Twinsdad 6 hours ago
1.Why did you ignore the CIA’s warnings in the summer of 2001 that al-Qaeda could strike “imminently”?
2.Why did you pledge in the 2000 election debates that you were against nation building, and then embark on not one but two nation-building programs in Iraq and Afghanistan?
3.You increased the Federal debt by 86%; to what extent do you accept the blame for America’s debt troubles?
4.You reappointed Alan Greenspan as the Fed Chairman; to what extent do you accept that his easy money policies caused the bubble that burst in 2008?
5.Were the 2008 bailouts of well-connected banks and financial corporations engineered by your administration compatible with a supposedly “free-market” “capitalist” system? Doesn’t bailing out banks create dangerous moral hazard?
6.How can a nation simultaneously claim to be a liberator while also practising torture?
7.You swore to uphold the Constitution, yet passed the PATRIOT Act that authorised warrantless wiretapping, and mass surveillance in contravention of the Fourth Amendment. Do you realise that you violated your oath of office?
2.Why did you pledge in the 2000 election debates that you were against nation building, and then embark on not one but two nation-building programs in Iraq and Afghanistan?
3.You increased the Federal debt by 86%; to what extent do you accept the blame for America’s debt troubles?
4.You reappointed Alan Greenspan as the Fed Chairman; to what extent do you accept that his easy money policies caused the bubble that burst in 2008?
5.Were the 2008 bailouts of well-connected banks and financial corporations engineered by your administration compatible with a supposedly “free-market” “capitalist” system? Doesn’t bailing out banks create dangerous moral hazard?
6.How can a nation simultaneously claim to be a liberator while also practising torture?
7.You swore to uphold the Constitution, yet passed the PATRIOT Act that authorised warrantless wiretapping, and mass surveillance in contravention of the Fourth Amendment. Do you realise that you violated your oath of office?
snarking.slug 19 hours ago
+8 Votes
Very Well done! I'd love to read the answers to those questions.
The same set of questions should be asked of President Obama!
RicFlair 16 hours ago
+3 Votes
Snark baby, it puts me outta my element when you're saying stuff I can't argue about. Whaddya say I meet ya back on the religion topic and we can get back to throwing down pal!
CrazyMarine 18 hours ago
+2 Votes
My favorite GWB quote, said partially in jest, was I am the president of the have,s and have mores, he really was not kidding, his policies where all shaped to wishes of the wealthy. For instance, freedom and liberty are not the agenda that the wealthiest desire, as you can see from China, a totalitarian state can be a place to make profits, nation building opens new markets, and bail-outs are a great safety net for the rich. The question I have is will Romney,s agenda be the Bush agenda all over again?
AnalogAnomaly 17 hours ago
+3 Votes
I agree with that quote, anyone in this country who thinks they have nothing needs a reality check. The poorest among us live like kings thanks to capitalism and industrialization.
Drive through any inner city projects and you will see cars nicer than your own. Everyone is fat with plenty to eat. With an iphone in their pocket and not a care in the world, their whole future is secured, all they have to do is show up to collect the checks.
CrazyMarine 17 hours ago
+2 Votes
our right to champion poverty, poverty makes stocks go up as the price of labor goes down, see Mexico to determine how that works in the long run, not bad for the super wealthy.
Cougardan 17 hours ago
+1 Vote
Mexico is not governed by US laws.....there is no comparison in that regard....poverty allows for making laws that ultimately funnel massive money to DC....cheap labor around the world would be affecting our workforce the same regardless of poverty....additional poverty adds on, but that is a desired result....progressive government relies on it.
Cougardan 17 hours ago
+2 Votes
You worry about Romney's agenda when Obama has been a continuation of Bush and is favored to win...you should be asking ...should he win...if his agenda will be the same as Obama's agenda......don't allow any bias to hold ya back.
CrazyMarine 17 hours ago
louman 13 hours ago
+1 Vote
It’s not what we don’t know that hurts us; it’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so
Cougardan 17 hours ago
+1 Vote
More important than our likes or dislikes is accountability....all of us are either backstabbers or not.... Obama has continued Bush... Obama is prez....Romney, should he win would either be continuing or not the Obama legacy now.....
louman 17 hours ago
+2 Votes
The only thing I can say is who cares.
It's history. we need to focus on today.
By getting answers to your questions does it change today?
Great questions from a historical perspective.
sk6actual 15 hours ago
+2 Votes
Best of the posts ... what we must know what were the mistakes but more importantly how NOT to allow them again.
Bush is history, EVERYBODY needs get beyond him and deal with today, not 5, 10, 15, 30 years ago.
theprofessor 14 hours ago
+1 Vote
Please enlighten us, how can we not allow them again if we don't know what they are? It is obviously more important to have knowledge, since you can't correct mistakes if you don't know what they are.
louman 14 hours ago
+2 Votes
We know the mistakes made by Bush, Congress and now Obama.
The issue is what's happening today and correct mistakes being made today.
An example:
You increased the Federal debt by 86%; to what extent do you accept the blame for America’s debt troubles?
Who cares about blame. The issue is how do we stop even more spending as O has exceeded in 3.5 years what GW did in 8. And O wants 4 more years. You up for that Prof?
Just double down.
snarking.slug 1 hour ago
It is relevant today. We're living with the consequences of each of those decisions. Have the outcomes matched expectation? Were the risks that were considered the correct risks? How did they cover the risks? Were the steps taken enough?
We are in a mess. This mess was a long time in coming, but it built to critical mass in a short period of time. If we don't know how we got here, how can we get out? How can we avoid making those mistakes again?
louman 1 hour ago
+1 Vote
Your kidding of course.
The questions have been analyzed and debated to no end and yet it continues and the current issue are being ignored claiming it's Bush's fault, and not to mention Reagans fault.
We're still stuck on blame and haven't moved a foot since the 2008 election but then again, that's where the Democrats want everyone to be, not focused on the last 3.5 years when we make a decision on the next leader of the country.
We are in a giant mess and the Government's not making it better and possibly worse. How does the current Fed policy supporting Europe possibly help fix our economy, by their not getting worse?
Where's the leadership on job creation? Throw more money at it and hope it sticks? Out campaigning?
In case you didn't notice, we replaced the tech bubble with the housing bubble led by the Fed Reserve. The housing bubble is being replaced by excessive debt and spending. Think that will have a great outcome?
Doesn't look like it.less
Rumpled 14 hours ago
+1 Vote
I always got a kick out of his claim that:
"We're gonna give 'em a democracy" . . .
. . . then he picked them himself in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
(or rubber-stamped?)
louman 14 hours ago
+2 Votes
"As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable."
AE.
Twinsdad 13 hours ago
You see, we all are actually an united front. Americans all in favor of turning back the clock and living it up! This group is actually all on the same page we just don't know it!
Forest for the trees stuff..
GeminiTwins 12 hours ago
+1 Vote
Twins, what is going on here? You are starting to sound like me and that is confusing. Anyway, you have raised some excellent points on "W". I often wonder if it was Bush that was giving the orders or someone like Rove or Cheney.
Rumpled, Afghanistan was a must do war. That is where the evil Al Queda came from.
louman 1 hour ago
+1 Vote
Rumpled 26 minutes ago
A lotta tough pills to swallow here --
from the fact that the majority of those hijackers were Saudis to Dubya letting Bin Laden's family fly out to Bandahar in the White House to Bin Laden 'escaped' early on to an assassination instead of capture and trial followed by quick deep-sixing at sea of corpse without independent examination -- and laptops and zip drives containing nuthin' but porn
-- some folks'll swallow anything.
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Cougardan 33 minutes ago
+1 Vote
Hope your truthful history gets written one day Rumpled
Rumpled 40 minutes ago
Russia thought so too -- so did England and Rome that I can think of offhand -- must do.
louman 32 minutes ago
Empires go to Afghanistan to die.
Cougardan 33 minutes ago
louman 21 minutes ago
But rumpled, your exclusion of Clinton and Bin Laden is laughable.
The actions in Libya, no war here, we're just killing the bad guys.
Support for the insurgents in Egypt.
Troops in Africa.
The use of drones to kill people without proof of guilt is a travesty of justice. Yes justice first in the USA.
Bush was poor at best only to be usurped by the current office holder.
This administration is beyond corrupt. How's that patriot act working for you or the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)?
Very Well done! I'd love to read the answers to those questions.
The same set of questions should be asked of President Obama!
The same set of questions should be asked of President Obama!
RicFlair 16 hours ago
+3 Votes
Snark baby, it puts me outta my element when you're saying stuff I can't argue about. Whaddya say I meet ya back on the religion topic and we can get back to throwing down pal!
CrazyMarine 18 hours ago
+2 Votes
My favorite GWB quote, said partially in jest, was I am the president of the have,s and have mores, he really was not kidding, his policies where all shaped to wishes of the wealthy. For instance, freedom and liberty are not the agenda that the wealthiest desire, as you can see from China, a totalitarian state can be a place to make profits, nation building opens new markets, and bail-outs are a great safety net for the rich. The question I have is will Romney,s agenda be the Bush agenda all over again?
AnalogAnomaly 17 hours ago
+3 Votes
I agree with that quote, anyone in this country who thinks they have nothing needs a reality check. The poorest among us live like kings thanks to capitalism and industrialization.
Drive through any inner city projects and you will see cars nicer than your own. Everyone is fat with plenty to eat. With an iphone in their pocket and not a care in the world, their whole future is secured, all they have to do is show up to collect the checks.
Drive through any inner city projects and you will see cars nicer than your own. Everyone is fat with plenty to eat. With an iphone in their pocket and not a care in the world, their whole future is secured, all they have to do is show up to collect the checks.
CrazyMarine 17 hours ago
+2 Votes
our right to champion poverty, poverty makes stocks go up as the price of labor goes down, see Mexico to determine how that works in the long run, not bad for the super wealthy.
Cougardan 17 hours ago
+1 Vote
Mexico is not governed by US laws.....there is no comparison in that regard....poverty allows for making laws that ultimately funnel massive money to DC....cheap labor around the world would be affecting our workforce the same regardless of poverty....additional poverty adds on, but that is a desired result....progressive government relies on it.
Cougardan 17 hours ago
+2 Votes
You worry about Romney's agenda when Obama has been a continuation of Bush and is favored to win...you should be asking ...should he win...if his agenda will be the same as Obama's agenda......don't allow any bias to hold ya back.
CrazyMarine 17 hours ago
louman 13 hours ago
+1 Vote
It’s not what we don’t know that hurts us; it’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so
Cougardan 17 hours ago
+1 Vote
More important than our likes or dislikes is accountability....all of us are either backstabbers or not.... Obama has continued Bush... Obama is prez....Romney, should he win would either be continuing or not the Obama legacy now.....
louman 17 hours ago
+2 Votes
The only thing I can say is who cares.
It's history. we need to focus on today.
By getting answers to your questions does it change today?
Great questions from a historical perspective.
It's history. we need to focus on today.
By getting answers to your questions does it change today?
Great questions from a historical perspective.
sk6actual 15 hours ago
+2 Votes
Best of the posts ... what we must know what were the mistakes but more importantly how NOT to allow them again.
Bush is history, EVERYBODY needs get beyond him and deal with today, not 5, 10, 15, 30 years ago.
Bush is history, EVERYBODY needs get beyond him and deal with today, not 5, 10, 15, 30 years ago.
theprofessor 14 hours ago
+1 Vote
Please enlighten us, how can we not allow them again if we don't know what they are? It is obviously more important to have knowledge, since you can't correct mistakes if you don't know what they are.
louman 14 hours ago
+2 Votes
We know the mistakes made by Bush, Congress and now Obama.
The issue is what's happening today and correct mistakes being made today.
An example:
You increased the Federal debt by 86%; to what extent do you accept the blame for America’s debt troubles?
Who cares about blame. The issue is how do we stop even more spending as O has exceeded in 3.5 years what GW did in 8. And O wants 4 more years. You up for that Prof?
Just double down.
The issue is what's happening today and correct mistakes being made today.
An example:
You increased the Federal debt by 86%; to what extent do you accept the blame for America’s debt troubles?
Who cares about blame. The issue is how do we stop even more spending as O has exceeded in 3.5 years what GW did in 8. And O wants 4 more years. You up for that Prof?
Just double down.
snarking.slug 1 hour ago
It is relevant today. We're living with the consequences of each of those decisions. Have the outcomes matched expectation? Were the risks that were considered the correct risks? How did they cover the risks? Were the steps taken enough?
We are in a mess. This mess was a long time in coming, but it built to critical mass in a short period of time. If we don't know how we got here, how can we get out? How can we avoid making those mistakes again?
We are in a mess. This mess was a long time in coming, but it built to critical mass in a short period of time. If we don't know how we got here, how can we get out? How can we avoid making those mistakes again?
louman 1 hour ago
+1 Vote
Your kidding of course.
The questions have been analyzed and debated to no end and yet it continues and the current issue are being ignored claiming it's Bush's fault, and not to mention Reagans fault.
We're still stuck on blame and haven't moved a foot since the 2008 election but then again, that's where the Democrats want everyone to be, not focused on the last 3.5 years when we make a decision on the next leader of the country.
We are in a giant mess and the Government's not making it better and possibly worse. How does the current Fed policy supporting Europe possibly help fix our economy, by their not getting worse?
Where's the leadership on job creation? Throw more money at it and hope it sticks? Out campaigning?
In case you didn't notice, we replaced the tech bubble with the housing bubble led by the Fed Reserve. The housing bubble is being replaced by excessive debt and spending. Think that will have a great outcome?
Doesn't look like it.less
The questions have been analyzed and debated to no end and yet it continues and the current issue are being ignored claiming it's Bush's fault, and not to mention Reagans fault.
We're still stuck on blame and haven't moved a foot since the 2008 election but then again, that's where the Democrats want everyone to be, not focused on the last 3.5 years when we make a decision on the next leader of the country.
We are in a giant mess and the Government's not making it better and possibly worse. How does the current Fed policy supporting Europe possibly help fix our economy, by their not getting worse?
Where's the leadership on job creation? Throw more money at it and hope it sticks? Out campaigning?
In case you didn't notice, we replaced the tech bubble with the housing bubble led by the Fed Reserve. The housing bubble is being replaced by excessive debt and spending. Think that will have a great outcome?
Doesn't look like it.less
Rumpled 14 hours ago
+1 Vote
I always got a kick out of his claim that:
"We're gonna give 'em a democracy" . . .
. . . then he picked them himself in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
(or rubber-stamped?)
"We're gonna give 'em a democracy" . . .
. . . then he picked them himself in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
(or rubber-stamped?)
louman 14 hours ago
+2 Votes
"As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable."
AE.
AE.
Twinsdad 13 hours ago
You see, we all are actually an united front. Americans all in favor of turning back the clock and living it up! This group is actually all on the same page we just don't know it!
Forest for the trees stuff..
Forest for the trees stuff..
GeminiTwins 12 hours ago
+1 Vote
Twins, what is going on here? You are starting to sound like me and that is confusing. Anyway, you have raised some excellent points on "W". I often wonder if it was Bush that was giving the orders or someone like Rove or Cheney.
Rumpled, Afghanistan was a must do war. That is where the evil Al Queda came from.
Rumpled, Afghanistan was a must do war. That is where the evil Al Queda came from.
louman 1 hour ago
+1 Vote
Rumpled 26 minutes ago
A lotta tough pills to swallow here --
from the fact that the majority of those hijackers were Saudis to Dubya letting Bin Laden's family fly out to Bandahar in the White House to Bin Laden 'escaped' early on to an assassination instead of capture and trial followed by quick deep-sixing at sea of corpse without independent examination -- and laptops and zip drives containing nuthin' but porn
-- some folks'll swallow anything.
from the fact that the majority of those hijackers were Saudis to Dubya letting Bin Laden's family fly out to Bandahar in the White House to Bin Laden 'escaped' early on to an assassination instead of capture and trial followed by quick deep-sixing at sea of corpse without independent examination -- and laptops and zip drives containing nuthin' but porn
-- some folks'll swallow anything.
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Cougardan 33 minutes ago
+1 Vote
Hope your truthful history gets written one day Rumpled
Rumpled 40 minutes ago
Russia thought so too -- so did England and Rome that I can think of offhand -- must do.
louman 32 minutes ago
Empires go to Afghanistan to die.
Cougardan 33 minutes ago
louman 21 minutes ago
But rumpled, your exclusion of Clinton and Bin Laden is laughable.
The actions in Libya, no war here, we're just killing the bad guys.
Support for the insurgents in Egypt.
Troops in Africa.
The use of drones to kill people without proof of guilt is a travesty of justice. Yes justice first in the USA.
Bush was poor at best only to be usurped by the current office holder.
This administration is beyond corrupt. How's that patriot act working for you or the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)?
The actions in Libya, no war here, we're just killing the bad guys.
Support for the insurgents in Egypt.
Troops in Africa.
The use of drones to kill people without proof of guilt is a travesty of justice. Yes justice first in the USA.
Bush was poor at best only to be usurped by the current office holder.
This administration is beyond corrupt. How's that patriot act working for you or the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)?
Rumpled 5 minutes ago
Differences in appearance / looks can run shallow and I'm inclined to think that Dubya and The Bummer have more in common than in difference.
Differences in appearance / looks can run shallow and I'm inclined to think that Dubya and The Bummer have more in common than in difference.
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