"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"-Hamlet I,iv,90.

HE MR. CARTER IS RIGHT. THIS BUSH HAS NOT ONLY HURT THE WORLD BUT THE AMERICA PEOPLE ALSO. IS HE WANTED A WAR. LET HIM AND THE REST OF THE GUYS UP AT WASHING GO OVER THERE AND FIGHT. IF ANY ONE SHOULD RESIGN IT BUSH. DUMB ASS.

Well I guess when you're the decider there will be times when you decide wrong. When has STUPID GEORGE ever been right?

SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE FIRST GRADER SHRUB!OR maybe like an ENORMOUS IDIOT! YOU SIR ARE A LYING SACK OF CRAP!

A. That would be "as best we can", not "as best as we can". Apparently Bush stayed AWOL from English class too. B. Universallity of freedom. Like spreading democracy to Iraq? Great. Maybe start by bugging everyone's telephones. Bush is the last one you want to have spreading democracy. Oligarcy he could spread.

I dont know, I kind of like Bush's plain spoken even folksy way of being president, kind of makes you realize that anyone can rise to the highest echelons of our government. Nah...I'm just kidding, he's an empty suit and a moron...anyone who still supports this idiot should be removed from the voter rolls ... reason? too stupid for democracy!

CARTER AND THE DIXIE CHICKS AND THE REST OF THE WORLD ARE TOTALLY CORRECT! BUSH IS AN IDIOT!

Glad to see the typical, well-thought postings. Good job guys!

So Gonzo stil has the full confidence of the Shrub? If I did my job as poorly as Gonzo and could not remember who did what when, I would have been fired years ago. And this idiot is supposed to be IN CHARGE of the justice department. If there was true justice he and all of the other idiots, Bush, Cheney and Rove would all be in prison.

Ignoring a document entitled, "Bib-laden determined to strike America" is good for our country? Leading a nation to war based on false pretense is good for our country? Sending our troops in to battle ill-equipped, then providing them with inadequate medical aid is good for our country? Allowing an Attorney General to serve the President before the US Constitution is good for our country? Having deputy Attorney Generals be hired and fired according to how politically affiliated they are with the Republican party isn't political theater? Karl Rove wasn't hired because of his supposed mastery of political theater? America IS currently a disgrace...and we have George W. Bush to thank for it, period Mr President!

The President's Iraq policy is also pure political theater. He invades a country that his dad and Clinton kept in a tight box, unable to threaten us or it's neighbors. Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11 or the war on terror prior to the invasion. His only real justification for remaining in Iraq is the fact that al-Qaeda now has a foothold there because of his "do it on the cheap" strategy (Rumsfeld) that involved inadequate troops to secure the country. His failures in Iraq, his adequate response to other threats (port security, etc.), and the Gonzales matter are examples of his inability to learn and adjust from "facts on the ground", whether military or political!

He should have said. Look, I understand former democrat Presidents need to travel overseas, and raise money for their Centers or Libraries. Europe is full of rich disappointed Socialist that know their policies have failed. They have a need to pay someone to tell them they still matter. It's the American way to see a need, and provide a service to fill that need for a profit. Jimmy Carter is just practicing his version of capitalism. Mean while all of Europe is moving more conservative, but some how moving away from America.

"with the decisions I make but the American people need to know I'm making 'em based on what's best for this country." He forgot to put "I think is best"... The problem here is Bush is the decider - and we stuck with his decisions. Carter was right to characterize this administrations foreign policy as the worst ever... If this is not the worst in history - then which one is??? I really can't think of any - Johnson had enough sense to not run.

Hey, H P, let's show a little respect! That's PRESIDENT Lying Sack Of Crap to you! (If it weren't so tragic, it would almost be funny...) We're stuck with a 'leader' who believes it's sufficient to endlessly repeat the same tired rhetoric until we stop asking questions. The damage he's done (and continues to do) will persist for generations to come.

Whether you liked Mr Carter as President(and I did not)he currently has the world's ear about the mission of the United States. To brush off the commentary of a Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects Bush's hubris with regard to his decision-making. And OF COURSE he thinks Gonzales did nothing illegal; he was following the orders of the President which makes everything OK. When pressed on bad behavior, he ALWAYS waves the "national security" flag. This careful,cynical calculation is that Americans are paralyzed by fear and will allow our liberty to be curtailed in favor of his zealotry. Sadly, I think he's going to get away with it. How sad.

and I'm sure all of you deep thinkers believe "cigaring" in the Oval Office is perfectly acceptable presidential behavior...

"He's come to a sticky end Don't think he will ever mend Never more will he craw' round He's embedded in the ground"-"Boris the Spider"-The Who

Beedle, I'm glad to show respect where respect is due, I take back the sir. Please do not call the shrub a leader not even in jest. Maybe we could get PRESIDENT CARTER to challenge shrub to a duel! The shrub is so stupid he will forget to load his gun. HA

This is too funny. Guess what? The reason for the report "Bin Laden Determined to Strike the US" report was for Clintons failed foreign policy. The Republican party has a long tradition of having a more isolationist foreign policy, but after eight years of Clinton’s foreign policy disasters something was bound to happen. I fought in Iraq and am proud of it. The Iraqi citizens are happy as hell we are there trying to help fix there country. You guys can want to cower to Islamic fundamentalist but the majority of the world doesn’t. I would also like to bet 10 bucks right now that when a Republican wins the election come 2008, you same bunch of liberal whiners will be out there in street rioting just like the liberals in France did. You guys can bash the President all you want, but the truth of the matter is, you have your hero Bill Clinton to blame.

IF THIS PRESIDENT KING GEORGE HE WOULD TAKE IT OUT AND PLAY WITH IT.AND THAT-SAME MAN IS SENDING OUR KIDS TO IRAQ EVERY DAY AND THEY ARE GETTING KILLED FOR HIS EGO.

Arafat "won" the Nobel Peace Prize at the same time. You just need to be Anti-American when a Republican is in power, and you're a winner.

Thank you Jama for your commentary on Clinton. Haven't seen one thus far today and you're absolutely right whatever the shrub in charge has done up until now, pales in comparison to Bill did in the White House.

President Bush has lost all credability. He is taking the world, not just the US to a very bad place neither you or I would would ever want. What can we do? I am not even an american, but a canadian, and feel so helpless and vulnerable. Do our voices no longer count for freedom? Maybe we can individually, in prayer or meditation or thought surround Bush and Co. with a golden/white light of love whenever this crap makes us want to throw up. At least we can use our power within to fight for justice and freedom in a positive way.

Unlike Dirty Harry's unique phrase of "Make my day", Bush is playing into a determinely non-winning scenario when the president makes the reference indicating the theatre on Capitol Hill regarding his Attorney General. This is not a winning phrase because there are more egos on Capitol Hill than there are in the White House. If Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania thinks that Gonzales should step down prior to the Senate's voting of inconfidence upon the Attorney General's handling of the Department of Justice, people should take heart that the senate republicans will not be found to be the jack-asses the president paints them to be. It is not surprising that Bush is contemptible of Congress but his noncompliance with many of the congressional actions points to a showdown, the president losing. The best Gonzales can do is simply stay until his departure is guaranteed by further congessional oversight into adminsitration actions. Bush is losing more republicans on adaily basis on his foreign policy with respect to Iraq. If Bush continues to castigate the Congress as a whole, and particularly the republicans, watch for further cementing of congressional action against Bush. In many respects, both Bush and Cheney have misinterpreted the Watergate findings, thinking that Nixon may have made too many improper concessions to the Congressional committees overseeing Watergate-related investigations. Trouble is, republicans will not be counted upon if Bush doesn't read into Specter's suggestion that Gonzales should go. And if Bush refuses to let go the leash of the AG as Gonzales will also not relent his constant bashing by his antagonists which there are many by each new day,"Make my day" will not be Bush's affirmation. The more Bush resists, the more senate republicans will get behind a democratic onslaught of impeachable offenses, simply because of power plays that the president cannot win. Think of Gonzales as a beach ball or volley ball being batted around which he actually is and the president counters the fouls that the line judge(Congress)contends. Even the worst of players will have to eventually give into the line judge and Specter must have his day. Perhaps the senator from Pennsylvania is more akin to a Dirty Harry character than the president because he has more firepower available. You call that a forty-four magnum?

If the President says that he has confidence in someone who testified before Congress by saying "I don"t recall" 72 times, can this nation afford to wait until the next election?

Hey Jama, "Cigaring" in the oval office never got anyone killed or wrecked the U.S. economy

Hey Charles, maybe if Clinton wasn't cigarin in teh oval office and trying to capture bin Laden (like he says he was) maybe 9/11 wouldn't have happend.

I see Tindle the idiot is pulling the old Clinton crap. Hey Tindle, what year are we in. Buddy, idiots like you need to move into the 21st century. Why do you base all your arguements and facts on 8 year old data. Why are you still whining and crying about the Clinton administration. I know repugs like Twiddle dumb try to distract from the current administrations faults. It must be hard to have to watch your neocon president blow up in your face. Why are you not saying how well the world has been since W took charge. Why are you not telling everyone that W is perfect and never has made a mistake. The problem is; W is such a loser, that the ditto head communtity can not even justify any of this idiot presidents actions. That is why the Twitto heads have to go to the past and create up stories to cover their sorry ass of a president. Twiddle dumb, next time before you show us how much you hate your fellow americans, show so freakin back bone and say an original thought instead of repeating what you heard on the Rush Limpaddict show. Also can you chickenhawks stop whining,complaining, and blaming all the world's problems on Clinton. TWINDLE, TALK ABOUT WHINING, READ YOUR OWN POST. YOU ARE THE POSTER BOY FOR WHINING. Typical republican hate and whine.

Hey jama, "cigaring" in the oval office never got anyone killed. Clinton could run this country with his eyes closed. How did his presidency hurt you? Yeah, that's right - it didn't! We had no debt. We were not in a war, and he actually did do good things for the average person, unlike the clown in office now doing a reverse Robin Hood and giving everything to the rich! Do you want your kids paying for this war until their own grandchildren are old? Get a clue and put your priorities in order. We vote for someone to lead this country. Do you think Bush-man has brought "morals" back to the oval office? He's DESTROYED morals, as have all his henchmen, and raped the Constitution! Like the bumper sticker says, "When Clinton lied, no one died." You're probably just jealous because women liked him.

Clinton may have gotten a BJ, but it is the citizens of the US (and the rest of the world) that are getting screwed now. When the highest law enforcement officer in the nation is a criminal, there is no law...

To Jama and Jeanie, how terribly said you both would choose to roll back in time and remember the indiscretions of 8+ years ago. It is an unfortunate fact that everyione blames the administration or generation before them for the troubles they are experiencing. I guess if one does not blame the previous generation/administration, there is only one choice left. Heaven forbid! I do not doubt that many Iraqis welcome and encourage the continued US involvement in their country. That is a separate issue, for what is at hand here is the blatant lying, deceitful practices of an arrogant administration that is fixated on their own unique agenda. President Bush chose to leave Iraq as his legacy to the world. Let us pray that he chooses to not leave the world anything else except perhaps, his letter of immediate resignation. President Bush entered the elections proclaiming himself as a "uniter" not a "divider ". After creating one of the most devisive political climates ever to visit your great nation, it would seem he is slowly getting around to that. He is slowly uniting both sides of the political process against him. God bless you all.

Who having "all" of their mental faculties would compare 3,000+ dead and countless injured and or maimed would compare a unjustified war to having sex in the oval office. We wonder how we got to this point. If jeanie o is a sample of the thought process for most republicans we are in for some deep doodoo in the future

RE; Tindle, Richmond, VA This guy does not sound like he is either a vet or has ever been in Iraq. More than likely he is another right wing faithful automaton sitting in a trailer somehwere drinking the Kool Aide... (and of course getting screwed by the policies of the very people he so stronly defends)... I kind of feel sorry for him when he wakes up... well maybe not....

What people don't understand is that gonzales was not made AG to enforce the law and the Constitution, but to circumvent, break and destroy it....This may look like incompetence to a logical, rational person but that was/is their mission. This country is in some very, very deep shlt....I read an article yesterday that said rove has already set the rescumlicans up to win in 2008....And the pathetic, cowardly Democrats won't lift a finger to stop or fight them....We need Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich or Mike Gravel!....Google videos: 9/11 Press for Truth, Loose Change 2nd Edition

Oh dear Bobf, I love the hostility that comes from the left. I didn’t spew any hate. I stated facts. I’m not saying Bush is perfect because he isn’t. He’s made plenty of mistakes just like Clinton did. The difference is I’m not throwing my hands up in the air and whining and crying. I think, as most Americans do, it’s time for a phased withdraw from the Iraq. I think you should have read what I wrote. Republicans have had a long standing tradition of adopting a more isolationist foreign policy. The Clintons didn’t. Hell during the years of Clintons administration over 4000 troops died, whether it be in Bosnia, Somalia or in operations in the Middle East. I’m not going to sit here and say that Dubya is perfect, NO President is. You can’t deny that past administrations have everlasting effects; many of you are claiming this administration is going to have effects that will last along time. I agree with you. You want to use that logic, then you have to agree that Clinton’s administration had effects that carried over into this Bush’s administration. I also find it funny that you say I hate my fellow Americans. I’m an amputee that lost my leg in Iraq. I love my fellow Americans and this country.

So tell us Jama...how many people died because of Clintons cigar?

For all of those who think that Gonzo should stay answer this question truthfully: Would you want Gonzo representing you if you were on trial for anything? Remember his memory is very very limited. As far as Dubya is concerned his arrogance will determine his place in history.

Jama, for the sake of the everloving G-d, save yourself. I long for the days of Clinton's bad PERSONAL decisions. We are in a war that kills hundreds a day, Everyone globally hates our guts and laughs at the executive branch out loud, our children's children owe Taiwan, Japan and China for Bush's follies, and the Constitution has been made a mockery of by all the little grubs that are dumbass enough to listen to the Big Three-Bush, Cheney, Rove. The only good news out of all this, if we survive the stupidity, is that the Republican party is toast in 08

Joe Bob, I guess these are the "vets" you like better? http://www.reflector.com/hp/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Fake_Veteran.html

Graham - I was being a smartass to Jama. A BJ is NOTHING in comparison to what the shrub in the white house has done. NOTHING!

and I'm sure all of you deep thinkers believe "cigaring" in the Oval Office is perfectly acceptable presidential behavior... Jama, Columbia SC And you must think having 3,400 and 20,000 young men and women killed for a lie is good thing. Give me a break-just another sheep. Think for yourself and stop towing the line.

Sam Hain - I am NOT a republican! I am a Democrat! Maybe a smartass democrat, but not the less a democrat. I was being sarcastic - there is no way a "cigar" compares to what the moron in the white house has done to this country. I liked Bill - I still do.

Hey Charles, maybe if Clinton wasn't cigarin in teh oval office and trying to capture bin Laden (like he says he was) maybe 9/11 wouldn't have happend. No, maybe if Bush wasn't on vacation and could read that "Bin Laden was determined to strike inside the US" 9/11 would not have happened

If Dubya is counting on his Gitmo-'Habitat for Inhumanity' to put him behind Carter for the "Worst" President, he's delusional on yet another thing. One more Delusion and he'll be up for the 'Ignoble Piece Prize'.

Jeanie, please accept my apologies for misunderstanding your comments. All the best to you and your country - always!

I dont like or dislike veterans and your point there is irrelevant. If the point you are trying to make is that there are folks on the other side of the fence that have pretended to be something that they are not, you need only to look at the whitehouse for a "fake" veteran. Unfortunately the right (especially Roves right), is well known for fraud (remember the swift boat guys), and have no shame in organizationaly pretending to be anything (compared with someone like the guy in your article who is just a small time con man). Speaking of con jobs though we should look at what Gonzales, Rove, et all were really up to i want to see fraud. Election fraud.. Trying to undermine the one thing that is most important to any democracy... You yourself should be screaming to put them in jail for trying to undermine the very thing that you supposedly lost your leg trying to protect...

There isn't any administration that does not have to deal with the administration that came before. The Clinton administration did not make the decision to go to war with Iraq, George Bush Jr. did, and that was against the compelling advice of his father. He has no respect for his father, former presidents, or current advice that does not feed into his egomaniacal agenda. I am a liberal and a proud one and I am not crying or whining. I am extremely frustrated thatthe reputation of our country is sullied over and over with no indication that those who do so understand the grave ramifications of their actions and inaction. I am also grieving the loss of American lives lost to a cause that was not, and is not, ours. It is not a war of honor or courage where the president is concerned but it is a war where the honorable and courageous lost their lives because of a deranged man who will go down in history as the most pathetic excuse for the leader of the greatest nation that there has ever been. God help us all, democrat and republican, until he is out of office and out of power.

Tindle Midlothian, VA I'm sorry you lost your leg, and I thank you for your service. I hope you have peace and happiness in whatever you do. Hang around and poke a stick at these people ever once in a while. Who knows you might make one stop and think for themselves.

The chimpy lying shrub is always talking about political theater. Maybe he should see a play at Fords Theater. Jesus Christ Superstar, perhaps. God, he sickens me.

"Who knows you might make one stop and think for themselves. " Maybe even you, brown nose.

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