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Ja, anywho... So... dude, what DO you think about our outgoing Prez George W. Bush anyway ? Inquiring minds wanna know. It’s gonna be going out all over the newswires. Blogs, internet, The Daily Planet, you’re gonna be big. The biggest. Totally hugh and manatee. So sock it to me and stune my beeber.

Well before I get into what I think about GWB, I'll tell you what I think about what I call an "FR Thread Gone Wild" (as in this one):

Last night, poster STARWISE started this thread about GWB making his big farewell address, and comments began to be posted which were not entirely complimentary of our illustrious Commander-in-Chief. As I see it, that's quite ok, this isn't a religion thread, there isn't any ban on debate, although at post #14, STARWISE asked that everyone NOT make any derogatory comments about GWB, but that request is just that: a request. Bottom line? You start a thread that isn't constrained by Religion thread limitations, you better be prepared for any and all posters to express their opinion, and I'm not the only one who began to do so.

Now the BushBots and apologists predictably got up in arms, horrified that anyone would have anything except praise for their hero, and as we have come to expect on FR, those Bush-idolizers can dish it out, but they sure can't take it.

Fast forward to the latter part of this thread (the parts that are still there).

Miss Marple, dsutah, and others who know who they are, became highly incensed at what they termed 'vulgar' posts from yours truly, and now on the NEXT night, we see selective censorship going on with certain posts being nuked, but funny thing: I see NO nuking of the agitated rants from the BushBots being nuked, which leads one to the conclusion that someone with AdminMod privileges is using a heavy hand in this thread to squelch anything that isn't positive about George W. Bush, especially if it doesn't conform to Miss Marples' Rules of Order and Proper Behaviour.

As to what I think of George W. Bush?

I speak as someone who supported GWB in the 2000 primaries, in the 2000 general election, and certainly in 2004 against the traitor John F'in Kerry. (oops, is "f'in" ok here anymore, just checking ok?)

Other posters (assuming they have not been nuked) have made powerful statements as to why the past eight years of GWB have been less than spectacular, in fact the net result is pretty bloody disasterous when you consider that GWB's failure to defend himself and his administration is what became the instrumental factor in the hard left 0bamunists seizing all three branches of government, and it's Jimmy Carter's Second Term, you can take that to the bank, as long as it's a bank that got bailed out by GWB's Administration. What GWB did not seem to grasp (as simple a concept as it ought to be) is that if one does not defend themselves, refute the lies of your adversaries, and call them by their proper names, the lies they speak become perceived as truth.

We can see that principle being played out in this thread with the selective editing of posts that's been going on tonight, by eliminating critical posts of GWB, or posts that take issue with the Bush-apologists, the thread takes on a different character, which is of course what the BushBots want, they are no different than the dearly departed RudyBots who would tolerate no criticism of their little tin idol either.

I'm going to stop here and post this, and we'll see how long the life expectancy is for this response to your #284. Depending on how busy I get later on, I may post a follow up but either way, we're going to get this crap (is that word still allowed?) straightened out one way or the other.