Bush At Large

[FourScore]

Published on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
Bush At Large
by Ralph Nader

George W. Bush is on a roll-a money roll with a $7 million advance for his book Decision Points and a rehabilitation roll to paint his war crimes as justifiable mass-slaughter and torture.

His carefully chosen interviewers-NBC's Matt Lauer and Oprah Winfrey-agreed to a safe pre-taping to avoid demonstrations and tough questions. Requests for him to speak are pouring in from business conventions and other rich assemblages willing to pay $200,000 for "the Decider's" banalities. This is "Shrub's" month in the sun. In his first week of book promotion, he was asked about anything he would have done had he known then what he knew now-especially regarding Iraq and its encircled dictator. Well, he deplored receiving "false intelligence" about Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction which was one of several false claims he fed the American people before invading Iraq in 2003. But he has no regrets, saying that "the world was undoubtedly safer with Saddam gone."

But was it safer for over a million Iraqis who lost their lives due to the invasion, over 4 million refugees, 4500 American soldiers lost, 1100 amputees, tens of thousands injured, sick and tens of thousands more GIs coming back with trauma to lost jobs, broken families and permanent damage to their health.

Was it worth a trillion dollars to blow apart the country of Iraq and incur many more enemies? Was it worth starting a war paid for by a massive debt handed to our children so that George W. and Dick Cheney could give themselves and their rich buddies a massive tax cut? Ex-presidents possess self-excusing delusions, but this is non compos mentis run amuck...

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/16-8

[Zoeisright]

1. So, are Bush and Gore the same now, Ralph??

What a dink.

[tavalon]

6. Valid question

[Patchuli]

2. He helped Booosh get elected

He's got a hellova nerve. Shut up, Ralph.

[tavalon]

7. Incorrect assumption. The question asked by the last poster was valid, this isn't.

If you want to pin the tail on the donkey, it wasn't Nader, it was the Supreme Court, specifically those nicknamed "The Felonious Five.". If you don't get your history correct, you just look silly. And DU is a place where we exchange ideas and thoughts, not bumperstickers, at least that's the plan for 2011, and I, for one, intend to work toward that lofty goal.

Did Nader make mistakes? Yes, and he continues to. Makes him human, like you and me. But he didn't cause the Silverspoon sociopath to be elected, the shrub stole both elections, with that eternal frat boy sneer on his face. Nader picked the wrong time in history to make his stand but in fact, this administration including this current lame duck congress has gone far to validate exactly what he said. They do it differently, but neither party has been of much use to any of us out here in America. They serve the same masters and those masters aren't us, they're corporations.

We have a kinder, gentler boss, but mostly, the same policies are in place and the same dogged march to fascism has continued unabated under "our" administration.

[Angry Dragon]

3. His response:

I have my money and I am getting more so blame it on the black guy

I do not have time to worry about my lies too busy counting my money

[FourScore]

4. kick

[malaise]

5. I'll always love Ralph Nader

K & R

[tavalon]

8. As I read up on him, I'm given to believe he said very inflammatory

things that had they been more nuanced, would have been more true but also more ignored. Unfortunately, in the time he said them, he became an easy scapegoat. We should have gone after the Supreme Court with pitchforks but instead we went after him.

[malaise]

9. You are 100% correct

We are very good at pushing ReTHUG talking points - divide and rule. :hi: