Comments on: Worse Than Nixon?

By: Impor

Impor — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:02:29 +0000

uh, ppg2, just had to spoil your fun………..

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

mislead

One entry found for mislead.
Main Entry: mis·lead
Pronunciation: “mis-’lEd
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): mis·led /-’led/; -lead·ing
transitive senses : to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit
intransitive senses : to lead astray
synonym see DECEIVE
- mis·lead·er noun

Must be that damn ‘liberal’ dictionary………

By: midderpidge

midderpidge — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:02:15 +0000

FrankD, reality check here, is it Howard Dean’s job to NOT alienate Republicans? I would have to say it is the President (hailed by his primpers as a Uniter not a Divider) that is alienating democrats and many others with his misguided policies and initiatives.

By: Bushwacked

Bushwacked — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:02:12 +0000

I’ll agree there are a lot insults thrown at W, some deserved and some not. But insulting his poilicies? How do you insult a policy?

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:02:37 +0000

And another thing, a lot of right – wing bloggers call Carter the worst President in history. Does that make it a fact?

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:02:26 +0000

I didn’t notice that he backed up his one opinion with anything more than opinions about other things. You just happen to agree with him.

Incidentally, Bushwacked, President Bush takes a lot of crap in these threads for appealing to his base, but when Dean repeatedly alienates Republicans, by insulting the Preident and his policies, you say, “That s part of his job.”

That was my point.

By: midderpidge

midderpidge — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:02:36 +0000

Wow, Frank D, it is an opinion he was expressing. It was however, backed up with various points and examples he used to make that opinion, and those were all true. Poor Frank.

By: Bushwacked

Bushwacked — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:02:54 +0000

He was preaching to the choir as you say because that’s part of his job. What would you rather have him say to democrats – what a good job Bush is doing? You guys still act like he’s running for president.

Who cares what Dr. Demento Dean says about anything.
He only opens his mouth to change feet.

What the hell does that have to do with the issue other than the usual personal attack from the right ?

By: pgg2

pgg2 — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:02:42 +0000

When Richard Nixon mislead the nation and obstructed justice he was harming the system of justice and the respect for the presidency, the Democratic National Committee chairman said.

I can’t decide what’s more funny: that the DNC can’t spell the word ‘misled’ in the press release, or that the media – not to mention moonbat blogstars like our pal Ollie – can’t find it either.

By: Frank_D

Frank_D — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:02:02 +0000

# midderpidge Says:
February 10th, 2006 at 11:28 pm

Ouch, for all you don t like the source, it s all true.
# mr.curmudgeon Says:
February 11th, 2006 at 12:25 am

You know it s true when all they can do is attack the messenger, never addressing the issues at hand.

I shall address the issues at hand: His statements were opinions, which he is certainly entitled to have, in a responsible way. Comparing Bush to Nixon was appealing to the base, or, as us older folks say, “Preaching to the choir.”

By: Bushwacked

Bushwacked — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:02:26 +0000

Oh, and before you start with it, I heard the spin last night on CNN that the special procecuter is the one who released the story about Scooter Libby, blah, blah, blah or some such garbage. I guess that’s the latest spin from folks like Joe di Genova. He has already said that the special prosecutor should drop the case against Libby. It seems he is singing a different tune after he and his wife spouted their so-called “analysis” of how Clinton broke the law during on Geraldo Rivera. I guess its not the same when someone on his side of the political isle breaks the law.

By: Bushwacked

Bushwacked — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:02:38 +0000

Lets see, where do I start?
The cons as usual are dragging out old bullshit to attack Howard Dean instead of arguing the opposite of what he said. That’s because even they can’t defend their boss with credibility except in their own narrow-minded circles.
Its obvious there is a problem when even some republicans are now skeptical of Bush’s claims that the domestic spying was legal and the president was just performing his duty to protect the American people, in accordance with his “Constitutional” duties. Senator Arlen Specter, Republican Chairman of the Judiciary Committee has said that the president violated the law.
According to Washington Post article on Feb. 6, the program tapped thousands of innocent Americans and almost no terrorism suspects. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/04/AR2006020401373.html
The Bush Administration’s most recent response has been to claim that this helped thwart a terrorist attack on L.A. Funny how they just now came up with this story. Even if there was some narrow link to this program, which I doubt had little to do with it, this sounds like more “Weapons of Mass Distraction” to blur the issue. It’s sort of like Scooter Libby’s recent tactic of claiming that his superiors authorized him to reveal classified information to change the subject as to whether or not he committed perjury in his testimony regarding leaking of a CIA agent’s identification.
Sooner of later the policy is going to overcome the propaganda and the Bush administration is going to have to answer for their actions, no matter what Howard Dean or anyone else has to say about it.
The only thing missing is a “political enemies” list but it will not a big surprise if one of those turns up sooner or later.
Worse than Nixon? You can bet on it.

By: mr.curmudgeon

mr.curmudgeon — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:02:47 +0000

That, and they are never so humble as to prevent themselves from passing judgement on others while refusing to abide by their own standards. Case in point: http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2006/02/irony-fuckin-irony.html Ken Starr, caught lying and trying to suborn perjury!

Lying and suborning perjury is what Starr accused Clinton of, and what the whole impeachment "supposedly" was based upon, for those of you who had tried to erase it from your memories.

Wonderfully delicious, eh?

By: mr.curmudgeon

mr.curmudgeon — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:02:44 +0000

I didn’t think the radical right-wing cared about reality anyhow…their entire ideology is based on faith, not fact.

By: danmay

danmay — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:02:30 +0000

Give them hell? The dems lose election after election yet never understand why. Dean=wacko.

By: Homer

Homer — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:02:23 +0000

Here’s something to keep in mind next time you’re comparing radical right-wing rhetoric to more mainstream rhetoric:

If you find yourself consistently having to claim that your opponents have ‘lost touch with reality,’ then perhaps you’re the one who’s lost touch.

Just something to consider, eh?

By: Wilbur

Wilbur — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:02:47 +0000

I miss Richard Nixon. Seriously. Come back, Dick! All is forgiven! We though you were bad, but, heaven help us, we didn’t know what bad is.

By: Wilbur

Wilbur — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:02:30 +0000

Same with Ronald Reagan. Ronnie! We hardly knew ye!

By: mr.curmudgeon

mr.curmudgeon — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:02:57 +0000

You know it’s true when all they can do is attack the messenger, never addressing the issues at hand.

By: scottage

scottage — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:02:17 +0000

I’m not a big Howard Dean fan, but could he be more on the money than with this post? Republicans tried to impeech Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky lie, a lie that hurt no one; Richard Nixon was impeeched for potentially subverting the election process, but no one ever could say he actually had accomplished his goals; George Bush, it appears, intentionally leaked false information which has led to the death, so far, of 2,285 people, as well as potentially the lives of people in New Orleans who couldn’t get help because our forces were all over seas. We will definitely add to this number the deaths that we wilil see over the next weeks, months (years?) in Iraq. Will we add to it the deaths that are experienced because Iran could not be checked while advancing its nuclear program and inciting riots around the world? I suspect history will show the depth of Bush’s deceit to the American people.

By: cypher

cypher — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:02:05 +0000

Arguably, Nixon brought us the Clean Air Act, China, and a whole political paradigm (It takes a Nixon to go to China). He was a crook, but at least he was competent.