Jonah Goldberg wants people to “give Bush a break”:
By on Sep 1st, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Jonah Goldberg wants people to “give Bush a break”:
“Yes, the federal government could have responded better [to Hurricane Katrina]. And of course there were real tragedies involved in that disaster. But you know what? Bad stuff happens during disasters, which is why we don’t call them tickle-parties.”
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“Bad stuff” is made much worse in a disaster when the people in charge are incompetent like Bush Co. The Katrina response was like watching a Third World nation trying to recover from a disaster and the response is totally inexcusable.
September 1st, 2006 at 12:32 pm“no one could imagine the levees breaking.” “no one could imagine someone slamming planes into buildings as weapons.”
September 1st, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Heckuva job, Brownie.
September 1st, 2006 at 12:33 pmReminds me of Red Forman’s comment about work.
September 1st, 2006 at 12:37 pmThat’s why they call it work. If it was fun they’d call it Lah-Ti-Dah
i call bs. if we can drop water and food on the tsunami victims in 3 days our gov. sure in the hell could have done the same for our own. plain and simple.
September 1st, 2006 at 12:39 pmShorter Jonah Goldberg: “Quit calling failures failures.”
September 1st, 2006 at 12:42 pmIncredulious!!!!!!!!!!
Worst pathetic apologist dribble I have read in a LONG time and thats saying alot. Goldberg takes time and resources for us to feel sorry for his failures? WTF???
Any mention of accountability? Consequences? responsibility to those he works for? No we have a lacky apologists minimizing and grasping at imaginary straws as if it “could” be worse.
Goldberg lost all credibility with his pathetic deflection that if Armitage was involves then it erases all behaviors of others. History already shows what Armitage did led to a DIRECT AND MALICIOUS SMEAR ATTACK FROM THE WH. Choke on those facts.
These apologists and bloviating talking heads are no longer credible as they act like battered spouses…its OK he didn’t mean to harm us, it will be better next time…he means well.
Rational ADULTS will demand accountability and stick to actions, not dribble talking points. Spin all you want apologists, you cannot displace, run, or minimize BUSH AS A FAILURE.
September 1st, 2006 at 12:43 pmA fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience. Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein’s “Time Enough for Love”
September 1st, 2006 at 12:51 pmtickle-parties? wtf? must be having flashbacks—uhhhh—with little boys, maybe.
September 1st, 2006 at 12:52 pmWhen a group of guys says we’re ready for the hurricane and we will be responsible for everything and then they do NOTHING, it’s not an accidental oversight, it’s NEGLIGENCE!
September 1st, 2006 at 12:55 pmGive bush a break? What is he kidding?
Bush and his team of media hacks, Rove, have been on a 6 year long campaign of lies, secrecy, leaks and downright immature and hateful smear campaigns. Bush never apologizes, never tells us what the course is, Pays for war thru emergency supplements.
After having listened to the Cheney Faux News Bush outlet and their neverending attacks on 70% of America for the last 6 years, Bus deserves no Break and he Will get no break.
For being the most self-centered, egotistical, hateful, incompetent and self-serving ass that he is, I for one will never, ever give this little silver spooned pissant a break.
He deserves everything this rotten vile evil and hateful man/child gets from the public here and abroad.
The man is incompetent. Cheney is incomepetent, Rummy is incompetent. Rove is just an incomepetent hack, all his trick are known. Know of these haters of America will EVER EVER deserve a break for what they have done.
September 1st, 2006 at 12:57 pmStop paying attention to Jonah. It’s like taking a ranting nut on the street seriously.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:01 pmBush is good: “On the Katrina debacle, everybody failed, but for the mistakes of the Federal Government, I take full responsibility. On the war front, my government will do whatever it takes to keep Americans safe.”
Also, shades of a World War are so much better than shades of Vietnam.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:02 pmFU Jonah Goldberg…If Bush can’t stand the heat get the hell out of the kitchen.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:07 pmMr. Goldberg should be asking the thousands that died to forgive Bush as they didn’t have to die. Bush is the President of the United States for God sake if he can’t protect the American people get the hell out. Bush works for the people and not big business. So Mr. Goldberg you can forgive Bush the American people will IMPEACH BUSH.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:09 pmIf a man cannot take the heat for his screw-ups, he should never have been in a position to make those screw-ups in the first place. Bush screwed up.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:10 pmTahnks TP I just found a better site to be part of. All of this hate is stupid and I guse it comes from the same stupid people. and TP is short for TOILET PAPER, because that is all this site is good for.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:14 pmHey, Goldberg…Give this a break.
(Sorry for the graphical display of what happened there)
September 1st, 2006 at 1:15 pmThat article was so full of misinterpretations of reality it was sad. Really sad that a grown human being could write something that easily refuted and shown in the light as bunk.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:16 pm#17,
Is there a Troll dictionary that supplies you righties with the ass-backwards grammar and syntax you all so frequently employ?
I’m just wondering…
September 1st, 2006 at 1:17 pmOne word. No.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:18 pm“Tahnks TP I just found a better site to be part of. All of this hate is stupid and I guse it comes from the same stupid people. and TP is short for TOILET PAPER, because that is all this site is good for.” –Comment by True American
Woo Hoo! Another idiot Troll down. Good riddance.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:27 pmGive him a break? Oh I don’t think so. Thousands of people died, and hundreds of thousands lost EVERYTHING, and GWB is still dragging his heels. A break? Never.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:28 pmguys a comic right? is this what is next? the new RNC slogan;
“WE SCREWED UP BAD AND LOTS OF FOLKS ARE DEAD, LOTS BROKE, MANY SICK, BUT WE GOT RICH AND ARE GETTING RICHER” PLEASE LET US GO BACK FOR MORE!
22, It is nice that Douglas Feith has decided to stop blogging on a site he can’t understand though, gives you hope eh?
September 1st, 2006 at 1:30 pmAnother GOP – AIPAC dumbass. They know no shame.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:31 pmJonah Goldberg is a determined propagandist, a Nazi team player who sold his soul long ago (if he ever had one). Not to mention being completely repulsive.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:32 pmTickle-parties? Who the hell says that?
I’m guessing with fantasies like that, he could get a gig at the DHS…..
September 1st, 2006 at 1:32 pmAnd now you know why Jonah’s referred to as the “Doughy Pantload”
September 1st, 2006 at 1:39 pmLadies and gentlemen, I give you …
TICKLE ME GOLDBERG!
Just touch his tummy and watch as he does a song and dance for the administration! He’s pre-programmed with a dozen right-wing talking points, including such favorites as:
“We fight them there so we don’t have to fight them here!”
“Accountability?What accountability?”
“War is peace!”
And many others!
Get yours today! No facts required.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:46 pmThat 20 Million on PR is kicking in DAMN FAST!!!!! Should have had an Iraqi insurgency invade N’aulins…would have had that bitch Katrina in check in NO TIME at all!!!
September 1st, 2006 at 1:48 pmRidiculous! The federal government by LAW is not allowed to go into and assist any state, UNTIL the governor of that state requests it. Bush and even that jerk who used to head FEMA already had some personal, equipment and supplies ready to go, but the jerkwad that was elected governer of louisiana had not requested it.
Next, it is not the job of the federal government to rebuild a city Show me in the constitution where it says that.
Also, the government has over 8 billion dollars WAITING for louisiana to get and spend it, and to make matters worse, most of this would not have happened, if the governer and state legislator for louisiana had spent the over 800 million earmarked to maintain, and upgrade the levees, ON tyhe levees and not on the shipping port.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:50 pmComment by Douglas G. — September 1, 2006 @ 1:50 pm
Are you huffing paint?
September 1st, 2006 at 1:53 pmBush, the leader of “The Tickle Party”, was playing guitar and eating birthday cake while Katrina hit. The only breaks BushCo should get are a break from a government paycheck and a break from their power.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:54 pm31 Douglas G.
September 1st, 2006 at 1:55 pmIf you had stopped with “Ridiculous”, your post would have been accurate and concise. After that … tickle, tickle, tickle.
off topic, but not really, because this is just the opposite of a bush break.
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The offices of Senate President Ben Stevens, R-Anchorage; Kohring; Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch, R-Juneau; Sen. Donald Olson, D-Nome; and Rep. Pete Kott, R-Eagle River also were searched.
The blinds were mostly drawn and doors shut in most offices being searched at the downtown Legislative Information Office in Anchorage. Agents wearing blue rubber gloves were visible through gaps in the blinds, rifling through documents in Stevens’ Anchorage office.
Kohring, contacted at his legislative office in Wasilla, would not confirm that his office was part of the raid or what agents were searching for, saying, “I can’t talk about that right now.”
Agents were seen leaving his Juneau office with boxes that appeared to contain documents.
Messages left with other lawmakers and Senate Republican majority spokesman Jeff Turner were not immediately returned.
Veco is an Alaska oil field services and construction company whose executives are major contributors to political campaigns, usually Republicans.
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Yeh those Republicans are awfully worried about war and the security of your country right?
Now who here thinks these people are worried about terrorists?
And even if they did, which they don’t, secure our country, does anyone honestly think a GOOPer is going to rush out of the safety of an airconditioned office, don a kevlar vest, grab a rifle and come to your rescue?
HAHAHA, Right. They would probably be drunk and accidentally shoot someone in the face….
September 1st, 2006 at 1:58 pmI’d settle for at least one weak of the media devoting the same time given to Karr to reporting about impeachment. Maybe Bill C. could run the talk show circuit explaining why is was important he be removed from office and why Dub should get a break.
How bad do things have to get?
September 1st, 2006 at 1:59 pmDouglas G.,
Check your facts. Seriously, you look foolish. Blanco requested federal aid on August 27th, and Bush authorized FEMA’s authority the same day.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html
September 1st, 2006 at 2:01 pmBut even nicer than catching bin Laden is not having thousands of dead Americans in New York, Washington and L.A.
Yeah, it’s so much better having them die in Iraq for a failed policy . . .
Did Lucianne mate with a weasel? It’s the only excuse possible for Jonah.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:01 pmDouglas,
September 1st, 2006 at 2:03 pmTake a deep breath……especially if you are huffing paint.
Next, it is not the job of the federal government to rebuild a city Show me in the constitution where it says that. -Five of Diamonds
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And what pray tell do you call Nation Building in Iraq?
Oh, but that’s another Bush lie isn’t it?
“I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation building. …”
http://www.zfacts.com/p/136.html
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Bush won’t rebuild his own country, but he will destroy, kill, maim other countries so that he can rebuild it.
Seems like George hates America and loves Iraq.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:04 pmBush is an Iraqi Liberal. Yes George is the Islamofascist.
He spends more on people, and on a Islamofascist country than on the country, America, that gave him life.
What a Pathetic Islamofascist Human George is.
Giving all our money and troops, our money to rebuild an ‘Islamofascist country. We can’t even get a raise for the people starving on min wage. Yet George can spend trillions rebuilding a foreign country?
Yes, George hates America..If he really loved America, he would fix it first! before he spent our money on nation building.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:12 pmIf Fascism is the merging of Government and Business then I’d make the case that we’re now a fascist country.
The Oil Companies helped write the 2005 Energy Bill:
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/energybill/2005/articles.cfm?ID=13980
The Bankruptcy Bill was written with “help” from the Financial Services Industry:
http://www.counterpunch.org/floyd0802.html
The Drug and Insurance Companies helped write the 2003 Medicare Bill:
http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0620/mossback.php
And we all know the Defense Contractors, Oil Companies and Oil Services Companies were a part of the push for War/Occupation in Iraq.
How can we deny we’re living in a fascist country?
September 1st, 2006 at 2:17 pmA well-meaning person enjoying a day out on the boat sees another boat. The occupant is signaling for help, his boat is stranded. The well-meaning one says, “no problem, hop in and I’ll take you back to shore,” rescuing the occupant. But, the well-meaning one crashes into a sand bar. The occupant suffers a concussion and drowns. The well-meaning one was not negligent.
Guess what a court of law will say when the well-meaning one’s lawyer says, “just give him a break,” “bad stuff happens” he was trying to help the occupant who “probably would have died out there anyway”? Guilty. Although the well-one had no duty to rescue the occupant in the first instance, once he took it upon himself to rescue he became responsible for the occupant.
So Bush, who was playing guitar and sharing birthday cake with McCain and his whole lot, who did have a duty to rescue New Orleaners… we should just give him a break?
Bush gives “getting away with murder” a whole new meaning.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:22 pm“Give Bush a break.” In which bone?
September 1st, 2006 at 2:24 pm43, you brought up a good point.
I wonder if the failure to even drop food/water etc. from helicopters was out of fear of litigation for dropping the food/water. (you know, Americans will sue for anything).
September 1st, 2006 at 2:26 pmJonah describes perfectly, what I tell my son, is a lack of responsibility. My son is 6 and he understands responsibility better than most republicans and certainly more than Jonah Goldberg.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:27 pmThis is the same Jonah Goldberg who coined the term “Ledeen Doctrine” in 2002, recalling words he remembered Michael Ledeen saying in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute: “Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business.”
This is also the same Jonah Goldberg whose writings at Townhall.com have continually bashed Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Dan Rather, Alex Baldwin, Katie Couric, and nearly everyone else who has disagreed with the Iraqi War and King George in general. This is the same Goldberg who now states, “It’s time to cut the guy some slack.”
Yeah, Jonah. Just as much slack as you have dished out to the Clintons over the years.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:27 pmHow many breaks does Bush need? He’s had a break on the deficit, on allowing 9/11 to happen on his watch, on the useless Medicare prescription drug bill that’s cost three times what we were told, on torture, on spying, on “Mission Accomplished,” on “Bring it on!,” on WMD, on gas prices, on the cost of the war, on 2600 dead troops with no end in sight, and on and on and on.
Worst. President. Ever.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:38 pmClearly, this chucklehead still doesn’t get the fact that if those whose job it was to respond to the Katrina situation in the first place had been even remotely qualified for the position (namely, “Brownie”) and if certain other people hadn’t been diverting funds earmarked for maintaining the levees to the money pit which is the War In Iraq (namely, Bush) it wouldn’t have been quite such a tragic disaster in the first place! Ye gods…where do they find these people, anyway?
September 1st, 2006 at 2:53 pmA British film is running about a fictional assassination of George W. Bush. Unfortunately, it’s fiction, not reality.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:55 pmI had to laugh when I read Jonah Goldberg’s column.
His little tirade can be summarised thus: Yes, Pres Bush screwed the pooch in Iraq and New Orleans but so have others. Yes, Pres. Bush is not very competent but neither are the media. Yes, the mastermind behind 9/11 attacks hasn’t been captured but that’s irrelevant because the US hasn’t been attacked.
Also, he brings up the fact that it was Armitage who “outed” Plame, but remains mum about the administration’s efforts to conceal that fact, and the lack of disciplinary action. Not to mention that Goldbeg glosses over Pres Bush’s record-high spending and deficit.
Again, more lowering the expectations so their Dear Leader doesn’t disappoint. And I thought they voted for him to “restore dignity” to the White House. Silly me.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:05 pmHey, Bush is the one riding a bike while trying to eat a bowl of soup.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:17 pmI’d be willing to give Bush a break…Arm or leg?
September 1st, 2006 at 3:18 pmAn entire year later and the Chimpylovers are still spewing LIES about Katrina.
FEMA didn’t have to wait for anybody to get to work. Blaming the local govts for FEMA not taking charge is bullshit.
FEMA contracted out the Katrina evacuation plan to a private company…and that plan had NOTHING about public transportation in it. Those underwater school buses were not Ray Nagin’s fault…they were FEMA’s fault. and that means Chimpy’s fault.
New Orleans was 100% Chimpy’s fault. Those 1800 dead are on his hands.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:22 pmWe DO live in a fascist country, and it is full of fascists like Five of Diamonds.
Goddamn Chimpyloving Nazi inbred redneck.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:26 pm#55 – Tom3 – I think you got confused – its douglas G you must mean.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:34 pmNew Orleans , Makes Bangladeshees look like rocket scientists
September 1st, 2006 at 3:35 pmCuba just demonstrated how evacuations are SUPPOSED TO WORK, BEFORE ERNESTO MADE LANDFALL.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:40 pm“Yes, the federal government could have responded better [to Hurricane Katrina]. And of course there were real tragedies involved in that disaster. But you know what? Bad stuff happens during disasters, which is why we don’t call them tickle-parties.â€
You know, this statement is actually pretty accurate, when one considers that the disaster is the BushCo presidency.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:43 pmIt’s impossible to give a buffoon a break because each time he has an opening to stretch his ego, he inserts his foot in his mouth. He is his own worst enemy and the poster child for illiteracy. How can anyone stop someone from making a fool of themselves? It’s not the people who need to give Dubya a break – he needs to take a break from the people before his rating go totally down the commode.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:58 pmNew Orleans was ravaged while our chief was “on vacation”. How priceless! I guess Crawford doesn’t have a television these days since he claims unawareness of the potential of the storm. In any case, how can it take a normal human being FOUR DAYS to react and respond to this human tragedy? I guess when that same being is the one who sat reading “My Pet Goat” while the WTC crumbled and remained there without so much as a facial reaction to such news, it begins to make sense. It’s a definite pattern of someone who needs to be impeached for NOT performing the duties which the american people pay him to do. It’s really as simple as that. No tickie/no washie…..if you don’t do the job…as Trump would say Y-O-U-R-E F-I-R-E-D. His impeachment and that ofTricky Dick is long, long overdue.
September 1st, 2006 at 4:03 pmIts my understanding Bush has been given “breaks” his entire life. So if Bush doesn’t get a break now what will happen, will he spontaniously combust?
September 1st, 2006 at 4:10 pmI remember an episode of the Sopranos where Tony was seeing all the people he killed or ordered killed. Bush will be seeing a lot of people at some point.
September 1st, 2006 at 4:12 pmGive Bush a break? Hahaha. Funniest thing I’ve read all day.
I guess Jonah wants to go down in history as one of the gang of enablers of the worst President in U.S. history. Go for it Jonah! Ra ra ra sis boom bah!
September 1st, 2006 at 5:32 pmDude, you are a lieing asshole. August 26. That’s when Blanco requested the aid for Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane hit 3 days later on August 29th, moron.
Of course you would say that, you Neo-Conservative ’shrink State government so small you can drown it in a bathtub’ ‘everyone for himself’ jerk. I’d love to see you take that attitude down to New Orleans. And I hope your house is demolished, all your belongings are destroyed, including family heirlooms, and all you have left is the clothes on your back. It would be twice as poetic if all your money went with your material possessions.
I’d love to see your proof…
Sorry, the rest of you. It’s asshats like this guy that piss me off. “Blame the Victim” is getting old.
September 1st, 2006 at 6:22 pmWhen Carter formed FEMA, he made THREE PROMISES TO AMERICA.
Bushco destroyed FEMA, broke all three of those promises, and THEN it failed America.
Listen up, Jonah:
1. FEMA will ALWAYS deliver services without regard to class, race, gender, etc.
2. FEMA will ALWAYS be a Cabinet-level post.
3. FEMA will ALWAYS be run by an experienced first responder.
September 1st, 2006 at 7:01 pm“Next, it is not the job of the federal government to rebuild a city Show me in the constitution where it says that.”
Look up “Equal Protection.”
“The principal purpose of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is to prevent governmental entities from purposefully discriminating between individuals on the basis of race.”
Rebuilding the homes of rich people in Florida, year after year, is the PRECEDENT that puts the rebuilding of New Orleans into the Constitution, you loon.
September 1st, 2006 at 7:08 pmThe Bush and republofascist answer is kill, murder, torture, and leave the rest to die, you’d think I’m taking about Iraq but as you can see from the posts here, I’m taking about non-republican Americans.
September 1st, 2006 at 8:45 pmAwww, widdle Georgie is having a bad time – let’s not make it so hard for him — waaah, waah. Give Bush a break – my ass.
September 1st, 2006 at 10:38 pmSome people here would sooner blame the victim than place the blame where it belongs – at the feet of George Bush.
Why they think Bushie is absolved of any and all responsibility for anything is beyond me. He’s the POTUS! He is responsible — this all occurred on his watch. He was the one eating birthday cake, playing guitar, and flying over the devastation, taking a week before visiting the area. When he finally did visit, he lit up the square with his Kleig lights and temporary electrical power, promised them immediate aid, and then took his electrical power, and left the city dark and under water. His toadies were in charge, and they are as incompetent and out of touch as he is.
FEMA, at one time, was an effective and organized relief organization — Bush (in his efforts to shrink the government) put it under the auspices of HS and added layers of bureaucracy and inefficiency. That is his fault.
Recently, another fault of his shrinking the government occurred at the Lexington, KY airport where ONE air controller was on duty, over-worked, under-rested, and overseeing the take offs and landings that night when 49 people died.
Bush is at fault. This is his corrupt incompetence on display. The decider makes bad decisions – and yet, his toadies and apologists make excuses for him.
Bush is destroying America and asses like Goldberg want to give him a break.
A pox on all their houses. Damn them all to hell.
didn’t respond well to Katrina? What’s thier excuse a year later?
September 1st, 2006 at 10:52 pmHow about these conservative holes give Katrina survivors a break and quit blaming them for the disaster. What do they know about poverty and having no money to get to somewhere else or how to pay for it. What do they know about being elderly and infirmed or disabled. No. I won’t give the bushies a break
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September 1st, 2006 at 11:11 pmWhat part of Illinois are you located?
Tickle parties? What planet is Goldberg from anyway?
Everyone knows tickling is a form of torture.
Give Bush a break? I’ll give him a break — I’ll break my foot off in his ass.
September 1st, 2006 at 11:16 pmBush is committed to appointing unqualified friends and family.
He doesn’t deserve a break.
September 1st, 2006 at 11:19 pmAs usual, the cult of personal responsibility demands that “their guy” be given a free pass. Conservatism is dead.
September 2nd, 2006 at 10:47 amTh people already gave Bush 8 years in office and all the money available in the US treasury without him having to do any hard labor like getting elected or fighting in the military. Giving him a break? You got’s to be kidding
September 2nd, 2006 at 11:09 amfailure after failure – lie after lie and he’s still in there – sounds like he gets plenty of breaks – welcome to bush’s america
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTW0y6kazWM
September 2nd, 2006 at 12:45 pmJust finished listening to Mike Malloy subing for Randi Rhodes 28th show. If you even considered giving Bush a break, you will want him tried for murder by the end of the show.
September 2nd, 2006 at 12:58 pmMalloy is no longer with AA as of 8/31. That is a loss – AA is doing a lot of schedule adjustment and contract renewals.
September 2nd, 2006 at 1:12 pmJonah > where is your mother Lucianne hiding out these days?
September 2nd, 2006 at 1:58 pmBlaming the victim is always an excuse by conservatives to justify being reluctant to help them. It’s always their fault so why should the CONS fork over their tax dollars to help? They do this to the victims of Katrina, those who lose their job because some corporation outsources them, rape victims, etc.
and conservatives are supposed to be the party of traditional values and “morality.”
September 2nd, 2006 at 3:12 pmFW and hizzmamma
September 2nd, 2006 at 4:23 pmDid you give a break to Al Gore when you lied about him like other people breath?
September 2nd, 2006 at 8:08 pmYou hypocratic little bastard. Your Bush does not deserve a break. He has done more harm to this country than any other pol since Nixon. His unpopularity has been long overdue.
Giving George W. Bush a break is a non sequitur. Not only have we given him breaks before, we paraded and marched him around in a glory and fit for a king. It’s we the people and countries of the world that need a break from his full-on “boogie down with his bad-self”. Never in history has one person been given so much and in return, those gifts were squandered, kept, destroyed,
September 2nd, 2006 at 9:21 pmwasted, or ever recognized for the face value stated. It’s a fools paradise they usher it. Shall we fall in line and join the circus, or fall back, regroup, recharge, reload, and begin the healing process by shoring up our borders, immigration policies, environmental protection, and energy self-sufficiency. If Bush had 4 more years, our country would disappear before our eyes, and a network of corporations will take over rule the world with Bush as the Supreme figurehead, and we his loyal subjects that either fall in or get detained into oblivion.
Goldberg lacks credentials for this task. His mom is a two-faced hack. That’s the only reason his gets any attention.
September 2nd, 2006 at 10:19 pmJonah, Go ahead, give Bush a break. You’re good for Democrats recruitment.
Republican policies of “Tax Cuts and Spending Cuts” caused the devastation in New Orleans, not “local authorities. So, you’re either deliberately lying or once again proving your ignorance. David Sirota lays out the facts in his major book, “Hostile Takeover”: In 2001, Repubs passed a $1.2 trillion tax cut and pushed massive cuts to America’s flood and hurricane protection programs. In 2003, Bush pushed a $125 billion plan to eliminate taxes on stock dividencs while cutting funds to the Army Corps of Engineers needed to maintain flood-control infrastructure in SE Lousiana. In 2004, Bush pushed a $1 trillion plan to make those tax cuts for the rich permanent; at the same time, the NO Times Picayune reported that “for the first time in 37 years, federal budget cuts have all but stopped major work on the New Orleans area’s east bank hurricane levees.” Just before Katrina in 2005, the White House and Repubs pushed to repeal the estate tax on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, while proposing a budget that would prvode almost $300 million less than the Army Corps of Engineers said was needed to complete critical infrastructure improvements in and around New Orleans. At that very moment, a report was issued byt he American Society of Civil Engineers which warned that 3,500 dams were at risk of failing unless the government spent $10 billion to fix them.These budget decisions by Bush and the Repubs–made in the name of fighting against “tax and spend” policies were made in the face of Bush’s own Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, Mike Parker, AND the insurance industry warned that, uless infrastructure was improved, a major storm could cause up to $150 billion in damage to the Gulf Coast. Bush FIRED Mike Parker immediately for Parker’s honest warning. So, should we really “cut Bush a break?” Aside from the unprecedented budget deficits, a looming recession, an illegal war which we have already lost, the creation of millions more terrorists which seek to attack Americans, and the horrific devastation to people and infrastructure on the Gulf Coast–which, I’ll remind you is the source of much of our country’s oil production–I can’t see why YOU would want to give Bush a break–except for perhaps a broken nose, for the destruction he’s done to your own political party, which stands a good chance of losing the House this November as a result of their disgraceful policies and corruption. But, go ahead, Jonah, give Bush a break. Fewer and fewer people are willing to call themselves Republicans anymore, while people who call themselves Democrats is increasing monthly, according to Rasmussen’s latest poll. The more you and yours “give Bush a break,” the more your party loses
September 3rd, 2006 at 7:14 amBad stuff? How about illegal stuff? And self-serving stuff? And wasteful stuff? And political stuff in the name of Katrina victims that does nothing to help the victims and everything to help this greedy Republican administration and their cronies? Katrina was no tickle party to be sure, but the way this administration didn’t react, didn’t handle it and then used the tragedy to its political advantage every time it could was abhorrent and shameful. Bad stuff? How about the president’s mommy with her nose high in the air chuckling that Katrina victims were better off–displaced from their homes and living with hundreds of strangers without electricity, clean water or air conditioning? Or how about this president still…still…lamenting Trent Lott losing ONE of his homes in New Orleans while hundreds of thousands lost everything they owned? Let’s put this terrible tragedy and this terrible presidency in proper perspective. Both are disasters of immense proportions. And while victims may never truly recover from Katrina, there’s still precious time to start reversing the damage that Bush has wreaked. Even our corrupt, republican-owned election system would have a hard time rigging a landslide. Get out and vote the dirty, scummy republicans out.
September 3rd, 2006 at 7:36 amSure let’s cut this sorryass president some slack. He’s doing a heck of a job. The economy’s thriving. The world’s at peace. Everyone has affordable housing and health care. Everyone’s working. Our federal programs are working like well-oiled machines. Threre’s no such thing as political corruption. Yeah… life is a tickle party under this president.
September 3rd, 2006 at 8:06 amThe GOP battle cry in 08.
September 4th, 2006 at 9:12 amWe are not responsible for anything that happened the last 8 years.
Now we want another 4 years to prove we are irresponsible.
Jessie
I think this is pretty common.
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