Bush on anti-war protesters

[Turdboy]

Sandman wrote:

Some of don't feel so lucky. Hell, most of us didn't even vote for him.

Just the important ones did!:p

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Turdboy
Sandman wrote:
 

Just the important ones did!:p

I'm from California... my vote would be worth more if I lived in Wyoming.

[Toad]

If you'd have lived in Wyoming the score there would have been:

Official Totals Gore = 60,481 + 1         Bush still =  147,947

[capt. apathy]

Imagine if your local law enforcement functioned like the UN .
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ya imagine.  lets do that.

 UN is our law enforcement/justice system.  

Iraq would be the criminal under invetigation by detectives (un inspectors).

and our presedent is the vigalanty with a rope trying to incite the crowd into breaking into the jail, dragging the deffendant out and hanging him, because the he thinks the investigation is taking too long, he doesn't have faith in the system,  and he just can't wait to use his new rope.

[Hangtime]

LOL!!

Toad, wuz that a shack?

and this kinda leaps off the thread if yah think about it....

Originally posted by Suave
Imagine if your local law enforcement functioned like the UN .

no toejam. I'm pretty certain my school board already IS the UN.

[Suave]

Hehe "you stop the car and pull over right now or else, or else.. we're going to search your car really good this time ! You should pull over now or we'll ask the legislators to make another law. Now you know you're not supposed to point that gun at us, c'mon now you've got to meet us halfway on this"

Thats the trouble with laws and criminals .

[Saurdaukar]

Originally posted by capt. apathy

and our presedent is the vigalanty with a rope trying to incite the crowd into breaking into the jail, dragging the deffendant out and hanging him, because the he thinks the investigation is taking too long, he doesn't have faith in the system,  and he just can't wait to use his new rope.

Yup.  And just think, this is only the third investigation!  No faith in the system!  Bah, third time's the CHARM!

[bounder]

Originally posted by Hortlund
Bush on anti-war protesters
Mr President
(in case he is browsing these boards...you never know)

You americans are damn lucky to have a great President at these times.



quote:
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BUSH SAID that the size of the protests against a possible U.S.-led war against Iraq was irrelevant.
“Size of protest, it’s like deciding, ‘Well I’m going to decide policy based upon a focus group.’ The role of a leader is to decide policy based upon the security — in this case — security of the people.”

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Just as a quick reductio ad absurdum:

Bush believes that the size of the protests against the war was irrelevant.

A protest by 1000 people is irrelevant.
A protest by 1,000,000 people is irrelevant
A protest by 1000,000,000 people is irrelevant
A protest by the entire population of the world is irrelevant


That is absurd, I'm sure you agree

[lazs2]

wow... weazel has a pony tail and a low I.Q.?    who'd a thunk?
and that's one reason that generalizing has allways worked for me...
lazs

[lazs2]

bounder... I believe "focus group" was used.   I am sure that by world population standards that you would agree that even 1,000,000 people is "irrelevant".   When you get to 100,000,000 it will be worth discussing.
lazs

[funkedup]

Originally posted by bounder
Just as a quick reductio ad absurdum:

Bush believes that the size of the protests against the war was irrelevant.

A protest by 1000 people is irrelevant.
A protest by 1,000,000 people is irrelevant
A protest by 1000,000,000 people is irrelevant
A protest by the entire population of the world is irrelevant


That is absurd, I'm sure you agree

Protests by any number of foreigners don't count.  They don't vote.

In America the protestors were only some minute fraction of the total population, and the polls still show strong support for Dubya's policies regarding Iraq.  

So yeah, the size of the protests was irrelevant.

[bounder]

Having had a closer look at the post, it seems the source quoting GWB made the assertion that the size of any demonstration is irrelevant.

That statement (that the size of a demonstration is irrelevant)is still absurd. ALthough I concede it was made by some unattributed person adding a little meaning to something GWB didn't say.

The london demo was very relevant to Tony Blair. He wants so to be loved by his people. After the march his popularity fell through the floor. Why? because on the day of the protest he misjudged the mood of the nation which was broadly (if a little nebulously) behind the march and made some very ill judged statements.

Members of his own party are openly talking about leadership challenges (mostly to unerve him I think!)

Voting is not a prerequisite for demonstration. Voting is another form of demonstrating. You get protest votes, in the same way you get protest demonstrations.

[Rude]

Originally posted by Dowding
Any other Britishers see the irony of this statement?

Blair is a pathological focus group policy maker - it's the cornerstone of his Premiership.

If that were true, then why is he supporting the US?

[Rude]

Originally posted by midnight Target
ACLU Lawyer?

Oh my Cod!  A person who wants to uphold individual rights you mean!!!??

BURN HIM!

You must be speaking of the old ACLU....I think their focus has changed the past 15 years, ya think?

[Saurdaukar]

Originally posted by Rude
You must be speaking of the old ACLU....I think their focus has changed the past 15 years, ya think?

Does this mean we can still burn him?  

The AXIS OF WEAZEL MUST FALL!