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I Give up...
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It looks like America is going to vote for Bush There was something in the Guardian about writing to these Americans saying not to vote for George W. I guess that could have annoyed some of these 'undecided' voters but hell some of them are just rude. grah!
Edit: Well some of them anyway, most of the ones I've read are ones saying about bad teeth :rolleyes: or "You being taken to Guantanamo" Morons. The arrogance and stupidity of some of these people..
Edit: Well some of them anyway, most of the ones I've read are ones saying about bad teeth :rolleyes: or "You being taken to Guantanamo" Morons. The arrogance and stupidity of some of these people..
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It must feel bad. Really how can your countrymen fall for it all? I just don't know what I'll do if that maniac is re-elected
Even Goebbels would be stunned at the scope with which a continent sized nation and a population more than 3 times that of Germany can be so systematically and successfully propagandised into accepting lies as truth and willingly villifying all who attempt to open their eyes to the truth.
I am convinced that perhaps the best thing would be to have Bush win reelection and let the ruination of the economy and the nation be completed so the rabid right will no longer be able to point the blame at anyone else for their wholesale sellout of the nation for elite profit at the expense of the average man on the street.
Or any given member of military.com.
Not much of a surprise, really. When you see cases like this it becomes very difficult to resist the urge to stereotype Americans- even though they're naturally not all as backward as some of that lot.
Pehaps they should limit the right of vote to those who own a passport and have been abroad at least once.
Then the republicans will get back in for another 8 years of plundering of the tax pot.
A real embarrassment and shame for a nation with so much potential for constructive contribution to the planet.
Maybe… but are you sure you know the difference? I don’t. Both Mafiosi are pro-war, pro-military-industrial complex, pro-Patriot Act, pro-Homeland Security, pro-Big State and Big Spending, pro-corporate subsidies, pro-Welfare State, pro- the war on drugs, the-war-on-poverty, the war-on-terrorism, the-war-on-pornography, the-war-on-leaking-houses and other endless wars they always lead but never win, pro- massive spying and massive brainwashing, pro- WTO’s and IMF’s ruled world economy, pro- Pax Americana maniacs.
I watch TV and read newspapers at times but even turning them upside down I can’t see any difference…
You maybe got some kind of microscope I don’t have?
I consider both parties to be two sides of the same corporate controlled coin. Nevertheless, given that all I can hope for (knowing the elctoral process of my country as I do) at this stage is a mere incremental change away from blind pursuit of the unilateralist, hegemonic and overtly militaristic agenda of the PNAC cabal currently in power to a somewhat more moderate stance, I would accept that as a starting point.
Having said that, I refer back to my previous suggestion that perhaps the only thing which might wake up my ignorant countrymen en masse would be a further 4 years of Bush in which to utterly destroy the domestic economy, the social security system and the employment prospects for the forthcoming generation of universtiy graduates. Beyond that, 4 more years to entrench the McCarthyistic police state to the point where exercising of one's constitutional right to free speech and political dissent lands average American citizens in indefinite detention.
Maybe then, the Right will be disgraced and cast down once and for all and a real political revolution for progressives like myself can be realised.
The fact that they are writing from a completly different country makes things even worse.
It was no demand. From what i read it was supposed to be polite letters. Personally I can't see how ANYONE can be stupid enough to vote for that backwards Texan.
Because he's solid, never changes his mind, never goes back on himself, he's funny and charming, and makes mistakes in his speech that can be considered endearing. That's why.
Funny and Charming? :eek2:
But he is also an idiot and and beleives that God talks to him and a warmongerer. I am really scared what will happen to the world if he gets reelected.
No, he's not an idiot at all. People right him off as an idiot, it's a dangerous mistake to make. Many christians believe that God 'talks' to them, which can mean many things, considering the culture for christianity in the states this is not a bad thing.
One need only look at his academic record of mediocrity to see that his entrance into Yale ahead of many more qualified applicants was due to not one but two prominent legacies (grandpa Prescott and daddy Bush). Moreover, his repeated business failures and subsequent bailouts from dad and his cronies, his evasion of investigative repercussions for securities fraud from his sale of his Harken Oil stocks in advance of revelations of accounting fraud, and his penchant for smearing any who expose his wrongdoings (attack the meesenger to bury the message) all make him a most dengerously inept man for the most powerful office in the land if not the world.
The real minds behind him who run this administration's policy agenda are even more dangerous for the collective experience and collusion with past government corruption scandals that they bring to the table. Bush is merely the front man kept well in tow by Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, and external advisor Perle (all of whom are traceable back to the Nixon adminsitration and more importantly party to the Iran Contra debacle of the Reagan Era).
from what i saw it werent really a debate though, its was just pre rehearsed speeches with very little if no interaction between which would make it good
Don't get me wrong I hate Bush, I just want to make it clear that it's not hard to see why he's electable.
its not hard to see why americans love him, but i can see how hes unelectable in most of the western world
not dissing americans who vote for him
much
There is no real engagement on any issue nor are there any surprises intended to catch out either candidate and force them to think on their feet or (in the case of the incumbent) to actually answer for his record in office, positive or negative.
They are essentially nothing more than corporate advertiser-driven soudbite platforms for a dumbed down US population to judge based on appearance, not substance.
AMEN
yeah, but people deliberatly overlook his faults.
I’m hoping for a Democrat win, I don’t feel the need to stick my nose in however and I oppose stupid ideas like this that will decrease Kerry’s chances.