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Re: Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 8 Dec 2003 16:48:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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In the UK, the Left, Right & Centre enjoy a chortle at Bush’s electoral
credentials (and his intellectual abilities).
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Please. Blair isn’t; he’s a good man.
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In what sense?
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Perhaps the mayor of London is, but
he is the biggest ass of a politician there ever was.
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In what sense?
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I’m sure Bush is
snickering, too-- all the way to being the most powerful person on earth.
Deal.
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He has power, but no athourity. He lost the argument a long time time ago, and
ever since has relied on “might-makes-right”.
MLK Jr: “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided
missiles and misguided men.”
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From an international PR PoV,
Bush has been a disaster for the USA. He has destroyed a great deal of the
international respect the USA had.
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Respect from whom, Scott?
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Most of Europe for starters.
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We will do what we believe is in our best
interests as a nation.
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Were steel tariffs in your “best interests”?
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That is usually in the best interests of the world as
well, because a strong, free America is good for the world (not to mention
a prosperous one as well).
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Tell that to the innocents killed in Iraq.
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We are not intested in pleasing people or
countries, but preserving our way of life, namely freedom, and assisting
others in achieving that goal as well.
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Is this where I list all the despots Bush is in league with? How he is funding
repression and gross human rights abuses in places like Israel and Uzbekistan?
Scott A
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| (...) What is your implication? That he isn't a "good man"? Are you so partisan that you can't even give credit where it is due? (...) His complete lack of civility. I don't care if he believes Bush is the Devil (which he probably does BTW); he is a (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Please. Blair isn't; he's a good man. Perhaps the mayor of London is, but he is the biggest ass of a politician there ever was. I'm sure Bush is snickering, too-- all the way to being the most powerful person on earth. Deal. (...) Respect from (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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