Two years ago, people were talking about permanent right-wing dominance of American politics. But since then the American people have gotten a clearer sense of what rule by movement conservatives means. They’ve seen the movement take us into an unnecessary war, and botch every aspect of that war. They’ve seen a great American city left to drown; they’ve seen corruption reach deep into our political process; they’ve seen the hypocrisy of those who lecture us on morality.
And they just said no. ~Paul Krugman
It will be interesting to watch the coming months roll by, as we've been released from the 'faith based reality' of those who claimed to have onmipotent power to shape the world in their image.
Nothing like 'reality based reality'. Negotiating our way out of the labyrinth will take fine minds and fancy footwork.
But the corner has been turned in American politics. We've shrugged off the pompous and arrogant ideology of the most unimaginative leaders who have ever found, or stolen, their way into office.
A severe test of human wisdom is upon us. Watch, as history unfolds....
Clemsy Quotes!
I am joining the Democratic Party. After twenty-nine years of considered, even militant, political non-affiliation I find myself pushed, literally coerced by the Bush Administration, into taking sides. ~June, 2003
To learn even the basic facts of what is really going on in this continuing “war”, one has to take responsibility for obtaining information. No one’s going to hand it to you. ~July, 2003
More than half the country voted for Al Gore. The Bush administration should remember that. ~August, 2003
If you don’t know about The Project for the New American Century, then you don’t know the government of George W. Bush. ~September, 2003
While many Americans need to believe their president to be the most competent, I need to believe that Americans hold their president to the very highest personal standards. We cannot tolerate a glib, dogmatic, uncurious, ill informed, conventional thinker as Commander in Chief in a time of war. President Bush’s relationship with God does not make him a saint, nor did September Eleventh make him an FDR. He is simply a man in a position for which he is unqualified. ~October, 2004
If the CIA screwed up on WMD in Iraq, leaving Bush and Co. squeaky clean victims of its incompetence, then why, on September 7th, 2002, did George Bush cite an International Atomic Energy Agency (that’s IAEA, not CIA) report that Iraq would have a nuke within six months, a report that the IAEA later said didn’t exist? ~April, 2005
Make no mistake and don’t be a stupid American, this mess was never about terrorism, WMD or spreading “freedom”. It was about a large, permanent military presence in the region and control of a large supply of oil. What’s it about now? Does BushCo even know? Or are they making it up as they go along? Things certainly aren’t going according to plan. ~May, 2005
What does liberalism mean?
If the first thing to come to mind is “welfare queen”, Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, atheism, homosexuality, New York City, bestiality, flag-burning, traitor, or thinking George Bush is a moron then you are the victim of the most successful propaganda campaign in recent history. ~May, 2005
Traditional conservatives need to be enlisted against this administration which pretends to be conservative. Small government? Fiscal sanity?
Show them the numbers and remind them: "Where's Osama?" ~June, 2005
Why is Iran so happy? Why are Iraqi women so sad? ~August, 2005
I think we should build even more industries important to the health of the economy in hurricane zones, don't you? ~September, 2005
Who needs Monty Python when you have George Bush? ~October, 2005
Poor Repubs. Thought they had the brass ring. Turned out to be fools gold. Instead of a minor deity with a direct line to God, they've found themselves in bed with the very devil. (Imagine that? The devil isn't Bill Clinton!) ~November, 2005
I've heard this interesting word quite a lot lately on NPR. Read it in a bunch of articles. All of a sudden. Out of nowhere. Just within the past week or so.
The word is "Kurdistan." ~December, 2005
We should be at war against a dysfunctional and incompetent government that is busy doing more damage to our republic than Osama bin Laden could ever dream about. ~January, 2006
We allowed ourselves to be cowed by our fear while "the crazies" played the Incompetent Conqueror until creating the perfect FUBAR situation. ~February, 2006
Absent their own Renaissance and Enlightenment, liberal democracy in essentially religious theocracies is doomed to bloody failure. ~March, 2006
Do you think Bush realizes how happy he makes Jon Stewart every time he says something precious like, "I'm the decider"? ~April, 2006
War on terror. A fairy tale to scare children at night. A sound bite for votes. ~May, 2006
I'd love nothing more than to flush our entire political structure down the drain and start from scratch. So few are genuine. So many can only utter scripted, manicured drivel meant to address poll numbers or adviser-perceived trends. ~June, 2006
Ah. Frozen embryos are too sacred to use for medical research, but innocent civilian lives are worth trading for 'clarity,' whatever the hell that means. ~July, 2006
September 11, 2001 unhinged the American psyche allowing madness to radiate out of the Bush Administration like a nuclear meltdown. ~August, 2006
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