Bush has been a total disaster in policy.

The rest of the world was just getting to like the US when you attacked Iraq for no apparent reason (Sure Saddam was a dick, but so is Mugabe) other then oil.

Your internal economy is running on empty and China, the quiet communist super-power now more or less owns it in partnership with Saudi Arabia.

Your oldest civil rights are being systematically destroyed.

Congress is more corrupt then ever.

Social services are being cut back.

The educational sector isn’t exactly happy either.

The average American wage has not even risen with inflation.

And your soldiers, fighting as a result of GWBs policies, are being forced to pay for treatment for their injuries sustained in combat.

Oh, and lets not forget how well the veterans are being treat by this pro-war administration.

Osama is still out there making tapes. Which seem to appear whenever there is an election. Which makes one think he actually likes the Bush Administration.

Comment by mighty aphrodite #258

Puny Hermaphrodite,

Shall I continue?

by Scott Shields

The American Prospect commissioned a study of the political donations given by Indian tribes that had hired Jack Abramoff. The analysis was conducted by the non-partisan, for-profit campaign finance-specific research company Dwight L. Morris and Associates. The company’s work has been cited heavily in the past by numerous media outlets, including the Republican-friendly Fox News and World Net Daily. Something tells me they won’t be reporting this data, however.

• In total, the donations of Abramoff’s tribal clients to Democrats dropped by nine percent after they hired him, while their donations to Republicans more than doubled, increasing by 135 percent after they signed him up;

• Five out of seven of Abramoff’s tribal clients vastly favored Republican candidates over Democratic ones;

• Four of the seven began giving substantially more to Republicans than Democrats after he took them on;

• Abramoff’s clients gave well over twice as much to Republicans than Democrats, while tribes not affiliated with Abramoff gave well over twice as much to Democrats than the GOP — exactly the reverse pattern.

It’s a no-brainer that the Abramoff scandal is a Republican scandal. That’s even the view held by more than a few Republicans. But the traditional media has been having trouble wrapping their heads around the idea, claiming over and over that both sides are equally guilty. Some solid data like this, definitively disproving that claim could very well go a long way in changing the conventional wisdom in the media.

http://www.mydd.com/

Get that? The Abramoff scandal is a Republican scandal, pure and simple. No ifs, ands, buts or slimy journalistic quibbles. Abramoff gave only to Republicans and he directed his tribal clients to give more to Republicans. There is nothing bi-partisan about this scandal. It’s Republican at its rotten roots (Abramoff and DeLay) and it’s Republican in its poisonous fruits.

Please see following for true facts.

ACCURACY IN REPORTING –

“It is not our job to seek peaceful coexistence with the Left. Our job is to remove them from power permanently.”
– Jack A. Abramoff

 
Incoming
    By William Rivers Pitt
    t r u t h o u t | Perspective

    All of official Washington is at this moment waiting with bated breath for the avalanche. Jack Abramoff, the disgraced super-lobbyist, has made a plea agreement in the massive prosecution against him and his cronies. Every talking head who has spoken on the subject has stated bluntly that the fallout from this plea deal will almost certainly result in the largest scandal to hit the capital in decades.

    The questions, of course, are straightforward: Who is involved? Who took money from this guy? Who is on his pad? Most significantly, who did Abramoff name when he decided to sing to the prosecutors?

    Republicans, nervous about the bad noise to come, have attempted to paint this as an equal-opportunity crime. To wit, the Democrats are into Abramoff as deeply as the GOP. The facts, however, do not bear this out. According to campaign donation information gathered by the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, the following officeholders and candidates have received political donations from Abramoff since 2000:

    Tom DeLay (R-Texas). John Ashcroft (R-Mo.). Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ). Eric Cantor (R-Va.). Arlen Specter (R-Pa.). John Ensign (R-Nev.). Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.). Charles H. Taylor (R-NC). Chris Cannon (R-Utah). Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Mark Foley (R-Fla.). Richard Pombo (R-Calif.). Christopher S. “Kit” Bond (R-Mo.). Curt Weldon (R-Pa.). Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.). Doug Ose (R-Calif.). Ernest J. Istook (R-Okla.). George R. Nethercutt Jr. (R-Wash.). Jim Bunning (R-Ky.). Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.). Tom Feeney (R-Fla.). Dan Burton (R-Ind.). Eric Cantor (R-Va.). Suzanne Terrell (R-La.). Rob Simmons (R-Conn.). Charles W. “Chip” Pickering Jr. (R-Miss.). Connie Morella (R-Md.). Gordon H. Smith (R-Ore.). James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.). James M. Talent (R-Mo.). John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.). John Thune (R-SD). Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.). Bob Smith (R-Fla.). Bob Ney (R-Ohio). CL. “Butch” Otter (R-Idaho). Carolyn W. Grant (R-NC). Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.). Elizabeth Dole (R-NC). Heather Wilson (R-NM). J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.). Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). James V. Hansen (R-Utah). John Cornyn (R-Texas). Kimo Kaloi (R-Hawaii). Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.). Mike Ferguson (R-NJ). Mike Simpson (R-Idaho). Ralph Regula (R-Ohio). Ric Keller (R-Fla.). Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). Dave Camp (R-Mich.). Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.). Tom Young (R-Ala.). Bill Janklow (R-SD). Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.). Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.). William L. Gormley (R-NJ). Bill McCollum (R-Fla.). Bill Redmond (R-NM). Bob Riley (R-Ala.). Claude B. Hutchison Jr. (R-Calif.). Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.). Francis E. Flotron (R-Mo.). George Allen (R-Va.). Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.). Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-NC). Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Bob Smith (R-Fla.). Joe Pitts (R-PA). Charles H. Taylor (R-NC). Bob Ehrlich (R-Md.). Charles R. Gerow (R-Pa.). Ed Royce (R-Calif.). Elia Vincent Pirozzi (R-Calif.). Jerry Weller (R-Ill.). Mark Emerson (R-Utah). Tom Davis (R-Va.). Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.).

    Also:

    Americans for a Republican Majority, Leadership PAC of Tom DeLay (R-Texas). Republican Majority Fund, Leadership PAC of Don Nickles (R-Okla.). Keep Our Majority PAC, Leadership PAC of Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). Leadership PAC, Leadership PAC of Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio). Rely on Your Beliefs, Leadership PAC of Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). Friends of the Big Sky, Leadership PAC of Conrad Burns (R-Mont.). Senate Victory Fund, Leadership PAC of Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). American Liberty PAC, Leadership PAC of Bob Ney (R-Ohio). Battle Born PAC, Leadership PAC of John Ensign (R-Nev.). Fund for a Free Market America, Leadership PAC of Phil Crane (R-Ill.). Team PAC, Leadership PAC of J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.). The Republican Party of New Jersey.

    Also:

    George W. Bush (R).

    Notice anything similar? Each and every name listed, each and every PAC, has an (R) after it. The Center for Responsive Politics does not have one Democrat – not one – listed as having received a donation from Jack Abramoff. The amounts given to the Republicans listed above amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    In extremis, Republicans have taken to bandying about the name of Byron Dorgan, Democratic Senator from North Dakota, as evidence that this Abramoff thing is a two-party scandal. Dorgan received $67,000 from Native American tribes represented by Abramoff – not from Abramoff himself – and has since returned the money. Furthermore, he got the money before the tribes had any dealings with Abramoff. In short, Dorgan’s so-called involvement in the matter is a red herring.

    As for Mr. Bush, he has given the Abramoff money he received to charity, according to the White House. DNC Chairman Howard Dean pegged the total amount Bush received from Abramoff at $100,000. Abramoff attended three Hannukah receptions at the Bush White House – Hannukah? What happened to fighting the War on Christmas? – but Bush denies knowing him. “The president does not know him and does not recall meeting him,” said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. “It is possible that he could have met him at a holiday reception or some other widely attended event.”

    Heh. Sounds like what we heard from Bush about Kenny “Boy” Lay.

    It is going to be an interesting year.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010506Z.shtml

Re: your question about my morals. Reflexively, I would refer you to a,b, and c above; but that would be intellectually lazy on my part.
I am not perfect – but I have learned from my mistakes, (or stupidity). But those who keep making the same mistakes continually – I have little patience with. I will compare my personal morals with yours any day of the week – I won’t be surprised to see your high moral score – but I’ll suggest you not score yourself too highly in the “humility” department – as your questions reflect your strong sense of moral superiority.

“The implication in that statement is (1) Progressives (aka liberals) are terrorist supporters and (2) Progressives are anti-semetic.” – Optimist –
*****
*MANY (note I did not say “you”) progressives “understand” the intense hatred terrorists violently display. Viewing the “imperialism” and influence of the US with great disdain, progressives appear to lean toward the “little guy”. I didn’t see the Federalist Society filing friend of the court briefs on behalf of terror suspects. I DID see the ACLU (widely considered to be a “progressive” organization) defend and sue on behalf of our enemies.
***Every progressive is not an anti-Semite. But when watching large anti-war demonstrations on C-SPAN, (or demonstrations re: WTO or IMF) I see the pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel message in the mix. I do not see conservatives (with the exception of the anti-Semite Pat Buchanan) bashing our closest ally in the Middle East. But since my word is tainted with bias, check out the websites many contributors here at TP direct you to. Plunger and the former liberal sage RyaNNe are only two of the various prog contributors here who ascribe most Middle East evil to the Mossad including 911.

Id like to hear from MaD or Gary Or Ruppert, or one of these ‘College republicans’, come out come out whereever you ARE!!

The meeting ended with an announcement that the club would soon be conducting elections for officers. Someone asked Guy if he was going to run for president, since he seemed the obvious successor to Henry. Guy demurred, though, saying he thought an official position with the College Republicans might limit his future journalistic career.

Last week, the Seattle Times brought an expose on the deceptive fundraising practices of the College Republicans (Abramoff Rove Norquist), a group that spends “nearly 90 percent … to direct-mail vendors and postage expenses, according to records filed with the Internal Revenue Service.”
An Oct. 28 Seattle Times article said the College Republican National Committee raised millions of dollars since 2001 partly by using official-sounding names such as “Republican Headquarters 2004″ and “Republican Elections Committee” in a direct-mail fundraising campaign. The story said that many voters in their 80s and 90s donated to the groups, which they thought were affiliated with the Bush campaign. Instead, most of the money was spent on the direct-mail program and postage expenses for the college group.
the group’s finance chair in 2002. “He has more than tripled the output of direct mail program while cutting costs, resulting in an exponential increase in CRNC fundraising,” the site (www.crnc.org) said.

YaY Rip OFF the Elderly Citizens! YaY College Republican Conservives” and CRNC! YaY oh YaY.

It’s a hoot watching these criminals destroy our country piece by painful piece, huh? Every win for the GOP and the Bush admin (regardless of whether it was legitimate or ill-gotten) is another nail on the coffin in which our democracy currently rests. This isn’t fringe thought or rabid partisanship, it’s the truth.

For now, you are my enemy and I will fight you until my side wins and this country can reestablish its former status as a beacon of hope and peace and true fredom. I hope you’re ready for this fight, I expect it to be bloody and long and I’m ready. Good luck.

AND your punishment for your hateful campaign to smear President Bush is Justice Samuel Alito. AND this is just the beginning.

Comment by Innocent Lite #69

Idiot Lowbrow,

Kill it (politically) before it grows…