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- AKBryant54, on 10/12/2007, -9/+124'My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision-maker.'
No, Mr. President, your job as a representative of the United States is to make decisions based on what the American people want, to represent their ideas and what they want done. A very large majority of the people want us out of Iraq, yet you continue to ignore the country you make so many decisions for, and have instead decided to do whatever the hell you want.
Why is it that a blowjob is apparently more worthy of an impeachment than a president ignoring the will of his people? - thelab101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+54I can't ***** wait to throw the biggest party when he is gone. The whole god damned world is invited. My house.
- EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+47Seriously. Someone needs to give him a dictionary and a constitution.
"Commander of the Armed Forces" = your job. Decider of the people = Dictator. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+53He's a cunning linguist and master debater.
- tidu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39His biggest lie:
"...preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States..." - the6thReplicant, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30I'll bring beer from Belgium, pizza from Italy and pot from Amsterdam
we'll rip it up...but please from the rest of the world...DON'T DO IT AGAIN! - shawnfassett, on 10/12/2007, -7/+33This is the dear leader for the conservatives?? Really? Great representation for a party that is so lost.
- thedobber, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25Look at it this way, Bush has managed to set the bar so low for expectations that any successor, even Hillary, would be welcome.
- orientis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23Hey, he didn't say that he makes the RIGHT decisions.
- david76, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24What job isn't about making decisions?
It's like saying "My job requires waking up in the morning." Yeah, so does everyone else's job. - mrrdlc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19He's mentally retarded - and dangerous.
- mrnukem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I want to take this moment to say I am sorry that I voted for him. I am a republican and a old school moderate conservative. What I mean by old school is that in the days of Ronald Regan and before, being a conservative meant being for lower spending, balanced and controlled budget and a smaller federal government with less government interference in peoples lives.
This so called "conservative" president has spent more money than all other presidents COMBINED. Has increased government interference in citizens lives and reduced the amount of freedom and protection citizens have from the government itself.
So either I am no longer considered a "conservative" or George Bush and all his minions are not really "conservative" maybe it's both. All I can say is I made a mistake in voting for this man and I apologize for the mistake. - troelsbay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Yeah. After 60 years. George Bush has finally come to understand what psychology essentially is for the human being: making decisions every day, big and small.
Now, awaiting the next line of thought, when he's 70, perhaps he'll understand that some decisions are bad. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15strabes:
>@akbryant54: It wasn't the blowjob. It was the lying under oath, which receives a felony.
Thank goodness Clinton was acquitted of doing that.
However you know what is also a felony? Lying to congress. And you want to know something? There's evidence on video.
The Congressional resolution authorizing Bush's War required the president to certify to Congress that war was necessary. Part of that letter (the full one is at Tom's site):
(2) acting pursuant to the Constitution and Public Law 107-243 is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
In other words, Bush is certifying that Iraq had a role in the 9-11 attacks, thus justifying the subsequent invasion.
But today, Bush said:
"There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al-Qaida ties," the president said. But he also said, "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th."
And notice his use of the past tense ("we've had no evidence"), precluding the posibility that they originall thought a link existed. The president's language is absolute -- "We've had no evidence". - rageguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15> Someone might, but then he'd have to lie under oath about it to have grounds for impeachment, wouldn't he now.
"There is clear evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq"? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I'm beginning to think that our president isn't very bright.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 10/12/2007, -9/+21Actually the president's job is not to bow to the majority, as much as I would like him to. His actions do represent the people who chose to vote for him. That's how it works. He doesn't have to look at the polls all the time and decide based on what the American people want. If it were meant to be set up that way we wouldn't even have politicians. Every major decision would be put to a vote by the American people. Instead we have to choose who will make decisions for the next 4 years that will most closely represent us. Unfortunatly we picked bush two times in a row. Way to go guys.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13@southwestnut
FYI I'm neither Argentinian.
And your so-called president is a problem for all the world. - strabes, on 10/12/2007, -19/+30@akbryant54: It wasn't the blowjob. It was the lying under oath, which receives a felony.
- scabbers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11If he's the decider, shouldn't he be the one where the buck ultimately stops over "faulty intelligence" regarding WMD in Iraq?
- eatsushi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13i thought he was supposed to make the RIGHT decisions, not big or little decisions?
- turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I am abusing this comment, but I would like to say that I was at this even and I was LAUGHING MY ASS OFF the entire time
if you haven't seen Bush speak, go sometime, he is a great stand up comedian.
his presidential qualifications though... not so good. - pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10just about every job is about making choices. make the wrong ones and you get fired. he seems to forget that his boss is the american people, not just his shrinking base and pnac buddies.
- pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10he only took the decider part of the job. he left the blame-taker part of the job with clinton.
- engelb15, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Would someone give this guy a blowjob already?
- Myko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Most of my conservative friends have distanced themselves from Bush. Well, except for a lot of my Army buddies - but I don't think anything will convince them, some of those guys still connect Saddam to 9/11.
- EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11@thetaoofbill, you don't seem to get this whole "three branches of government" thing. The President is not the Decider in Chief, no matter what he says. The Constitution did not create a new dictatorship (or monarchy, as the case may be) to replace old King George, III. The founding fathers recognized the need to have a single commander in chief in times of war, but yet they rested the power to decide if and when we go to war with the PEOPLE, via our most direct representatives. That was deliberate, because this is, in fact, a democracy.
The President is the President of all Americans, not just the ones who voted for him. And this notion that whoever gets their man in the WH somehow gets to cal the shots for 4-8 years is nonsense. That's the worst possible way to run a Democracy. We might as well elect a wooden plank in that case.
@TSK05, no one says the President should do his job via polls. But if he's the only one supporting the AG, for example, then he's SOL. He doesn't just get to do what he wants in every case without repercussions. That's exactly what impeachment is for. - Itazura, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Of course he is the decision maker, that is why he needs a war czar...to..make..decisions...hmmm
- scotticus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10To all you ***** who voted for him in 2004: ***** you.
- WoollyMittens, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8He'd be a more useful marionette if he kept his mouth shut.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I hope he goes to jail
- bobzibub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8
de·moc·ra·cy /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[di-mok-ruh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -cies.
1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
2. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.
3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
4. political or social equality; democratic spirit.
5. the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.
Republic, I can agree with, but where do people get this "republic not democracy" idea from?
Please explain. - EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9@TKS, Did you see the words "direct democracy" anywhere in my post? Pick a better straw man next time.
No one is saying, and I specifically made it clear I wasn't saying that anything should be pure majority rule. But when the President virtually stands alone on any given issue, you know he's gone over the deep end into dictator land.
He has to respect the will of the people, and not just the ones who voted for him. That doesn't mean "take a poll," but it means be responsive to the actual wants and needs of the people you supposedly represent. - mrkmrk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9"@akbryant54: It wasn't the blowjob. It was the lying under oath, which receives a felony."
*****. A lie about a blowjob, regardless of its legal status of being a felony, does not in any way warrant impeachment. - Leo55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Dear Bush,
as a decision-maker (AKA master of all things in your own world) you suck at at. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12***** scumbag...
When is the American people going to do something about this? What are they waiting for?
The people ARE the real "decision-makers", after all, it's democracy, not a monarchy. Am I right? - Aliarse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"It's like saying "My job requires waking up in the morning." Yeah, so does everyone else's job."
Not if you work nights. - EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@oscarsonthepond, are you claiming there's some semantic difference between my saying "commander" and your saying commander IN CHIEF? No one is disputing that he gets to command his mighty armies, once war has been declared. But do you seriously not understand the difference between being in charge of enforcing the laws passed by Congress and deciding which of those laws should be enforced or even broken if he so chooses?
Seriously, take a basic civics class. He can veto a bill and risk the override. That's how much choice he gets, constitutionally. But once it's law, he HAS to enforce it. If he fails to do so, he MUST be impeached. So no, he doesn't get to decide very much, actually. - BowieX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I seriously think most countries in the world will be celebrating. Even America. And of course, Iraq will too, but not for the paranoid reasoning with which Bush is currently terrorising us.
Bush's mind >>> 'Iraqis: "Yay, America has pulled out of the war! Let's destroy Earth!!!!!!11 :D"' - pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8your're ad-hominem attack has won me over. can i have some kool-aid too?
- laserblazer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Oh shut up, you miserable sad-sack.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6George W. Bush is the dingleberry on the ass of America.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5wow, this is double think to the max, because everyone knows hes a puppet and doesnt make the descisions
- mrkmrk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Argue against the information, not against the source.
- loganhid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Well he seems to be making the wrong decisions
- benitojuarez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Americans votes do not determine the president, that honor goes to the electoral college.
- orientis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yep, over 60% of America is just trying to be cool. Your perception of the situation is startling in its clarity.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If hating Bush is cool, consider me Miles Davis.
- Grumby24, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Replace "decision" with "***** up" and it's now correct.
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