My Republican brother is ready to dump Bush!!

[xray s]

I think we have reached the tipping point. My brother called me today and said Bush must go. He has been Republican all his life. He has never voted for a Democrat. But today he is ready to vote for any of the Democrats.

Bush's "imminent threat" tap dance and sham investigation is what did it. I couldn't believe it.

After listening to him for a few minutes, I made the comment that Republican impeached Clinton for lying about sex, so Bush should be impeached for lying to go to war. He agreed.

Bush is toast.

[kalian]

1. Let's just see what happens with the next "selections"....

I'm very curious to see what happens on 11/2/04...

[krkaufman]

2. Yep, with caveats

Same here. My brother-in-law has expressed interest in Clark (though he's vehemently opposed to Edwards, and indifferent to Kerry), and 2 other Repub friends also expressed interest in Clark (w/ no comments on the others).

[StClone]

3. I am still hoping

But not holding my breathe that my two brothers will jump ship (aircraft Carrier that is). :-(

[lancdem]

4. You mean the commission he appointed today

is what did it? Wow!

[xray s]

5. The date is the big deal for my brother

March 31, 2005. Said that is a joke.

But what really riles him is all the "I never said imminent threat" nonsense Bush is putting out. He said he knows what he heard.

[lancdem]

6. Ah, word parsing

where have we heard THAT before?

[Auntie Bush]

8. Reminds me of what "is" is.

Maybe he never used those exact words...never said imminent.
But the whole administration spent months sending out that message!Dick Cheney scared the shit of of me. Good thing I KNEW he was lying.
The whole world knew. How come Bush didn't know? That's what Russert should ask him tomorrow.

[xray s]

9. That "is" exactly right

In a weird way, Republicans are equating Bush with their arch enemy, Bill Clinton!

Ohhh! This is getting interesting!

[Feanorcurufinwe]

11. Begala played a tape of a White House spokesman calling it imminent.

[Foswia]

12. But it was out of context. Check Mediawhores and look for it...[nt]

[xray s]

13. Looks like it was in context to me

http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/

Here's White House communications director Dan Bartlett with one of those examples discussing Saddam Hussein with CNN's own Wolf Blitzer.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Is he an imminent threat to U.S. interests, either in that part of the world or to Americans right here at home?

DAN BARTLETT, WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: Well, of course, he is.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BEGALA: "Well, of course, he is." And, of course, when the White House now claims that it never said that Iraq was an imminent threat, it's misleading us again.

Bush can try to weasel this all he wants. The bottom line is Americans like my brother are waking up to the fact that Bush scared the hell out of them to go to war, and now the facts show Saddam was a toothless tiger.

People are dying for Bush's lies.

[Foswia]

14. Sorry

I thought you had said PresSec. You are correct. Sorry. Thanks for COrrecting me.

[krkaufman]

15. Bush appeared very small behind that podium today

The effort Rove has put into creating some majestic Bush myth is crumbling rapidly. Bush looked very small behind that podium today, and, combined with all the other rapidly emerging revelations (O'Neill, Kay, WMD) and his pitiful SotU address, less-than-fully-closed minds are starting to see the light of day.

[Skittles]

7. do I smell a mass defection ??

Oh, SWEET. All it takes is a few comments from the dittomasters and all the smart rats will desert this sinking ship.

[Auntie Bush]

10. Do you think they will take Cheney off the ticket?

How about Bush/Bush? Jeb that is.

[krkaufman]

16. Yes. Cheney's removal from the ticket is a done deal (IMO)

Not sure who'd they replace him with, but Cheney's sure to go. However, his removal from the ticket wouldn't preclude his participation in another Dubya administration should the worst frickin' case occur.

[Shakira]

17. Bush/Frist

I don't think the Ricin find was accidental.

[NYC]

18. Thanks for the good news.

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