Bush hopes to 'de-toxify' US politics

[Kadie]

Bush hopes to 'de-toxify' US politics
1 hour, 56 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush hopes to use his last two years in office to "de-toxify" US politics, his spokesman said at the height of the often bitterly fought campaign ahead of November elections.

In a recently broadcast radio interview, Tony Snow said that "politics has gotten way too personal" and that Americans were growing "bored with it, and fed up."

"If there's anything that we hope we're going to be able to accomplish in the last two years, ... (it) is maybe to de-toxify American politics a little bit," Snow told writers for the conservative Internet journal Powerlineblog.com.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061024/pl_afp/uspoliticstonewhouse_061024140603


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[Norquist Nemesis]

1. You can't make this stuff up!

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[rodeodance]

15. the stench is too bad, ------no can do Jr.

[radfringe]

36. he's now THE DETOXIFIER

the decider name has been thrown in the trash with stay the course

[Kadie]

46. LOL

We can start to refer to him as The "DETOXIFIER" instead of *.

:rofl:

What a legacy.

[radfringe]

48. I'm working on he costume design now

almost done...

but I'm not sure I can find a pair of tight to fit cheney... oh dear

[Kadie]

52. Ack!!!

Cheney in a pair of tights! Now that is terrifying!

:rofl:

[radfringe]

55. my partner wants to know

if bush is dextoxifying - is he going to start with his fellow republicans..

so many of them have admitted to drinking/money/sex problems - they should be at the top of the list for DETOXING by the Detoxifier

[Kadie]

63. He is going to be very busy

'dextoxifying' all his buddies.

:rofl:

[patrick t. cakes]

53. bush the toxic texan avenger.....

:puke: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[calimary]

70. That would be the "Toxic Detoxifier."

JEEZ.

I've got one thing to say about him (well, one more thing):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2903267&mesg_id=2903267

[lonestarnot]

66. He knows it's about time to face the music. Heh heh heh.

and how can a toxin detox?

[babylonsister]

2. What a load of________. Fill in the blanks. Hogwash, I say! nt

[rodeodance]

3. what a HOOT!

[wakeme2008]

4. translation: After not working with ANY Dems for 6 years

Now he will start with Poor Old Me the Dem controlled House and Senate will not work with me......

[radfringe]

73. bush scared? attempts to offer 'olive branch' of sorts?

I gave this latest news item some thought. Why would bush want to be the DETOXIFIER after 6 years of bashing DEMS? Why would the leader of GOPers, after encouraging slams on DEMS during this election season have a change of heart?

bush had 6 years to the uniter, he's been the decider, and the he's going to jump into a phone booth and turn into the DETOXIFIER? and all the while expressing confidence his GOPers will retain control of congress...

could it be he secretly thinks GOPers will lose control of the House and probably the Senate making him a lamer duck?

by donning the Detoxifier costume does he hope to present a more conciliatory posture, offering the olive branch, cut and running from partisan politics? A set-up for "please don't attack me, I'm trying to be nice" game plan?

p.s. yes, there is a toon in the works regarding the DETOXIFIER

[Mythsaje]

5. What--he plans on helping the Democrats win?

And then not vetoing any of their bills?

:rofl:

The whole Republican Party is toxic to America, and he's one of the worst.

Give me a break.

[bdamomma]

9. the repigs are like toxic sludge

[MuseRider]

6. Well then he is either

going to resign or get rid of us.

He is the problem, his party is toxic and those of us who suffer from all of them (Dem apologists included) are indeed taking it personally.

[lectrobyte]

7. Sounds like a headline from the Onion.

[Beetwasher]

8. This is NOT THE ONION!

:rofl:

[underpants]

38. ABC news last night "Tony Snow announces that they will no longer....

say "stay the course"...

seriously that was in the WH report from last night.

BiiiiiiiiiiZARRE


GRAPHICS: CHANGE OF COURSE?

MARTHA RADDATZ (ABC NEWS)

(Voiceover) Today, a sign that the White House is reassessing its own rhetoric on Iraq as midterms approach. White House spokesman Tony Snow announcing the President will no longer use the term, "stay the course."

TONY SNOW (WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY)

It allowed the critics to say, "Well, here's an administration that's just embarked upon a policy, not looking what the situation is." When, in fact, it's just the opposite.

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100007216&docId=l:522026700&start=11

[proudlibal]

10. Sure!

I believe this shit about as much as I belive that the big tobacco companies really want to help their customers Kick the Habit!!! These ASSHOLES made politics so TOXIC.

[Kadie]

57. Welcome to DU proudlibal!

:hi:

[BurtWorm]

11. He could detoxify it right now if he wanted to.

Just resign and move to Paraguay already.

:patriot:

[vireo]

12. Best way to detoxify

is for all Repugs to resign and cleanse the body politic.

[stillcool]

13. uh-oh...

I hope de-toxify isn't as bad as his version of freedom.

[Nickster]

14. All I can manage to do anymore is just shake my head at these people.

It just gets me so weary hearing them lie and lie and lie. Gee Dubya, why don't you tell us how dem dere politics got so toxified?!

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. So he will be a real "uniter" and not a "divider" now?

:rofl: Let's just forget the last six years+, right george? :eyes: What, no more twisting arms and banging heads together, george? :eyes: He's a real piece of work, isn't he?

[liberal N proud]

16. But he and his regime are what make US politics toxic

Politics effects every American. Every American needs to make politics personal for them.

[rodeodance]

17. big REC. everyone needs to see this joke of the day.

[rhiannon55]

18. I LOVE the way the toxic repukes

spew toxic bullshit all over the Democrats and then tell us the Democrats' politics are toxic.

Can you say "projection"? :spray: :puke:

[radfringe]

19. so does that make him the

'de-toxifier'?

[izzybeans]

20. Well he couldn't very well say purify. He'd be exposing too much of himself in public.

If Purity is what he seeks then watch out.

[mmonk]

21. Is he resigning?

[Crankie Avalon]

22. Translation: All our madeup, slanderous mudslinging has backfired...

...and with the actual wrongdoing of Cunningham, Abramoff, Foley, and all the rest of us Republicans finally starting to be somewhat exposed, we want to take our ball and go home.

[Kadie]

26. Bingo n/t

[BootinUp]

23. Tony, you all gonna get out of our WH then?

:grr:

[bluedogyellowdog]

24. Bush *is* toxic

so to de-toxify U.S. politics he could do one easy thing:

follow in the footsteps of his hero, Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon and RESIGN! But not before Cheney follows in the footsteps of his role model Spiro T. Agnew and resigns too.

[ToeBot]

25. Expecting to lose, perhaps badly, the Republicans feign amiaiablity...

and pretend to be cooperative. Anyone care to guess what the principle '08 election meme will be?

[bluethruandthru]

27. Right Tony...

Americans are growing tired of it and fed up...that means we're fed up and tired of you and your repuke friends. You're the ones who divided the country in ways not seen since the civil war!!

Oh, and Tony....how about telling your boss that he's supposed to be the president of everyone in the country...NOT just the other repukes!

It's shameful when a sitting president spends 6 years demonizing and calling half the country names!

[The Count]

28. If only them cut & run defeatocrats would play nice.....Poor W!

[Gregorian]

29. Here's a plan- Hold hands with Cheney and Rove. Walk off into sunset.

I want to say something about the Golden Gate bridge, but I think due to the new expanded Freedom® in the US, the dungeon masters are free to torture me for saying things like that.

You get the picture. Disappear!

[Cha]

30. bush is RESIGNING?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Halleluja!

[greeneyedboy]

31. so he and all his cronies are retiring to spend time w/ family?

excellent news.

[JHB]

32. You can start RIGHT NOW, Chim-Chim...

Yank all national Republican funding from mudslinging Republican candidates for THIS election, send Newt, Rush, Hannity the innanity, and Bill to GITMO, release all the files you've been keeping secret (Dickie's Energy meetings, documents from the Reagan & Bush41 presidencies, etc.),

etc, etc, etc,, and then RESIGN.

[malaise]

34. Is he leaving?

We'll need an awful lot of disinfectant to remove the stench of Bushco.

[rman]

35. We better prepare for the worst

You know how he tends to do the opposite of what he says he'll do.

[mattomjoe]

37. Gee, when do they plan to start? Maybe after nov.?

"His comments came as Bush and his Republicans accused Democrats of wanting to "cut and run" from Iraq and warned US voters that an opposition party victory would increase chances of a terrorist attack in the United States."

[Bandit]

39. Sounds like they plan on suicide to me..

It certainly would be a great start.

[raccoon]

40. Like Ted Bundy telling us about healthy relationships!

This can't be real! Who's been lowering the level of dirty politics for the last 6 years?

[MamaBear]

41. Uh-oh.

He quits when he claims to stay the course; he fudges when he claims to be the decider; he lets Osama get away when he claims to get him dead or alive; now he wants to detoxify politics?

I sense a disturbance in the Force, and fear a coming night of the long knives. Seriously. This dude is beyond deluded.

[napi21]

42. That m%^$@#()&*er said THAT during his campaign in 2000!

That the same as the rest of the Pubs now campaigning on "Re-elect us so we can cut spending!"

Lyin' sacks of.....

[LynnTheDem]

43. That should be headlines around the nation...

"If there's anything that we hope we're going to be able to accomplish (it) is maybe to de-toxify American politics a little bit,"



There ya have it, bush's 2-year plan to "hope" to "be able to accomplish".

"Maybe."

:rofl:

[hvn_nbr_2]

44. The Toxic Texan detoxifies toxicity by going to detox. nt

[McCamy Taylor]

45. He is going to staple his mouth shut?

[bif]

47. What a great sense of humor, that George has

Is he fuckin' kidding? He's the one who divided this country unlike any polititian before. Just him getting appointed tore apart families. Asshole.

[verse18]

49. D.C. needs an enema. That's for damn sure.

[Martin Eden]

50. RESIGN and APOLOGIZE

are the first steps he must take.

[lovuian]

51. Apathy and Boredom will be gone in the next 2 years

of Bush's reign...thats for sure...
We are in for some very tough times

[LeftishBrit]

54. That's like Lucretia Borgia promising to de-toxify food!

[gkhouston]

56. this from the man (and I use that term loosely) who

turned US politics into a Superfund site? :rofl:

[Fovea]

58. The entire Bush** administration and the Rethuglickan congress

if detoxified, would weigh so little that it could be sent first class mail with one stamp.

This is the most egregious bullshit I have heard from Bush** yet. And I have heard a whole stockyard's worth.

[Jed Dilligan]

59. I was wondering why I kept throwing up. nt

[mvd]

60. They are getting fed up alright

With Bush, that is.

[elehhhhna]

61. He was FOR toxification before he was AGAINST it.

[Initech]

62. Translation: He's getting desperate.

If he really wanted to "de-toxify" politics, he'd get rid of those right-wing hate radio assholes like Hannity and Limbaugh. THAT'S how you de-toxify politics!

[Lindacooks]

64. He's going to resign???

Really?

Gee, don't get my hopes up like that.

[Keepontruking]

65. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Bushie Admits that politics are toxified????Who told him to
say that ???The puppet master??????    Circus Girl

[WinkyDink]

67. I agree; Bush needs de-tox.

[neebob]

68. Never mind the stupidity

Think about how arrogant it is to say he's personally going to detoxify politics in two years. It's not even his job. Anyway I predict he'll just keep on vacationing and being a mind-numbing stupid ass.

[ehrnst]

69. Let the high colonics start in the WH...

:eyes:

[sakabatou]

71. By detoxifying, we mean making the U.S. a one-party nation...

[Raksha]

72. Now THAT'S funny!!! n/t