[Phantom Lord]

The loonies at DU think that NASA and President Bush knew right after the launch that the shuttle was doomed. That along with many other comments and threads over there will make you wonder where these people came from. A large portion of them actually believe that President Bush knew the shuttle was doomed and purposfully let it explode on return for the expresss purpose of using the tragity to up his popularity and to distract the nation from Iraq.

In fact, minutes after the Shuttle tragedy they had threads over there talking about how horrible it was. But not because of the tragedy of the loss, but because Bush would be able to have a Reaganesque moment and use the tragedy go boost his popularity. Some even think it was planned for this purpose!

They truly are sickos over there who need serious mental health evaluations and treatment.

[My2Cents]

A large portion of them actually believe that President Bush knew the shuttle was doomed and purposfully let it explode on return for the expresss purpose of using the tragity to up his popularity and to distract the nation from Iraq.

They think this way because this is the way their hero -- the Human Stain, Bill Clinton -- operated.

[Pokey78]

I almost never go over there, but Saturday afternoon I did.

And I thought we hated Clinton! hehe

[Squawk 8888]

The loonies at DU think that NASA and President Bush knew right after the launch that the shuttle was doomed.

Not outside the realm of possibility, but given the fact that there was nothing they could do about it I don't see it as an issue. As the flight director said in Apollo 13, "If they can't do anything about it they don't need to know." I think the only reason the DUmmies are latching onto this is because they haven't been able to come up with a way that Bush and the Rockefellers could sabotage the shuttle.

[mabelkitty]

Never doubt Debra Orrin's piece last week on how more American body bags flown home from Iraq is what the Democrats call "election year strategy"

I was please to hear Rush mention it.