Our president is a madman

[Rickypt]

Many of us have known this for years, but tonight it is confirmed. He is pushing a new policy in Iraq that is totally insane. It will kill more U.S. soldiers and spend more tax dollars for a war that was wrong in the first place and is not based on an imminent threat to the country.

I have always hated this man but tonight I feel horrified and frightened that he is our "leader". We have Brownback on the right, Hillary in the middle, and Pelosi on the left telling him no way. What more needs to be done to stop this man?

[strandinthewind]

And what is HORRIFYING is, accoding to the pundits, the "20,000 troops" in Iraq actually in reality is 5,000 more boots on the ground at one time because that number has to be divided by four when deployment and decommission is considered. Put it this way, New York City has 45,000 cops on the street right now. 5,000 more in that one city might make a difference. But, in all of Iraq or even four problem areas, it is nothing.

Sadly, but unsurprisingly, Fox News is saying essentially, what the hell, let's give W one more chance :rolleyes:

I am all for winning the peace, but it is time for the Iraqi's to take over their country. So, I support withdrawal of at least half if not all of out troops over a six month to a year time period.

[Rickypt]

And what is HORRIFYING is, accoding to the pundits, the "20,000 troops" in Iraq actually in reality is 5,000 more boots on the ground at one time because that number has to be divided by four when deployment and decommission is considered. Put it this way, New York City has 45,000 cops on the street right now. 5,000 more in that one city might make a difference. But, in all of Iraq or even four problem areas, it is nothing.



This is exactly the point. If Bush were serious about "winning", he would put in way more than 20K troops. Instead, he came up with an amount that won't result in any change, but will result in more deaths to U.S. soldiers. This is beyond appalling...it is criminal. I'm sitting here knowing that our president is a total madman and feeling helpless.

[carrie721]

i feel sick. :distress:

[gldstwmn]

This is exactly the point. If Bush were serious about "winning", he would put in way more than 20K troops. Instead, he came up with an amount that won't result in any change, but will result in more deaths to U.S. soldiers. This is beyond appalling...it is criminal. I'm sitting here knowing that our president is a total madman and feeling helpless.


I couldn't watch him. I haven't been able to for quite some time now because I feel the same way. I don't know what to do about it. :distress:

[JazmenFlowers]

i feel sick. :distress:
yeah...tell me about it.

[estranged4life]

I couldn't watch him. I haven't been able to for quite some time now because I feel the same way. I don't know what to do about it. :distress:

hit the mute button and then provide my own voicetrack for the Shurb-tator, of **** he would really like to say, example:

"Instead of sending more troops over to Iraq I suggest to Congress we send the citizens of New Orleans who are still homeless from Hurricane Katrina, that way they can earn their keep..."

[GiniLeaE]

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[GODDESS6]

Many of us have known this for years, but tonight it is confirmed. He is pushing a new policy in Iraq that is totally insane. It will kill more U.S. soldiers and spend more tax dollars for a war that was wrong in the first place and is not based on an imminent threat to the country.

I have always hated this man but tonight I feel horrified and frightened that he is our "leader". We have Brownback on the right, Hillary in the middle, and Pelosi on the left telling him no way. What more needs to be done to stop this man?

an assasination:o ...i know that is an awful thought, but someone just needs to pick him off, cheney too, god help us if things were left in his command, that trigger happy slimey turd~ i live by a huge airforce base & run a home daycare, 98% of my kids are military~ & yesterday 2 of the fathers were told they were going to iraq~ bush's ignorance is very terrifying to me & i don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth he is 100% LIAR~ anyone remember "gufus & gallant" in "highlights" magazine when they were kids?, bush & cheney should be "gufus & dufus":lol: ~

[danax6]

I've been saying that for years. :distress:

[SuzeQuze]

Careful, you could get a visit from the FBI.

He is a madman. He's insane and would probably argue 2+2 = 5 and say that it was fact because he's the decider. I can't watch him either. And I don't even know the details about his "plan" because I'm so sick of politics. Yeah, that's right, you heard it here first. I really hope he is thrwarted somehow. We do have to put pressure on him, nobody wants this. I did sign that petition! I'm on TK's email list of course, being a Mass liberal and all.

[BlackWidow]

Many of us have known this for years, but tonight it is confirmed. He is pushing a new policy in Iraq that is totally insane. It will kill more U.S. soldiers and spend more tax dollars for a war that was wrong in the first place and is not based on an imminent threat to the country.

I have always hated this man but tonight I feel horrified and frightened that he is our "leader". We have Brownback on the right, Hillary in the middle, and Pelosi on the left telling him no way. What more needs to be done to stop this man?

...something or someone will stop him.

[irishgrl]

Monkey Boy is an ASSHAT. with skidmarks.

[hayley]

It could be worse. He could have orchestrated the sale of nerve gas to militant terrorists, only to have it explode in Los Angeles- and assassinated the former president who was hot on the trail of stumbling over his conspiracy!

Oh wait, that's TV.

Bush can go to hell.

[danax6]

It could be worse. He could have orchestrated the sale of nerve gas to militant terrorists, only to have it explode in Los Angeles- and assassinated the former president who was hot on the trail of stumbling over his conspiracy!
I was so shocked when I saw that. :eek:

[estranged4life]

Careful, you could get a visit from the FBI.


female, I can make at home visits since I am a member of the FBI - Female Body Inspectors :laugh:

Brian "The Independent voter...Who HATES Bush, ya know the President, Not that other Bush, but for heaven's sake trim that thing :thumbsup: " j.

[chiliD]

What more needs to be done to stop this man?


A lone gunman or a grassy knoll.

[gldstwmn]

Uh oh. Someone's about to get a visit from the Secret Service.

[chiliD]

Uh oh. Someone's about to get a visit from the Secret Service.

Bring 'em on. I'm unarmed. Unless, like Quick-Draw McGraw, I have my gee-tar.

[SuzeQuze]

female, I can make at home visits since I am a member of the FBI - Female Body Inspectors :laugh:

Brian "The Independent voter...Who HATES Bush, ya know the President, Not that other Bush, but for heaven's sake trim that thing :thumbsup: " j.

Well I am a cute female! :lol: I love "shrub-tator" by the way. Nice.

[Nixxxed]

Many of us have known this for years, but tonight it is confirmed. He is pushing a new policy in Iraq that is totally insane. It will kill more U.S. soldiers and spend more tax dollars for a war that was wrong in the first place and is not based on an imminent threat to the country.

I have always hated this man but tonight I feel horrified and frightened that he is our "leader". We have Brownback on the right, Hillary in the middle, and Pelosi on the left telling him no way. What more needs to be done to stop this man?
You guys should read Matt Taibbi's latest column about the "surge" and how our forces are really used in Iraq. My friend currently in Iraq has said similar things to me, but has been wary to go into detail, given that he is communicating thru the military Net and all... I heard the same thing strand said - that 21,500 surge = 5,000 on the ground - somewhere last night. The whole thing is just astounding to me.

http://alternet.org/columnists/story/46535/

Excerpt:

The whole idea that "more troops" are needed in Iraq is absurd on its face. They sell this idea in America as though our soldiers are being sent to patrol the streets like New York City cops policing Malcolm X Boulevard on foot -- spreading goodwill, talking to shopkeepers, collaring the occasional fare-jumper, and scaring off the odd stick-up kid by their very presence.

That's not at all the way it works in Iraq. For one thing, the majority of the troops in a place like Baghdad never leave the massive, seemingly Manhattan-sized walled-in Forward Operating Bases (FOBs). Battle-hardened soldiers derisively describe army personnel who live in the FOBs as "Fobbits" and it is roundly accepted in Iraq that Fobbits make up a clear majority of our deployed military men. For soldiers who actually have to go out and risk getting blown up in patrols, Fobbits are a vile contagion, like malarial mosquitoes -- amazingly numerous and deeply annoying. One soldier laughed when I asked if he thought we needed more guys in Iraq. "Not more troops, but fewer Fobbit-mother****ers," he growled.

[estranged4life]

Bring 'em on. I'm unarmed. Unless, like Quick-Draw McGraw, I have my gee-tar.
Nah, from a recent report I saw online the FBI will soon start making visits to those who deal in bootlegged music...Hmm, I guess I am more a threat to the US than the Shrub-tator is :shrug:

Brian "Furher Bush is Insane!" j.

[skcin]

I couldn't watch him. I haven't been able to for quite some time now because I feel the same way. I don't know what to do about it. :distress:

Me neither.

I've been saying that for years. :distress:

Me too.

He is a madman. He's insane and would probably argue 2+2 = 5 and say that it was fact because he's the decider. I can't watch him either. And I don't even know the details about his "plan" because I'm so sick of politics. Yeah, that's right, you heard it here first. I really hope he is thrwarted somehow. We do have to put pressure on him, nobody wants this. I did sign that petition! I'm on TK's email list of course, being a Mass liberal and all.

I hate him. :mad: I have never felt this way about a political (gag) leader before. It makes me sick to know that our country is in his hands.

[GiniLeaE]

<center> A lone gunman or a grassy knoll.</center>

<center> Hmmm...just think, without him or Cheney...who would be in charge? A woman...finally, we'd get our chance! Speaker Pelosi could be like President Ford...what a job she'd do! </center>

[DavidMn]

more troops=more terrorists?:shrug:

[BombaySapphire3]

We just need to leave now.Smirky's pathological xenophobia and total lack of understanding of culture over there has already cost us too much.I couldn't bare to look at the entire 20 minutes of his inane and insane mutterings last night.

[JazmenFlowers]

didn't Bushwacker get the memo? his daddy's name is cleared and his work is done. the whole world now knows the Bushes took Saddam down. what's left to prove?

:rolleyes:

[vermicious knid]

This is a quote from Bush from June 28, 2005:

"Sending more Americans would undermine our strategy of encouraging Iraqis to take the lead in this fight. And sending more Americans would suggest that we intend to stay forever"
link (http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/08/bush-more-troops/)

He has no credibility.

[SortaSavageLike]

The boy ain't right.

[gldstwmn]

We just need to leave now.

Apparently 50% of American voters forgot how long a second term could really be. I can't believe he's still president.

[GODDESS6]

The boy ain't right.

i don't if it is the words you chose or what, but you hit the nail right on the head, & gave me one helluva laugh!!!~

[SuzeQuze]

Apparently 50% of American voters forgot how long a second term could really be. I can't believe he's still president.

I know. After the second election I screamed at this guy at a bar (he was even cute). Because he said he was only voting for Bush because he knew he'd keep his taxes low and he didn't give a sh*t about anything else. I told him his money would be worthless as he continues to drive the value of the dollar down. I also assumed he was from a privileged background, which I asked him, and he was. To each their own but I just flipped because I know how disastrous this man had been. :distress: He told me it was great I was so passionate and quickly escaped. :laugh: I also had to shove my roommate aside when she got in my face saying we needed a foothold in Iraq. I bet she feels pretty stupid now. Jesus.

[estranged4life]

I also had to shove my roommate aside when she got in my face saying we needed a foothold in Iraq.

that's sounds similar to what Germany said about Poland circa 1939.

All I can say I DIDNT VOTE FOR HIM!!!!

[gldstwmn]

I know. After the second election I screamed at this guy at a bar (he was even cute). Because he said he was only voting for Bush because he knew he'd keep his taxes low and he didn't give a sh*t about anything else. I told him his money would be worthless as he continues to drive the value of the dollar down. I also assumed he was from a privileged background, which I asked him, and he was. To each their own but I just flipped because I know how disastrous this man had been. :distress: He told me it was great I was so passionate and quickly escaped. :laugh: .

The guy is so like George, from a priviliged upbringing, "I have mine so f*ck you!" That's what you should have told him Suze. "You're just like him." I wonder how they'd react to that.

[SuzeQuze]

The guy is so like George, from a priviliged upbringing, "I have mine so f*ck you!" That's what you should have told him Suze. "You're just like him." I wonder how they'd react to that.

I really don't think he would've given a sh*t. Although now, in hindsight seeing just how bad the president is, he might. It still baffles me how some people just don't think about things other than themselves.