Why Bush Should Be Bashed

It's Nothin Personal

as fiercely as it disputes the left being the political faction which represents all mankind, in the depths of its frozen solid stone heart, the right knows this to be the truth.

the evidence is overwhelming and undeniable.

as those on the right stagger from one episode of debilitating overwhelming outrage to the next--an infliction that seems to strike on average seven times in any 24 hour period--a little-undestood autonomic self-preservation mechanism kicks into overdrive causing them to rapidly transfer as much of the overload out into the atmosphere where it's instinctively focused onto any convenient target that comes to mind.  it's an amazingly simple process yet should it somehow malfunction, it means an obliterative death by spontaneous concurrent explosion and implosion (somewhat akin to the sad end visited upon the wicked witch in 'wizard of oz' only a lot messier). 

as the median age of the us population increases, more targets are required...thus explaining the ever increasing number of screeds, rants and vituperative harangues directed at 'wacko leaders' (sic) of the left.

sadly 99.99999% of these misperceived targets aren't leaders of any type, even in the broadest sense of that term.  of the remainder, only about 1% are even mildly wacko.  those who've studied this phenomenon find it wryly amusing that an estimated 30% of  those who most frequently characterize the objects of their rage as being 'wacko' are, themselves, certifiably so (a figure that jumps to nearly 3 times that rate for their own official leaders).

one obvious consequence of all this wildly discharged antagonism can best be summed up in the venerable aphorism which claims that 'everyone is a wacko left-wing leader but me and thee...and i have my doubts about thee'.   should this trend continue, the most conservative (heheh) projection is that everyone in the world will have been condemned as one of the 'left's wacko leaders' by sometime in june 2006.

this leaves the left with very few individuals to whom they can vent their frustration without being castigated as 'mean-spirited' or accused of 'ad hominum' attacks.   fortunately the 2004 elections ensured at least a dozen individuals whom, by virtue of having been voted into office, are legitimate wacko leaders.  chief among them is george w. bush.  others include dick cheney, donald rumsfeld, paul wolfowitz, richard perle, john bolton, tom delay and bill frist.  additionally there are those who pull their strings such as the rev jerry falwell, pat robertson, bill kristol, the guy who funded the swiftboat liars for truth and some lighweights such as rush limbaugh and the fox news pundits. 

in conclusion, should you discover yourself conferring unwarranted 'wacko leader' status upon some celebrity, please take a few moments to 'get real' as the kids say on the street...and remember, sooner or later some other wacko is likely to condemn you for being one too.

 

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a 'you aint gonna believe what that wacko leader of the left dennis miller has done now'  bump*

 

*obvious sarcasm...dennis miller aint doin nothin these days except them lame netzero commercials

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Did you use a thesaurus for that rant or do you really know what all those words mean?

I mean Holy crap, I copied and pasted that diatribe into microsoft word and even Bill gates didn't know what the hell you are talking about.

I then put it into google and it came back with "did you mean Bush is the anti-Christ and everyone on the right bows before him?"

BTW, I'm sure I can come up with a proper response after a few hours on dictionary.com to translate what you said. I'll get back to you.



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24 hour period--a little-undestood autonomic



BTW, you mispelled understood.... oh crap, someone get me a damn gun, I'm resorting to liberal tactics of attacking the spelling instead of the issue.
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Why does the word vapid keep springing to mind... nm...

If people want to complain and gripe about Bush, more power to them. Believe it or not, that wasn't what my blog about Bush bashing was about.

My point was, the Left seems stuck in a feeding frenzy that doesn't profit them at all. Untold resources are being spent to villainize someone who they will never face in another election, while Democrats who want to succeed in 2006 or 2008 are suffering for airtime.

My challenge to your train of thought would be, why does the target need to be an individual at all? We hear constantly that Bush shouldn't have done this or that, but rarely what Bush SHOULD have done, with extra regard for things that are actually possible.

Probably because it is far easier to critique someone's leadership than it is to actually lead...
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Probably because it is far easier to critique someone's leadership than it is to actually lead...


Exactly why the dems lost more seats this last election. while they are oustanding critics, they offer no alternatives to current policy; only criticism and contradiction.
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My point was, the Left seems stuck in a feeding frenzy that doesn't profit them at all. Untold resources are being spent to villainize someone who they will never face in another election, while Democrats who want to succeed in 2006 or 2008 are suffering for airtime


i generally agreed with your article except as indicated in my comments there. despite a seeming similarity in titles (which wasn't intentional), i'm grinding a totally different axe here.

on one hand, it's sorta comical to see so many people described as 'leaders of the _____' and ideologies attributed to the _______ based on an individual opinion (much more frequently than not, those blanks seem to be filled with 'left', 'liberals', 'democrats'); on the other, it happens with such frequency as to be annoying at best.

my point was simply it makes slightly more sense to jump on real elected officials or party operatives than film stars, novelists, your neighbors, some guy you work with or another blogger whose names have not nor are likely to ever appear on a ballot in this lifetime.
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do you really know what all those words mean?


i cut up a dictionary and dumped all the words into a hat. when i feel the need to sound educated i just reach in and grab one at random. so far i've been pretty lucky i guess.
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BTW, you mispelled understood


i gotta start using a spellchecker i guess.

(i rarely do because they can't help ya when one of them homonyms sneaks its way in.)

i let myself go a lil overboard as a clue that i wasn't intending this to be taken too seriously.
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BTW, I'm sure I can come up with a proper response after a few hours on dictionary.com to translate what you said. I'll get back to you


i welcome your return.
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BTW, you mispelled understood.


BTW you misspelled "misspelled".
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Dude, you really gotta stop playin' with that Article-O-Matic that came with the Extra Special Blogger Only Collector's Edition of Fahrenheit 9/11.
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Dude, you really gotta stop playin' with that Article-O-Matic that came with the Extra Special Blogger Only Collector's Edition of Fahrenheit 9/11


jeez can yall see thru other people's monitors or what?

the only other reasonable explanation is you're engaging in some kinda witchery (which seems unlikely unless you suckered someone into trading your slothful ghost for one with a lil more ambition).

either way, ya busted me. i'm guessing you also know i took them damn dictionary words mentioned in an earlier comment and funneled em into my tower thru an open port instead of puttin em in a hat.

i guess i should thank you for callin me on it before i wound up believing i could fool all of the people all of the time and hard work isnt the only path to success.
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BTW you misspelled "misspelled".


sic semper tyrannis spellorum!
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(which seems unlikely unless you suckered someone into trading your slothful ghost for one with a lil more ambition).


That online casino that buys every weird eBay auction took it off my hands.


i took them damn dictionary words mentioned in an earlier comment and funneled into my tower thru an opent port.


You're still doing it manually? Look in the folder that contained Article-O-Matic. You'll find a folder named "Goodies." In that folder is a program called "Word | Matic.exe" which will funnel words from the Word dictionary into your Article-O-Matic. Automation is the only way to go.

Also be sure to download the latest updates from Michael Moore.com for updated GOP target lists. (I think Democratic Underground also has copies available as a convenience, since most of their members use the program, but DU only accepts submissions generated at the "militant extremist" setting.)


before i wound up believing hard work isnt the only path to success.


Can I interest you in my new home study course "Riches for Couch Potatoes"?

It includes two 500 page manuals, a quick study guide, step-by-step workbooks, and 5 DVDs recorded live at my seminar, and all this for only $997 ppd.

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This article is too smart for me to digest, but if the point is that I should bash Bush, then I'd like to say that (as many people have previously noted) he looks very much like a chimp.
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I wish the left would stop bashing Bush already. It's time for them to accept the FACT that he was elected democratically by the American people.
Instead of the bashing... let's see some lobbying for what they think might be better. If not, prepare for another Reublican victory in 2008!
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I wish the left would stop bashing Bush already. It's time for them to accept the FACT that he was elected democratically by the American people.
Instead of the bashing... let's see some lobbying for what they think might be better. If not, prepare for another Reublican victory in 2008


maybe i over complicated things. my point (and it was intended to be a humorous one) was this: when movie stars, athletes, musicians, bloggers, etc. say or do things, it's silly to bash them as 'leaders' of anything...or to use that as the basis of a claim a party or faction believes or doesn't believe in something. no matter how inane it may be to bash real political officials, at least they are actually representing their parties.
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I read the article that I suspect inspired this rant, wherein Sean Penn was described as a "whacko leader of the left" and I understand your point


you suspect correctly

Sometimes, (oh my gosh!) these specious celebritized whacko leaders of the left (or the right, they arent immune, not by a long shot) take steps to legitimize their influence by (oh my gosh again!) running for office and getting themselves elected! Need I mention Jesse Ventura, Arnie Schwartzenegger, Sonny Bono, and the 8th wonder of the world himself, Ronnie Reagan?


as soon as they toss their hats or wigs or whatever into the ring, they become fair game. otherwise i think you may be overestimating their influence. on the other hand, i remember seeing voters on the news here admitting they'd voted for arnold and thinking...jeez it aint bad enough you feel a need to tell the world you're an idiot, you gotta waste your 15 seconds of fame in the process???

I suspect you are just having a bit of fun here, and more power to ya!


exactly...and thanx!
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king, I have become convinced that you are the mastermind of a well thought out plan to drive all conservatives to the point of insanity so that we are not available to vote in the 2008 election; we will all either be dribbling idiots in an institution or will have committed suicide to escape your insanity inducing diatribes.

I know I should just not click on a blog authored by kingbee, but it is an indescribably impossible temptation to resist.

King, I will never agree with you on the color of the sky, but damn you intrigue me.
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I wish the left would stop bashing Bush already. It's time for them to accept the FACT that he was elected democratically by the American people.
Instead of the bashing... let's see some lobbying for what they think might be better. If not, prepare for another Reublican victory in 2008!


Therein lies the problem sir. They have no ideas apart from criticizing Bush. Well, kingbee does think we should let all the terrorists go and keep tabs on them as well as we do with the mafia. Hey, agree or disagree he's the first liberal I've seen to come up with an alternative. The viablilty of his alternative is questionable, but he offered something other than sheer contradiction.

I think kingbee should just stick to the project "drive em all crazy by 2008".
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Tell ya what.

I'll set up a podium in my front yard, and I'll personally call every news service that I can get in touch with. Then we'll have a head count and compare my response with what Tim Robbins or Sean Penn gets when they want to "effect change".

Like it or not, these people can get attention, and their drones listen to them. That's why activist organizations get them to speak for them. That's why they end up on the stage at the Democratic convention, or sitting in the Presidential box by Carter.

Like it or not, Hollywood is a 527 of substantial influence. Nitpick over the word leader if you want, but they have to be addressed in some fashion, and people do follow where they lead.
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We just need Bush to see what he is doing is NOT solving our problems. The things that were in need of fixing when he took office have gotten worse (trade for example) and things that were not a problem (like the budget deficit) have become a BIG issue. It is not bashing Bush but to get him to adopt policies that make things better.
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my point was simply it makes slightly more sense to jump on real elected officials or party operatives than film stars, novelists, your neighbors, some guy you work with or another blogger whose names have not nor are likely to ever appear on a ballot in this lifetime.

And in that, you have just followed the cookie cutter response.  And left leadership out of the equation.

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sic semper tyrannis spellorum!

Quit Stealing Va's motto (a solid red state BTW).

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eye juss luv itt wen yer irreverent, after all you be da king.