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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHappy George W. Bush Legitimization Day.
Up until 12 years ago, he was just a brush-clearing vacationer who never picked up on the Israel/Palestine opportunities.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)those were some truly shit-tastic years for America.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)They expect you to read and understand complicated junk. Then you have to pretend to care. Then the press takes your picture, and then you get asked questions your press manager should have already answered. Then there's the fuzzy math. Yup, Presidenting is hard work. It's so misunderestimated.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)Creating an enduring and poisonous mistrust of the US government --> Mission Accomplished on that!
Ron Green
(9,822 posts)in security measures: militarized cops, ID checks, free speech zones, submission to uniformed minions.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)I understand we needed to unite after 9/11, but anybody who disagreed with Bush and still voted for him because of "leadership in a crisis" or any similar BS is a fool.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)pjt7
(1,293 posts)Military Industrial Complex, Surveillance day..
100% Agree that Bush was given almost unlimited power from this event, but so many others in GOV, use it.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)"Money trumps peace."