October 04, 2006


Decidering to Fear-Monger

Well, there he goes again...

President Bush tried to drown out political anxieties about war and sex Wednesday by sounding alarm bells on national security and urging people to "vote Republican for the safety" of the country.
...
New polls show Americans are increasingly unhappy with Bush's leadership and the war in Iraq. ...
So what does he have to say? Well, let's see...hmmm... sorry for fucking up after Katrina? No...
"If the other bunch gets elected, they're going to raise your taxes,"
How about, perhaps we could have done better in Iraq? Again, not so much...
"If you want to make sure those on the front line of protecting you have the tools necessary to do so, you vote Republican for the safety of the United States of America,"
Tools like say, oh, I don't know bullet-proof vests that the Senate shit-canned in party line vote? And since we all know how interested the republicans are in toeing the party line, can we guess which party that might have been? Ah, the one that is "making sure that those on the front line ... have the tools necessary..."

And then the patented Bunnypants Crocodile Tears come out...

At the Beauprez fundraiser, Bush mourned the death of 16-year-old Emily Keyes, a Colorado student killed by a gunman who stormed her school and took six girls hostage. Bush said he hoped the federal government can find ways to help the community recover during a conference next Tuesday in Washington.
Yeeeah. Kind of like all that federal assistance for New Orleans? If I were that in that community I wouldn't be holding my breath for the "federal government ... to help the community recover...", because all you ever get from an empty suit are empty promises. As sad and tragic as the death of a 16 year-old is, it's ironic that Preznit Raisin' Money can be so apparently sympathetic while speaking to the chosen few with the cash to hear him, and yet not offer words like that to ordinary Americans about each and every serviceperson by name, killed in Iraq. Don't they deserve that kind of attention, by name in public from the man who sent them off to die in his misbegotten war of choice?

Even the most thickheaded kool-aid drinkers are starting to break that code. When has Karl ordered the airstrikes on Tehran to start?
posted by Jo Fish on 10.04.06 at 05:40 PM





Comments:

Nobody is listening to his highness. It's tune-out time since he's said the same thing over and over again. Even my rabid Repub neighbors are ignoring him. They just change the channel when his lips start moving.

 posted by: RSB on 10.04.06 at 08:44 PM [permalink]

I scream at the TV and then change channels. I had to listen to him yesterday explaining that Hastert has his trust because he's a coach. A coach, that is why chickengeorge trusts him.

 posted by: merlallen on 10.05.06 at 08:44 AM [permalink]

Heck, voting Republican seems to be bad for national security. What we need to do is track down the hard-core terrorists, and win the hearts and minds of everyone else. That means sticking to our values of democracy and fairness -- which is exactly what Democrats do.

posted by: tony on 10.05.06 at 10:45 AM [permalink]

I know it probably won't happen, but the DNC needs to run a national ad to forstall the "fear, fear, fear" campaign that repugs may try again.

Something that slams back at the "wolves" ad from '04


(pictures of wolves from '04 ad)

Two years ago, the Republicans cried 'wolf'. Now, we find out that the wolves are republicans in congress, and their prey are children.

Meanwhile, they stood by and did little after Katrina, have a policy of 'stay and bleed' in Iraq, and still haven't caught or killed Osama bin Laden.

They want you to be scared, so that you'll ignore their record of lies, failure, corruption and coddling of child molesters.

America is not scared of wolf-stories any more. It's time for a change. Vote Democratic.

 posted by: Satan luvvs Repugs on 10.06.06 at 11:45 PM [permalink]


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