IRAQ and the Republican Collapse

[ProSense]

IRAQ and the Republican Collapse

UPDATE (3:00 p.m.): Joe Scarborough weighs in on HP.



You've got George Allen going all Strom Thurmond, with Rick Santorum cozying up to LGF, while John Bolton is so desperate to get out of committee he's doing interviews with a drunk wingnut blogger. But that's not even the worst of it. The Republican Party base no longer believes the president or their own party can handle their jobs.

If you haven't seen the video posted on Crooks & Liars yet you simply must watch it, because it says it all. It comes from MSNBC's "Scarborough Country" and proceeds to lay Bush out flat. The title across the screen is: Is Bush an "Idiot"? Mind you, Joe Scarborough was once a Republican member of Congress. He questions whether Bush is curious enough to be able to lead this country over the next two years. Lawrence O'Donnell said Bush looks overwhelmed with the job of being president. John Fund tried desperately to stick up for Bush, but even he seemed to only mount a half-hearted defense. O'Donnell thinks Bush's troubles started with Katrina. I just think it was the tipping point. The real reason everyone is walking away from Bush and the Republican Party is Iraq.

It's the number one topic on everyone's mind. It's impossible to shake; the never ending bad news inalterably fixed in our minds. But there's something else, sort of a Joe Lieberman lesson waiting for George W. Bush in November. After all these months, even years, no one, absolutely no one has been held accountable for the incompetence, the abject failures and the stubborn "stay the course" mind set that has led to an unmitigated catastrophe: an Iraqi civil war. The other cost is that Iraq has put our military at grave risk.

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[knowbody0]

1. He is an idiot for sure

but also a sadist and that's a deadly combo. we have not seen his darkest nature.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

2. Bush's troubles started with 911, Absolute power

Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely!

[RufusEarl]

3. All one has to do is look at the condition our country is in,

since he was appointed president. I would like to see a list of Bu$h's accomplishments since he's been president, i dare say it would be a very short list.

[donkeyotay]

4. That's the heart of it right there: no accountability

"After all these months, even years, no one, absolutely no one has been held accountable for the incompetence, the abject failures and the stubborn "stay the course" mind set that has led to an unmitigated catastrophe". . . in Iraq, yes, but everything he has touched... it's like the Reverse Midas Touch.

Golly, the right is catching on or are the GOPers just desperate?

[ProSense]

5. Republican family values -- The Allens

GOP Senator George Allen's Sister Documents Her Brother's Bully Tactics: "He Saw Dentistry As A Perfect Profession - Getting Paid To Make People Suffer"...

Senator George Allen’s racial remark to a 20 year old Indian man last week, has re-highlighted accusations that the Senator is a bully and a bigot. Senator Allen’s sister, Jennifer Allen, documents many cases of her brother’s bullying in her book Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter. Read the excerpts below.

Snip...Explaining why she is scared of heights, Ms. Allen writes that “Ever since my brother George held me over the railing at Niagara Falls, I’ve had a fear of heights.” (Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 43)

Referring to George’s relationship with one of her boyfriends: “My brother George welcomed him by slamming a pool cue against his head.” (Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 178)

Referring to George’s early leadership skills, Jennifer wrote: “We all obeyed George. If we didn't, we knew he would kill us. Once, when Bruce refused to go to bed, George hurled him through a sliding glass door. Another time, when Gregory refused to go to bed, George tackled him and broke his collarbone. Another time, when I refused to go to bed, George dragged me up the stairs by my hair.” (Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 22)

[ProSense]

6. Taylor Marsh: Ann Coulter's Beautiful Big Money Smear Machine

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1924552&mesg_id=1924552

[roguevalley]

7. Cindy made the war human and when that happened, Bush and

his idiots were over. God bless Cindy and Casey Sheehan and this country. I want to Old Republic back.