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Skidmore

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7. Bin Laden was the excuse the RW had been waiting for.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 6, 2012, 11:38 AM

Aug 2012

If Bush had finished the job at Tora Bora and captured or killed Bin Laden rather than dangling him out there as the bogeyman, there would have been much less incentive for the nation to descend into this level of incivility. It is born of fear. Instead of standing up and saying that we need to work together, Bush sent us shopping so that Cheney could set in motion his long held desire for a war for oil.

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My first thought....that Bush/Cheney had this pschye - kill off every single Muslim/Al Quaeda Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2012 #1

That and then there was that Skidmore Aug 2012 #2

YES...Palin single-handedly started the hate train. I remember distinctly how respectful everyone Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2012 #6

Oh, except for Bin Laden Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2012 #3

Bin Laden was the excuse the RW had been waiting for. Skidmore Aug 2012 #7

And just think - the more we kill, the more who will hate us.... Scuba Aug 2012 #4

Rush Limbaugh and company get the red out Aug 2012 #5