You're right; these aren't gaffes. As Howard says, a gaffe is when you tell the truth and somebody in Washington thinks you shouldn't have.

The RGA criticism of Bush is just for show. Scott Shields wrote at MyDD, "But make no mistake, no one should accept this [criticism]as proof of actual independence."

The GOP will definitely be looking for someone less polarizing in 08. The only question is will it be Allen or McCain?

FOLLOW THE MONEY
Our Democratic leaders should keep repeating this line this week in response to the Dubai Ports deal. We need to keep emphasizing the relationship between the Bush family and the royal family of the UAE. It would make for great sound bites. And it would inform the American public as to why this administration is so vigorously supporting this deal. Remember the president was promising a veto before he supposedly knew the details. In addition we need to take a page out of the Republican playbook and point out the FLIP-FLOPPING of the Republican leadership on this matter. I am suggesting that as many people as possible send a pair of flip-flops to Bill Frist and other Republican leaders that seem to be changing their opinions on this matter. Actions such as these will help people remember in Nov. who was willing to sell the nations security.

The flap over the United Arab Emirates taking control of several American ports, the subject of much hot talk over the last several days, is born of several factors. It is only partially about global economics. America's trade relationship with the UAE is the third largest in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia and Israel, so the gospel of "free trade" is definitely in play.

This flap is also only partially about national security. There is, of course, concern that a nation connected to the 9/11 attacks will manage several vital entry points to the country. There is also the quid pro quo aspect to this deal; the UAE docks more American warships than any other Middle Eastern nation, and the thinking apparently goes that if they can do this safely, they can manage ports over here.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022806Z.shtml

I have something in common with the Republican governors. I too see President Bush as a drag.

Maybe we can use this port deal as the reason why we need to bring all 130,000 of our troops home now....to protect the ports that the UAE are taking over.

I am totally angry so please allow me to vent. What will it take for people to finally become exhausted with republicans? Here in Florida people are still gunning for Christ (charlie that is) and some diehards are still rooting for katherine harris. They are still outfundraising us as well. How the hell can we every make headway when things seem so set against us?

I have no sympathy for these Republicans, because just oo many of them are sociopaths, and the others too cowardly to stand separately from the sociopaths!

For example, take a look at this---

Cheney's "poor me" demeanor and attempt to act hung dog about shooting Whittington is TYPICAL sociopathic behavior.

I encourage everyone to read the following excerpt from "The Sociopath Next Door" by Martha Stout, Ph.D.:

"...the best clue [of a sociopath] is, of all things, the pity play. The most reliable sign, the most universal behavior of unscrupulous people is not directed, as one might imagine, at our fearfulness. It is, perversely, an appeal to our sympathy. (paragraph)

nora's diary :: ::
[Early in her career the author]...had an opportunity to interview a court-referred patient the system had already identified as a "psychopath"....I asked, "What is important to you in your life? What do you want more than anything else?" I thought [since he was a swindler] he might say "getting money," or "staying out of jail," which were the activities to which he devoted most of his time. Instead, without a moment's hesitation, he replied, "Oh, that's easy. What I like better than anything else is when people feel sorry for me. The thing I really want more than anything else out of life is people's pity."

"I was astonished...mystified. Why would this man -- why would anyone -- wish to be pitied, let alone wish to be pitied above all other ambitions? I could not imagine. But now, after twenty-five years of listening to victims [of sociopaths], I realize there is an excellent reason for the sociopathic fondness for pity. As obvious as the nose on your face, and just as difficult to see without the help of a mirror, the explanation is that good people will let pathetic individuals get by with murder, so to speak, and therefore any sociopath wishing to continue with his game, whatever it happens to be, should play repeatedly for none other than pity."

"More than admiration [via charisma/charm] -- more even than fear [via ruthlessness] -- pity from people is carte blanche....our emotional vulnerability when we pity is used against us by those who have no conscience...."

"...the combination of consistently egregiously inadequate behavior with frequent plays for your pity is as close to a warning mark on the conscienceless person's forehead as you will ever be given." (from Chapter Six, pages 107-109)

Cheney's 'poor me' took center stage, while Whittington was portrayed as a klutz who wasn't allowed to be seen or heard until AFTER Cheney made his pity play!

Was Whittington advised to do this, or was it just the oft-repeated response of the sociopath's victim? Because Whittington's press statement was an apology sympathetic to Cheney, making Whittington the unsympathetic victim who pities the sociopath who shot him!

Amazing, huh?

And I suspect Cheney's heart condition has served him well in this regard, also. Walking around, moping, morose and grumpy, "Feel sorry for me, I'm V.P. now but I'm just not the spunky guy I used to be, blah-blah-blah-boo-hoo!"

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Republican Governors See President as a Drag

Theres a joke there,but I don't want to OFFEND any special groups.LOL ;D

If the people of our Nation could stop long enough to think, they would put a stop to the Ceo's of Big Money Corporations from buying our Government for their; "Let's lie, cheat, steal, buy elections, gain power, make Billions, and thumb our nose at the common folk?"

I wrote this poem. Please use it in any way that will help people to understand the wrongness of torture and violations of human rights. Please pass it on to others to use.

A Child’s
Pledged of Allegiance to the Flag

When I Was Just a Small Lad
I Looked up So Proud,
I Saw the Stars and Stripes
And I Recited out Loud!

I Pledge Allegiance
My Young Voice Cried,
To the United State of America
And to the Freedom for Which -
So Many Have Died!

I Pledged Allegiance
To the Republic for Which it Stands,
To the One Nation under God
I Folded My Hands!

As I Recited My Pledge
To the Indivisible Country,
I Whispered a Little Prayer
That Really Seemed -
Very Important to Me!

I Was Pledging to a Country
That Promised Liberty and Justice for All,
Not Just for a Few
No ! Really, Really -
They Meant it for All!

So Everyone Can Be Free
We Go to the Polls and Vote,
Everyone Has a Voice
We Proudly Gloat!

No One Is Supposed to Be Left out
We Should All Have a Say,
But I Find That Is Not Always True
I Just Found That out -
Just the Other Day!

I Found That Some of the Meanings
Of the Pledge Have Changed You See,
They No Longer Seem to Mean
The Same Things -
That they First Meant to Me

I Recently Read That an Iraqi
General Had Died,
Around His Face an American Sleeping -
Bag Had Been Tied!

An American Military Officer
Who Also Recited the Pledge Right Along,
Sat on the Generals Chest
Until All of His Air Was Gone!

I Don’t Think it Was
Was the Right Thing for Him to Do.
And I Find Myself Wondering
If He Thought He Was Doing it -
Doing it for Me and for You!

I Wonder Which Clause of the Pledge
He Thought the Generals Death Would Uphold,
Was it an Act under God
Or Was it Liberty and Justice -
For All to Behold!

I Read That Yet More
Of Our Soldiers Across the Sea,
Were Fighting in Afganastan
They Claimed They Were Fighting -
Fighting for You and for Me!

But I Never Recall
Casting a Vote to Tell,
Those Soldiers That They Could Murder
A Prisoner in a Jail Cell!

They Went into His Cell
To Question Him You See,
And While They Were There
They Beat Him -
Unmercifully!

When They Came Back
Some Time Later That Day,
The Found That the Man Was Dead
They Really Felt -
Like They Had Earned Their Pay!

When Their Commander Was Asked
If These Murderers Would Go to Jail,
The Prisoner Could Have Died of Natural Causes
That Was His Tale!

So All of this Makes Me
Makes Me Wonder Some How,
How Did Our Pledge Change
Why Are We the Way -
The Way We Are Now!

Didn’t Enough of Us Go
Go to the Polls and Vote,
Maybe Too Many of Us Just Sat
Just Sat at Home and Gloat!

Or Did We All Decided
That Our Pledge Should Permanently Change,
The Whole Constitution
We Should Conveniently Rearrange!

If We Are Truthfully a Noble Nation
A Nation under God,
Can We Really Give These Murders
An Approving Nod!

If Our Pledge Does Mean
Mean Anything to Us,
Openly These Murders
Our Country Should Discuss!

If We Don’t Believe in Liberty and Justice for All
As the Pledge Does Say,
Then Lets Start Teaching Our Children
The New Words Today!

Liberty and Justice
the New Words Might Be
God Lets Us Kill
If Public Homage -
They Don’t Pay to Me!

I Write this Anonymous Poem
Anonymously You See,
For I Now Fear That My Government
Might Do the Same Thing -
to Me!

I hope this will mean Goodbye Ehrlich. He didn't have a clue when he was in Congress either.

Even Republicans should have problems with the Administration of Doublespeak. In fact, EVERYONE should be on a high-level alert whenever Bush says he (or the government, or his administration, or "the American people") will do something because it usually means he/they will do the EXACT OPPOSITE, and usually something that will further gut America.

Does anyone ever wonder who is really paying Bush's bills? It can't be the American people. And Rove can't be that rich. Or can he? Speaking of Rove ... why don't we ever see him anywhere or hear anything of him? Where does he live? Is he married? Does he have a family? Kids? Pets? An SUV? Does he ever go out to eat?

Bush's "Trickle-Up" Economics

Policies of the Bush administration and the Republican controlled congress provide reason for every governor and state legislature to revolt. Tax cuts for the wealthy coupled with unfunded mandates such as those imposed by "No Child Left Behind" legislation have wrecked havoc with state budgets resulting in higher state and local taxes and a general decrease in public services. The Bush Republican legacy is one of enormous debt bestowed to our children and grandchildren. Bush's "Trickle-Up" economic policies generated the largest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the greedy. Not since Hoover has the nation experienced such a vacuuming.