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leejo

Has Nancy Pelosi DONE anything? She and Daschle come out every so often and sound very serious and flap their lips about something then disappear. What leadership!

_Ender_

I find it funny that thats all you can get from that article...

phyllis

I think it was very low of GWB to be making light of the WMD search...there have been countless lives lost in this "search"...I don't care for his humor in that manner...pretty crude if you ask me...

TheFeniX

"Oh the humanity!"

CingularDuality

Eh, it was a joke. He was making fun of himself. Everyone needs to be able to do that.

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fr1j0l3

yeah... a joke that cost 591 american lives.. If ya can't laugh at someone else's loss, what can ya laff at?

leejo

I bet it would have been hilarious if The Daily Show had done it making fun of Bush.

It's all about context. If he says it, you hate it. If someone says it to imply that Bush is a moron, you love it.

fr1j0l3

It IS about context. We went to war on his word that there were WMDs (and they knew where they were). Everyone knew otherwise, but he stood by it and sent people to die. Last I checked, John Stewart has been calling him on this since day #1, and not responsible for a single soldier's well being.

What's next? Ken Lay joking about ruining his employee's pensions? OJ joking about killing his ex wife?

The difference?
OTHER people can joke about it because it funny that they deny it. Everyone "knows" orenthal did it, yet he makes wild ass claims otherwise. Think the ex-enron employees would find it funny that Ken was making fun of their lost 401K's?

leejo

Hmm.

From what I've seen, EVERYONE thought SH had WMDs and no-one has really contested that. This matter of parsing words about if he had the capability to deliver them within 30 minutes or 2 years....I don't care, and I don't think Bush ever did either. I think the world is a much better place for SH being in jail. Some may not see it (and probably won't) but a lot of us do.

Are we all fools? Are we all liars beating the Bush drum? Is it at least possible that people who share my opinion here and support what Bush is doing are just as educated, informed, and honest as those who disagree with Bush?

So I get pretty sick of having his position decried as full of lies and hatemongering, seeing how he's stupid, etc. From my perspective, and with all respect, Bush's position is perfectly reasonable and correct. I am not a liar, I am not stupid, and I am educated and informed.

I also saw his jokes as both making fun of himself and making fun of the position that WMDs were the only justification for the war, which I agree is an absurd position. I see Iraq as a brilliant strategic move with heavy short-term costs and huge long-term gains. Think how much has changed there in a year or even 6 months.

TheFeniX

Such is the trade-off with being a Republican. Sneeze and 50 democrats are there to critisize you not using a hanky. Meanwhile, a democrat gets BJs from interns and takes a dump on US foreign policy and it's "E for fraggin' effort."

Maybe I'd take the democrats a little more seriously if they didn't whine like ninies about every little thing. I can understand that it's a little early for Bush to be making jokes about this kinda thing, but the democrats are just grasping at any straws they can before the election.

leejo

I can't wait for the endless human interest stories about the Iraqi olympic team.

fr1j0l3

Actually, there were a whole lot of people who thought otherwise. I seem to recall a whole lot of opposition, part of that being the reason we ended up going this "alone" instead of with UN blessing. (in doing so, wasting a lot of goodwill that was bestowed on us after 9-11)

Better place, maybe. (definately for the iraqis) the best way to go about it? Hell no. Not caring? ?

Never even alluded to that, and I never would. I can agree to disagree, but it works better when both sides come to the table with well-thought out arguments/positions/facts, and not petty name-calling. (not accusing you either)

I respect your opinion, I have no need to belittle anyone else's.

Here's what I found as to what's changed over 6-12 months...

War Rationale: Version 10.0
There's more in the link...

brilliant if he would have listened to his dad and not alientated the world in doing so. Brilliant if he would have finished afghanistan first....

peace bro.

_Ender_

The UN didnt..

I dont know, I think the world is pretty much the same with SH in jail.

At least that blow job didnt get anybody killed...

leejo

No, the UN DID think he had WMDs. Read Hans Blix's own reports. Clinton thought he had them. Fmr. Sec. of Defense Cohen was on all the talk shows saying he had them. Gore thought he had them. And on and on and on.