banana republic screed

[spanone]

....rust never sleeps

Glenn Beck: This is what banana republics do.

Mark Steyn: That is the sort of thing that happens in banana republics."

Karl Rove: We're going to turn ourselves into the moral equivalent of a Latin American country run by colonels in mirrored sunglasses. ...
That might be fine in some little Latin American country that's run by, you know, the latest junta -- it may be the way that they do things in Chicago -- but that's not the way we do things here in America."

The Wall Street Journal editorial board: "This is what happens in Argentina, Malaysia or Peru, countries where the law is treated merely as an extension of political power."

Bill Cunningham: "It makes us look ... like a banana republic."

[JuniperLea]

1. asdf

[truedelphi]

Isn't this a bit like the pot calling the kettle black?

And in this case, the Repugs are both the pot and the kettle...

[Democracyinkind]

2. Yeah. And of course we forgot how those "Banana Republics" came to be....

God bless the Empire!

[The Magistrate]

3. Were Any Of These People capable Of Honesty, Sir, they Would Say This

"Documents reveal the Bush administration behaved like tin-horn dictators in a banana republic."

[knowbody0]

4. they are really frightened of Bananas

[Democracyinkind]

11. Considering the fact that Kirk has proven beyond doubt that they are gods gift for mankind....

kind of odd....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-OLG0KyR4&feature=PlayList&p=9F7B190A0FBEF9F0&index=0

[EFerrari]

5. When my tin foil hat is on for a few hours, I think BushCo was only practicing

in Latin America.

[Cali_Democrat]

6. So torturing people and invading a country under false pretenses doesn't make us a banana republic?

But prosecuting war criminals makes us a banana republic? Go figure.

:crazy:

[spanone]

7. karl fucking rove telling us 'how we do it here in america' he's a nervy bastard

[dgibby]

8. Don't forget John McCain.

[annabanana]

9. When the administration is criminal... and gets away with it...THAT

is a "banana republic"

[Avalux]

10. Fucking Morons. Torture is Illegal. Was before them, will be after them.

They are trying to make it political and it isn't.

[Jeep789]

12. Guy on Ron Reagan's show called them Banana Republicans

Ron (and I) loved the term (especially because it will really tick them off).