Does Bush have an Achille's Heel?

[The Backlash Cometh]

I can already see that his presidency will end with a thousand cuts: Fitzgerald is on to the criminal malfeasance from his staff; the Abramoff scandal will eventually eclipse in the White House; a war in Iran and Syria will make him even more unpopular; New Orleans' woes will continue to represent his failure in handling domestic problems. So the Bush Administration is destined to end in a whimper. But is there something out there that's still brewing that can bring his Administration down sooner? Something that the Republicans have to act on prior to the 2006 elections or potentially lose their seats? If there is, now is the time to bring it up while we still have time to get the word out to the public.

What is Bush's Achille's Heel so we can turn it into his Achille's Hell?

[Olney Blue]

1. He is a criminal.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. A criminal who can legitimize his illegal activities by changing the law.

[PWRinNY]

2. He sure is rushing the Alito vote

Seems like he wants the SCOTUS stacked with his kind before something gets thrown at them to rule on. He knows he's guilty of something(s). And my guess is that he's feeling pretty vulnerable underneath that exterior... maybe that's it... the naked chimperor is feeling the draft...

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5. Nixon's upper lip would sweat under the lights.

That use to be enough to convince people that he knew he did wrong. But they keep covering for Bush, even when he shows signs of remorse or understanding what a bonehead he is.

[shraby]

3. Two words...Warrantless wiretaps.

Surveillance of citizen's communications without warrants is illegal.

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6. I hope this gets hairier legs than it presently has.

[Swede]

7. Something will stick to Mr. Bush.

I don't know what it is,smarter guys then me will find it. I would have thought the 20 previous scandals would have started his fall. But I guess it doesn't match a blow job.

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8. It wasn't the blow job that did Clinton in, it was the wind machine

from the right-wing and their paid media whores.

[Yoda Yada]

9. Call him "a weak leader"...

...continuously use the phrase "weak leadership", or say, "Americans are tired of the weak leadership coming from the White House."

Then stand back and watch what happens. Bush is so arrogant and pompous...he thinks his pretentious charade has fooled everyone.

(The emperor has no clothes, but Bush thinks we don't know that.) He couldn't handle the truth.

[meow2u3]

12. Ding, ding, ding....we have a winner

Conservatives absolutely HATE being thought of as weak. If we keep hammering that Bush and the Repukes are weak, in spite of--or even because of--their tough appearance, we can win over the American people.

Point out that bullies always give the impression of being strong because they're weak.

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15. Is it a weakness not to be able to admit you made a mistake?

For Liberals it would be seen as a strength to admit you're wrong; but conservatives believe that if you change your mind, you're flip-flopping. And since Bush doesn't pay attention to the news or read polls, it's his Neocon advisors who can pump him up into believing he's a leader if he stays the course.

That means that only a very loud and incessant media can break the firewall that he's living behind. Without the media, his Admininistration will just wind down through a process of a thousand cuts, extending our agony.

[Cocoa]

17. he caved to the right wing when they demanded he drop Miers

Alito's nomination was a product of Bush's weakness. :bounce:

[Digit]

23. Weak, out of touch, and without a plan n/t

[CatholicEdHead]

10. You have to get the profit-only media against him

otherwise the scandels wither and die on the news cycle vine.

[Lisa]

11. I think he has an Achilles LEG!

The man is both ignorant and stubborn -- a bad combination at the best of times, and in someone with his job, it's a surefire recipe for major screw-ups. And he's already had a bunch of them. The thing is, he's got people who are so loyal (or so intimidated) that they will take the fall for him ... plus the watchdogs who ought to be doing their job, the opposition and the media, have been crushed or co-opted. Until something happens to activate those watchdogs, Achilles will remain propped-up.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. What's Greek for Iraq? A lost war is injurious to "Great Leaders".

Oh, wait..he's assured us that everything is just hunky-dunky in Iraq and the populace there is grateful for our efforts and the "insurgency" has failed.

[Yoda Yada]

14. Call him "weak" and then visualize...

...the Wicked Witch of the West......"I'm M-E-L-T-I-N-G..............."

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16. He sure doesn't seem to do well with confrontation.

[gulliver]

22. That would be a good thing to say about him.

It is true. He is a weak man and has been a weak president. Any bug can destroy things. What has Bush created?

[Independent_Liberal]

18. The truth of 9/11. That's definitely the key.

9/11 is the key to the power grab. Once this cover-up is exposed, this country will become a democracy again so fast your head will spin. It will create a bloody, violent, gory, ear drum shattering, earth shaking outrage in this land like nothing you've ever seen before in history. I guarantee it. It will bring down this government in flames.

[dailykoff]

19. That's his Achilles heel alright.

Getting anybody to shoot an arrow at it is another story. The media are in it up to their eyeballs.

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21. But they're beginning to talk.

At least we know now that some of them have been withholding information.

[Nomen Tuum]

20. But our Whore Press says Bush is God's Man who walks on water

Bush has NO achilles heel and even if he had one, the Whore Press would close in and deflect any hits on God's man.

Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Mao never had a press that kissed their ass like Bush has!

[OneBlueSky]

24. the TRUTH . . . and getting it to the American people . . .

in a way they will understand, think about, and ultimately accept . . .

I'm more convinced than ever that if the American people knew the TRUTH about BushCo and what's REALLY happening in this country and in the world, they'd flock to the Democratic party in record numbers . . .

getting the truth out involves two things: first, acknowledging and articulating the truth, no matter how disturbing it may be; and second, getting the truth to the American people in a way they will listen to and believe . . .

because of political and financial considerations, politicians will generally NOT tell the truth about most everything . . . the only one who's even making an attempt is John Conyers, and his range of issues, while critical, is limited . . . but who in the Congress is going to speak up, loudly and forcefully, about things like 9/11, stolen elections, the illegality of the war, Fallujah, depleted uranium, PNAC, American imperialism, the true state of the economy and the budget, etc.? . . . and, most especially, the undue (and highly destructive) influence of corporations and their lobbyists on all three branches of government? . . .

how do we get the truth to the American public when politicians won't acknowledge it and the media won't report it? . . . THAT's what we need to focus on . . .

whenever the truth IS spoken these days, it's usually in some isolated forum or publication, and it generally has a life of a day or two . . . we MUST do much, much better than that . . . because only the truth will set us free . . . (yeah, is cliche -- but it's also 100% true) . . .