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(16,993 posts)The man should be in jail. He should have lots of friends in there with him, too. Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, for starters...
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)so, strictly speaking, Bush was correct even according to the official story.
But Frank Luntz or whoever obviously told him to say "organized plot" instead of "conspiracy".
reformist2
(9,841 posts)I think this is nitpicking a bit. Bush bears so much more low-hanging fruit.
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)Any attempts to play "gotcha" with Dubya's almost use of "conspiracy" is a total waste of time and energy and shows complete ignorance of the word's meaning.
No one who understands the meaning of the word would dispute that 9/11 was a conspiracy. Where the disagreement lies is in who the "evildoers" behind that particular conspiracy were.
Bush's "gaffe" was tantamount to his saying "Bible" instead of "Scripture" (or, heaven forbid, "country" instead of "Homeland."
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Not wanting to necessarily use the word conspiracy because of the connotations, but to play devil's advocate...
If multiple people plan a criminal act, isn't that kinda by definition a conspiracy to commit said act?
AAO
(3,300 posts)Nothing more. You sound like a conspiracy theorist.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)jakeXT
(10,575 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)making something out of this reminds me of rightwing attacks on Obama that simply don't make any sense.
tomp
(9,512 posts)...www.911independentcommission.org/questions.html (for example) and answer the questions posed by the 9/11 families. when you have done that we can see if your anti-conspiracy attitude is worth a damn. let's see how much sense you make.
They_Live
(3,300 posts)no matter what theory you believe because it was not carried out by one person.
Botany
(72,380 posts)How the hell did he ever get to be POTUS?
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,884 posts)tomp
(9,512 posts)....give or take a little vote tampering.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)This seems to be in reference to the follow-up explosion in West, Texas, before people knew if it was an industrial accident, or malicious act, like the Boston Marathon bombing.
There's more than one word in the dictionary that starts with 'Co'.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Yeah, just ask the Pentagon with 40 minutes notice. Billions on DEFENSE, but they failed miserably, and no one wants any explanation.
Euphoria
(448 posts)not many but enough!!
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JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Sorry, but I know German, and that word homeland smacks of Heimat which is OK in German but which in English has uncomfortable, NAZI associations.
Why do they use that term? It was never used when I was growing up.
It seems to have been brought in during the Rove/Cheney/Bush period. I don't like it at all.
summerschild
(725 posts)The neocon PNAC crowd brought it in. It sure does smack of their fascist roots.
zebonaut
(3,688 posts)That is some sort of racist nazi Texas term; but I don't use it. No one should. Maybe in his mind; bush lives in the "Homeland"; but the rest of us are United States Citizens. Of course in bush's Universe; he is a great hero; and a great President. Some sort of Parallel world.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)He took us to war against Iraq with having any.
Blue Owl
(54,652 posts)Whoops...
Botany
(72,380 posts)that video was picture into W's sick mind.
trusty elf
(7,476 posts)What an ass!
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midnight
(26,624 posts)Renew Deal
(82,907 posts)The problem is that "conspiracy" is a radioactive word. He was smart to catch himself.
Bucky
(55,334 posts)I'd hate to see you stub your toe on that bar you just lowered.
burnodo
(2,017 posts)I realized this man was an idiot during the 2000 republican convention, so I have zero interest in watching him speak at any length.
PCIntern
(26,840 posts)worse orator than this guy. I have never seen anyone run for dogcatcher who is this impaired - in every sense - publically.