This past week another U.S. senator experienced the state of lucidity. Pete Domenici, republican senator from the state of New Mexico (shown here sharing an intimate moment with Bush) decided he no longer supports the Iraq war effort, saying instead he would "support legislation that would withdraw US troops from Iraq by March of 2008."
According to the story as reported by "Democracy Now!", Domenici's change of mind came "following recent conversations with the families of dead soldiers from his home state."
Speaking to family members, seeing the faces of loved ones they have lost in the war, the senator apparently had a sudden epiphany about Iraq: People from New Mexico are dying over there!
Hence, president Bush appears to have lost another key republican supporter because of Domenici's epiphanic moment of concern for families who have suffered the ultimate loss--the death of a loved one.
Or maybe Domenici's sudden change of heart is simply because he's up for reelection next year? Whatever the reason for his flip flop - true concern for New Mexicans dying needlessly for Bush's trumped up war or just plain political reelection expediency - it appears there'll be far fewer intimate moments for senator Pete and president George in the near future.
Boy, life can sometimes be a bitch for a senator can't it? Like when deciding which of his two masters to serve.
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They're all suddenly realizing that they're eventually going to have to explain all the misery they've caused when they meet their maker. It must suck not having a spine.
you got this post right on - clap clap clap!!
I imagine it was always easy for Frat-Boy--Fart Boy to be at the pinnacle of his popularity. Oh sure, people who got to know him & realized what an asshole he was eventually made him uncomfortable enough such that, when they outweighed the others who got to know him & realized what an asshole he was, but didn't mind 'cause they, themselves, were assholes too, Bush could/would always just quit and move on to his next bigger and better adventure in failure.
He just quit, bailed and went somewhere else where he became a Yalie, a cheerleader, a Skull & Boner, AWOLer then deserter Air Guard flyboy, small energy co. exec. who sold his stock before it crashed and had dad set him up with cronies in the baseball business until those same cronies realized the Bush kid was a goldmine of opportunity as a front man for their interests if he served as a governor or better--a president.
But this time, as the disgruntled become increasingly outraged, hence restless, and now they see what an asshole The Kid is, it's gonna be a little different. They number in the millions, no billions.
Quitting--probably his preference-- is out of the question. But the number he's angered and alienated is so great, not just in his native land, but globally, it's gonna be a bitch of a last year and 1/2 in office. He's always just been able to quit, take his money and walk away before.
I just hope the $billions in benies he's been paid for raping all of us as a 'president' doing what's best for Americans compensate for the emptiness, the isolation he's going to feel the rest of his fucking days.
Oh, I forget. Bush doesn't feel.
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