My reply to MSNBC question of the Day

[KareBear]

MSNBC's Question of the day found at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3080261/
asks "Do you think the President will be able to bring the country together on social issues?"

My reply to this:

Bush has used wedge tactics to divide the electorate in every major election he's been involved with. From his gubernatorial race against Ann Richards in Tx where his campaigned maligned her appointments of homosexuals in government and implied she herself was a lesbian, all the way to todays use of abortion and homosexual marriage. Not only did he not want a united country before Nov 2nd, he actively moved to divide it further. Any move now to claim otherwise is sheer hypocrisy.

Lets tell them what we think.

[OneBlueSky]

1. Democrats who extend their hands to BushCo . . .

will pull back nothing but bloody stumps . . .

[katmondoo]

2. Well said

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. My comment:

"Judging from the record of the past four years, the only kind of "bringing together" Mr. Bush will accept is abject surrender."

[UTUSN]

4. 79N - 21Y n/t

[tk2kewl]

5. And if he does...

... dems must call him a hypocrite. Point out that he says he is man who says he stands for something and then does something else. Let his base know he doesn't give a fuck.

Bottom line is he probably will move to the center. If he were to implement his adgenda his party would lose all of their divide-and-conquer-issues.

[peacetalksforall]

6. He already has Zell Miller - that's enough.

[plcdude]

7. my response

He has no interest in unifying this country. In fact I have not seen him interested in anything. His administration, on the other hand, who is actually running this show seeks tension and fear to promulgate their agenda whether it is foreign or domestic issues. This is a disaster and the media need to get off their corporate and collective butts and do their jobs by reporting the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Jobs, deficits, slaughter of civilians in Iraq, wounded and killed American soldiers, severe voting anomolies are just a few areas you could begin with to regain credibility. Whatever happened to "investigative" reporting?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. The best way to maintain control over a group of people is to turn half of

them against the other. He does this rather well... and I don't doubt that it is intentional.

[Tom_Foolery]

8. Here's my reply:

He never has before, so why should he start now? Once a skunk always a skunk even if he tries to COVER UP with some sweet smelling perfume.

[Pachamama]

9. What's the old saying - "Divide and Conquer"? What do you think he wants?

I say he wants to divide and conquer and has no interest in unifying the country (despite claiming otherwise)....

:kick:

[Gothmog]

10. done 80% no

[berni_mccoy]

11. My Response

Bush did whatever it took to win the election, including, but not limited to, using the most divisive campaign tactics ever. Bush has no interest in uniting this country. The rich will get richer, the poor, poorer and the middle class will disolve. Even with his recent press conference, Bush continues to divide the nation by spending the political capital of half the nation to use it against the other half. A clear sign he has divided the nation is the fact that he must use 4000 soldiers to gaurd the inauguration. Someone who is so fearful of his own people wouldn't use loyalty oaths at stump speaches, a bullet-proof vest at the debates (if that is what it was) and 4000 soldiers to gaurd is inauguration. Bush is clearly a cowardly divider, not a brave uniter.

[nostamj]

12. my reply............. HEEL!

You misunderstand Mr. Bush when he says he wants the nation to 'heal'. He spells the word H E E L and he expects the county to heel to his authority like whipped dogs while he spends his 'political capital' (our soldiers) and uses his razor-thin 'mandate' to further polarize an already deeply divided country.

send a DISTRESS message!