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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Seriously though, I think anyone can jump in. They better, however be prepared and well read because this is a tough crowd They also better be prepared with better than a blanket statement like "George W. Bush is the best thing that ever happened to this country - he protects us" or "John Kerry would have been the best thing for this nation because he would better protect us" - that kind of blanket crap just won't fly. Around here, ya better get ready to discuss the facts, which sadly, rarely support anything W has ever done, unless effectively you are really rich, employed, white Christian who has private medical insurance and owns Halliburton stock BTW - I have the facts to back that up

On edit - welcome everyone!

You mean like, "GWB has the diplomatic tact of a bull in a china shop," followed by a long list of his diplomatic blunders, including when 99 Australians were killed in a nightclub in Indonesia a few years back simply because of Australia's long association with this country, and he didn't say boo about it, not "I'm sorry" or anything, even though Australians have fought and died beside Americans in wars at least since WWI; they even fought in Vietnam. Something like that? Or the fact he treats the entirety of Britain like America's lapdog? And those countries are our allies; don't even get me started on countries we're fighting or with whome we have strained relations.

I'm an American, BTW, if that's important. I don't mean to piss anyone off; just my opinion.

Oh, and don't forget the Pennezoil stock.