Liberal Icons call Bush "dictator" "Hitler" "assassination target"

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  1. Orson

    Orson New Member

    Michael Kinsley claims that Bush might just as well be declared “dictator of the world.”

    Columnist Richard Reeves just predicted that the president will be assassinated because of the Iraq war.

    Jimmy Breslin just compared the president directly to Adolf Hitler.
    Respective links
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1152-2003Mar20.html
    http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=SH&Date=20030320&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=303200447&Ref=AR&Profile=1060
    http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nybres203181614mar20,0,2611139.column

    These are famous, widely respected liberal voices who pride themselves for their moral conscience. So, why this extremism? Why such caricature?
     
  2. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    Fascinating,

    Gee, I must have missed the CNN report about Bush murdering 6 million Jews in death camps and about the military coup that brought him into power.

    It has become nearly impossible to take these people seriously. With enemies like that, who needs a P.R. guy? They may just end up being the best friends that George W. Bush could ever have.

    Tony
     
  3. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Now, I couldn't care less what these guys said. But what they said--what they meant--is wide open to interpretation.
     
  4. Tom7

    Tom7 New Member

    Hey, probably most people remember the old strategy -- when you lack sufficient facts, use hyperbole and slander instead.

    ...straying off-topic...

    Has anyone noticed that since the war has officially started, tempers have been flaring in discussion board posts (around the Web) over the slightest provocations? It makes no sense.

    Anyway, I still don't understand why some people dislike Bush and his politics so severely. The sense of the dislike is far more personal than I can remember for past presidents -- and coming from people who surely have never met him, as I surely have not. In certain cases I've seen (again, around the Web and in daily life), it looks like a severe displacement reaction by the liberals of repressed memories of their parents, or something equally lame.

    I'm striking at the weird undercurrent of self-absorbed irrationality they show. Are they upset that this is not the 1960s/70s, so the opportunities for really cool peace marches and draft dodging are limited?

    Why should Iraq II be any more important than Iraq I, underneath the fairly dull diplomatic mess? I don't remember people caring too much about the first round, at least, not with the same level of divisiveness happening now.

    My vote goes for building a freaking Space Ark and moving away.

    -- Tom7
     
  5. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    No president has been more vilified in the so-called liberal press than Bill Clinton, with the possible exception of Nixon. Than this was while Clinton enjoyed huge polling ratings and was elected twice.

    Bush has it easy. His problem is that he acts like he's got some sort of mandate from the electorate. He does not. He enjoys strong popularity because he has a cause--fighting terrorism--and people are going to give him a wide swath while tackling it. But they're not all that impressed.
     
  6. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Nonsense. Bill was made fun of but hardly the most vilified. Bush does not have it easy. I don't know how many times I have seen personal attacks on his intellect that do not base themselves in any fact. Ridiculous assertions about diplomacy (The Daschle hyperbole, Molly Ivins, etc). It is childish.

    I did read one web site disputing the intellect issue and demonstrating based on his SAT scores & realizing the modern inflation of them that he is actually fairly bright from an IQ stand point. I think that determination based on assessment was before inflation adjustment.

    Regardless of whether you like it he is the President & it is our system. A couple of different Press evaluations after the election of the ballots in Florida showed that he would have won. You also have bizarre demo poll issues such as what happened Ashcrofts race. He gallantly did not contest the issue. The Florida Supreme court behaved strangely and as some noted in a biased manner due to their democratic leanings.

    I voted for Clinton the first time as I felt he was the best candidate and did not the second time. Nothing has amazed me as much as the behavior of democrats after the Bush administration came to power, it has been petty and ridiculous (eg the vandalizing of the White House by departing demo staffers that cost the nation thousands to repair). Bush refused to detail all of the damage. As someone who votes according to the best person for the job I can tell you that sort of behavior along with stupid statements by Daschle make it very difficult to trust democrats.

    North
     

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