Time for Bush and Cheney to Apologize

Time for Bush and Cheney to Resign!




Now that Kerry apologized for his botched joke that may have offended our troops it is time for Bush and Cheney to follow suit. In the case of the President and Vice President the list of things they need to apologize for is much longer:

Sending our troops to their death and injury in a war that was unjustified and that has not made America safer.

Sending our military to war without the troop strength needed and without the needed equipment.

Causing the death of over 2,800 brave troops and the wounding of over 20,000 others.

Over stretching the military causing multiple troop deployments and the over use of Guard and Reserve forces

Failing to enforce our laws.

Failing to protect our border and ports.

Failure to make our trade policy fair to American workers.

Failure to move us toward energy independence.

Failure to find solutions to the funding of Social Security and Medicare.

Failure to fund his No Child Left Behind Program.

Creating an annual budget deficit and increasing the National debt by $3 Trillion Dollars.

Creating the most political strife among Americans since our Civil War.

Creation of ill will among almost EVERY country in the world toward our foreign policy.

Ignoring the needs of the poor and to help rebuild the Gulf after the worst natural disaster in our history.

Appointing people that were unqualified and corrupt which has resulted in major misuse of taxpayer money.

Attempting to undermine the authority of Congress by signing statements and failing to enforce the laws passed by congress.

Indifference to millions of Americans who are losing their health care.

Shifting the burden from the wealthy to the middle income Americans.

Favoring the interests of Big Business over the welfare of the average American.

Using the classification process to cover up things that are not security issues but things Bush did not want to become known.

Failure to meet the commitments Bush made when serving as a member of the National Guard and the failure of Cheney to serve in our military.
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Keep campaigning for the democrats col.
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This has nothing to do with the Democrats. This is what Bush, Cheney and the GOP have done!
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But of course you exaggerate and distort your claims, especially this one. "Creating the most political strife among Americans since our Civil War." What a load. Are you going to sit there and tell me democrats are not a big part of this?
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Gene is drinking some of that Kerry Cool-Aid. Kerry gets caught letting his true feeling out. Then trys a lame attempt to blame Bush for what he said. Put just a little Anti-Bush suger into the drink, and Gene will be drinking it by the gallon.

Kerry stubs his toe in Boston, oops it's Bush's fault.  
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It was Bush in the 2000 election that said he wanted to bring more servility to politics. He has done just the opposite. The American People deserve an apology for each and every item I listed from Bush, Cheney and the GOP members of Congress.
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servility


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your parents should apologize for inflicting the world with your filth.
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LOL, best article yet Col. I will accept requesting an apology from them for all these reasons if you apologize for all the crap every single article of yours has. Apologize for all the garbage you post on this site, for all the times you were proved wrong and either ran to another article or just ignored the proof, for claiming to be a Republican when you're really a democrat, for lying, making up stories, not having your own opinion and last but not least, for being ignorant most of the time.

If you can apologize for all this, I will, personally, make it my business to start some kind of campaign to get Bush and Cheney to apologize for all this and more.
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I often wonder just how badly the Bush Administration has to do, for these die-hard conservatives to admit that this administration is the worst since Hoover.

Where are all the conservatives that wanted a balanced budget? Or is that just an issue when democrats are in power? Why do we lower taxes to the rich when waging a war on two fronts? I'm so sick of hearing how the democrats are the party of the big government, while the deficit increases at an unprecedented rate. Will the democrats once again get in power, just to have to rescue us from irresponsible spending?

What happened to the 8 billion that Bush promised to help the poor out of poverty? Last I heard the administration has spent less than 2 percent of that figure over the last 6 years.

What leadership was there in Katrina? Answer: Buy thousands of trailers and have them rot in Arkansas. Reason: Laws wouldn't let them be used. And what legal authority overruled the Federal Government? I guess the White House now answers to the Government of Louisiana. But then how were they to know there were people in the Superdome, in the first place? I guess CNN just didn't get to their cable boxes that week. When a Tsunami hit Asia we had helicopters there in 3 days dropping food. When our own citizens were stranded in New Orleans, we couldn’t get help to them for a week because the roads were flooded!

We started a whole new department of homeland security. What is more secure? The only difference I see it they made us take off our shoes at the Airport. How many billions did we spend for that?

When North Korea gets nuclear weapons, they blame it on Clinton’s policies from more than 6 years ago. No blame goes to the administration that cut negotiations with them, that tried to win them over by bullying them, that would not even open a dialog with them.

While we’re at it, let’s blame Clinton for the Bin Laden. He could have gotten him. Well, lets see; Bush had 100,000 troops in Afghanistan and he couldn’t get him. But once the conservative blinders are on I guess that this statement can be rationalized also.

Do these people honestly believe that Kerry, a highly decorated veteran himself, meant to dishonor the troops? Is nothing sacred?

I am proud to be an American, but more and more, I'm embarrassed by what our nation has become under this administration. The American people see this administration as what it is; a total failure, run by a man who prides himself as being just a “C” student. I expect more from a president. I expect the president of this great country to BETTER than average. I expect him to be mature enough to admit that policies need to be adjusted. I expect the president to be above the “blame” game. I expect him to HAVE the proper intelligence before putting our sons and daughters in harms way. But more importantly, I expect him to be honest with the American People about matters of national importance.

And for all this, I would like his apology.
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You know....

*sighs*

(mumbles to himself: "I'm probably going to regret this...")

....anywho.


Yes, I will admit that mr. gene can be a bit out of this world in some of the things he claims, and i may disagree with him.

However,

Why the fuck is there the name calling, the overall, asshole attitude towards him?

I mean, come on. Grow the fuck up folks.

Do you really need to resort to such things like:

your parents should apologize for inflicting the world with your filth.


No, I don't accept the BS excuse of "oh well he has opened himself to it." Bullshit, you can ignore him.

No, I don't accept the excuse of, "Well someone has to stop his spread of...," cause you know what - I'm sure that someone with a brain can discern what is right and wrong, in their views. If a person wants to believe what CG deals out, that is their right.


Seriously, grow up, and quit with the name calling, and shit.


*puts on flame suit, just in case*
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Dow hits record high.

Economy is doing very well.

Inflation is low.

Unemployement is low.

Interest rates are low.

Yes, we're in hell.

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silentpoet:
Why the fuck is there the name calling, the overall, asshole attitude towards him?

I mean, come on. Grow the fuck up folks.

Do you really need to resort to such things like:


Apparently you're not above a little name-calling yourself. Methinks you protest too much.
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Unemployement is low.


Try telling that to folks her in my county. Seriously though, it's pretty bad, but that's more likely to be resolved by the governor and others, not Bush.


~L



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Apparently you're not above a little name-calling yourself. Methinks you protest too much.


First off, there, i wasn't name calling. I was emphasizing my point. Capiche?


Secondly, at least i'm making an effort to change.
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My gut reaction is that apologies are due, believe it or not. I'm not sure that is really feasible in a time of war, though.

I try and ask myself how it would have been received had FDR apologized for losing more men on D-Day than we've lost in the last few years. Or Lincoln, who caused a war that killed more Americans than many wars combined. I think that it is obvious that it would have undercut his ability to lead, and undercut the authority of the Presidency. I think it would have served the morale of the enemy and harmed the nation.

Which is what people like Col Gene do. They are traitors, frankly, led by their ego and their hate, and who spend their days churning out propaganda for the worst sort of people in God's creation. They are people like the NY Times who believe it is their job to betray state secrets and provide talking points for those who behead innocent people in grainy videos.

I think when you look at a bitter thing like Col Gene, you have to ask yourself who they serve. Are they serving the Dems? No. The Dems aren't going to pull out of Iraq, and they aren't going to impeach Bush. Are they serving any real movement to effect change?

Nope. They are just creating mayhem, and destroying morale. They just want people to feel bad, and want people to feel sorry, just like the people who fly planes into buildings to make us wish we'd done things they way they think we should have. Nothing is made better by it, and nothing would be made better by an apology. In the end history decides what the failures of our leaders were, not terrorist propagandists.
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Draginol

The Dow being up does not help the vast majority to pay their bills. 80% of the values of securities are held by 10% of the population. The wealthy are doing well from the record high Stock market but for the VAST majority it means NOTHING!

The economy for the wealthy is GREAT. The Low and MOST of the middle income workers and MOST of the retired have NOT experience the benefits from the Bush economy.

Inflation had increased and things like energy, health, Insurance and food costs have increased substantially. There are all things that the average person must purchase and has had a major impact on their ability to pay their bills. That is why we have record credit card balances and defaults. Many are having trouble from higher mortgage payments due to increasing interest rates. Unemployment is still 1 million jobs short of being where we were when Bush took over and the new jobs pay less and have fewer benefits. The Census dept has documented that the Average Weekly Wage AFTER inflation is lower under Bush. What of this is GOOD NEWS?
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The Dow being up does not help the vast majority to pay their bills. 80% of the values of securities are held by 10% of the population. The wealthy are doing well from the record high Stock market but for the VAST majority it means NOTHING!


And the reason for that disparity could be, if you'd give it some thought, because people have their excess forcefully "invested" in Social Security instead of ALLOWING them to invest their money as they choose.
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The Dow being up does not help the vast majority to pay their bills. 80% of the values of securities are held by 10% of the population. The wealthy are doing well from the record high Stock market but for the VAST majority it means NOTHING!


But col, when the dow falls 60 points you claim it because of Bush and the economy is terrible.  Now the dow is at record highs and you still blame Bush. 


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Bakerstreet

The issue is not the reason WHY the issue is that the Stock market being up does not HELP the vast majority to meet their monthly expenses.

Another factor is that if there was no Social Security, the low and many of the middle income workers would NOT invest the money now being paid to Social Security. When they retired they would have even less or NOTHING to help them during retirement.

The issue is how is the economy impacting the low income workers? How is the economy impacting the MAJORITY of middle Income working America? How is the economy impacting the majority of the retired? The answer is clear for the most part these groups, which make up the vast majority of the population, are not seeing the great Bush Boom! That is WHY the polls show the majority does not approve of the way Bush and the GOP are handling the economy!


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"The issue is not the reason WHY the issue is that the Stock market being up does not HELP the vast majority to meet their monthly expenses. "


Of course, when your ideal is to blame, you would most CERTAINLY not want to discuss blame. You just want to steal more of our money so that even fewer people have money to invest. Thief.

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This has NOTHING to do with blame. It has to do with the simple fact that the stock market being up does not mean the vast majority benefit from it being up. The reason is that 80% of stocks are owned by only the most wealthy i.e. 10% and the stocks that the average person owns are part of their retirement plan. You can not spend those retirement investments until you retire. In a like manor, higher corporate profits do not flow to the average working family and thus do not help them pay their monthly bills. The statistics that a Bush sight as proof the economy is good does not help the vast number of Americans. They are concerned about keeping their jobs. They are struggling to pay the higher bills with very little increase in their wages. You can not talk people into believing the economy is great as Bush claims when each month they come up short with the money to pay the ever increasing bills like utilities, health care, insurance and food costs. I live in Florida and the increase in just our insurance premiums is wiping our ALL wage increase for very many people.
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" This has NOTHING to do with blame.


If you were to go through your blog and delete everything that has nothing to do with blame, how much would be left, would you say?

You don't have an economic tragedy to work with, so you believe you can invent one out of thin air. It is only going to work on people who already hate Bush so much that they will believe anything negative. Everyone else realizes that they aren't any worse off now than they were 8 years ago, and looks at you as if you are chicken little.

A demented, bitter chicken little.
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You can not talk people into believing the economy is great as Bush claims when each month they come up short with the money to pay the ever increasing bills like utilities, health care, insurance and food costs.

Oh please. You act like we are in some kind of economic state where bread lines and gas rationing is everywhere.  Bush does not control the income of people in this country.  If you come up short, get a second job, stop blaming the government for your lack of economic skills.

I live in Florida and the increase in just our insurance premiums is wiping our ALL wage increase for very many people.

And I live in Florida too col and you are once again making a claim which you cannot back up.  I really want to know how you are the authority on everybody elses lifestyle and tell us how we should treat them.

Lets take at these people who "come up short".  Do they have cell phones, do they have tv's?  We can go on and on, but you are not the spokesperson for anybody.

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= Everything in my Blog is TRUE. Show me where the things I have listed are not true? They are what has taken place over the past 6 years.I never claimed an economic tragedy. What I said is that the majority have not received the benefits from what Bush claims is this great economy. Only the upper income Americans are better off under the current policies!
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IslandDog

I said the insurance costs are skyrocketing. If you say that is not correct in Florida you are a liar. Today alone All State requested a 75% increase. Most companies have had 35-60% increases. The growing insurance is one of the major issues in the race for Governor as are the increasing Real Estate Taxes. The paper is full of stories of how businesses are being driven out of business. One local appliance dealer had his Real Estate taxes increase from $100,000 to $139,000 in one year.