On 3 Dec 2005 05:57:07 -0800, "Christopher Helms"
<Chrishelms132@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>Majority Believes Bush 'Won't Be Able To Get Much Done For The Rest Of
>>His Second Term'...
>
>Sounds good to me. An overseas military disaster, tax breaks for the
>filthy rich, massive deficits and a disaster relief disaster are enough
>"accomplishments" for all of us. We were all behind him after September
>11th. He had his chance-and then some- and he pissed it all away on
>Iraq. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks he had a rare
>historical op****tunity to show the world what he was made of, and,
>unfortunately for us and the world, that is exactly what he did. Times
>of national crisis are when leaders ( Lincoln, FDR, JFK) have rose to
>the occasion and become almost immortal. The nation forgot its
>differences, came together and we acted in the national interest too
>combat a common enemy. Until now.
>
>
>"We have nothing to fear but fear itself," or "A day that will live in
>infamy." Franklin Deleno Roosevelt rising to the occasion twice.
>
>"Four score and seven years ago..." or appealing to "The better angels
>of our nature"
>-Lincoln
>
>"Ask not what your country can do for you," "Ich bin ein Berliner" or
>"We will bear any burden..."
>-" JFK
>
>"Soon, the people who knocked over these buildings will hear us."
>-George W Bush. Unfortunately for him, they were dead so they
>presumably didn't hear anything.
>
>And then he decided to spend all his post September 11th "political
>capital" on the geopolitical and moral eqivalent of knocking over a gas
>station.
>
>
>Yesterday one of the pinheads on Fox and Friends announced that Dubyas
>approval numbers are suddenly skyrocketing according to a Fox News
>"poll." I would assign about as much weight to that as I would assign
>to a McDonalds study that found bacon double cheeseburgers aren't
>fattening.
I'm sure Bush's approval rating is skyrocketing among Osama and the
growing throngs of terrorists who know Bush is either a conspirator or
an incompetent fool.
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