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Anyone else feel sorry for George Bush?

I don't know why, but lately I've been feeling sorry for the...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Ths guy was a nut job even before 9/11. One of his first act...
Supple generalized bond location
  01/15/09
Not funding abortions doesn't make him a nut job
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
supporting abstinence only programs in schools does.
unholy point
  01/15/09
misguided by religion, yes, but i guess we have different de...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
You are an idiot if you think family planning = just abortio...
Supple generalized bond location
  01/15/09
sorry for what? He doesn't feel sorry for himself at all. He...
Ivory Exciting Ceo Round Eye
  01/15/09
You want him to come out and say Iraq was a mistake when we ...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
"he just seems like a good guy who was clearly not read...
trip orchid milk
  01/15/09
still waiting
Milky stirring garrison
  01/15/09
He's like the Michael Scott of Presidents.
ocher station potus
  01/15/09
wow, actually you summed up the intent of my post perfectly ...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
One thing to say in his defense- that dude never flipped on ...
Bipolar plaza
  01/15/09
Depends on the context too, though, because he clearly waite...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Right, that is the obvious price of sticking to your guns. ...
Bipolar plaza
  01/15/09
shrewd xoxo political analysis.
Fantasy-prone office
  01/15/09
no one really gives a shit about consistency in politics
Black flatulent nursing home main people
  01/15/09
Sure they do -- to a certain point
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
it's inconsequential
Black flatulent nursing home main people
  01/15/09
I wouldn't vote for a President like Romney who changes his ...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
like that stopped obama from getting elected. or proved a d...
Black flatulent nursing home main people
  01/15/09
I would say Kerry's defeat was decisive. I would also argue...
Bipolar plaza
  01/15/09
you remember when the most controversial thing about GWB was...
Black flatulent nursing home main people
  01/15/09
The only thing that makes me feel really badly for him are t...
trip orchid milk
  01/15/09
drop ss privatization (for the most part) and i agree with y...
Fantasy-prone office
  01/15/09
Yes, because obviously, leaving the Ponzi scheme in place un...
trip orchid milk
  01/15/09
no, you're right! the best way forward would be to free thos...
Fantasy-prone office
  01/15/09
hi bernie madoff!
Black flatulent nursing home main people
  01/15/09
Agree. He opened up his second term by trying to tackle ver...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Ed Gein thought making lampshades out of corpse skin was a g...
Ivory Exciting Ceo Round Eye
  01/15/09
yeah not caring about what people think is usually a winning...
Black flatulent nursing home main people
  01/15/09
He thinks his biggest mistake in his 2 terms was putting up ...
Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button
  01/15/09
yeah, his son turned out to be a real douchebag
Medicated insecure indian lodge community account
  01/15/09
177
Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button
  01/15/09
LOOL
Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes
  01/15/09
As someone else mentioned in the other thread, he also shoul...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
debateable
Black flatulent nursing home main people
  01/15/09
understatement of the day
Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button
  01/15/09
how so?
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
flame.
Medicated insecure indian lodge community account
  01/15/09
You think Roberts was a poor choice?
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Were it not for his connections he would be working some low...
Indigo messiness
  01/15/09
Yeah but no.
Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes
  01/15/09
No, not at all. He doesn't regret a thing he did and admits...
emerald address knife
  01/15/09
TITCR
Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button
  01/15/09
"Bush acknowledged “disappointments,” citing the mistre...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
LEAVE HIM ALONE!!
Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button
  01/15/09
"Yeah I brutally raped your mother, made your sister wa...
Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes
  01/15/09
poor metaphor
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Not at all.
Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes
  01/15/09
He regrets his reason, and, therefore, his decision to go in...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
You didn't listen to the speech did you?
Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes
  01/15/09
no, enlighten me
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Youtube.
Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes
  01/15/09
Yes, I'm sure he is very disappointed that his flimsy ration...
emerald address knife
  01/15/09
What would you like him to say?
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Honestly, there's not much he could say. He's had years and...
emerald address knife
  01/15/09
I don't think he (or any President) would say the war was a ...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Then he'll have to do without my pity. I'm sure he doesn't ...
emerald address knife
  01/15/09
fair enough
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
His language was interesting on the Iraq point. His demeano...
Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes
  01/15/09
I think there's a difference between how he actually feels (...
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
He didn't even admit he regreted it, though. It was a "...
haunting rebellious tanning salon
  01/15/09
Yeah, sort of the same type of sorry I feel for Hitler durin...
Flickering kitchen
  01/15/09
yeah, no difference at all
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
Hitler was more evil, but much smarter?
Flickering kitchen
  01/15/09
fair assessment
talking dead legend
  01/15/09
But Hitler had his heart in the right place
Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button
  01/15/09
...
greg abbott screaming as he sinks in the ganges
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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:30 PM
Author: talking dead legend

I don't know why, but lately I've been feeling sorry for the guy. Sure I disagree with most of his policies, and his two terms have been pretty terrible, but he just seems like a good guy who was clearly not ready to be POTUS. It seems like he was led astray early on by shitty advisers who were actually pretty awful people (Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove), and yes it is fault for appointing these guys, but when 9/11 hit he looked to them and they pointed him in the wrong direction. For some reason this makes me feel bad for him. The allegations of him being an evil person seem extreme.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724325)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:32 PM
Author: Supple generalized bond location

Ths guy was a nut job even before 9/11. One of his first acts in office was to stop funding international family planning initiatives.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724336)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:36 PM
Author: talking dead legend

Not funding abortions doesn't make him a nut job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724355)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:41 PM
Author: unholy point

supporting abstinence only programs in schools does.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724385)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:43 PM
Author: talking dead legend

misguided by religion, yes, but i guess we have different definitions of "nut job"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724398)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:15 PM
Author: Supple generalized bond location

You are an idiot if you think family planning = just abortion and nothing else

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724553)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:33 PM
Author: Ivory Exciting Ceo Round Eye

sorry for what? He doesn't feel sorry for himself at all. He's blissfilly indifferent in regards to the chaos he unleashed on the world. Fuck him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724340)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:35 PM
Author: talking dead legend

You want him to come out and say Iraq was a mistake when we still have troops there? I'm opposed to the war, but that seems a bit much

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724351)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:33 PM
Author: trip orchid milk

"he just seems like a good guy who was clearly not ready to be POTUS"

*waits for it...*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724342)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:42 PM
Author: Milky stirring garrison

still waiting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724392)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:36 PM
Author: ocher station potus

He's like the Michael Scott of Presidents.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724357)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:37 PM
Author: talking dead legend

wow, actually you summed up the intent of my post perfectly in one sentence, thank you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724364)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:36 PM
Author: Bipolar plaza

One thing to say in his defense- that dude never flipped on anything and didnt give a flying fuck about polls or politicking. I respect that. I honestly believe he did what he thought was right and never did anything for the sake of public approval (which PWN3D the shit out of his own party over time).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724358)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:38 PM
Author: talking dead legend

Depends on the context too, though, because he clearly waited too long to change strategy in Iraq, and it wasn't even debatable like some of his positions (abortion, etc)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724369)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:54 PM
Author: Bipolar plaza

Right, that is the obvious price of sticking to your guns. However, BHO has already flip flopped on twice as much stuff over the course of his campaign and transition than Bush did in 8 yrs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724470)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:58 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone office

shrewd xoxo political analysis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724490)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:03 PM
Author: Black flatulent nursing home main people

no one really gives a shit about consistency in politics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724512)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:04 PM
Author: talking dead legend

Sure they do -- to a certain point

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724515)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:05 PM
Author: Black flatulent nursing home main people

it's inconsequential

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724521)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:06 PM
Author: talking dead legend

I wouldn't vote for a President like Romney who changes his position on many issues depending on which election he's running in. I wouldn't have any idea what I was voting for, and once in office, I should (ideally) pretty much get what I expected

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724526)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:07 PM
Author: Black flatulent nursing home main people

like that stopped obama from getting elected. or proved a decisive defeat for kerry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724527)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:16 PM
Author: Bipolar plaza

I would say Kerry's defeat was decisive. I would also argue that Obama might have had trouble if the GOP ran a team that had half a shot of winning. McCain/Palin would have been a better double play combination that Pres/VP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724559)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:57 PM
Author: Black flatulent nursing home main people

you remember when the most controversial thing about GWB was his position on funding stem cell research?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724484)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:59 PM
Author: trip orchid milk

The only thing that makes me feel really badly for him are the positions where he was dead right but everyone opposed him just because they wanted to: Dubai ports deal, Social Security privatization, immigration reform. He pleased nobody when trying to broker a third way. And it failed miserably. And it was sad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724496)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:00 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone office

drop ss privatization (for the most part) and i agree with you. dubai ports/immigration reform were lolwut? ARE COUNTRY moments.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724501)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:05 PM
Author: trip orchid milk

Yes, because obviously, leaving the Ponzi scheme in place until it dries up in 40 years is the best solution.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724520)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:07 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone office

no, you're right! the best way forward would be to free those assets, let the people invest in other ponzi schemes and let them dry up in 4 months...

edit: i'm not for full privatization, nor the status quo in its whole. my original response should have indicated this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724528)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:08 PM
Author: Black flatulent nursing home main people

hi bernie madoff!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724530)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:01 PM
Author: talking dead legend

Agree. He opened up his second term by trying to tackle very difficult issues that nobody else wants to touch (immigration and SS), and he ruined almost his whole second term because of it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724503)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:40 PM
Author: Ivory Exciting Ceo Round Eye

Ed Gein thought making lampshades out of corpse skin was a good idea. He didn't give a flying fuck about the "law" or public opinion of him (which PWND him over time).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724377)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:54 PM
Author: Black flatulent nursing home main people

yeah not caring about what people think is usually a winning move in politics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724468)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:57 PM
Author: Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button

He thinks his biggest mistake in his 2 terms was putting up a "mission accomplished" too early. i don't think he's evil, but he doesn't deserve our pity or empathy. he's an idiot; he knows he's an idiot; and he doesn't even care.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724482)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 12:57 PM
Author: Medicated insecure indian lodge community account

yeah, his son turned out to be a real douchebag

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724487)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:05 PM
Author: Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button

177

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724519)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:15 PM
Author: Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes

LOOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724550)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:02 PM
Author: talking dead legend

As someone else mentioned in the other thread, he also should get credit for making 2 pretty good appointments to SCOTUS (minus the harriet miers fiasco)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724510)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:10 PM
Author: Black flatulent nursing home main people

debateable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724536)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:11 PM
Author: Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button

understatement of the day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724537)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:12 PM
Author: talking dead legend

how so?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724538)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:13 PM
Author: Medicated insecure indian lodge community account

flame.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724545)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:14 PM
Author: talking dead legend

You think Roberts was a poor choice?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724546)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:12 PM
Author: Indigo messiness

Were it not for his connections he would be working some low level administrative job. So no, I don't feel sorry for him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724541)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:16 PM
Author: Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes

Yeah but no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724560)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:44 PM
Author: emerald address knife

No, not at all. He doesn't regret a thing he did and admits no blame, so he doesn't deserve sympathy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724675)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:45 PM
Author: Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button

TITCR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724684)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:47 PM
Author: talking dead legend

"Bush acknowledged “disappointments,” citing the mistreatment of prisoners at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, and the discovery that Iraq didn’t have the weapons of mass destruction that provided a rationale for the Iraq war."

He essentially admits he was wrong on Iraq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724699)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:48 PM
Author: Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button

LEAVE HIM ALONE!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724702)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:49 PM
Author: Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes

"Yeah I brutally raped your mother, made your sister watch, then carved my name in her forehead; but what I really regret is not wiping my feet before entering the house."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724709)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:50 PM
Author: talking dead legend

poor metaphor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724716)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:51 PM
Author: Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes

Not at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724720)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:52 PM
Author: talking dead legend

He regrets his reason, and, therefore, his decision to go into the country (raping the mother)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724723)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:52 PM
Author: Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes

You didn't listen to the speech did you?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724727)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:53 PM
Author: talking dead legend

no, enlighten me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724733)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:56 PM
Author: Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes

Youtube.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724741)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:53 PM
Author: emerald address knife

Yes, I'm sure he is very disappointed that his flimsy rationale for the war was discovered to be incorrect.

Regretting Abu Gharib isn't nearly enough to inspire sympathy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724729)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:54 PM
Author: talking dead legend

What would you like him to say?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724734)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:56 PM
Author: emerald address knife

Honestly, there's not much he could say. He's had years and hasn't changed a thing, including his policies on torture.

But I'd want him to start by admitting flat out that the war was a mistake and that he was aware there was little evidence of weapons of mass destruction when he made the decision to invade.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724742)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:57 PM
Author: talking dead legend

I don't think he (or any President) would say the war was a mistake while we still have troops in the country.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724746)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:58 PM
Author: emerald address knife

Then he'll have to do without my pity. I'm sure he doesn't mind much.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724750)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:59 PM
Author: talking dead legend

fair enough

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724755)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:55 PM
Author: Duck-like Know-it-all Philosopher-king Useless Brakes

His language was interesting on the Iraq point.

His demeanour suggested that he was upset about the entire thing, but his exact language was essentially "disappointed we didn't find nukes". Two entirely different things. The second isn't a regret at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724736)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:56 PM
Author: talking dead legend

I think there's a difference between how he actually feels (see his demeanor) and what he can actually say from a strategic standpoint at this point

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724740)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:57 PM
Author: haunting rebellious tanning salon

He didn't even admit he regreted it, though. It was a "disappointment." To regret something at least acknowledges ownership of what happened.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724744)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 1:58 PM
Author: Flickering kitchen

Yeah, sort of the same type of sorry I feel for Hitler during his last few weeks in the bunker.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724751)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 2:05 PM
Author: talking dead legend

yeah, no difference at all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724779)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 2:32 PM
Author: Flickering kitchen

Hitler was more evil, but much smarter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724910)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 2:35 PM
Author: talking dead legend

fair assessment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724920)



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Date: January 15th, 2009 2:10 PM
Author: Spectacular slippery locus factory reset button

But Hitler had his heart in the right place

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=916377&forum_id=2#10724792)



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Date: November 3rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: greg abbott screaming as he sinks in the ganges



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