Laura Bush's speech tonight: "He didn't want to go to war."

[Missy Vixen]

I heard five seconds of Pickle's speech tonight on the news, and my husband's hearing may never be the same. I'm sure those in the next county heard me shrieking at the television as a result.

"Abraham Lincoln didn't want to go to war. Franklin Roosevelt didn't want to go to war. Neither did my husband."

I have one word for Laura: BULLSHIT!

Julie

[otohara]

1. She Was Referring to Vietnam

he didn't want to go, so he didn't

[Squeegee]

2. ouch!

Good one! :D

[DemWitch]

3. good save!

[Justitia]

11. That was a great one! -eom

[punpirate]

4. Ummm, that's why he was...

... pumping his fist, strutting and declaring, "feel good" just before going before the nation to tell of the start of the invasion.

If she really believes what she's said, she's even dumber than Shrub.

[Missy Vixen]

5. Man, I'm going to have to get me some of that Xanax

so I can live in Laura's Alternate Universe.

Unbelievable.

Julie

[snippy]

34. That video definitely should be used in an ad.

Neither the DNC nor the Kerry campaign would have to pay to run it if the ad was "newsworthy" enough for it to get media coverage. Or MoveOn could run the ad.

[dudeness]

6. you mean he did not really want to

bomb the shit outta good ole Irakkis..shhheeeeettt

[alittlelark]

7. Really, he didn't

that nasty ole war just came outta nowhere and smacked him in the ass.

[wtmusic]

8. Let it all out darlin'

What a pantload. How can they be so gullible?

[renegade000]

9. lincoln and roosevelt

didn't strut out on an aircraft carrier in a flight suit to declare "mission accomplished"

[Vickers]

27. Don't you remember? Lincoln dressed up in battle garb to deliver

the Gettysburg Address?

:spank:

Party of Lincoln, my ass. Party of Lincoln Navigators.

[snippy]

36. Party of George Lincoln Rockwell. Not all republicans of course, but

enough to make the difference in many elections.

[Sugarbleus]

10. The words that came to my mind were

1. LIAR

and

2. DENIAL

She's either too dumb to be allowed a driver's license OR she is lying on cue from 'Uncle Rover'

The very ideocy of comparing Lincoln and Roosevelt to Bush has caused my head to spin. Didn't she also compare Mandela's struggle to "Bush's cause" too? HOO BOY, I'll bet Mandela REALLY appreciated that!!

I have a bumper sticker that reads BUSH LIED. My next sticker will read either Laura Lied OR Laura is a Dunce

[Justitia]

13. well...about that drivers license...she really shouldn't have one

since mowing down her boyfriend in a jealous rage and killing him instantly.

But hey, what do I know?

[Carla in Ca]

12. OK, Everybody

Take that exact quote and at the end say, yeah, Vietnam! just like you have suggested here. I sent one to the LA Times. I think a lot of papers would print them to show a great spin on what she really meant.
If the Kerry campaign won't hit back, let's do it ourselves.

[Djinn]

14. Hey Laura who's your dealer

and can I have his number?

[Tsiyu]

15. I'm glad I'm not the only one who yells at the TV

Julie, Before DU, i used to get up Sunday mornings and scream and hiss and vent at the fool politicians and pundits. It's very hard to listen to their incessant bullshit.

And I just will not let myself watch Picklepuss. Seriously, we have to save our energy for the campaign and not waste it hyperventilating and raising our blood pressure. Or, take a zanax. All my Republican friends swear by them.

It is hard to not sneak a peek at what the fools are spewing next, but I just get so torqued I can't think straight....

[xxqqqzme]

18. that's why I don't watch

or if I do, on EXTREMELY rare occasions, I do so w/ the sound off. (squatter is tolerable w/ the sound off). I'm afraid I would pick something up, throw it and then I'd have 2 buy a new TV.

[Mad_Dem_X]

38. I yell at the TV *and* the radio

I heard some of Pickles' speech on the radio this morning. I had to stop myself from really going off 'cause I'm at work. Yelling the TV is a great stress reliever. :-)

[pa28]

16. LOL OK I was confused there for a minute n/t

[pa28]

17. LOL OK I was confused there for a minute n/t

[Tactical Progressive]

19. Can we get every Democrat to call Laura Bush a "liar"

every time her name comes up in conversation? Since this is such an obvious lie.

Sure, it won't be with 1/1000th the venom and ugliness that Republicans everywhere treated Hillary Clinton, but can we at least make a token effort?

[coeur_de_lion]

20. oh, c'mon, Pickles. Lay off the margaritas and the Xanax.

The war he really didn't want to start was in Afghanistan, against Al Qaeda. It stood in the way of his Iraq war, which he planned from day one.

This chick will say anything they tell her to. Will she ever get a spine?

[Disturbed]

21. She's a Cyborg.

They program her to sweetly utter all their lies.

[xchrom]

22. i yell at the tv all the time

glad to hear i have company.

[cthrumatrix]

23. funny, Paul O'neills book...said it was the first meeting ..Iraq was in

play 8.5 months before 911.

So...sit down.

[snippy]

37. Democrats need to use that fact. n/t

[BonjourUSA]

24. What a chance we had !!!

She pacified the warrior in her bed and avoided the world was turned into an ash pile

[terrya]

25. And every account I've read says that an invasion of Iraq...

was planned almost right after the Inauguration. They were literally gung-ho about going to war with Iraq.

Hmmmm, interesting discrepancy there.

[mopaul]

26. bullshit indeed. the couldn't WAIT to go to war

fuck laura

[Atman]

28. Tweety called her on it last night

Asked his panel about it..."I don't think W agonized over the decision...he installed his Daddy's entire war machine around him and was looking for a fight!"

It was brilliant, but brief. He went back to being a dick after that comment.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Bush to Clarke on 9-11: "Get Iraq". Bush would use war to avenge pappy.

Bush grabbed Richard Clarke on 9-11 and told him "Get Iraq". Bush would use war to avenge his pappy. He wanted war in the worst way. He packed his administration with PNAC neo-cons.

[PATRICK]

30. Which war?

Lincoln served in the militia in the Indian wars. Maybe he didn't want to go? FDR had polio, a legitimate exemption.

Bush didn't want to go to war so he went AWOL.

But as for Iraq, that war was a done deal as soon as Bush was selected. He went there for turkey dinner.

[Englander]

31. War Is Peace...

Sick,sick,sick. Does anything your 1st lady say ever collide with
reality?

:puke:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,7371,919133,00.html

[jonnyblitz]

32. My head exploded when I heard that also!!

I am still speechless. these people are beyond the fucking pale.

[LynnTheDem]

33. Sounds familiar...

"I didn't want war...it was forced upon me"

Said HITLER

Fire at the 911.

Father/motherland

Patriot Act

Dissent = treason

concentration camps...death camps

invasions

All for self defense.

Now bushCartel are even using Hitler quotes. Surprise.

[henslee]

35. AWOL never went to war.

[Jack Rabbit]

39. We know he didn't want to go, Laura

That's why we ducked into a cushy national guard unit.

Now let's talk about Iraq.

[Missy Vixen]

40. It occurs to me

that Pickles has now made herself part of the debate, so let's take it to her.

>Now let's talk about Iraq.<

Definitely. If Laura Bush is such an expert on foreign policy, let's hope that the great Helen Thomas gets an opportunity to ask her a few questions.

I can only hope it's on live national television.

Julie