Well,a great mind once declared:

"George Bush does not care about Black People"

Those words will carry me through till 2008.LOL

Good Morning FreedonOfSpeech,

I think you give the Prez to much credit. It's not that he doesn't like black people, he just plain don't care about the weak and helpless in general no matter what race or age for that matter.

My Clues? His new Medicare plan, his new budget plan which is a joke to the American poor and elderly and let's see how about those students who depend on federal aid, and how about all those little kids out there that depend on financial aid like child support and Medicaid? HMM? Oh Yeh, and let's take out the abortion card and throw it on the table when he cuts the money's to assist in the Foster care programs.

I like his answer's to all of these tuff decisions.

It's to save the people's tax cuts. Well, more and more of the middle class and young americans who join the ranks of adult hood as tax payers certainly will benifit from the measley little hand outs we the people signed this president on "Our" pay rolls to manage are soon going to find that the only choice for our young adults, if they want jobs, is exactly how the GOP has it planned. It's Uncle Sam's ville for all, or you can join the ranks of illegal aliens that don't mind working those slave jobs that small business's offer at minimum wage. Ask them what happens when they are hacking germs all over your Big Macs and Quarter Pounders, because thier Managers won't let them go home when they are to sick to be handling food.

My college son, who works for a middle class restaurant, you know those new fake Italian kind, was so sick he went to the bathroom and tossed his cookies and even bruised his lungs, but his manager still refused to excuse him. After a trip to the emergency room and 500.00 in uninsured cost later, he can't even file a compensation claim for missed days at work because he wasn't out of work long enough to make the rule. I guess he will just have to work more hours sick or not. After all, every dime spent for his education is coming out of his tax paying pocket. Oh, by the way, he's hispanic.

I say you give Mr Bush more credit than he deserves.

Hey, how about those Health Savings plans? You think people making minimum wage can afford to pay into any type of savings account? Or even people feeding familie's on let's say 25,000 a year.

In the mean time, all the good paying jobs are... Where?

Nope, I'm afraid that we all are in for a little of the Bush Effect.

God Bless America!!

We see one after another of these posts on this blog. They're all valid, of course. This is without a doubt the worst administration in the history of this country.

However, I maintain that this is a waste of time. The question we need to answer is not "Why not them?" but rather "Why us?"

If we Democrats think that after years of successful hammering of Clinton on untrustworthiness, deception and lies (rightly or wrongly) that the American electorate has accepted our party as one being unafflicted by the same problems, we are even more stupid than I thought. Remember how David Brinkley used to wryly comment on the seamy underbelly of politics? That wasn't about Democrats or Republicans. It was about American politics. He did it because people lapped it up. We love to believe that ALL our politicians are corrupt - after all, that's why they go into politics, isn't it? It's an American tradition. We revel in being represented by thieves and laggards.

So, evn if we get Americans to turn their heads away from Republicans for a moment to say "Hmmm...I don't really like these guys, so what do THOSE guys have to offer?" and all they get from us is "We're not them", no political argument will have been won.

We'll lose...again. And by the way - we'll deserve to lose. It's an awful game plan.

If our answer is "We'll be better on security than those guys", we'll get no better response. Unless there is a major terrorist strike against Americans between now and November, we're going to get a steady stream of "wink wink" reports about how many attacks have been foiled by the administration. Americans will buy it, being the dull-witted sheep that they most of them are. They'll keep the current cops on the beat, figuing that with unnecessary change would come risk.

No - the answer to the "Why Democrats?" question has to be an array of programs, policies and proposals that offer a dizzying, radical alternative to Republicans' so that we not only attract some of the votes from the mythical "middle of the road" prized so highly by inept, stupid DLC Democrats, but we also attract new voters to the polls by the millions.

WIll that happen? Of course not. That would require that we somehow replace about half of our elected DINO officials before November. The Democrats are spending a piteously small amount of time trying to lay out a united alternative to Republicanism. Why? Because a lot of them actually LIKE Bush's imperialism. They LIKE his largesse for the wealthy. They LIKE his religiousity. They LIKE his tax policies. They LIKE his judges.

Pathetic. So, in short - we're doomed to another loss of seats in both houses this November.

Ah, what the heck...keep it up. If you can't keep a job then you might just as well drink the stuff that makes you numb and forget about why you got fired in the first place. Whalloping Bush feels good, doesn't it? He's a liar. He's lazy and inept. He's a big business butt boy. He's a finger puppet on Cheney's finger. So what if that won't win us any elections? It feels so friggin' good to scream out "You see how RIGHT I was?"

Too bad not enough people will listen.

Posted by AmercnWmn on February 10, 2006 at 07:12 AM

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Your so right girlfriend.That wasn't fair for me to limit Bush's credit.Yes.He hates us all.ALL of us.LOL ;D

Posted by BaronScarpia on February 10, 2006 at 07:28 AM

Keep you head up... it's been an uphill battle, but i'm seeing lots of people around me change their minds about this administration.

First, Dems are taking back congress... then comes impeachment.

Only by electing Democrats will we be able to solve the problems this administration has failed to address.

Dms will bring this to the table:

1) A multi-faceted approach to battle terrorism. Republicans only know how to poke a stick in the hornets nest... that's going to make things worse. Dems will get the world behind us again. That's the only way we can begin to make progress against terrorism.

2) A sane Energy, Medical, Education, and Economic agenda that will bring prosperity back to America and will lift the cloud of uncertainty and debt that is hanging over all of our citizens.

Most importantly, Dean rolled out our 50 state strategy, and new Democrats accross the country are running for office.

The guys in power right now are part of a neo-conservative cabal that's been plotting their rise to power for 40 years. They got a head start, but now that the more rational and benevolent democrats have figured this out, we're going to tromp them with all the momentum we've built up in the last 5 years.

It's hard not to be cynical because this administration is so good at clouding the truth and laying on people's emotions. But that it coming to an end.

Focus on electing Democrats to every office, local and national, and we'll bring this country back into the light.

african americans have been completely disrespected by the bush administration and the republicans
disenfranchised in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections
during Katrina the republican run MSM reported that black people were stealing and looting items but white people were "finding" items to survive
our citizens were labled as refugees by the MSM i guess to fool the rest of us to not react to the slow reaction of the bush administration
we should all be saddened by this revelation that the bush administration was aware all along but chose not to act responsibly
we should all be angry that bush and the republicans talk about keeping America safe, but they're only priority is to keeping tax breaks rolling in for the rich
we should all be P.O.d that instead of truly being a uniter this administration has actively done all they can to keep us divided such as dems against republicans, rich against the working poor, etc
the truth about bush and the republicans is out there in black and white for all to see

BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS FAILED!!!

http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4483096&nav=5D7l

NEW ORLEANS An advocacy group is trying to stop city elections in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.

The federal court suit argues that the process will keep blacks out of elected office.

The Advancement Project wants changes to the election plan, including polling stations outside the state.

Meanwhile, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People warned that it might organize protests and challenge the elections in court. It says displaced voters need to be given greater consideration in plans to hold elections April 22nd.

Among other races, voters will cast ballots for mayor. So far, the most striking aspect of that race is the number of prominent white business leaders and politicians who have jumped in.

Incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin remains the only black candidate.

Dtree -

I admire your optimism, but I see no tangible evidence that brings me to the point of sharing it. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Absent a disastrous attach on America by terrorists, Americans will be resist the idea of changing the guard. Security, despite the Bush adminsitration's continued bungling is still seen as a winning Republican issue. Perhaps if so many Democrats had not stupidly supported this rificulous adventure back when it started, we might be able to make a stronger case. But facts are facts. Biden, Clinton, Kerry, et alia were all passive cheerleaders for Bush imperialism. Americans remember they are Democrats.

Also, I can't see this party coalescing behind a radically different approach to providing health care, education, prosperity, tax equity, environmental protection, etc. by November. They haven't managed to do that in the last five years (please - no excuses about us being a "minority party with no control over the agenda" - the minority party should CONSTANTLY remind the electorate of what they have to offer if given the chance - that's their job!), and this is not something that's done like an exam cram.

And even if you admire what Dean has done to organize the party at its lower levels, it's worth noting that many elected Democrats still see him as an impediment to their objectives, and are openly criticizing him for not reserving more of the money he's raised for their elections in November. It's amazing that with all the suffering this country has gone through under this adminsitration, many elected Democrats reserve their most bitter disliking and stinging criticism for one of their own.

So...sorry, I wish it were not so, but I see this party going down at least one more time in the fall - in both houses.

The extremes and numbers of deaths in the Katrina crisis were preventable. This was a foreseeable crisis. Most Americans were watching the news reporting.
What questions is the Bush Administration trying to keep Michael Brown from answering? After all this should not be a classified matter. What are they trying to hide this time? The sense of urgency starts at the top of any structure whether it is Government, Corporate, Social, Religious, or Family. In a foreseeable crisis, it is necessary that any leader immediately go into crisis mode. Any corporate CEO would be terminated if judged by the performance we have gotten from ours.
We all knew for at least 3 days that the country was going to be facing a potential natural disaster. We knew that it was going to be a category 5 hurricane. We knew the potential disaster that could be caused. We all saw the major networks showing their graphics of what could happen if the levees broke for at least 2 days prior to the hurricane striking land. Any other leader I know would have reacted immediately if for no other reason, to show the sense of urgency. They would have ended their vacation a few days short and been at the command. Especially when their vacation had been a month long already.
We should demand to see the presidents and other cabinet member’s schedules for the days leading up, and during this crisis. Where were they? What were they doing?
We are seeing pictures of the president playing guitar at some event that took place after the storm had struck. There are reports that say the president attended a political fundraiser on Monday or Tuesday night. We have all heard the stories about Condaleeza Rice going to a Broadway play and shoe shopping at an expensive boutique in New York. There are reports that Vice President Cheney went fly-fishing and shopping for waterfront property and that Donald Rumsfeld attended a Padres baseball game in San Diego. Why was the president speaking and posing in front of military personnel on Monday after the storm hit instead of getting their boots in planes on the way?
Are these stories true? Even if they are not we should still ask where they were. Why was the leader not at the command post?
I am a small business owner who knows if I have a potential crisis, I need to be in my office. I know I can get much more accomplished if I have ALL of my resources at hand. I know that my employees are only going to get the sense of urgency if I show them with my actions and words. Our leader should have been intelligent enough to figure that out.
Millions of Americans want answers. It is the duty of our mainstream media and our congress to investigate and ask the hard questions. Our leadership’s lack of concern for the citizens of the Gulf Coast was deplorable at best.
This is much more important to the American public than whether or not Brittany had her baby in her lap.

It is a purple state turning red. Why would they care?

Posted by BaronScarpia on February 10, 2006 at 09:31 AM

No worries BaronScarpia! Every point you make is valid, but I'm gonna go down believing it can be done.

If you haven't checked out DFA (Democracy For America) then I suggest getting on their e-mail list. They're getting a lot of people to run for office who have never run before... its might take awhile, but we'll get there in the end.

It's true, "changing horses in midstream" is a problem for many people... that's as long as the administration can keep people thinking we're at war. It will be different when Bush's time is up -- it will be a new horse no matter if its Red or Blue.

One thing I'm pretty sure of is that once Dems get back in power, it's gonna be a loooong time before republicans claw their way into the majority again.

The only concrete evidence we have about democratic ascendance is on the local level, where Dems are outpacing Republicans in most races; AND we see fractures in the republican rubber-stamp congress for the first time. This is the first time since Bush has been in power that we've seen so many republican defectors.

Keep your head up, we can do it (And check out the DFA).

Peace,
D. Tree

I have family in Louisiana that voted for George Bush in the last two elections. They are Republicans, I am a Democrat. I have no doubt they will not vote for Republicans in the next election and beyond. They are still fuming and they don't even live in the flooded areas. I laugh when I hear Republicans talking about having less Dems in Louisiana, so it will be less of a 'red' state now. They apparently are forgetting that ALL the people in New Orleans were affected in some way by the Bush White House's incompetence in the wake of Katrina. As a native of Louisiana, I can tell you the people there will NOT forget. And they very well may vote for more Democrats in the next few elections. The Republicans definitely shouldn't count their chickens yet!

Is G.W. Bush the head of the Axis Of Evil?

BaronScarpia, What a foolish person. You would never made it through a War, where you had to trust your buddy to cover your back and believe the best will happen. How can you live in this world with that attitude? Do you see people dropping dead all around you? What hinders you from thinking postive? If you were a Republican I could understand it. They only have dreams of death and distruction to their enemy.