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   believecommonsense said, about 1 month ago

   Gorrell got too used to Bush 43 only being able to focus on one thing at a time and he delegated half of the one thing to Cheney.

   Ironic isn’t it that we used to want our leaders to seek to being the Olympics to our shores, but now, if Obama participates in advocating for the US, it’s somehow wrong.

   The hypocrisy of some folk has become blindingly blatant.

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   scottfreitas said, about 1 month ago

   No GOP President ever debased and degraded the office by appearing on late-night entertainment shows while occupying the White House.

   God, how I miss Ronald Reagan…

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   tjdestry said, about 1 month ago

   Imagine a president being out in the public and available to people! Shameful! He should hunker down in a secret bunker and make plans to invade other countries! Who wants a national leader who makes an effort to explain what’s going on? We want to go back to Bush, who couldn’t explain what he didn’t know anyway!

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   ANandy said, about 1 month ago

   What dialogue in our country needs is a perpetual straw man, all comparisons against whom will detract accountability from BozOTUS.
   
   I nominate Bush.

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   HOWGOZIT said, about 1 month ago

   Bush had–let’s see two terms as President. Well Done W.

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   charliekane said, about 1 month ago

   Poorly done, US electorate.

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   Magnaut said, about 1 month ago

   NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE NOV 2008……..ZERO

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   michaelwme said, about 1 month ago

   ^Magnaut:

   I guess you think Bush should have been elected for a third term?

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   dtroutma said, about 1 month ago

   Scooter misses “Death Valley Days”?? or maybe just Ronnie’s ads for GE.

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    Wildcard24365 said, about 1 month ago

    Yo, scottfreitas!

    Just to get up up to speed with the 1960’s, Richard Milhous “Tricky Dick” Nixon made cameos on “Laugh In” while sitting as President. Late night, no, but even he, I must admit, had a sense of humor.

    Was it dignified? All he said was “Good night, Dick.” Meh. It was more diginified than his “Saturday Night Massacre” schtick, though.

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    zzazzenn said, about 1 month ago

    A war in Vietnam. Unrest at home. A looming recession. Watergate in his future… and Nixon did this on Laugh In:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCp8Edp4pfo

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    petergrt said, about 1 month ago

    ” …Bush 43 only being able to focus on one thing at a time and he delegated half of the one thing to Cheney.”

    What do the countless 0bama czars doing?

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    HOWGOZIT said, about 1 month ago

    Petergrt: They collect huge salaries at taxpayer expense!

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    dsped said, about 1 month ago

    I can’t remember - in August ‘08, when all the same conditions applied (except for health care reform) and the economy was starting to melt down … did right-wingers complain about 43 going to the opening ceremonies in Beijing?

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    petergrt said, about 1 month ago

    ” … did right-wingers complain about 43 going to the opening ceremonies in Beijing?”

    Yes, right-wingers were complaining as they felt that it was showing support to the red Chinese … rather than to the US athletes.

    The 0bama’s trip is one of a cheap pitchman not worthy of US president. More importantly however, it is occurring while he is being perceived as being indecisive about the ‘right’ war - his label.

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    Obamascares said, about 1 month ago

    You know I really hate to defend BO, but he’s only going to be in Denmark for 4 hours.

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    dsped said, about 1 month ago

    Peter, I know they complained about him showing support to the red Chinese.

    That’s not my question, in which I was quite specific. Almost all of the same conditions Obama is being accused of shirking existed in August 2008 (the two wars, the then-burgeoning economic crisis, etc.).

    Was Bush also accused by right-wingers of shirking them by running off to Beijing?

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    Buzzy-One said, about 1 month ago

    Awww, the righty-up-tighties are going to yamer no mater what the Pres does. Just look at the content of the posts.

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    petergrt said, about 1 month ago

    Well, the loving and respectful World has once-more said NO to 0bama.

    I guess he did not apologize for America enough.

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    ahab said, about 1 month ago

    If he passed on promoting American interests in Chicago’s bid for the Olympics you would call have called him anti-American. Gorrell longs for our last incompetent President I guess. The one who helped establish or exacerbate the red letter word problems listed.

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    petergrt said, about 1 month ago

    ahab:

    What cave did you just crawled out of?

    Conservatives were critical of 0bama’s Copenhagen trip even when it looked as if he was going to get it.

    The fact that he was so unceremoniously shod down, in first round, is shocking, if for no other reason than that his staff put him in such a loosing position.

    The erstwhile rock star is quickly becoming a laughing stock around the Globe.

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    DrCanuck said, about 1 month ago

    petergrt said (with appropriate insults): “Conservatives were critical of 0bama’s Copenhagen trip even when it looked as if he was going to get it.”

    Conservatives are critical of ANYTHING Obama does, good, bad, or indifferent. They are even critical of Obama when he does what THEY had originally proposed. It’s not like there’s any thought involved.

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    cdward said, about 1 month ago

    My faith in Obama remains high - he still makes peter, ANanday, Howie, church, scott, magnaut and stripy crazy! Means he’s doing a great job.

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    ahab said, about 1 month ago

    Pity, I have trouble being insulted by illiterates. Sticks,stones,fabrications and “righty” hallucinations can’t hurt me.

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    ahab said, about 1 month ago

    Peter, I know you were in a hurry to be caustic. I,m sure you can calm down, if you kick you poor dog or something. The Olympics could have helped the economy. That is why the effort was made. Simple. Promoting your country used to be patriotic. Republicans now say it is idiotic. Go figure!

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    4uk4ata said, about 1 month ago

    I am not sure how much Chicago would have gotten out of it, money-wise. The US does have an advantage over most other countries in that it does not need a large building campaign to meet the requirements - it has most of the necessary infrastructure anyway. Still, hosting the Olympic Games is quite expensive.

    On the whole, the biggest benefit would be prestige and national satisfaction. However, as others have pointed out the vogue is to have the Olympics in new places. Also, do not forget that the US already hosted two olympic games, in the last 20 years - a summer one in 1996 in Atlanta and a winter one 2002 in Salt Lake City.