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Originally posted by PornoDoggy@Jan 31 2005, 06:06 PM
The new attitude on negativity that Republicans have is certainly refreshing. Too bad they didn't have that attitude between 1993-2001.
I assume, then, that the loss of American lives in Somolia must have been treated as a gift from [insert diety here] by Gingrich and Lott, right? I guess Republican meetings back in the late 90s were full of hope that lots of Americans would get killed in Kosovo so that it would reflect badly on Clinton, right?
I mean, that's how this thing is done, isn't it?
Bush speaks, the heads bobble in unison. They've offered up more fucking reasons for the war in Iraq than Stalin's communist apologists offered up for the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, and they never miss a bleat - and they lack the common sense to be embarassed by the shifts. "Mission accomplished" was proclaimed by the reserve deserter about 1100 American lives ago, and you hear none of the righteous indigation that a Democrat would have been treated to (after all, it's just dead soldiers, not anything serious like a blow job). The shift from "no nation building" to installing democracy has been a "to the rear, march" movement made with a precision that would be the envy of any crack military drill team.
Gimme a fucking break.
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as i recall, there was overwhelming support for Kosovo and i don't recall any Republicans organizing protest rallies against Clinton. i do remember the typical misguided hippies protesting against their own... including those who went to Yugoslavia to run the marathon with bullseyes on their chests to protest the bombing and Hollywoods well timed movie "Wag the Dog".
I agree with you about the inconsistencies. politics is politics. i agree with you that they are and have been wildly inconsistent about the reasons and even necessity of invading Iraq... and obviously, the primary reasons proved to be completely unfounded. i dont think anyone with a brain would dissagree with you after the fact.
like Lewis Black the comedian said in his act .. something like "if the President is going to go through all the trouble to lie to me to get me on board... and if all those lies are eventually found out to be lies... at least have the courtesy to make up some new lies"