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In reply to the discussion: This will be a one term stolen Presidency [View all]Ferrets are Cool
(23,005 posts)He embracing torture. He lied us into a war that killed almost ONE MILLION people. He enriched the already rich, excused their excesses, and then bailed them out of trouble and handed us the bill.
He squandered the budget surplus.
Katrina. 'Nuff said.
He rewarded incompetence. He hired a horse expert to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He wanted to hire Harriett Miers to be a Supreme Court justice. Top jobs were reserved for sycophants, toadies and failures.
From 1999 to 2009 health insurance premiums increased 132%
He muzzled government climate scientists and had their reports rewritten by lawyers from Big Oil
He authorized the abrogation of fourth amendment protections against arbitrary search, seizure and snooping into peoples mail and effects
The great $12 trillion Bank Robbery
And yet, after all this as an indictment of incompetence, HE WAS STILL RE-ELECTED FOR 4 MORE YEARS.
IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN IF WE ARE NOT DILIGENT.