It's time we admit that neither side is perfect in this virtual sea of left versus right; a monumental miasma populated by the mendacious, mentally challenged, even moronic, malcontents who have neither the time, nor the inclination, to bend in a little and try to bridge the gap that divisive poiltical machinations have created in the people of this country. I think we continue to harp on the few administration negatives (we keep hearing):
- No protection prior to 9/11.
- Ooops, no WMD in Saddam's control.
- Who knew mobile weather vans looked like chemical labs?
- Who knew Saddam wasn't in Al Qaeda? (They all wear turbans).
- Invaded wrong country. Ooops. My Bad, eh?
- Why didn't someone mention we needed more troops?
- Wrong about how long it would take.
- Wrong about how much it would cost.
- Wrong about supplying needed equipment.
- Wrong to fire the Iraqi Army, sending them home with their weapons.
- Wrong to allow looting from History (while guarding the oil).
- Wrong to say "Mission Accomplished"
- Wrong to say "Bring it on!"
- Wrong to expect to be greeted with flowers and group hugs.
- Wrong to spend more money on mercenaries than the military.
- Wrong to ecpect American style Democracy to erupt from the blood soaked earth.
- Wrong to say the insurgency was in its last throes.
- Wrong to imply the "coalition of the willing" was truly international.
- Wrong to say "with us or against us".
- Wrong to imply disagreeing with Bush is "comforting the enemy".
- Wrong to ok Secret prisons.
- Wrong to suspend the 4th Ammendment (even Domestically).
- Wrong to spy on Americans illegally.
- Wrong to authorize the use of torture.
- Wrong to make the presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.
- Wrong to set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, since the advent of TV.
Ok . . . We GET it. So I was reading Durst who had some of the same, sorry critiques we see so often the other day when I saw him list two things Bush did right! What? I had to read it again and let it soak in. That's what inspired this article. It's almost laughably easy to criticize this (*shudder*) person and his administration, but seriously people . . . I was heartened to find that Durst could find something this guy or his administration did right, could we? Durst points out that Bush did at least TWO things right:
- He was born a Bush.
- He didn't go hunting with Cheney.
So give it up, let's bridge the gap and mention other things they've gotten right. Let's start the healing.
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Who knew?
George Bush didn't get convicted in the Margie Schoedinger lawsuit! 9 months after she accused him of rape and forced abortion. She was either a suicide or was mysteriously murdered right before the trial. (google Margie Schoedinger).
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
I was gonna say he hasn't gotten sex in the Oval office . . . but . . . well, how would we know? Not to mention his wife does have a blue dress. Besides, I'm not so sure that's a good thing. I prefer someone like him who has a finger on that red button BE distracted. I wouldn't trust him with a television remote control.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
That's the spirit! Soon we'll all be singing Kumbiyah or something!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
http://www.drunkdrivingdefense.com/consequences/bush-dui.htm
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/laura.asp
The soft shoe shuffle is debatable. And...frankly...Cheney had a head start. :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
I mean... well...
;-)
Bright side: Catherine Zeta-Jones looks amazing in black...
That's what Durst thought. For all we know he only shoots lawyers. Actually, that might even HELP his popularity issues.
Oh!!! How about this? He finally kept that promise about being a uniter and not a divider. What is it, now? 84% of the nation dislike him?
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
"George and Laura: Portrait of an American Marriage"
Maybe there are even more wonderful positives to be found in that book! Maybe President Bush takes out the garbage, remembers to buy a card for their anniversary, changed their kids' diapers! Hey, he may turn out to be a very sensitive, caring guy.
May doesn't count. I'd need proof he doesn't kick the cat . . . and people get small dogs because they're aero-dynamic. (Sometimes).
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
But to show how willing I am to work toward bridging the differences, I will list two areas where I think he has been successful.
1) Uniting He said he was a uniter, and he successfully united the world against us.
2) Swallowing As far as I know, he hasn't choked on a pretzel in years.
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Good points . . . glad you're jumping on the bridge bandwagon! This IS much more challenging . . .
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
He also married a woman who will never, ever dream of being president!
...Even of the PTA! LoL!
"Never slipped up and actually used the N word on camera. "
You . . . ummmm . . . aren't referring to 'Nuke-YAH-lurrr' I hope!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
Hmmm...does that count for a good thing? The price of Neccos have actually kept pace with inflation.
He's never afraid to put himself out there, no matter how it looks.
In fact he seems to have no sensory apparatus, what so ever.
Good point Lance. He doesn't worry too much about what history will say either. :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
Bush is not my ex-husband - an accomplishment that can be taken a variety of ways. Me, I take it gratefully.
Here's the story.
My daughter wanted a tattoo before she turned 18, and thought I'd change my mind since she wanted a peace sign. I said okay, if she put it on her face , and held my breath. (This really will get to Neccos, eventually.)
A guy in one of my Internet groups published a new book and put a copy in the mail for me. I didn't know him well, hadn't seen the book, or read any part of it. The mailman delivered my copy as we were walking out the door. One of my best friends was burying his son and we were on the way to the funeral home. I opened the package, got goose bumps when I saw that the cover photo was a girl with a peace sign on her face, and put it aside until we returned.
At the funeral home, I sat with my childhood friends and talked about what weird kids we had been. We often played 'church' and used Necco wafers as communion. That conversation offered a relief moment, as we all remember and laughed.
I took the book to bed with me that night. The opening chapters included a funeral home scene. A young man had died. His friends talked about playing mass on the back porch and using yellow, white, orange, and black candy wafers.
The Truth, by Mike Palecek, page 77
Maybe we weren't so weird after all? Any other Catholic kids who used Necco wafers for communion?
LoL! I can hear him now. "Uhhhh . . . well . . . heh heh heh . . .can't I just be automatic . . . you know, since I'm the leader of the free world and all"?
Steph . . . I love the blackish Gray ones too!! I thought I was the only one!! Wooo Hooo . . . I'm not a psycho. Uh oh. Ummmm . . . I may have some bad news for you. You know those men in the white coats? They may not be people working with you . . . They may be there to (How'd they put that?) . . . 'Help you'! LoL!
Great story Sa dy . . . and a gutsy move to approve the tat for the face only. I'm not sure I would have done that! Now if you want to hear something REALLY bizarre . . . in South Dakota back in . . . maybe 1970 or so . . . my brother and sister and I would play with friends who were Catholic (we weren't) . . . and we did that too . . . only arguing over who got to be the Priest. As a young Baptist, I had no idea what we were doing other than they did this at their church (we got the felt boards) . . . and we got grape juice and neccos. We'd catch frogs and run all over . . . and he broke my wrist by accident once when we were doing a breakneck "follow the leader" game which cicled into a figure 8 as I climbed up onto a high chair set on top the picnic table and leaped for the deck of a boat (on a trailer, on land) while he ran under me, arms up, hands waving, and grabbed my ankle mid-leap. We also roamed the countryside and stopped by any of our group's houses for lunch for everyone. In fact, we could be gone ALL day as long as we were home in time for supper. Thanks for the story, it brought back a rush of pleasant memories.
Thanks Carol!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
Were ANY kids brought up Catholic actually normal, Sandy? (I can say that because I was one.)
Yes, we used to do the communion thing, but with cut-out slices of bread - wanted to be as close to the original as possible.
Yes, I used to drap my head with a black cloth and act out being a nun in front of my bedroom mirror, mostly when I was alone.
Yes, my friends and I would do a reinactment of the Fatima miracle, especially after it came on TV, which was about once a year I think....just like The Wizard of Oz. But, we reinacted that, too. I think the key to the obsession with these miraculous movies was their scarcity.....supply and demand. If we had them on DVD and could have played them anytime, they would have lost their power and magical hold over our imaginations. It was fun "seeing" the blessed virgin in different places around the neighborhood and "hearing" her predictions for the future of the world.
Positive what has he done that is positive... Hmmm...
Oh wait... He put us deep in debt with the Chinese. Of course. That's a good thing isn't it?
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
He didn't choke to death on that pretzel during his first term. damn.
If you want to think of that as a positive, OK. I'd chalk it up to getting zero offers and maybe getting turned down a bunch of times. He always found abstinence easy and doesn't understand what the problem is.
It's SO much easier with ZERO opportunities. LoL!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
Bush = Worst President of ALL Time
No dispute, there.
Not news to me though! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~