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battleknight24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:25 AM
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I have a question (again... ) about the Downing Street Memo...
Edited on Fri Jun-17-05 01:26 AM by battleknight24
This might seem like a dumb question, but what do you think is our main goal? What are we trying to accomplish, with respect to the DSM and President Bush? The DSM is just a confirmation of what everybody already knew, or at the very least suspected. Do people really think Bush will be impeached and removed from office? I don't think there is any way in hell that so many representatives and senators will crossover and vote along with the democrats.

So what are we trying to do?


Peace,


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LightningFlash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:27 AM
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1. Moving to full accountability...
And I think you underestimate the power of the people. No matter what we must hammer the truth to the surface, until it can not ever be ignored.
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funflower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:28 AM
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2. At a minimum, we're trying to cripple the lame duck. Better, maybe
this will knock some sense into people, and we can pick up a significant number of seats in 2006. Agreed, the current Congress won't touch *, but, with a change of personnel after 2006....
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:30 AM
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3. Exactly!! Cripple the lame duck and the damage the other ducklings
can do. Put them in their place after all of the arrogance and bullying...
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funflower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:33 AM
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5. Anything we can do to weaken them, weakens their ability to damage
the fabric of our society and planet.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:31 AM
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4. ccontabilty
Impeachment
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battleknight24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:33 AM
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6. ???... So maybe Bush will kick himself and say...
... damn them internets!
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:34 AM
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7. We were lied into a war by the blivet; I cannot bear to
speak his name. The blivet and his cronies had a plan and executed it. Many theories abound, but I think this admin is as guilty as the day is long.
The plan might be to extricate outselves from an ill-advised war.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:43 AM
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8. We are aiming for critical mass
See, a lot of this has been revealed in bits and pieces. People are more or less aware that Bush might have gotten the evidence wrong. They know there were no WMDs. Some are aware there were no al-Queda connections. Right now it's just a bunch of jumbled thoughts in people's minds.

But every time the DSM is read, it clicks with someone new. Suddenly the third or eighth time someone hears that the evidence was being fixed, everything snaps into place for them, and they get that sick feeling of realization, like the moment a parent realizes their child is lying to them. They haven't wanted to believe it, but suddenly they do.

We want an investigation. We want Bush to respond to Conyers' questions in writing, so we have something he can't wiggle out of. Then we have a point to begin the investigation. Any answer Bush gives will be a lie, because he is unable to reveal the truth. That lie, in writing, will make more people see what's going on.

In each person there is a critical mass point, where all of the evidence suddenly builds to a realization of who and what Bush is. The nation also has that point, when enough people, usually around 40% of the population, see the truth, and the nation begins to look at Bush as a traitor, war criminal, and worse, and the image of him as whatever the hell people think he is now disappears.

In marketing, there is a theory that any new technological item will be adopted by the population in a Bell Curve, where sales gain slowly at first amongst the more sophisticated citizens, then begin to catch fire when the mainstream catches on, then ebb as the majority has accepted it, and the few stragglers catch on. Historians have also used this theory to investigate acceptance of new religions, languages, etc, in a culture.

That's what will happen here, if we can keep the DSM and the hearings before the people.

Bush could be impeached. Politicians are very selfish, and will hang him in a heartbeat if it means their own jobs. Let people realize that Bush slaughtered all those people for nothing, and that he knew it was for nothing, and it will suddenly click, and Bush will be done, along with Cheney and the rest.

Right now the media is protecting him, but when they realize they can't any longer, they, too will join the feeding frenzy, trying to boost their ratings through Bush's miseries. Should be fun to watch. Well, not fun. Just vindicating.

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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 02:30 AM
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9. There are Republicans who will be running
Edited on Fri Jun-17-05 02:30 AM by shraby
for re-election and really really want to hold on to their positions. If enough people are mad about the DSM, they will have to do something to appease. They just might open a formal inquiry to appease their constituents. If they do they'll open one huge can of worms.
If they don't, they might find themselves in the unemployment lines after the election.

edited to add.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 02:31 AM
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10. pass the damn popcorn will ya
I now live for the day they open that can of whuup ass

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
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