of waging wars they can't build support for, and of waging them in a half-assed fashion (which is likely related to the lack of support).

all that matters is the public's perception, as that turns into votes. I happen to think the public's perception is accurate, you seem to feel otherwise. It must be a real bitch for you to know the public thinks your party is a bunch of UN follower weasels, when you know the truth is so much different.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
all that matters is the public's perception

Unfortunately, having the PR department running the war really hasn't worked out that well, has it?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Unfortunately, having the PR department running the war really hasn't worked out that well, has it?

why do you say that? Today are you worrying sadaam has WMDs that he might give to terrorists?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
why do you say that? Today are you worrying sadaam has WMDs that he might give to terrorists?

Today I worry that al-Queda has several million new soldiers in Iraq.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Today I worry that al-Queda has several million new soldiers in Iraq.

that is meaningless. clinton let 20,000 train in afghanistan. it took 19 of them to handle 9/11. for all practical purposes 20000=several million.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
all that matters is the public's perception, as that turns into votes. I happen to think the public's perception is accurate, you seem to feel otherwise.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop

what is Bush running for?