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2006-12-30 Iraq

Analysts doubt Bush will benefit from Saddam's pending execution

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This was far more important then presidential approval ratings.

Posted by Army Life 2006-12-30 06:09|| 2006-12-30 06:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Certainly he will benefit from the actual execution, as did we all.

As for the "analysts" - may they eat worms three meals a day, every day, and live forever.

Posted by Bobby 2006-12-30 06:24|| 2006-12-30 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Barton suggested Friday that Saddam's execution be postponed to prevent potential outbreaks of violence. Barton's view was echoed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who called on the United States to push for halting Saddam's hanging.

Could play the race pimp card on that one could Rev?

Posted by Besoeker 2006-12-30 07:11|| 2006-12-30 07:11|| Front Page Top

#4 What would we go without analysts.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2006-12-30 09:06|| 2006-12-30 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 do, not go

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2006-12-30 09:06|| 2006-12-30 09:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Remember it's spelled ANAL-ysts.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-12-30 10:07|| 2006-12-30 10:07|| Front Page Top

#7 In related news: Analysts fail to see how defense of civilization benefits them.

Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-30 10:48|| 2006-12-30 10:48|| Front Page Top

#8 BDS at its finest - you see, EVERYTHING comes back to bashing Bush for them. Nevermind that a dictator was tried justly and hung for crimes against humanity by the very people he committed the crimes against. No mob rule, no lynching, just slow inexorable justice in a land that had not see such a thing in decades and a culture that is not known for it (Arab culture).

And they wonder why there is eroding trust int he media. Sheesh, idiots need to look in the mirror and be brutally honest with themselves about what they have become: adversarial instead of informing, and a moutpiece for terror, suppressors of positive news depending on politics. IN short just opportune propagandists, not news reporters.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-12-30 12:23|| 2006-12-30 12:23|| Front Page Top

#9 BDS is going around, methinks.

"They way I see it, Bush isnt up to the task. Hell he's wasted chance after chance to explain things inthe past, why would he start now? I expect nothing from the shrub."
Posted by OldSpook 2006-12-29 19:37

Posted by .com 2006-12-30 12:31|| 2006-12-30 12:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Simple-minded blame = American seething.

There are so many very deserving "blamees", from Self-Serving Cowardly Congress Critters to the Lobbyist Pimps to the State Sedition Dept to the Central Insecurity Agency to the PC Goons and Old Boy Network of the Fibbies to the Nabobs of Guilt [insert almost any org with a social agenda] to the Social Stalinists [MSM, ANSWER, Hollyweird, et al] to the Power (Corp) Scammers of the OWG Vampire Vulture Elite to the Deep Pockets Enablers [Soros, et al] of all of the above. So much Truthy anti-America triangulation, so little Truth.

The rise and rage of BDS signifies that Reality is too complex for most people to absorb, sort out, and stick with - when times get rough, when faced with placard-carrying twits who couldn't parse three sentences on a good day. It's unsatisfying to accept long convoluted answers, no matter that it's the honest answer, the truth, to the gut's demand for blame, here and now. For the simple-minded focus feels better. The social Occam's Razor of Conventional Wisdom.

Bush is not The Emperor, but if folks don't look too closely or think too hardly (lol), and damned few do these days, he makes a spiffy stand-in. It is all the easier to do when he has proven that he's not your clone, or mine. He actually holds opinions and views that you, and I, don't agree with. The prick. But he was all we had to vote for, given the choices. And we're pissed about that. Really pissed. I voted for you, sumbitch, now dance. To my personal tune. Our universal "I'm fucking right and the world should work as I demand cuz By Gawd I voted."

Yup, that's the real pisser.

So Blame Bush. That's the ticket. Got a problem? There's an easy solution. Perfect Storm of the Simple Mind.

Posted by .com 2006-12-30 12:35|| 2006-12-30 12:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Saddam won't benefit either.

But for everyone else - IT'S PARTY TIME!!

Posted by DMFD 2006-12-30 13:37|| 2006-12-30 13:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Bush has to show as a leader he is better than us for not celebrating.

As for the rest of us, party down d00dz!!

Posted by badanov 2006-12-30 13:47|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2006-12-30 13:47|| Front Page Top

#13 The Iraqis didn't try, convict, and execute Sadd-ass for President Bush's benefit; they did it for their benefit.

Wotta buncha ~~idjit "analysts"~~ ego-centric maroons.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-30 18:10|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-12-30 18:10|| Front Page Top

#14 .com: My statement stands. If you had seen the policy changes that came down, and thier effects, you'd have doubts as well. Not to mention it is pretty much factual that Bush has done a terrrible job communicating the causes, the necessity and the efforts involved in this war. He's failed to place the nation on a war footing, and by that failure he has only encouraged opposition domestically and overseas.

.com your commenst to me were rude, snide and wrong.

If its your goal to turn this place into your echo chamber - and Ive seen youre snide remarks in that direction - you are welcome to it.

I'll jsut stay away. Fred, he's all yours. I view .com as an asshole with his recent comments inthe O-Club and his continued and incessat snottyness and harping. He should NEVER have been made a moderator.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-12-30 20:50|| 2006-12-30 20:50|| Front Page Top

#15 "Oldspook" - You're a flaming hypocrite. Rude, snide, and wrong? No, not wrong. I posted a fact - it's right there for everyone to see for themselves. Hell, I left out the dumbest bit:
"I have lost almost all my respect for the man, he is a gutless eunuch."

It's your opinion. Nothing more. When combined with your comment today, <24 hrs later, where you decry such BDS, it's hypocrisy. Fact.

The other terms are value judgments.

Snottiness and harping? Coming from you, after you went on a week-long rampage over the November elections is precious. Best imitation of a three year old I've ever seen. All of us who aren't fools worked for success, donated money to candidates, and voted. But you played the outraged martyr - to the extreme. Dunno why - we will all suffer equally over the next X years.

You want my ass, huh? You want Fred to save you from your own fuckup by dumping me? Hey, what happens happens. You posted your blatant hypocrisy, I didn't - I just noted it, then posted what I consider a thoughtful view, unlike your tantrums.

Posted by .com 2006-12-30 21:03|| 2006-12-30 21:03|| Front Page Top

#16 In related news:
It snowed in Denver - Bush is blamed.
It didn't snow in Minneapolis - Bush is blamed.

Al

Posted by frozen al">frozen al 2006-12-30 21:04|| 2006-12-30 21:04|| Front Page Top

#17 Maybe hanging Saddam wasn't such a good idea.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-30 21:10|| 2006-12-30 21:10|| Front Page Top

#18 Old Spook,
Before this gets nasty, I click on your posts...

Posted by Capsu 78 2006-12-30 21:11|| 2006-12-30 21:11|| Front Page Top

#19 Remind me again the difference between an analyst and a proctologist?

Posted by Captain America 2006-12-30 23:42|| 2006-12-30 23:42|| Front Page Top

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