SCREAM from the rooftops: ACCOUNTABILITY!!

[jab105]

I was watching Nightline last night, and he had on Lehane...from the Gore campaign...which basically said that a campaign need to define one thing, and pound away at it, non-stop till the election...I think Kerry's theme was "I served"...but the Swift Boats have unfortunately taken a huge chunk out of that...not because what they said was true, but because it was heard non-stop 24/7..

But that should never have been his theme...an election year when an incumbent is running should ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS be about the INCUMBENT!! Kerry has made it about himself...it should not be about John Kerry...it needs to be about Geroge Bush...

This is the only thing that has worked for me, as I've tried to sway the 5 swing voters that I know...and its the only thing that has worked...stop defneding JOhn Kerry...we need to be on the offense...and the offense is George BUsh!!

There is only one word that needs to be spoken during this election year...ACCOUNTABILITY!!

During the Clinton years, he was throughly accountable for everything he did and many things that he didn't do...from Troopergate, Vince Foster, WhiteWater, Paula JOnes, Monica Lewinsky, to the war in Somalia...the economy and surpluses were things that the right wingers really didn't want to give him credit for, but most people did...a president must take accountability for everything that happens or doesnt happen during his watch...

The striking difference between that and Bush is that Bush is not accountable for anything that happens on his watch...nothing...

Iraq...we launched a pre-emptive strike on Iraq because we said that they were a direct threat to us, but they weren't...where is the accountability?
Bush claimed that Iraq had WMDs...but they didn't...where is the accountability?
More than 1,000 American troops have died for reasons that were lies...where is the accountability?
Even Generals on the ground (even General Myers!) have said that the attacks by insurgents have increased to around 160 per day (at the beginning of the year, it was only 20 per day)...Bush fired the generals who initially spoke out against the small number of troops at the beginning of it...where is the accountability?

9/11...Clarke has been outspoken that AlQuida wasnt a priority, even though Clinton advised that it needed to be...where is the accountability?
The 9/11 commission has said that there were warnings...during Clinton and Bush...they should both be responsible, and I heard the right wing radio monsters spewing how responsible Clinton should be...but what about Bush...where is the accountability?

Afghanistan...the Taliban and AlQuida has taken control of many territories in Afghanistan...many experts think that it is because of the resources that went to Iraq for a war that didn't nee to be waged, and certainly didn't need to be waged now...where is the accountability?

Economy...we were running record surpluses in 2000, so much so that Bush argued that we had to give money back...now we have record deficits of almost $500 billion dollars...where is the accountability?
During the Bush administration's 3.5 years, we have lost more than 1 million jobs total...where is the accountability?

Social Security...during 2000, we were talking about putting Social Security in a "lock box"...and most economists thought that we would be able to properly fund S/S...now, we have Alan Greenspan saying that we will probably need to cut benefits because we can't afford it...4 years ago, he was saying that we had too much money...what happened...where is the accountability?

More than 70% of people, and nearly all police officers wanted the Assault Weapons Ban renewed...Bush promised that he would renew it when it came to his desk...House Republicans wont take it to a vote and Bush isn't saying a word about it...police say that it will endanger them and us...where is the accountability?

I could go on and on and on...from Prescription Drugs to the war on terror...from his young adulthood to his presidency, George W. Bush has not been accountable for ANYTHING!!

We need to hold him accountable...this is OUR country...we are not better off than we were 3.5 years ago, and George W. Bush is the reason...we MUST hold him accountable...

This election isn't about how much John Kerry bled 35 years ago on a boat in the middle of Vietnam...and for that matter, it isn't about what Bush did or didn't do in the TANG...this election is about the choices that have been made over the last 3.5 years...what has been the result of those choices, and if they were the right choices...

WE MUST HOLD GEORGE W. BUSH ACCOUNTABLE!!

[Guaranteed]

1. You're absolutely right.

The guy wants all of the glory, and none of the responsibility.

[Jimmymac]

3. Great Idea !!!

I am going to tell all my freinds to hammer this word home. Brilliant

Someone should sticky this

[newyawker99]

21. Hi Jimmymac!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[jab105]

4. Kerry made a mistake because when he focused on himself

during the convention, he was trying to say that because I served in the military, and served bravely, I have the toughness to be commander and chief at this time...

BUT, THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A QUESTION!! EVER!! Thats why Kerry's positives have gone down so much, because he never focused on his senate record, and he didnt focus on Bush...so when the swift boat liars attacked the one thing that Kerry formed his convention on...it muddied the waters so much that for the polls, it dropped him (I know it might not be as much as TIme/Newsweek is saying, but I can FEEL it folks!!)

This election should have been all about Bush and the last four years...Bush's ACCOUNTABILITY!! for the last four years!!!

not about a fucking typewriter, not about how much Kerry bled when shrapnel entered his leg 35 years ago...

And the best thing is that it turns every argument against Kerry on its head...

CHeney says that electing Kerry would result in an attack...well Mr. Cheney during your watch the worst attack in American history took place...during 2003, a year that you supposedly were working hard to fight terrorism, terrorism increased...this is about your decisions Mr. Cheney...not a hypothetical about mine...when I am president you can judge me by how much more secure we will be then we are with you...

Just don't give me this shit where Edwards says...ohh, that was very inappropriate for Cheney to say, OF COURSE IT WAS...he's the fucking devil and he's running the country...so you gotta fight the fuck back, not complain that it isn't nice!!

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[jab105]

14. Please stop it...this is the wrong thread for those posts...

n/t

[napkinz]

15. What are you talking about?

They all center around the theme of accountability.

[napkinz]

17. fine, I'll remove them

But it was my understanding only the moderators could make such a request.

[jab105]

18. thanks...I was just asking...don't get me wrong...

they are fine...I liked the Condi one that talked about accountability...but huge amounts of graphics can take from the issue...

I just really wanted to focus on this issue itself...I can't make you remove anything...but thanks for doing it...appreciate it :hug:

[napkinz]

19. No problem

:)

[Nite Owl]

2. Yes, and that's how Kerry gets to define the

debate and they are forced to answer. It's one of the reasons that his numbers went down during the dem primaries, it was all about him.

[jab105]

7. EXACTLY!!

Bush says that Kerry is a flip flopper...

Well Mr. Bush let's hold you ACCOUNTABLE for sticking to a course that was:
1. built on a lie
2. that has alienated the very people who we need to support us in a GLOBAL war on terrorism
3. that has resulted in more than 1,000 DEATHS of American troops (and Iraqis, but you know that most Americans dont care too too much about them)
That course that you are accountable for Mr. Bush has made us LESS SAFE...made the terrorisms stronger...and has killed over 1,000 Americans...

More than 70% of the country supported the war in March 2003 because of the lies that were given as reasons for the war...now more than 60% thinks that war wasn't worth it...are you calling 30% of the country Flip Floppers? Or maybe they are being ACCOUNTABLE...maybe they are changing their minds based on the prolific evidence that you, Mr. Bush lied to take us to war...why aren't you accountable...for the lies to go to war? For the more than 1,000 Americans dead because of it? For making AlQuida stronger in the world? For terrorism increasing in 2003 instead of decreasing...you are accountable for this Mr Bush...YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Yes, Bush is always passing the buck. Kerry bled, Bush fled

Yes, Bush is always passing the buck. Kerry bled, Bush fled.

[ClassWarrior]

6. Doesn't have quite the same ring as "Geronimo!!" or "No prisoners!!"

[jab105]

9. Well, its an easy to remember theme non the less...

if you can link it to Geronimo, if you can link it to no prisoners... then do it...

I link Bush to accountable...it certainly resonates for me and for many that I know...

One sign: Mr. Bush, YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE!

And, that is the only way that I have been able to convert those who are on the fence (I'm in my late 20s, there are so many people my age who are on the fence!!)...every one has been converted in this way...

The beauty of it is that it isn't even "negative"...this is how it goes:

when you are a small child, you learn that you are held accountable for your actions, it is something that George Bush never learned...IT IS TIME WE MAKE HIM ACCOUNTABLE!!

[jab105]

10. I'm kicking because I dont want to believe that a post about

a typewriter deserves more attention than a post about real live issues...

:kick:

[pa28]

12. "Accountability"

During the Clinton years I heard that word five times a day. It was always on the Republican talking points.

Now I never hear hear it. Of course not from the Republicans, but it's time the Democrats demanded it. Not because of it's rhetorical value but because we are on the verge of a rubber-stamp government. Right now Bush can and probably has gotten away with anything.

[jab105]

13. Clinton was accountable for everything...but it was ok...

because he was accountable for peace and prosperity...and all the other things that they wish he was accountable for, well...lets just say, dirty laundry...

Bush claims that Clinton is accountable for everything now...

NO...Kerry, you have to focus on Bush's accountability...BUSH is accountable for everything now...EVERYTHING!!

Kerry needs to get over himself...this is about more than John Kerry, this is about OUR COUNTRY...this is about what has happened to our country over the last four years...and this is about holding the PRESIDENT responsible for his decisions during the last four years...

What I most want Bush to be responsible for:
In mid 2001, BUsh jokes that being president was a 24/7 job. 24 days a month, 7 months a year.

yea, and then 9/11 happened.

Bush, you are accountable for thinking that being president was a fucking part-time job.

[jab105]

16. kicking one more time, though I think typewriters seem to be

winning the discussion of the real campaing...

Will Pitt, you were right:shrug:

:kick:

[cthrumatrix]

20. exactly...they don't want accoutability raised....it's a shame

thank goodness CBS is on the case

[spanone]

22. Shit. Geo Tenet got us into a war with a thousand US dead

that was totally based on false information and he was allowed to retire with full pension. He should be at gitmo. Not ONE PERSON has been held accountable for one freaking thing in this maladministration.l

[liberal_in_GA]

23. KICK!

:kick:

[jab105]

24. Exactly...think about Rumsfeld...the freaking Economist

said in blatant letters on the front page that he needed to be fired over Abu Ghraib...but was he held accountable? No...they got a few peons at the bottom to "admit" to whatever, and thats it...now Rumsfeld openly brags that it wasn't that bad...WTF?

Where is the DEMAND for accountability...

[jab105]

25. kcik

:kick: