I Am Just Mystified - what power does Bush have over people?

[leftyladyfrommo]

I just don't get it.

Why the hell don't people stand up to him? He's stupid, he's a patological liar, his poll numbers are in the toilet, he hasn't been right on one single thing.

And yet this idiot Congress still votes to support him!

Everybody out there thinks Gonzales is a liar and a crook. So why in the sam hill would Congress vote for a NSA program that is under his control?

I am so pissed at this Congress I can't stand it. And so completely baffled.

[Warpy]

1. Apparently he has some sort of personal charisma

which is something that I don't understand in the least, having met the man (if you can call it that) many years ago. He was not at his best, I do admit, but I imagine he was at his usual for the time.

Maybe I'm just immune to overgrown, backslapping frat boys. I wasn't impressed with them before they overgrew.

[Ian David]

2. I dunno...

[softwarevotingtrail]

3. the system is corrupt top to bottom

It's been broken for some time. Now we have proof.

[bonito]

4. This article sums it up imo

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/9024/print

[donsu]

5. blackmail and threats - remember the white toxic suits going into

the closed and evacuated congressional office bldgs. to clean them of toxin?

[Maccagirl]

8. If that's the real reason then the enablers

should stay home and let someone else do the people's critical business.

[glitch]

25. I don't think it's a fear of personal threat. I think it's a fear of what they can do to US cities.

Or allow to be done. It's not like they haven't had a couple of examples made for them.

[lazer47]

6. Evil is an unrestrained power unto itself,,,,,,it feeds on good

The more Good = the more Evil it takes to fight it and vice versa,

[Speck Tater]

7. He has the demonizing slogans and the will to use them.

He brands people as traitors, terrorists, cannibal mutants from outer space, or whatever outrageous epithet he pleases, and the Dems cower at the threat of being branded by him.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. It has got to be more than that.

He's got some kind of hold over these people. He's got dirt on them - or something.

This stuff doesn't make sense any more. I mean, we have gone way beyond the plae.

I e-mailed Pelosi to tell her I thought this Congress is just pathetic - but it won't do any good. Nothing does any good.

[kenfrequed]

13. Uhm actually

They have a 24-7 propeganda news network that bends the rest of the media by its mere presence. Kind of like a black hole in space.

[ananda]

9. The same power that hate and fear has.

People living in hate and fear are in their preferred
comfort zone with Bush.

That's almost the entire South and a large portion
of the midwest and western states barring the
west coast.

Bush, his admin, and people from thinktanks across
the media are very good at couching hate and fear
in feel-good, values language.

Of course, to me, perfume over shit still stinks.

[Clark2008]

20. You do realize the South is more blue than the Great Plains states.

And "almost the entire South?" Come on.

Look at a map, will ya? There are at least some blue areas all in throughout the South. There are only a tiny fraction in the Great Plains states and not much in MOST of the mid-West.

[MasonJar]

11. The rightwing-nuts are evil and mean. There is no telling what they

are threatening. These are really scary people. Just look at pictures of Cheney! And we all know W is a soiciopath, and a stupid, smug one at that.

[dipsydoodle]

12. It's really not a whole lot different

from young children at school. They do what the teacher expects of them despite the fact there's no real rhyme or reason for them doing so without at least asking the question "why".

So - *U** says jump and all underlings do so.

[iamahaingttta]

14. Have you read much about his family?

Start here:

http://www.tarpley.net/bushb.htm

They are murderers. And everyone knows it. It's really that simple..

[daninthemoon]

32. Thanks for the link. Has there ever been a worse American family?

[ThoughtCriminal]

15. Anthrax and wiretaps?

[rsmith6621]

16. Im Beginning to Think.....

The repugs and dems are sleeping in the same bed....

[dipsydoodle]

17. So you only have the illusion

of democracy.

[PDJane]

18. A lot of the folks who have put the Bush family

in awkward places have died of "self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head."

One has some questions about the self-inflicted part, of course, but I'm being uncharitable.

I would also point out that Bush has in place all the elements for a quasi-military takeover; private armies of mercenaries are there, on call.

[Totally Committed]

19. They wanna have a beer with him?

:shrug:

Whatever it is, it's competely lost on me!

TC

[Bitwit1234]

21. ATTENTION ATTENTION

It is not our part of the democratic congress. IT IS THE BLUE DOGS. And over and over I have said they are republicans in democrats clothing. The only reason they ran as democrats was because they couldn't win as republicans due to the climate. And I will bet 100 dollars rove helped them. No damn wonder he wasn't worried if the democrats won. After all about 41 of them were really republicans.

[formercia]

24. Exactly

They infest whatever Party gives them the most leverage.

The Primaries are the key. Identify the perpeTRAITORS and make sure there's someone to run against them in the Primaries. You can bet der Rovenfuhrer is lining up his ducks if he already hasn't.

[robinlynne]

28. I'm thinking this is the answer.

[robinlynne]

29. today. n/t

[sampsonblk]

22. Some can't accept that he's not powerful anymore

The days of Bush's 80+ approval ratings are over. The days of his stupid slogans are over. No one is listening to him anymore, and most agree that he is not the best source for truth or foreign policy tips.

Bush and Cheney both are pariahs. Its time to let go of the fears and move on. He doesn't even have enough juice left to endorse a candidate. GOP candidates won't even appear with the guy. And if he comes out and says bad things about you, chances are your approval rating will skyrocket.

[lostnotforgotten]

23. Read "American Fascist" By Chris Hedges

It explains very well the cult like nature of the fundamentalist Christians in this country and why showing any intolerance of his actions would be detrimental to this group and their adherents.

[tridim]

26. Bush has no power over the people..

It's Cheney, Rove and/or the Saudis, but it's not Bush.

I'm leaning towards the Saudis right now. I think they're blackmailing our entire country. Do as we say, or you get NO OIL from the ME.

[slestak]

27. I just want to have a beer with the guy ...

:sarcasm:

[European Socialist]

30. He's the Poodlemaker--just ask Tony Blair.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

31. The fact that he's the President of the United States.

It's not a matter of supporting him, it's a matter of not being able to effectively oppose him, because of the powers he has.

[Vidar]

33. Arrogance & chutzpah pass for courage with way too many people.

[roguevalley]

34. I read early on that rove has 10,000 dossiers in a computer that is

off campus if you know what I mean. i doubt that they just contain normal stuff.

[ronnykmarshall]

35. Sharks with fricken lazer beams on their heads!

[Summer93]

36. Kick and recommend

ding, ding, ding

I think ananda has the answer;

"People living in hate and fear are in their preferred
comfort zone with Bush."

Time to let go of the fear and move on - right!

False Evidence Appearing Real, fear, is an illusion.

Let's move on and find a better way to spend our days rather than sitting in the fear. Let's live!

[slackmaster]

37. I think a lot of people identify with him

He comes off as a half-bright bumbler with a checkered past, just like a lot of ordinary people.

[KaptBunnyPants]

38. He has the political machine behind him.

He was always a puppet for a larger right wing consortium. It's those people who provide money and access to the power structure for republican candidates who have the power. They train them on what to say, and apparently allow them to live lavish debauched lifestyles in exchange for doing what they are told. And these organizations are and were smart enough to sponsor candidates in both major Parties. We've been so weak for so long, our leadership let them buy influence in the Party to the point that they can't be directly challenged anymore from the inside. The Party needs us, if it is to survive, to do what they cannot. The blue dog influence within the Party must neutered if we are to be able to influence legislation at all, either by the election of more non-blue dog Democrats or the removal of current ones via primaries. So long as this machine controls a majority of seats in the house and senate, along with its puppet in the executive, they will continue to be the true rulers of the country.

[Hersheygirl]

39. I'm sure having a father that was at one time head of the CIA

doesn't hurt. Enemies disappear and are never heard from again. I'm surprised Dan Rather is still around.