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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 01:41 AM
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Waiting for a Leader
Waiting for a Leader
August 31st, 2005

This N.Y. Times editorial says it all… Once again, our leader is a day late, more than a few dollars short and shows the compassion and understanding of a ______ (well, you fill in the blank)…

Waiting for a Leader
September 1, 2005

George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom. In what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the president appeared a day later than he was needed. He then read an address of a quality more appropriate for an Arbor Day celebration: a long laundry list of pounds of ice, generators and blankets delivered to the stricken Gulf Coast. He advised the public that anybody who wanted to help should send cash, grinned, and promised that everything would work out in the end.

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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:38 AM
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1. MindBoggling and Stunningly out of place, out of touch, and out of Reality
Mongo woulda coulda done better....
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 02:52 AM
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2. Dupe....
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 10:14 AM
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3. missed it... n/t
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