Is that clear?
“Bush has said that he had his picture taken with Abramoff an unknown number of times, but he doesn’t remember any of them,” the AP reports.
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What a memory hole! Bet he doesn’t remember invading a country that doesn’t/didn’t have any WMD’s and I bet he doesn’t remember having Special OPS setting off bombs in Iran and causing unrest and doesn’t remember that he has already ordered war in Iraq and I bet he doesn’;t remember that Congress Never Gave Him War Powers to start a War In Iraq!
February 13th, 2006 at 8:48 amThis would be the same George Bush that famously remembered every frat boy’s name on pledge day.
February 13th, 2006 at 8:53 am“Why remember when forgetting comes naturally?”
February 13th, 2006 at 8:54 amMeanwhile, it appears that Abramoff isn’t as Republican as you all think.
Abramoff Hired Anti-Bush Writer
February 13th, 2006 at 8:56 amAnother case of ’selective memory’.
February 13th, 2006 at 8:58 amMaybe he’s Drinking again???
On a more serious note: Isn’t the “Scooter”s defense?
February 13th, 2006 at 9:03 amOh dear, Gary.
1. Indian tribes have always donated to Reid and Dorgan.
2. Doug Bandow is a libertarian.
Oh yeah. Abramoff was Chairman of the College Republicans back in 1983. He was best mates with the likes of Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed. He’s a conservative, he’s a Republican. He’s also a felon.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:05 amLibertarians are just people who want to make excuses for their support of abortion.
They’re admirable on economic issues, but morally vacant on most social issues.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:07 amYeah and Conservatives are for smaller govt., states rights and no nation building.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:12 amOh I forgot compassionate to.
I wish more Republicans were as honest as the trolls on this site about what they believe. Instead, they have to hide their position on social issues that most people would find deplorable and completely out of the mainstream.
See Bush, George W., Roberts, John and Alito, Sam.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:16 amWhen you are morally correct people see it and follow you Gary. You should have learned that in church. People see your actions and know the type of person you are. I wonder why it is so hard to get people that believe in liberty, democracy, peace, reason, and justice behind republicans? Maybe it is because their actions do not smell like nor look like morality? It is not like the liberals are a bunch of jew baby eating war mongers that like to rape and pillage. How hard is it to get these type of people behind you if you are so “moral”? You must be mistake morality for cronyism. I wonder how many KKK were considered “moral” by their neighbors?
February 13th, 2006 at 9:17 amLying must cause amnesia.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:18 amBTW I am going to nolo responde to Mr. Ruppert, just as a point of civility.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:21 amfly-man,
February 13th, 2006 at 9:29 amIt’s about time.
what, the president doesn’t remember all those Hanukkah parties? oy to that goy!
February 13th, 2006 at 9:34 amwell he is rather busy…. the shrubs need cutting.. there is some war that needs to be won… and bugga me the nsa wiretapping well he has to listen to them…. so much to do and so little time…
February 13th, 2006 at 9:42 amIf he doesn’t remember any of them, then why is his administration working so hard to finding those photos and hiding/destroying them?
February 13th, 2006 at 9:50 amSince we are making up definitions:
Conservatives have become people who make up reality to fit their already existing ideas. In other words, if it dosen’t fit with “my version” of reality it does not exist.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:57 amhow can Bush not believe in evolution? his own story on this issue has evolved so much since its inception…
February 13th, 2006 at 10:02 amHey, Bushie, want some of Senator Roberts’ “memory pills?”
February 13th, 2006 at 10:03 amMaybe Bush meant that he has SEEN the photos with himself and Abramoff, however Bush doesn’t actually remember that moment when the photo was taken, or the moment ANY of the photos we’re bound to see in the future were taken.
February 13th, 2006 at 10:08 amanother right wing criminal…but he ain’t hurtin’ either…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Bandow
…was a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. He resigned on December 15, 2005 after admitting to accepting payments from lobbyist Jack Abramoff in return for publishing articles favorable to Abramoff’s clients over a period of approximately ten years…He has referred to his activities for Abramoff as “a lapse of judgement”…Copley News Service, a carrier of Doug Bandow’s column, suspended his column immediately after the payola news became public…
too bad more didn’t listen to bandow in 04:
http://www.salon.com/ opinion/ feature/ 2004/ 09/ 10/ conservatives/ index_np1.html
Why conservatives must not vote for Bush
A Reaganite argues that Bush is a dangerous, profligate, moralizing radical — and that his reelection would be catastrophic both for the right and for America.
hell, i knew that…
February 13th, 2006 at 10:17 ammethinks he is misunderestimating things here
February 13th, 2006 at 10:18 amIf he’s suffering from that much memory loss, is he really able to discharge the powers and duties of his office?
February 13th, 2006 at 10:37 amPerhaps W does not remember Abramoff because he was dead ass drunk. Looks like Gary fell off his chair after the second liter of Johnny Walker Blue.
February 13th, 2006 at 10:46 amI’ve seen better feigns of memory loss and stupid alibis on COPS.
February 13th, 2006 at 11:39 amUh, Mr. Bush, if you’re going to lie all the time, you might want to get better at it. Just sayin’…
February 13th, 2006 at 11:46 amReagan had a better memory than this shithead!
February 13th, 2006 at 11:51 amGary have you ever considered quail hunting,….. with,…..say,…..er,……Vice pres Cheney?
February 13th, 2006 at 12:07 pmtrust me it’ll be so much fun even the helocopter ride to the hospital…..LOL
Declarations are changing subtlely, as in Iraq War’s rise… “I don’t remember Abramoff”, “I don’remember if there were pictures with Abramoff”, “I don’t remember when were the pictures taken”… someone needs to spur this guy to the truth, or it will take forever until he recognizes having being in a one yard radius of Abramoff…
February 13th, 2006 at 12:30 pmWhat a memory hole!
Comment by thot’s n TN #1
…side effects from all that good “blow” he used to cop from…
…”dime bag Laura”…
February 13th, 2006 at 12:55 pm“He does not remember any of them”
What is this? The Alzheimer’s defence?
February 13th, 2006 at 1:18 pm#33 No Greg it’s the “I did way too much cocaine but don’t want to talk about it” defense, at least Reagan had a legitimate medical issue.
February 13th, 2006 at 2:04 pm