Posted on 06/03/2007 4:05:09 AM PDT by raccoonradio
I have just come down with a dread disease, one that I once believed struck only moonbats.
Bush Derangement Syndrome - BDS.
I am so far out of the BDS demo - I don’t have a trust fund, a ponytail or hot flashes. I have two jobs. I laugh at Deval Patrick and carbon credits. I do not go to movies made by Michael Moore or Al Gore. I have no bumper stickers saying either Kerry-Edwards or 1-20-09.
But BDS can sneak up on you faster than a resolution banning trans-fat in SUVs at Brookline Town Meeting. Like so many other Americans, I first tested positive for BDS on May 18. That was the day George Bush and Ted Kennedy announced their amnesty bill for 12 - or is it 20? . . . or 30? - million illegal aliens.
Perhaps you’re familiar with the early symptoms of BDS - as soon as you see George Bush on TV you reach for the remote control, because if you don’t, you know you’ll start yelling at the TV set, scaring the children yet again.
Is BDS fatal? Not usually, but it may soon claim its first victim: the presidential campaign of John McCain. He’s sinking like a stone in the polls and I suspect full-blown BDS. It wasn’t supporting George Bush’s war that doomed McCain, it was supporting his amnesty bill.
The BDS epidemic has swept what were once called the “red states” in record time. Do you realize that 61 million people voted for George Bush in 2004 and at last count only 53 will still admit to it? Er, the count just went down to 52, now that Lou from Waltham has just faxed in:
“Not only can I not stand Bush, I can’t take that puppet of his, Tony Snow.”
Here’s a joke from a BDS quarantine ward:
Q. How many Bush supporters does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Both of them.
I’m not the first person to admit contracting this debilitating illness. Former Bush supporters are coming out, you might say, all over the Internet. If you’re wondering whether you, too, are at risk for contracting BDS, ask yourself the following questions:
Have you recently screamed at an RNC telephone fund-raiser - all of whom were just fired because everyone in the Republican base has stopped giving money since “shamnesty”?
Do you find yourself calling the president “Jorge”?
Have you dreamed of the day Jeb Bush runs for president, so you can vote against him?
Have you asked yourself, “Where can I get me one of those Z-visas so I don’t have to pay back taxes?”
If you answered “yes” to more than one of the above questions, consult your physician immediately. Before you can say, “Mission accomplished!” you may find yourself repeating Ronald Reagan’s great line about the Democratic Party: “I didn’t leave the party, the party left me.”
The right-wing Web sites have become self-help meetings, where the fallen-away wonder whatever possessed them to vote, twice, for a guy who has thrown in with Ted Kennedy, La Raza and Vicente Fox.
As Carbonado put it on Free Republic: “How bad was the other choice that an inept, tongue-tied goober like Dubya looked like the better choice?”
Inept tongue-tied goober - that passes for high praise these days for Bush 43.
OK, we got two good Supreme Court appointments, but one of them was over the objections of the inept, tongue-tied goober. The tax cuts worked, but they’re sunsetted. And the war on terror - how many more times can anyone afflicted with BDS listen to him talk about the terrible threat posed to Western Civilization by terrorists in Iraq, who kill an average of three Americans a day, after which he lauds those wonderful illegal aliens who, according to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), are killing an average of 25 Americans a day?
The FBI describes stopping the illegal gangbangers of MS-13 as the top priority. Jorge wants to give them amnesty if they sign a “renunciation of gang affiliation.”
Border security 5,000 miles away in Iraq: Job One for the U.S. military. Border security along the Rio Grande: Yawn.
Every time Bush goes out to the Rose Garden and calls his own voters “vigilantes,” BDS spreads. More people see Dick Cheney and immediately think “Neo-con chicken hawk.” They see Michael Chertoff and think “bearded little weasel.” They see Ken Mehlman and Lindsay Graham and they think - well, let’s not go there.
Millions of people feel bushwhacked. They’re bushed.
Bush Derangement Syndrome. It’s not just for moonbats anymore.
If King and WND have their numbers correct, that would mean that illegals commit 26.2% of all murders in the US. However, they only comprise less than 7% of the American population, even if one accepts the figure of 20 million illegals here now. Doesn't that seem just a bit strange to anyone?
If they are committing crimes at a higher rate it wouldn't seem so strange. That's the flaw in his logic.
Whew- who ever thought it would come to this? Howie really nails it- and I hate it that he’s right.
Over at The Corner, Kathryn Jean Lopez calls is Bush Estrangment Syndrome...
My BDS is very deep. There’s nothing El Presidente Jorge could do to regain my trust at this point. If he were to announce that he was abandoning the Immigration bill today, I still would never ever trust him again, and I still would never vote for any member of his family for anything (I voted for Jeb 3 times and would have voted for him again).
I am proud that the truth has finally surfaced.
I have BDS.....and it gets worse everyday...
I also suffer from BDS. My first seizure was during the Harriet Myers nomination. Then it flared up again with the Dubai Ports deal. But for the last couple of weeks, it has become a full blown attack. I’m doubting it will ever go back into remission. It’s incurable.
As for Bush and his selling out on the borders, I can think of two sources that have been all over this issue for a long time - Lou Dobbs and WorldNetDaily. I know a lot of Freepers hate Dobbs and WND, but they sure look like they had this one pegged.
Ironically, since FoxNews is owned globalist Rupert Murdoch, CNN’s Dobbs is the most mainstream guy out there connecting all of the dots.
Me, too.
Question... how do the RATS feel about GWB these days? I’ve been of the opinion that a vast majority of the American public (and that includes the democrats) favors closing the borders and does not favor Jorge’s amnesty bill - however, I realize that I don’t KNOW that.
So what’s the buzz over at DU? Are we and the moonbats on the same side, for once? Or is GWB their new-found hero?
Wasn't Chertoff a Clintonov fed prosecutor appointee (in NJ!). Highly questionable pedigree IMHO.
I just took a look at D.U. not much mention about immigration.
Must shower now.
Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark......I don't do DU....
Sadly he appears to be an aids patient in the final stages.
Same here ( except Jeb is one state away... )-- the trust ( which took a beating during incidents others just mentioned ) is long gone.
I can't wait for the whole crew up in DC to become history.
buenos dias!
I too, am an extreme sufferer of BDS....
el presidente jorge (Guest Worker) bush is intent on destroying the GOP and more importantly the USA...
after loyal support for both of his elections/support for his tax cuts/Iraq and the ar on terrorism....he has turned his back on his constituency in order to bow at the feet of ted kennedy and all the lib/dems that see the illegals as a new base to regain power and maintain the power idefinitely.
BDS...yes...I’ve got it...and even impeachment won’t cure it!!!!
Fast forward to the present and we have the makings of a political 9/11, in the form of a betrayal of Republicans who trusted their President and their party. And I mean this in the strongest sense, this attempt at "reform" can have destructive consequences far in excess of what happened on 9/11. (Note too it is cynical slap in the face of the immigrants who followed the rules.)
And here is a point that cannot be emphasized enough. It flatly doesn't matter what is written in the law, and it doesn't matter what the politicians say what the law is, or what they promise it will do. As soon as the Democrats get into power, they will appoint weasel department heads, prosecutors, and judges who will promptly ignore or deliberately fail to enforce the law in order to gain more voters for the Democrats.
This is not immigration reform. It is the deliberate introduction of chaos into American life and there will be no "cost benefit."
Exactly, and this is what chaps me. Our side was thinking about “who will be able to win” rather than “who will uphold and be faithful to conservatism”. We’ve got to stop thinking like that. If we’re going to elect liberals and other socialists, what’s the point of a second party? IMHO, it is better to lose to a liberal than to win with a faux conservative. The lib damages the nation, but the faux conservative damages the nation and destroys the integrity of conservatives. We need to better utilize out primaries.
BDS bump
Why just the other day I called him "Jorge Boosh".
Its sad because I used to be a big Bushbot and was one of those who was actively involved in campaigning for him. But now, just last week, I actually tossed my Bush/Cheney 2004 bumper sticker in the trash because I had enough.
Its sad because I really like the President and admire him on many things.
A noticeable side effect to BDS; I’m certainly less burdened of bending over backward to support the boob.
The votes are in the middle and you need them to win.
It sucks, but that is reality.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.