Bush's Pathological Attack on America

Mel Seesholtz for Counterbias.com writes:

“You know, I could run for governor but I’m basically a media creation. I’ve never done anything. I’ve worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that’s not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office.”

-- George W. Bush, 1989


“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”

-- George W. Bush, August 5, 2004

Here is an accurate attack on the presidency of George W. Bush. Filled with many links that are worth following. This is a two part report so i will be sure to folllow up when it becomes available. Be sure to follow all the links to their original source. Also be sure to read the full article at counterbias.com. You will find the link at the bottom of the post.

Combine some truth from the first confession with some from the second, add the appropriate commentary link – in this case “except” – and you have the disaster that is George W. Bush and his administration: “I’m basically a media creation. I’ve never done anything” except “stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people.”

George W. was by “We the People” in 2000. Had he not been appointed president, there would not have been a second term and America would not now be sliding into what can most appropriately be called a theocratic, despotic state. A harsh assertion? Consider the power the fanatical leaders of the evangelical Christian Right have over Mr. Bush. Maureen Dowd noted in an October 21, 2004 New York Times editorial that “evangelicals call the president a messenger of God.” The leaders of the Christian Right thrive on preaching hate and misrepresenting reality “in the name of God.” GWB is indeed their “messenger,” as “Take Him Out” Pat Robertson so well sermonized from the Gospel According to George: “I really believe I’m hearing from the Lord. It’s going to be like a blowout election in 2004. It’s shaping up that way. … The Lord has just blessed [George W. Bush]. I mean, he could make terrible mistakes and comes out of it. It doesn’t make any difference what he does, good or bad, God picks him up because he’s a man of prayer and God’s blessing him.”

Well there's a scary thought. Bush can do no wrong because God likes him. So the lying, stealing, cheating, torture, and abuse must be gods will. Wow real "Old Testament" stuff.

Consider a vice president who wants to legalize government-sponsored torture: “Mr. Cheney’s proposal … would give the president the power to allow government agencies outside the Defense Department (the administration has in mind the C.I.A.) to mistreat and torture prisoners as long as that behavior was part of ‘counterterrorism operations conducted abroad’ and they were not American citizens.” Former CIA director Stansfield Turner labeled Dick Cheney a “vice president for torture.” A December 19, 2005 Reuters story suggested Cheney got his way:

A human rights group said on Sunday [December 18, 2005] that the United States operated a secret prison for terrorism suspects as recently as last year in Afghanistan, where detainees where subjected to torture and other mistreatment. The Bush administration has faced international criticism over detainees after a November 2 Washington Post article said the CIA held dozens of terrorism suspects in secret prisons called “black sites” in countries around the world, including eastern Europe.

And in relation to George W., consider Doug Thompson’s December 9, 2005 Capital Hill Blue report entitled “Bush on the Constitution: ‘It’s just a goddamned piece of paper’”:

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the [Patriot] act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. “I don’t give a goddamn,” Bush retorted. “I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.” “Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.” “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper! ”I’ve talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution “a goddamned piece of paper.”

Well that Goddamned piece of paper is what is going to land you in jail. The Conservatives and the GOP defend this?

The rest of the article can be found here:
Counterbias: George W. Bush's Pathological Attack on America: Part I