|
Post by PTH on Mar 21, 2004 3:14:15 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&u=/ap/20040320/ap_on_go_pr_wh/terrorism_adviser_14&printer=1WASHINGTON - Richard A. Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism coordinator, accuses the Bush administration of failing to recognize the al-Qaida threat before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and then manipulating America into war with Iraq (news - web sites) with dangerous consequences. ------------------------------------------- How many insiders do we need to tell us that Bush is a moron before it trickles down to the ordinary voter ?
|
|
|
Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Mar 21, 2004 7:48:58 GMT -5
How many insiders do we need to tell us that Bush is a moron before it trickles down to the ordinary voter ? I thought it worked the other way around. * There are vested interests who have vested interests in having a moron "run" the country.
|
|
|
Post by patate on Mar 21, 2004 8:10:34 GMT -5
I respect the american people, I have family and friends there (some habsrus members are from the USA), but I can't understand how they can elect so many FAR-right goverment. In France, Jean-Marie LePen (xenophobic, right wing) got 10% of the votes and it was an outrage in the french press. Right now the polls on the presedential are at 45-45-10, that's means that 45% of the population think Bush is doing good. How many morons and rednecks is there down south? The guy put us near an all-out war with the arab world, give a tax break only to the 5% richest of the country, and is horrible at diplomacy to say the least. I guess I didnt recieved the same education as my friends in Alabama or Oregon (places where teacher can't teach the evolution theory without saying it's controversial, but they can teach creationism in biology classes, go figure) but to me the respect of others in and out my country comes first, an aspect of life M.Bush seems to lack.
|
|
|
Post by seventeen on Mar 22, 2004 1:27:54 GMT -5
Right now the polls on the presedential are at 45-45-10, that's means that 45% of the population think Bush is doing good. Someone needs to have a serious tete a tete with Ralph Nader. Take him for a drive in an early Corvair.
|
|
|
Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 22, 2004 12:12:39 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&u=/ap/20040320/ap_on_go_pr_wh/terrorism_adviser_14&printer=1WASHINGTON - Richard A. Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism coordinator, accuses the Bush administration of failing to recognize the al-Qaida threat before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and then manipulating America into war with Iraq (news - web sites) with dangerous consequences. ------------------------------------------- How many insiders do we need to tell us that Bush is a moron before it trickles down to the ordinary voter ? Unfortunately, the voter base in both Canada and the USA, resemble a herd of sheep. Some people tend to vote with whomever shouts louder while others will vote for the last candidate they hear. And, of course there's the media influence as well. Subscribers only read what the editor of that newspaper will feels should be printed. The Ottawa Citizen has been staunchly Liberal over the years, but has recently jumped on the Chretien-bashing bandwagon. The Ottawa Sun, on the other hand, will support anything, with very few exceptions, that isn't Liberal. They're most recent object of support; the Conservatives. Still there are those, that will vote based on what their friends say. For example, go into a beer hall and listen to some of the political gab that is going on; "why is this man a jerk? He simply has to be because Joe Blow said he was ... I know how I'm going to vote." The last statement pretty well sums up how we vote in both countries. We don't vote in new people, we kick the old bums out! That's a rather sad way of doing things, but we do it nonetheless. That's not to say, however, that if the USA sticks to that trend I'll be overly sad about it. Quite the contrary actually. I've talked to several American friends that wouldn't mind seeing that bum out of office. Works in my books. Cheers.
|
|
|
Post by Montrealer on Mar 24, 2004 12:20:37 GMT -5
I think Canadians, to their credit, are more discriminating than their American neighbours.
For example, an obviously sexist or racist person can still get elected in America; here in Canada it's a tougher (although not impossible) proposition.
Stupid political leaders are rare here - they might be bastards or boneheads*, but rarely are they intellectually deficient. In the United States there are some who are clearly useless - they spew the same arguments over and over again without substance, and were obviously *chosen* because of their pretty face.
*Thanks, Will Ferguson!
|
|
|
Post by Skilly on Apr 12, 2004 21:43:03 GMT -5
The Canadian political system irks the devil out of me.
If I want to vote for Prime Minister I am forced to vote for a man whether I like him or not. I still find it hard to fathom on times. We are forced to vote for a party, and not a Man. If the Liberal candidate in my district is an @ss and I want to see Paul Martin be PM, then I have to either vote against the man I want to be PM, or vote for an @ss.
In the states the president does not run with the others in the House of representatives. So you could vote for who you want as president, yet have a guy from your district who is not in his party if the other candidate is an @ss. But that is the only thing I like about the American system. It is surprising that under this system there is not more times when the House of Representatives is a majority one one party and the President is the other party, thereby limiting the President's clout.
|
|
|
Post by MC Habber on Apr 30, 2004 4:57:35 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Apr 30, 2004 7:35:20 GMT -5
While suturing a laceration on the hand of a 70-year-old Texas rancher (whose hand had caught in a gate while working cattle), a doctor and the old man were talking about George W. Bush being in the White House.
The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'."
Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.
The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, and you just want to help the poor stupid bastard get down."
|
|
|
Post by LeafSuck on May 3, 2004 20:01:17 GMT -5
Bush is doing a terrible job, but like Gore would have done much better.
Face it, their is no FDR's out there. Bush, Gore, Kerry, and *shudder* Hil Clinton are the best we can do now a days.
Vote Kerry!
|
|
|
Post by LeafSuck on May 3, 2004 20:03:39 GMT -5
The Canadian political system irks the devil out of me. If I want to vote for Prime Minister I am forced to vote for a man whether I like him or not. I still find it hard to fathom on times. We are forced to vote for a party, and not a Man. If the Liberal candidate in my district is an @ss and I want to see Paul Martin be PM, then I have to either vote against the man I want to be PM, or vote for an @ss. In the states the president does not run with the others in the House of representatives. So you could vote for who you want as president, yet have a guy from your district who is not in his party if the other candidate is an @ss. But that is the only thing I like about the American system. It is surprising that under this system there is not more times when the House of Representatives is a majority one one party and the President is the other party, thereby limiting the President's clout. Yay it is a pathetic setup Where I live, I hate my MP but he's Liberal. And well, since Paul Martin is by far the most qualified person to be Prime Minister in the next election, I cannot vote for him inless I vote for the MP I don't like. Catch 22
|
|