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53. Osama Bin Laden re-elected Bush in 2004...

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:37 AM

Oct 2021

that was the conclusion of CIA analysts. Too many Americans were just too gullible to be influenced by the 'reverse psychology' of our enemy.

Before that statement of Bin Laden the weekend before the election, Kerry had it won...

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For Longtime DUers - say class of 2000/01...... [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 OP

More cynical. Devil Child Oct 2021 #1

Mmmm less cynical but amazed at how the right has strengthened as it went over the edge underpants Oct 2021 #2

Trump changed alot GusBob Oct 2021 #3

More Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #4

Same here Chautauquas Oct 2021 #49

Nothing shocks me anymore jpak Oct 2021 #5

I miss her. I wonder what she's up to these days. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #10

Indeed, jpak! OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #13

I hope she found her keys! MuseRider Oct 2021 #17

Do you know what became of her? hlthe2b Oct 2021 #38

I know why she left DU. I can PM you if you want more info. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #43

Please do, CF! I've wondered for a long time. hlthe2b Oct 2021 #58

I do! I emailed her not that long ago Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #54

Please tell NSMA is always welcome to share her thoughts here. if she gives a shit.nt OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #56

Do tell her she is missed! I'm glad that you can reach out to her! hlthe2b Oct 2021 #57

Much more. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2021 #6

Mobilized by having my 2000 Pantagruel Oct 2021 #7

Trump threw me off. jaysunb Oct 2021 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author jaysunb Oct 2021 #9

A lot more. meadowlander Oct 2021 #11

Me too....how could Bush win a 2nd term with 9/11, the Iraq War and Katrina OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #29

Katrina was the last straw for many - but it didn't happen until 2005 hatrack Oct 2021 #39

class of 2004 rurallib Oct 2021 #12

Class of 2004 also. "Mad" is about the swiftboating of John Kerry. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 madinmaryland Oct 2021 #40

Same class, pretty much same response. Hope is still there, but clouded over and tentative. JudyM Oct 2021 #45

Class of '03 here. I found the place just as we were going into Iraq. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #14

The runup to the Iraq War was well discussed here. The vast majority predicted disaster there. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #25

I predicted disaster all on my own. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #36

We saw the future better....a lot better. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #37

2002. More. Deeply troubling but not surprising? sprinkleeninow Oct 2021 #15

More cynical, but, Obama and Harris are a beacon of light. lindysalsagal Oct 2021 #16

I agree....we have great instincts for promoting All-Americans First policies. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #19

2000 Gore and 2004 Kerry were kicks to the teeth. Saboburns Oct 2021 #18

Osama Bin Laden re-elected Bush in 2004... DemocraticPatriot Oct 2021 #53

I didn't think our government onethatcares Oct 2021 #20

One Party owns that label of a corrupt mess. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #27

About The Same ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #21

I've been here since 2004. I've been cynical since Reagan won and FSogol Oct 2021 #22

Yes. That's when I became cynical. When the Democratic congrasman madinmaryland Oct 2021 #42

MORE bush the dummy was child's play demtenjeep Oct 2021 #23

MORE bush the dummy was child's play demtenjeep Oct 2021 #24

I'm a little less cynical. Aristus Oct 2021 #26

Well Gore was ahead of his time with climate change and he did "invent the internet". OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #28

2006. roamer65 Oct 2021 #30

I was a pretty cynical green back then. Now I'm a pretty cynical dem. GPV Oct 2021 #31

Iget it, fellow Mainiac! OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #33

More. And as devastated as I was on Jan 20, 2001 and for 8 yrs thereafter.... hlthe2b Oct 2021 #32

It's like our life's work to try to save the collective sanity OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #34

More zipplewrath Oct 2021 #35

More, to keep it simple. Solly Mack Oct 2021 #41

About the same mcar Oct 2021 #44

Way more cynical. The system has become more corrupt than I could have imagined berni_mccoy Oct 2021 #46

Much more cynical. I never thought I would see a major party sell its soul to an neverforget Oct 2021 #47

2004 here Texasgal Oct 2021 #48

Definitely more cynical SharonAnn Oct 2021 #50

If you are a Republican operative tasked with reading DU.... OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #51

Way more cynical PlanetBev Oct 2021 #52

I'm 2002 but read it for quite a while before joining. argyl Oct 2021 #55

Unfortunately dweller Oct 2021 #59