Thread: Maybe the worst sitting President ever....

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Originally Posted by stroller

B...but Saddam attacked the US on 9/11 and was on the brinck of launching his nucelar WMDs, how can the Iraq invasion be seen as anything negative? It's the fault of the commie traitors and liberal media that Bush hasn't succeeded!

I am afraid they'll learn NOTHING!

Your failure to acknowledge the threat of islamic extremism colors your entire perspective.
The brutal and painful facts that islamic extremism exists and threatens everyone are pretty evident. You have to be drunk, stoned, stupid, or painfully obtuse not to see the evidence which manifests itself every day.

The media lost the Vietnam war, things have changed since then. So don't go counting your chickens just yet!

Mr. Earl is the most articulate poster on this here forum.
Excellent post, sir!

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Originally Posted by stroller

B...but Saddam attacked the US on 9/11 and was on the brinck of launching his nucelar WMDs, how can the Iraq invasion be seen as anything negative? It's the fault of the commie traitors and liberal media that Bush hasn't succeeded!

I am afraid they'll learn NOTHING!

Your failure to acknowledge the threat of islamic extremism colors your entire perspective.
The brutal and painful facts that islamic extremism exists and threatens everyone are pretty evident. You have to be drunk, stoned, stupid, or painfully obtuse not to see the evidence which manifests itself every day.

The media lost the Vietnam war, things have changed since then. So don't go counting your chickens just yet!

Mr. Earl is the most articulate poster on this here forum.
Excellent post, sir!

I have to agree that Mr. Earl is clever and articulate. However, many of his "brutal and painful facts" are not facts at all. The book "Dying To Win: The Logic Of Suicide Terrorism" studies the psyches of all suicide terrorists with knowable histories (over 400 of them). The conclusion: they are actually not very religious at all, in fact they're fairly Westernised. Though Middle Easterners, their common thread is not religious fanaticism, it is a feeling that Western countries (and India) are stepping on their turf. It's a scholarly study whose results even surprised it's author, Robert Pape. Bush supporters can be a clever but denial-ridden bunch.

The guy who may have already nailed down the winning issue is John Edwards. For years, America's middle class workers have been sliding toward poverty while working longer, more stressful hours. A miserable lot without economic security or a sense that they're getting a fair shake. They're probably right. They're swing voters, too. The shift of wealth to the corporate rich has been striking and economic populism is what separates Edwards from the rest. The fact that he spent years getting money from these corporations in the courtroom may actually work in his favor. His 'slick ambulance chaser' image is just another right wing sound bite by people who won't vote for him anyway. He's also older than JFK when he won.