Ahem....the American People ARE to blame for this nitwit, corrupt Preznident and his band of cronies......remember that little event called the election of 2004, it was in all the papers, 51% or so of the American voters returned the greatest clown and clown show in history to office, I guess because the Supreme Court had not yet been destroyed.
Thank God that little problem is now being handled.
We must take responsibility for Bush----our people actually elected him, there's no way around it.
Posted by euzoius at October 7, 2005 06:47 AMActually, he's been "elected" twice by faint margins in only one state each time. The first time was totally bogus and the second time very suspicious. While I do agree that ultimately the public is to blame for Bush being there, by not voting against him with margins so large that they couldn't be fixed or cheated away, the fact remains that the public did not elect him in 2000, and that the 2004 results came down to a few suspect districts in Ohio. It is the responsibility of the public to guarantee fair elections, and that is where we have failed.
Posted by T2 at October 7, 2005 08:26 AMWell, T2, I specifically did not mention the 2000 election because I agree completely with you, the voters almost certainly elected Gore, our rightful president.
But your 2004 analysis regarding Ohio (whose results I certainly suspect as well) only results in Kerry being at best the weakest electoral college president in history (i.e. "winning" with the biggest gap in actual vs. electoral votes).
A majority of our fellow boobs thought this clown was the right choice in 2004, which is why hope for the future is likely misplaced.
Posted by euzoius at October 7, 2005 09:05 AMsome palooka named George is going to get knocked out.
Along the lines of this conversation (Americans are to blame for electing/selecting King George), I should like to point out that we will pay the price. George won't get "knocked out", nor will Rummy, or Condi, or the NeoCons, nor any of their supporters and enablers.
We will pay the bloody, costly price for generations. My son, and your daughter, and their children, and beyond, will suffer the downfall of the American economy and political system.
So, it's not like were gonna "get away with it", n'est pas?
Posted by OutFar at October 7, 2005 01:50 PMYou must have been reading my previous posts, OutFar! Now, to prove you are hip to the coming calamity, please knock some of that understanding into our Wrong-Wing Wregulars. They can't seem to get it without force being applied.
Posted by pessimist at October 7, 2005 02:20 PMI have been reading The Left Coaster, and your posts, pessimist, for awhile, and I too am stupified by how many seem to think that they will pay no price for the bumblings of The Boy King.
It's gonna hit all of us - Red Staters and Blue - like a ton of bricks. Economic/social/political catastrophe respects no partisan position, yet some support the Administration and all its policies to every dot and comma, seemingly believing that only us Libr'ul nay-sayers will get hurt.
The life of the child of the most ardent Bush supporter will be destroyed by this as surely as my own. The only uncertainty is how long the crooks and liars will be able to fake the "all's well" feeling. But the bill is coming due, and all the flag-waving and right-wing blogging in the world won't stay that day.
(P.S. - your screen name is my POV, in case my comments didn't give it away :)
Posted by OutFar at October 7, 2005 02:42 PMOutFar,
Now, if you can only condense your picture of apocalyptic doom to a bumper sticker, I think you’ve got the ’06 elections in the bag.
Write out the script and the dem’s can have the same group of ex-felons and union thugs go door to door in swing districts just to boost turnout.
Damn, I knew this republican rule couldn’t last forever.
It couldn't last forever because it is corrupt West.
Posted by Judith at October 7, 2005 07:34 PMAmericans *absolutely* are to blame for everything Bu$hCo has done. The policies and beliefs of the administration are nothing more than an extension of American society's selfish, destructive "me first, me only" attitudes. The American people are finally sowing what they have reaped for over 200 years.
Posted by Rob at October 9, 2005 11:51 AM