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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (383514)	4/1/2003 12:50:39 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Only to those who’ve spent a lifetime in the darkness. The fact is, it is by definition anti-American to condemn a war that America officially approves and in which our American boys and girls are dying. It is certainly anti-American. You have a right to be anti-American. You have no right to be a respected anti-American. So no matter what the case against the war, it's unAmerican to condemn it? That makes Shrub infallible - like the Pope. Or is he the Second Coming?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (383514)	4/1/2003 5:10:05 PM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

C'mon, out with it. You just make this stuff up as you go along, right? Let's get at least one thing straight. Natalie Maine's comment about Bush was that she was ashamed that he was from Texas. That's all. She did not "spout off against her country as fellow Americans die on her behalf." This was before the war started. Yup, by golly, she disagrees with the president. Treason personified! Only in the world of America's organized right wing hit squads can someone who says such a thing be targeted not only for ritual humiliation but also for financial ruin. As for Clinton's "notorious infidelity," what "millions knew" is only what "millions" were predisposed to believe. Jennifer Flowers was one thing. How the hell would any of our recent presidents have gotten elected if we had known what we know now about their personal lives? Could Perot say that all those past presidents had been unfaithful to the country as he said Clinton would be? Hell, no. He said that in the heat of a campaign. And "Troopergate" was ultimately shown to be entirely manufactured. The infidelity issue you cling to was merely the easiest excuse the rabid right had to hammer on Clinton for everything he did from the day he was elected until well after he left. Nobody called them un-American then and it's sure as hell not unamerican to disagree with Bush now. I personally know at least a half dozen Republicans who will not be voting for him again. And Natalie Maine sure isn't demanding your respect. She's merely pointing out your hypocrisy.