Bush: ‘No regime should ignore the will of its own people.’
Bush: ‘No regime should ignore the will of its own people.’
In a statement regarding new sanctions against Zimbabwe today, President Bush declares that “no regime should ignore the will of its own people“:
The regime has also continued its ban against NGO activities that would provide assistance to the suffering and vulnerable people of Zimbabwe. No regime should ignore the will of its own people and calls from the international community without consequences.
TPM’s Eric Kleefeld notes the irony of the Bush administration, which proudly ignores public opinion in the United States, instructing other countries to listen to “the will of its own people.” Kleefeld suggests that the administration look at “the direction of polling data at home — not to mention international opinion — showing that people want a timetable to withdraw from Iraq.”
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in the words of Cheney on the opinions of Americans.
So?
July 25th, 2008 at 1:38 pmThis is rich…
July 25th, 2008 at 1:38 pmIt’s official. He’s:
a. stoned
b. delusional
c. high on crack
d. the president
No matter which one you pick, it’s sad and disturbing.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:39 pmGreat. That means you’re resigning, right?
July 25th, 2008 at 1:40 pmGee, Bush has been ignoring the will of the people in this country forever. And Maliki ignored the wish of the people in Iraq until recently. And then we have Israel where its war monger leaders have ignored the will of the people since 60% of the people there want their government to negotiate with Hamas.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:40 pmNo regime should ignore the will of its own people and calls from the international community without consequences.
Is he expecting a Russo-Sino invasion of the US?
July 25th, 2008 at 1:40 pmRUCerious - can I pick e. all of the above?
July 25th, 2008 at 1:41 pmBush: ‘No regime should ignore the will of its own people.’
- - Irrespective of his speechwriters, Bush might want to reconsider that $60K salary for his Fact Checkerizer.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:42 pmMary ~ absolutely, and probably most accurate pick of all!!
July 25th, 2008 at 1:43 pmAmerica’s government drips, seethes, oozes hypocrisy that it stinks up the rest of the world
July 25th, 2008 at 1:44 pmBush: ‘No regime should ignore the will of its own people.’
- - Of course the cloistered-from-reality Bushian spin on this was his “landslide” reelection in 2004 that handed him his “mandate.”
July 25th, 2008 at 1:44 pmAll I know is the DECIDER is a TRAITOR…………
July 25th, 2008 at 1:44 pmShut the f uck up, Bush.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:45 pmWhile I agree with Bush regarding Zimbabwe, I’m sorry that the irony of his comments is completely lost on him.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:47 pmThe logical disconnect of this administration is just astounding. For people to actually still support this sham of a Presidency is beyond absurd.
I sincerely pray that Obama wins the election. We need an influx of new ideas in America, or at least a return to the old ideas of democracy, fairness, and common sense.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:53 pm“Except mine, of course - a-heh heh heh heh”
Hateful little cheerleader prince. Nice fake accent, too.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:53 pmOne more bit of crap from this administration and it will start to interfere with satellite orbits. That’s quite a pile of horse manure they are shoveling on the world.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:58 pmJeebos, this stuff just keep’s rolling down hill, like a turd in the wilderness…Give the wacko a bottle, pill’s and send him to a prison for traitor’s of our country..Blessings
July 25th, 2008 at 2:05 pmHmm, should no Republican Bush-Cheney regime rig the elections with Republican-controlled electronic voting machines?
Another stolen election: Bush stole the election again in 2004, by the rigging of right-wing corporate electronic vote-counting machines.
To the Editor: (published in The Berkeley Daily Planet in November 2004).
The exit polls that showed a sweeping Senator Kerry Democratic election victory on November 2nd were right. Unfortunately, the 2004 Presidential election was cleanly stolen by Bush & Co. How, you say? With the help of Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia and SAIC, four interlocked secretive right-wing electronic voting machine manufacturers. We have entrusted the most important election task, that of actually counting and tabulating the vote totals to extremist organizations with secret proprietary vote-counting computer software with no auditable paper trail for hand recounts. How very convenient, how very clean, how very slick and with all the evidence of election rigging is buried deep on their computer hard drives.
Senator John F. Kerry won a landslide Democratic victory in the November 2, 2004 Presidential election by between two million and five million votes. The pre-election public opinion polls pointed to a large and growing Kerry election day majority and the election day exit polls also indicated a Kerry victory. Unfortunately, theocratic extremely right-wing computer election machine manufacturing corporations were in charge of “counting” the votes of millions and millions of Americans. Some how, a few million Kerry votes didn’t get counted and a few million bogus Bush votes showed up in the final election tallies and voile, a Bush “victory.”
Democracy in 21st century America has been kidnapped and destroyed by extreme right-wing control of the new secret computerized electronic vote counting systems. Verifiable hand-counted paper ballots are the only way to restore legitimate elections in America.
Just search the Internet for any terms such as “black box voting,” “Max Cleland,” “Diebold,” “Sequoia,” “SE&S,” “Greg Palest,” “election fraud” or “election theft” and you will find a wealth of information to help arm you in the coming fight to restore legitimate free elections and democracy in our country.
In 2002, the Republican Party staged their test run of controlling the new Diebold computerized paper-trail-free electronic voting systems that were installed in every precinct in the State of Georgia. It worked like a charm. Two popular Democratic incumbents, the Governor Roy Barnes and Senator Max Cleland, were both “defeated” by Republican challengers. The Democrats were both ahead by several points in both the pre-election voter opinion polls and in the election day exit polls, yet the Diebold voting machines declared the two Republican challengers as winners. The local media claimed to be “amazed” by this election “upset.” They should have been horrified and outraged. These elections were stolen electronically. There was no paper trail, no recount was possible and for good measure, Diebold Corporation “accidentally erased” the disputed 2002 election returns data from their computer hard disk drives a few days after the election. How convenient, how clean, how slick and how crooked is Republican election theft in the 21st century.
The 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections were both stolen by Bush & Company. The 2008 and 2012 Presidential elections will suffer the same fate unless we institute a complete and total return to traditional, verifiable hand-counted paper election ballots.
The Republican Party will never lose another Presidential election as long as we allow their corporate buddies to “count” our votes in secret.
Yours truly,
James K. Sayre
11 November 2004
July 25th, 2008 at 2:06 pmWhat gripes me is that moron is blithely unaware of any irony.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pmTypical Conservative, they’re all “do as I say, not as I do” hypocrites…
July 25th, 2008 at 2:08 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
While I agree with Bush regarding Zimbabwe, I’m sorry that the irony of his comments is completely lost on him.
Since he doesn’t surround himself with dissenters, he doesn’t believe they exist. I don’t think there is a free speech zone big enough to hold all of us (dissenters) anyway.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:10 pmOh, fer the luvva Jebus, could that eejit be any more freaking CLUELESS???
July 25th, 2008 at 2:10 pm.
Bush: ‘No regime should ignore the will of its own people.’
… Accept his own.
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July 25th, 2008 at 2:14 pmWhat the ‘Merican people have to understand is, I’m the Decider.
I’ll decide who has which rights.
I’ll decide who is good & who is bad.
I’ll decide which wars to fight & when.
That’s what the ‘Merican people have to understand.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:15 pm.
Please cover the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Limits of Executive Power.
The future of the Republic is at stake.
.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:16 pmPoor little Georgie, bless his heart. What a failure of undefinable proportions.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:20 pmThe Bush administration has been generously exporting democracy to needy foreign countries, hence the shortage here at home!
July 25th, 2008 at 2:23 pmBush: ‘No regime should ignore the will of its own people.’
Cheney: Dumbya, STFU. I’ve already told the reporters “So?” when it comes to the will of the American People.
Bush: Oh yeah, I forgot about that. As you were Zimbabwe.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:25 pmStratRat Says:
Poor little Georgie, bless his heart.
I’m new to the south, and it took me some time to figure out that this is not a compliment. LOL.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:26 pmBush:”But with few exceptions…you know what I mean”.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:26 pmstewarjt Says:
What gripes me is that moron is blithely unaware of any irony.
Most Republicans live in an irony free zone.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:27 pmWell that clinches it, Bush is for sure insane. He can’t seriously say something like that and then give US the finger.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pmScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush) Says:
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StratRat Says:
Poor little Georgie, bless his heart.
I’m new to the south, and it took me some time to figure out that this is not a compliment. LOL.
I grew up in the SOuth and it was either “bless his little heart” or “how lovely”. Neither one is complimentary.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pmstewarjt Says:
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What gripes me is that moron is blithely unaware of any irony.
He Would’nt know Irony if he was sitting next to it, hence the Colbert scathing performance during that infamous press club dinner. The Monkey didn’t get the fact that Colbert was mocking him and the conservative nutjobs before he was invited, then all of a sudden during the show all the neo-con-turds all had a simultaneous , “hey, wait a minute…” moment and they finally got it THEY WERE THE JOKE!
July 25th, 2008 at 2:30 pmIgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:
I grew up in the SOuth and it was either “bless his little heart” or “how lovely”. Neither one is complimentary.
Thanks. I’ll keep an ear out for “how lovely.” I didn’t know about that one. Southerners sure have sneaky insults that sound nice. I love it!
July 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pm35, good point. That press club dinner was priceless.
It pretty well substantiated that irony is beyond their grasp.
The look on LaLa’s face was beyond priceless; I think she ‘got it’ first. Dumbya may not have ever got it without her prodding.
I’m guessing that they only processed the audio portion of Colbert’s shows, not even able to comprehend ‘The Word’ segment.
Republics’ sense of humor is limited to laughing at others’ pain
July 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pmI was amazed to tune in to the judiciary committee hearings today on Pacifica radio, and so happy to hear these issues finally being discussed in some official capacity. Impeach, Baby, Impeach!
July 25th, 2008 at 3:06 pmhttp://www.thepetitionsite.com/ 1/ stand-with-kucinich-impeach-bush
It’s called “Republican Apologetics.”
Apologetics-colloquial use
Today the term “apologist” is colloquially applied in a general manner to include groups and individuals systematically promoting causes, justifying orthodoxies, or denying certain events, even of crimes. Apologists have been characterized as being deceptive, or “whitewashing” their cause, primarily through omission of negative facts (selective perception) and exaggeration of positive ones, techniques of classical rhetoric. When used in this context, the term often has a pejorative meaning.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:08 pmIs the U.S. an un-regime or a non-regime or a regime-light?
I certainly hope Dana P. ’splains it to us real soon.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:13 pmBush is a joke.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm“Bless his heart”
July 25th, 2008 at 3:27 pmKinda like “with all due respect”
Not what they appear to mean
Stick a fork in ‘im. He’s done.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pm“This guy’s a knucklehead, and I want to get rid of him.” Hey, this quote works just as well here as it does in the Michael Savage story!
July 25th, 2008 at 3:38 pmAnd again with the “do as I say, not as I do” from the Worst President In History.
The will of the people says, 56% of us think he is a War Criminal, 72% think he is a Criminal, 28% of us are just fine with him being both.
Fascists suck.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:39 pmOval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Says:
…theocratic extremely right-wing computer election machine manufacturing corporations were in charge of “counting” the votes of millions and millions of Americans.
This is so true. Add to that: the exit polls said Kerry won the nation by 3 million and Gore won Florida by 300,000. Add to that: exit polls are accurate to 0.2%–and anyone who believes the official results is really a fool.
I’ve heard the one about “shy Republicans” making the results flawed, but the evidence shows that the opposite was slightly true.
Exit polls were extremely accurate in 1992 and 1996. They were extremely accurate in 2000 and 2004 outside of swing states and outside of the presidential race. If you have any kind of reasoning at all, that should tell you something.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:49 pmI bet he said that with a straight face too. He still hasn’t caught on to the facts. First no one listens to him anymore. And second everytime he opens his mouth and talks out both sides the whole world takes note and laughs.
Since Bush never goes online, he doesn’t read the reports from other countries about himself. And since the media here reports little news from outside USA, people here don’t know the extent of hatred for our Bush.
But we of the internet do know. It will be a relief in the near future not to be embarrassed by this man, humiliated by his coarseness, and saddened by his lack of integrity and just plain common sense.
Of course it will take twenty years of international mea culpa to the rest of the world.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:29 pmobamaismymessiah,
Well, as I said above, they were accurate to 0.2% in 1992 and 1996. And they were in 2000 and 2004 in non-swing states and other than the presidential race. When I say Kerry won the nation by 3 million, I am talking about asking over 31,000 people who had just voted “who did you just vote for?”. That is very empirical. It is extremely, extremely impossible for that to be off by a full 3.0%! Yet, that is what those who believe the official results have to believe.
Fact: we are not allowed to examine the software of the voting machines.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:36 pmFact: they are easily hackable and seem to have been made that way.
Fact: the head of Diebold swore that he would do everything to ensure that Bush won the election.
Fact: the original founders of the electronic voting machine companies were very theocratic.
Fact: Clint Curtis has testified in court that he made the software to flip the votes in Florida in 2000.
Meanwhile, Keith, Ohio gets curioser and curioser:
July 25th, 2008 at 4:52 pmhttp://www.bradblog.com/?p=6214
The stupid … it hurts so much!
July 25th, 2008 at 5:08 pmMax-1 Says:
Please cover the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Limits of Executive Power.
The future of the Republic is at stake.
More of that damn Librul Media.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:45 pmHas Chimpy been taking his vitamins? He seems to have a severe irony deficiency.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:47 pmTeleMan Says:
July 25th, 2008 at 6:48 pm* * *
Har! Good ‘un! =) He’s a little weak on Vitamin See, too.
Georgie boy is right. My question to him, is it ok to steal electronic votes and subvert the will of our voters?
July 25th, 2008 at 7:05 pmThere was strong opposition to an invasion of Iraq in this country until Rice and Bush started spouting about it being too late with a mushroom cloud hanging over our cities. Even following those false declarations there were 30 million world wide that demonstrated in the streets against the invasion. All fell on deaf ears. The desire to go to war was there so we went to war under false pretenses.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:27 pmTake your “mandate”… and shove it.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:06 pmThe ironic part is that a website automatically accuses a president of not listening to the will of the people. Oh wait, that’s congress’ job. The president is not involved in the legislation process other than to sign or veto. Hmm, Bush hasn’t vetoed much, and the true will of the people (the House of Representatives) despite the fact they’re a different party hasn’t overridden a veto. Hmm, it must be Bush’s fault.
July 25th, 2008 at 11:18 pm