war, national emergency, recession, corporate scandals, natural disasters

[bigtree]

August 15, 2006


these are what Cheney outlined as the Bush regime's strengths . . .


"The last five-and-a-half years have been marked by a series of unprecedented challenges for the United States. We've experienced war, national emergency, economic recession, corporate scandals, and historic natural disasters. Yet we've faced up to those challenges, and in the process we've shown our many strengths as a people."


-- Cheney Remarks at a Luncheon for Arizona Victory 2006
Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa
Phoenix, Arizona

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060815-2.html

[NC_Nurse]

1. By making everthing worse...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[OwnedByFerrets]

2. Yeah,

and you self-created all but the natural disaster, you fuckhead, and you even managed to fuck up the Katrina rescue pretty well too, didnt you?

[sweetheart]

3. artfully doublespoken

And cheney behind it all, mr. creedy behind "war, national emergency, economic recession, corporate scandals" and
incompetent planning and execution for "historic natural disasters."

Take your weaknesses and sell them as strengths, iz what a bluffer always goes for.

"I take pleasure in other people's leisure." - trainspotting

[MrCoffee]

4. It's the Hit Parade!

it's got a good beat, Dickface, but I ain't dancing.

Wow, that's some tortured pop culture reference. I feel good about it.

[bigtree]

5. Dean: Republicans Have Failed America

" … I think President Bush is not doing his job on defense or domestically."

"… the American people are tired of George Bush’s policies. They want a new direction in this country, and the voters have spoken… The way to help this country is to limit Republican power. They have failed in the budget. They have failed in Iraq. They have failed with Katrina."

"The Republicans hope, once again, to win an election based on fear. You know, fear-mongering, whining and complaining and name calling is not going to lead America. We need a new direction in America. We need a new direction to defend America and we need a new direction to make the homeland safe, not just in terms of safety from terrorists but safe for the middle class again."

War On The Middle Class

"I just got back from North Dakota. There’s not more than a war on terror going on in this country, there’s a war on the middle class going on. You know, those folks need help. And we need help domestically. We need a change in this country. We need a new direction."

"This is a President who has been bad for America. You should see what’s going on in North Dakota. Farmers who haven’t had any drought relief, people losing their health care. The President’s paying no attention to the middle class. Kids want to go to college. They can’t do that now because the President’s cut their Pell Grants. There’s a lot of problems in this country not being addressed."

"We need a strong middle class to make America strong again, and with Democratic leadership we’ll have that middle class strong again with the ability to go to college, with the ability to count on your pension, and with the ability to decent health care."

President Bush Not Doing The Job Defending America

“The President has failed to defend America. Since he has been in office, the number of nuclear weapons in North Korea has quadrupled, Iran has moved closer to nuclear weapons, Osama bin Laden has set up shop in Pakistan five years after the fact. I think one of the 9/11 chairs just said it very well, if your top priority isn't defending the America homeland then you’re not doing your job."

"We need a much different strategy. … What we should have been concentrating on is getting rid of the Taliban once and for all in Afghanistan, who are now making a resurgence. Making sure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons. That, we cannot afford to allow. And, to make sure that North Korea is disarmed. Those ought to be the major priorities, because if nuclear weapons get in the hands of terrorists, we have a much more serious problem than Saddam ever posed to the United States or to the region."

"… we believe , along with the majority of the American people, that this war was a mistake and that it’s a complete lack of leadership for the President of the United States to say, ‘well, we’re going to leave this to the next President.’ That is not leadership."

http://www.dnc.org/a/2006/08/dean_president_4.php