"Now is not the time to politicize this"

[Stinky The Clown]

The latest talking point. Let's not make this political. Yeah. Sure. Okay.

What does that mean?

Pretty clear to me.

Let's not criticize the commander in chief.

Yanno .... fuck that. This IS political. This is the citizens against the republican party. The reaction to the conditions in New Orleans is pure republican. Pure bushco. Pure Grover Norquist. Pure Cheney.

Pure Bush.

To be sure, mistakes were made that impacted the people there. Mistakes - honest mistakes by all parties.

But the major resources are all fully and completely under REPUBLICAN control. And they're not doing their jobs. Well ... they are, actually. Its just that the job the want to do is not the one we the people need done.

"Now is not the time to politicize this"

Kiss my politicized ass.

[Imalittleteapot]

1. Now is exactly the time to politicize this.

[rodeodance]

this is coming from the Left also.

[Maple]

2. I've noticed

that whatever the topic, it's NEVER time to politicize something.

In other words...just keep quiet. Permanently.

[shance]

3. I love it. "Politicize" or we need to be "bipartisan" whenever they

commit felonies.

[Randypiper]

4. Yes

Bush would never never politicize a national disaster.
911 911 911 911

[wellstone_democrat]

5. As long as Bush* is doing photo ops

and grandstanding all over this, I don't want to hear it.

Desperate people, desperate comments. Let's see Mr. Shirtsleeves get in there and clear some wood out for a few hours in the LA sun and then I'll entertain the idea. What they mean is "its OURS to politicize, shut up"


I'll never shut up again. Not for the Government, not for the "good of the Democrats" not for anyone. THIS is what "shutting up" and "waiting for the right moment has gotten us. THIS HORROR.

[SnowGoose]

6. Riiiight - like when Clinton went after Osama with cruise missles

and they had hissy fits because he was "trying to distract us from Monica." Like that?

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Yeah .... exactly like that

These craven motherfuckers will stoop as low as needed to just plain win.

We need a whole army of reserchers to cull history for their own quotes where they did to us - relentlessly - what they tell us not to do now.

[Totally Committed]

7. When you're right, you're right!

Everything is POLITICAL from now until these a-holes are out of power. EVERYTHING.

Recommended.

TC

[LeFleur1]

12. Politicizing the Disaster That Is Bush

How is pointing out incompetence politicizing?
This is just another excuse for the President. The excuse making for this President should end with the deaths of these people in New Orleans who waited and waited and waited for help from their government, but it didn't come. Because of incompetence, citizens, the elderly, the sick, have died. There was at least one stillborn birth at one of the refugee centers in NO.
What kind of low lifes would make excuses for the total lack of preparedness by this administration? This was a natural disaster that was forecast as possible.
How dare they excuse this by calling it 'politicizing'. Our tax money was spent so that this type of unpreparedness for disaster would not happen to any citizen in the USA.

[Ready4Change]

9. Too late.

When I saw images of Bush touring NOLA, mixed with trucks of buses FINALLY coming in, days later than they should have, I saw evidence, pure and simple, of politics at work.

Even if the trucks and buses were delayed just 24 hours for Bushes grand appearance, how many died during those 24 hours?

How many?

[DinahMoeHum]

10. Check out Steve Gilliard's blog entry. . ."We Told You So"

:rant::rant::rant:

Link:
http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2005/09/we-told-you-so.html

(snip)
"You say this isn't about politics? Fuck you, this IS politics, real time, real life politics, where the insanity of all your ideas are exposed to the world for the fraud that they are. Tax cuts kill. Ask the relatives of the dead of the Gulf Coast."
(snip)

:rant:
much much more...what a rant.


:rant:

[Stinky The Clown]

13. I read that ....... it is THE must read of the week

That was a rant among great rants. It was pure poetry.

Anyone reading this ..... that rant is absolutely worth the time to read it. He hits the grandest of grand slams.

[rhett o rick]

16. I agree, "Tax cuts for the rich, kills", and will kill more. nt

[GeorgeBushytail]

11. "Bush is not reponsible." - He sure isn't. He's irresponsible.

artist bellatrys (not me)

Share the art.

For larger pictures and sources:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2050645&mesg_id=2050645

[union_maid]

14. You can't politcize the political

It's all politics. It's politics in so many important ways, but nothing is more important than the political gamemanship that put this spoiled, fratboy, cokehead, miserable failure in office.

[Kingofalldems]

15. The first broadcast after 911 Pigboy blamed Clinton

and I bet it came directly from Karl Rove.

[gratuitous]

17. And of course, the "later" time for politics never comes

It reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Bart waits for Homer to come pick him up after soccer, and he waits in a terrible rainstorm. Homer forgets to go get Bart until he's been waiting for an hour or longer. When Homer finally picks up Bart, Bart is rightfully pissed. Homer says, "You know, we could argue all afternoon about who forgot to pick who up, but the truth is, I'm pretty mad, too. Let's just agree that mistakes were made, and let it go at that. Okay?"

Except, of course, that the Republicans never admit that mistakes were made -- unless it was by the Democrats. They'd never get away with it, except their gibbering sycophants in the media echo and amplify whatever their GOP masters say.

[Donna Zen]

18. Inoculation meme #10982.6

The Geneva Conventions v torture: Talking about the torture endangers the mission & troops

Investigating 911: Doing an investigation will take away from going after terrorists

Who lied about WMD: Focusing on the WMD will demoralize the troops

Is the Iraq War a disaster?: Why do you hate America?<---applies whenever all other propaganda fails.

Right-wing judges and the role of advise and consent: This is nothing but partisan bickering

Failure to respond in NO: politicizing the tragedy

^^^^^^

They pull the ole inoculants and defusers out of their bag because at best, they shut people up, and at worst, they change the subject. New subject: are the Democrats being political?

[liberalitch]

19. How we win in 2006 & 2008: early to bed early to rise and...

politicize, politicize, politicize.

[magnolia]

20. There was an excellent...

...discussion about this on "Real Time with Bill Maher". Watch it or get a transcript.

[RBInMaine]

21. Bush and Co. need to take a political hit!

Of course they need to take a political hit! They sent the Natl. Guard and Reserves to Iraq instead of keeping them home to help with natural disasters like they are supposed to be doing. They are spending hundreds of billions in Iraq which means money we can't spend here on natural disasters, etc. They are in the pockets of Exxon-Mobil et.als. who gave them two-million bucks last year, and here we are paying nearly four bucks a gallon for gas while the oil companies rake in record profits. In fact, they are giving
Exxon-Mobil and others SUBSIDIES which means they are making record profits at the expense of the rest of us AND getting money from Bush at the same time. And on and on and on. This administration's cumulative BAD policies are coming to a head with this disaster and its aftermath, and they damn well need to be held accountable for these awful policies which have exacerbated the damage. And the worst is yet to come. NOW WE NEED TO GET A STRONG ECONOMIC POPULIST MESSAGE GOING AND TAKE OUR COUNTRY THE HELL BACK FROM THIS HORRID, CORPORATE-OWNED GOP!

[sendero]

22. The dumbasses and disruptors among us.

... think we should give the Repugs a month-long head start on the politicizing.

Yeah, sure, that makes a lot of sense. If you are a Republican.

[Donna Zen]

25. Month long head start?

Yep, and then they will characterize it as "old news." Besides, given the historical record of the past 4 1/2 years, a month from now, the junta will have managed yet another outrageous fuck up. Of this, we can be sure.

[tabasco]

23. Translation = "We know we fucked up big time."

They are trying to wriggle off the hook already.

The Democrats beeter not make it easy for them.

[mzmolly]

24. They've been using that for a while. That means they are never

accountable.

[CTyankee]

26. Well, if a RWer says that to me

they'll wish they had kept their mouth shut. Mine will be a rant without end.