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June 19, 2006
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And just who elected Karl Rove to make policy decisions that involve American foreign policy? Whose votes sent Rove to Washington? Where does Rove get off criticizing anyone at all about anything at all, especially when dirty tricks, slime and scandal are the highlights of his resume, oh, and by the way a few odd military deferments so he never had to fight in any real battles at all! I am sick to death of all these blow-hard Repuglicans who think they are God Almighty!
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“If we do shows every Sunday talking about every mistake, we're going to lose this war." So says Lindsey Graham. Uhh, just in case you haven’t noticed Lindsey, it’s the “mistakes” that will cause the loss!!! A “war” cannot be won without a plan, or without competent leadership. The mess we’re in today is because a group of incompetent people, with a grandiose illusion, “fixed the facts” to wage an unnecessary, preemptive war that in the end has caused the deaths of over 2500 American soldiers and countless thousands of innocent Iraqis, that includes women and children for God’s sake!!! It’s also fueled the flames for an all out nuclear holocaust! And it’s about time for some of you lunk-heads in the Congress to wake up, it’s time for some serious talk, it’s time for IMPEACHMENT, or the loss will ultimately be greater than even you prattle about!!!!
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The philosophy of the Downing Street Memo did not die with the tragedies it created! Nooo, the Bush administration continues to paint a picture of progress in Iraq. When in truth things are really going to hell, they continue to “fix the facts” to create an illusion because they believe “there is no truth, there’s only what you can make the public believe”! And it’s about time the “public” wakes up, it’s way past time for the Repuglican majority in the Congress to wake up, for overly conservative judges in our court system to wake up. It’s time to hold these guys accountable for the illegal acts they’ve committed in our names!!! IMPEACHMENT or IMPRISONMENT, that’s the only ISSUE come November!!!
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"They may be with you for the first few bullets but they won't be there for the last tough battles." -- Karl Rove, on John Kerry and John Murtha, Reuters, 6/13”. Now who’s debasing Viet Nam vets?? It sure as hell ain’t Jane Fonda this go around!!! It’s one thing to talk the talk, but quite another when it comes to walking the walk for those air-conditioned, armchair, hiding-behind-deferments, never being with you for the bullets or the battles, chickenhawk Repuglicans!!!!
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It sure ain’t “snake” oil they’re selling this time; it’s that black oil, the kind that lines their pockets with gold! Slick slime is the only way to describe the “exclusive interview” on “Meet the Press” this past Sunday! What else can you expect from the titans of the oil industry? No rebuttals, no dissent, just some more plain old propaganda and disinformation brought to the public again by none other than that Repuglican suck up good ole boy, Tim Russert!
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“George W. Bush acknowledged…that the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where three detainees committed suicide, has damaged the U.S. image abroad and said it should be shut down.” Too little, too late, and just too bizarre! It’s just another example of Bush trying to skinny his way out of responsibility for the sins he’s committed! It’s another “born again” moment designed to eliminate his participation in crimes against humanity and stay his ass out of jail!
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