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Bush Arrives in Iraq on Surprise Farewell Visit (Update at #220)
Foxnews.com ^ | December 14, 2008 | AP

Posted on 12/14/2008 5:19:15 AM PST by GQuagmire

BAGHDAD -- President George W. Bush on Sunday made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that defines his presidency, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; bush43; bushlegacy; bushthesocialist; cic; farewelltour; iraq; military; oif; presidentbush; spartansixdelta; surprisevisit; term2; troops; wot
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To: Carley
"I surely have a lot more gray hair than I did 8 years ago."

Ummm...
Hair, I remember that.

161 posted on 12/14/2008 9:44:49 AM PST by norton
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To: Rum Tum Tugger
Now, I know that many of those who post pro-Bushie messages on these threads are connected to the Bushies and the GOP and are sent here for that purpose.

I think your tinfoil hat is on way too tight.

162 posted on 12/14/2008 9:51:40 AM PST by Alia
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To: stockpirate

from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialism

1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

Please. Which one of these defines President Bush?


163 posted on 12/14/2008 9:53:29 AM PST by backspace (Please don't laugh at my tagline)
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To: stockpirate
Let’s hope Bush the Socialist stays in Iraq, it’s the only place left on earth that likes him beside Africa, and thet only like him because he stole taxpayers money to give to them.

You'll get no sympathy for making an ass of yourself on this forum so why don't you run along now.

164 posted on 12/14/2008 9:55:23 AM PST by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: sam_paine
Sam, yours is an interesting post with many thoughts and ideas, I too have been wondering about. I have nothing solid to opine on at moment; but yes, I do hold segmentarian Conservatives partly responsible for our getting "Obama". We had many fine candidates on the original slate, but were handily disposed of in this forum (and elsewhere) for all kinds of superficial reasons, if not purposes. And the ones who did the most and biggest trashing seem to also be the ones whining the most and being vile about "president-elect" Obama.

The lefties aren't the only ones with an "anarchist" wing.

165 posted on 12/14/2008 10:02:41 AM PST by Alia
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To: RepublitarianRoger2

I second everything you said.


166 posted on 12/14/2008 10:18:44 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Alia
segmentarian Conservatives

"Segmentarians!" I love it! (Stolen!)

Better than my previous favorite: "conservative inactivists"

And far better than the hack-job: "conservapurists"

Cheers! (as best as possible in this day and age!)

167 posted on 12/14/2008 10:20:38 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: backspace

Look, you can post whatever you like, but it won’t change what the medication addition to medicare was. If was socialist in nature. Bush and others knew what was taking place in the lending institutions in 2001 or 2002. What did he and his majority in Congress do about it? They allowed socialism to rule the day as loans were given out to poor people who couldn’t possibly make the payments. And when it comes to our borders and taxpayers having to foot the bill for other nation’s poor, isn’t that socialistic?

Folks have plenty of legitimate reasons to be pissed off at Bush. And I happen to be one of them.

He didn’t cause this current mess, but he sure allowed the things that did cause it to continue. And what’s worse, he allowed himself to be painted with the charge that it happened on his ‘Conservative’ watch, thereby tarnishing Conservatism across the board. Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton and Janet Reno are laughing their asses off at this one.

As I understand it, Fabian Socialism is the practice of creating a problem, so that you can step in and fix it, generally with massive Socialist fixes. Both parties contributed to this financial melt-down, and it’s a classic case of Fabian Socialism if there ever were one.

Bush had eight years as president of this nation, to bring his views into fruition. And this is what we are left with. What a disgrace...


168 posted on 12/14/2008 10:24:58 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I see that Kenya's favorite son has a new weekly Saturday morning radio show.)
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To: DCPatriot

You are making the same mistake that the first and second President Bushes have made. The war IS NOT the only thing you are responsible for. Bush the elder won the Gulf war and thought he was a shoe-in for re-election. WRONG!

This Bush has taken action in Iraq that I fully support, but he has also screwed us royally at home. He let the nation continue to be over run by foreign nationals. He allowed the lending practices of our institutions to continue to the point that the system collapsed. He was more than willing to start new socialist great society programs, the medication addition to medicare.

Wrapping him in the flag with that “I will not forget...” graphic is shameful. I will not forget either, but I would never have allowed the lending institutions to be destroyed in the manner he did.


169 posted on 12/14/2008 10:31:18 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I see that Kenya's favorite son has a new weekly Saturday morning radio show.)
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To: Miss Marple

Miss Marple, if Bush has been a great president, then in light of the financial mess our nation is in right now, what would constitute a poor president in your eyes?


170 posted on 12/14/2008 10:32:46 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I see that Kenya's favorite son has a new weekly Saturday morning radio show.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Nobody lives in a vacuum. Things didn’t go fat and hairy until 2006, when conservatives gave Democrats control of the House and Senate.


171 posted on 12/14/2008 10:40:16 AM PST by cake_crumb (Waiting for Dear Leader Obama to drop sea levels and heal Earth.)
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To: sam_paine
:)

You're welcome!

And yes, the points you raised in post are ones I'd like to discuss but not sure it can or should be discussed in this domain, possible, venue.

I see the effects of "doom & gloom" in my location; but I and mine are in full swing of celebrating the joys of Christmas. It really doesn't cost much; it's about "doing" - the Walk of Faith. We have our lights up, our voices are joined in singing carols, and making cookies, and making bright. We made up our minds to especially make the effort to KEEP THE FAITH in this Christmas tide.

Nothing so enrages a doomer/gloomer as seeing people not being oppressed or depressed by others....

Stay Merry!

172 posted on 12/14/2008 10:44:43 AM PST by Alia
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To: Alia

Your right nice post, Merry Christmas !


173 posted on 12/14/2008 10:52:28 AM PST by don from manassas (Take charge of your government people, because it would love to take charge of you.)
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To: backspace

If you are unable to determine which of those apply to Bush, my pointing them out to you won’t help.

But, think of redistrbution of wealth as in drug benefits, nationalizations he recently put forth.

Or don’t they count?


174 posted on 12/14/2008 10:56:20 AM PST by stockpirate (Bushbots and the Cult of Personnality, are the same as Obamaniods.)
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To: DoughtyOne

DoughtyOne, I can’t speak to the medicare issue - I didn’t follow it. “Socialist in nature” is still not socialist. Maybe a better term would be welfare, charity or “give-aways”. Even then, I find it difficult to put the whole thing at the president’s feet. People often attribute too much power or blame to the president in regards to economic policy. Bush and other republicans were smacked down when they tried to initiate reform of FEDDIE and FANNY. What else was he supposed to do?

I’m not a political purist. I never expected President Bush to do be a perfect conservative.

It’s easy to criticize but we don’t know the details, the back-story, the true circumstances surrounding a leader’s decisions.


175 posted on 12/14/2008 10:58:48 AM PST by backspace (Please don't laugh at my tagline)
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To: stockpirate

Respectfully, we will have to agree to disagree my FRiend.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!


176 posted on 12/14/2008 11:06:38 AM PST by backspace (Please don't laugh at my tagline)
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To: GQuagmire
He has shown very strong leadership against all odds, against defeatists and traitors here at home, he stayed the course, and together with our brave troops President Bush brought us VICTORY in Iraq.

God Bless President Bush and our brave troops.

177 posted on 12/14/2008 11:18:24 AM PST by jveritas (God Bless President Bush and our brave troops)
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To: backspace

Bushbots, go to this thread and learn what our man Bush is involved in.


178 posted on 12/14/2008 11:19:36 AM PST by stockpirate (Bushbots and the Cult of Personnality, are the same as Obamaniods.)
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To: All

Anyone know what news agency tossed the shoe?


179 posted on 12/14/2008 11:21:42 AM PST by flyfree
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To: All

Anyone know what news agency tossed the shoe?


180 posted on 12/14/2008 11:21:42 AM PST by flyfree
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