Bush's fantasies - and outright inhumanity

i think calling bush's suggestion "absurd" is not exactly the right choice of words...

Editorial

More Than a Feeling

Published: April 4, 2007

President Bush and his advisers have made a lot of ridiculous charges about critics of the war in Iraq: they’re unpatriotic, they want the terrorists to win, they don’t support the troops, to cite just a few. But none of these seem quite as absurd as President Bush’s latest suggestion, that critics of the war whose children are at risk are too “emotional” to see things clearly.

bush is referring to matthew dowd, of course...

"criminally insensitive bordering on inhuman" gets at it a bit better for me...

Mr. Bush’s comments about Mr. Dowd are a reflection of the otherworldliness that permeates his public appearances these days. Mr. Bush seems increasingly isolated, clinging to a fantasy version of Iraq that is more and more disconnected from reality. He gives a frightening impression that he has never heard any voice from any quarter that gave him pause, much less led him to rethink a position.

it's NOT an impression... i think it's a fact...

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Dowd is second only to Rove ... pouring a poison into our democratic process

james moore isn't impressed in the least by dowd's defection...

Dowd's attempt to portray himself as a victim of a betrayal is nonsense. He knew as well as anyone who Karl Rove and George Bush were and what was driving their vision and bipartisan cooperation was not a part of the tapestry of the tragic they were about to weave. Bush had things to prove to his father. Rove wanted political power. McKinnon wanted money and fame. And Dowd was central to all of their goals. Dowd was Rove's chief lieutenant, in fact his only one, who helped Bush's Brain exploit polarization of the country for political gain. Dowd's insight was crucial in red flagging the shrinking group of independent voters and he helped create and then sharpen the wedges that Rove used to divide both the electorate and the country. Dowd is second only to Rove as a master technician pouring a poison into our democratic process.

after posting earlier today on pachacutec's comments (also on huffpo), i'm in total agreement... if dowd REALLY wants to make amends, he ought to volunteer to lead the charge to get those goddam criminals the hell OUT of the white house before they can do any more damage than they've already done...

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A word to Matthew Dowd and other defectors

pachacutec, posting at huffpo, makes a terrific point that had simply not occurred to me...

The people you joined up with have had the very agenda you abetted since at least the days of Nixon, and unless we rid our public life of them, they'll be back again. You were an insider. Start talking about what you know. Grab your knife and start the stabbing. That's how you can restore some balance, wanker.

makes perfect sense to me... it's imperative that we rid our country of these destructive criminals and who better to help lead the charge...?

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Falling out of love with George Bush

a very public, high-level, splashy, big-time defection... there are others out there, you KNOW there are... it's time for them to come forward...

matthew dowd, former campaign strategist for bush...

Mr. Dowd became the first member of Mr. Bush’s inner circle to break so publicly with him.

He said his decision to step forward had not come easily. But, he said, his disappointment in Mr. Bush’s presidency is so great that he feels a sense of duty to go public given his role in helping Mr. Bush gain and keep power.

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“I’m a big believer that in part what we’re called to do — to me, by God; other people call it karma — is to restore balance when things didn’t turn out the way they should have,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being quiet is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”

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Mr. Dowd, 45, said he hoped in part that by coming forward he would be able to get a message through to a presidential inner sanctum that he views as increasingly isolated. But, he said, he holds out no great hope. He acknowledges that he has not had a conversation with the president.

naturally, somebody higher up the chain like dan bartlett would have to step forward to refute what dowd is saying... just as naturally, karl rove, who probably worked more closely with dowd than anybody else over the course of many years, besides being his boss, doesn't have anything to say...

Dan Bartlett, the White House counselor, said Mr. Dowd’s criticism is reflective of the national debate over the war.

“It’s an issue that divides people,” Mr. Bartlett said. “Even people that supported the president aren’t immune from having their own feelings and emotions.”

dowd, for his part, doesn't want to comment on rove either...

Mr. Dowd said he had not spoken to Mr. Rove in months but would not discuss their relationship in detail.

it's interesting because karl rove is probably more responsible for the creation called george w. bush than george w. bush is... maybe the man dowd "fell in love with" was the creation of rove...?

“When you fall in love like that,” he said, “and then you notice some things that don’t exactly go the way you thought, what do you do? Like in a relationship, you say ‘No no, no, it’ll be different.’ ”

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“I had finally come to the conclusion that maybe all these things along do add up,” he said. “That it’s not the same, it’s not the person I thought.”

falling OUT of love with george bush... what a thought...! i'm afraid that's going to stick with me for a while like one of those obnoxious songs that you just can't get out of your head...

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