It’ll take years for all of the damage he has caused to be apparent. And all those people in the Middle East who we’ve pissed off? They have very long memories.

I think you are correct to a point. I do think Bush has acted to protect the interests of his constituency but I wouldn’t use the word truth to describe his motives. I think he has manipulated truth for the end. The problem is that his constituency is the super rich and corporations, and he has sacrificed the country’s wealth and reputation and lives of the common man to benefit the few.

And they will be thankful. Their wealth and status has only improved at no cost to them. And their kids can still raise a glass of champagne or swing a polo mallet with either hand.

The hate for George Bush is palpable, tangible and justified. He will be remembered in 50 years with disdain and disgust by the majority of Americans and fondly by the elite few.

And i think its wishful thinking to expect a democratic president, house and senate to fundementally change the status quo. Your entire economic system is pegged to military expenditure and oil, attempts to change that will be rejected by any and every means possible (including violence i imagine).

I too live in hope that change is coming with obama (how will be the next president), but my realist head expects no major change and a retention of the status quo. eg Troops will not be leaving Iraq,

PS: how is posing an alternate viewpoint troll-like? youre reaction comes across just like that of narrow minded right wingers. *fingers in ears* “dont mess with my paradigm!!”

you need to look at what they say not as direct lies but as “truth” as the see it, or want to see it. What matters to you and what matters to them are two different things. Thus, when he says you will be thankful in 50 years, he means it. and to many people, he will be right. especially for the unthinking idiots who think freedom comes with a 6 litre engine and off road tyres.

As Cheney said: “The American way of life is not negotiable”

Over 200 of you should try to understand what your “leaders” clearly talk about almost every day. Your security and prosperity is intimately linked with energy supplies and liberal access to them.

Comment by toasterhead — February 26, 2008 @ 4:58 pm

And don’t forget the other American chemical companies that helped him w/ his WMDs, or Reagan and Bush, Sr, while yer at it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran-Iraq_war

On 9 June 1992, Ted Koppel reported on ABC’s Nightline, “It is becoming increasingly clear that George Bush Sr., operating largely behind the scenes throughout the 1980s, initiated and supported much of the financing, intelligence, and military help that built Saddam’s Iraq into” the power it became, and “Reagan/Bush administrations permitted — and frequently encouraged — the flow of money, agricultural credits, dual-use technology, chemicals, and weapons to Iraq.”

BE… the Snark!!!

Comment by RUCerious — February 26, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

Wow the delusion is upon us! ;)

(they call it the Rapture, I call it the Great delusion!)

Ahhh, yes. Daryll, in all his forms and names, still makes no sense.

Comment by StratRat — February 26, 2008 @ 7:01 pm

Actually, I had a fundie tell me exactly that. The entire universe was created just so humans could marvel at how awesome God is. Because, as far as I can tell, God is so frickin’ insecure that he needs constant affirmation from a few million primates.

According to the fundie, there were no other live forms in the Universe. Just us. And Daryll.

Just a quick question Rapture freak: If we are the only humans in the universe, why would God have made all the billions and billions of other galaxy’s? Just for us to look at?

Amen.