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Exactly. Three years later and he has still to apologise for taking America into the most pointless and unnecessary war in its history!
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You don't have to be an idiot to go to Iraq. You just have to be in fourth grade. Oorah!
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Yeah, since when does Bush apologize for anything?Originally posted by Gibsie
You completely and utterly ruined any credibility in that post by suggesting that Bush would apologise for offending someone in that way. You damn well know he wouldn't apologise- more likely he'd refuse to admit he ever said it.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Dear god, this "scandal" is so stupid that even Bill O'Reilly is taking Kerry's side.
FNC's O'Reilly: "I don't believe John Kerry meant to demean any American military member. I just don't. I think that fair-minded people know that that would be political suicide for the senator. He wouldn't do it" ("O'Reilly Factor," 10/31).
I never thought I'd see the day.
What kind of pathetic excuse for a news media do we have when this **** knocks the actual war off the front pages?Stop Quoting BenComment
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That link is absolutely spot on.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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You are right on that point. Bush just lies, lies, and then lies some more. "We were never about Stay the Course"... Yeah... RIIIIIGGGHHHHHTTTT...Originally posted by Gibsie
You completely and utterly ruined any credibility in that post by suggesting that Bush would apologise for offending someone in that way. You damn well know he wouldn't apologise- more likely he'd refuse to admit he ever said it.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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I forgot about the NDP in Canada. As for Britain, aren't the Tories and Labour the only two parties with any real shot at national power? The Lib Dems are a third party, but they don't reall have a shot at winning any real, national power in the foreseeable future. The rest of the parties are small no-hopers or regional parties of the type that don't exist in the U.S. I don't know anything about Indian politics. Maybe aneeshm or Lord Shiva have an opinion.Originally posted by Ramo
The NDP also plays a strong role in Canadian politics. But to answer your question, a lot of them. The UK and India, for instance, come to mind. Many (most?) former British colonies are FPTP, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were more than two viable parties in most of them. The US is more or less an anomaly.
We have third parties in the U.S.: the Libertarians, the Greens, the Constituion party, the Socialists. However, when I meant viable, I meant that they'd have a chance of at least sharing national power.I'm about to get aroused from watching the pokemon and that's awesome. - PekkaComment
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The Lib Dems are roughly in the same position as the Bloc/NDP. They might jump on a ruling coalition at some point, but running the gov't isn't very likely in the short term. I was using Canada as the definition of the viability of "third parties," and by that metric there are plenty of similar examples.
The US is pretty unique in that none of the parties that you mentioned have any of the 535 seats in Congress. All we have are two independents. A Greenie stopped a few points short of becoming Mayor of SF, but that's the only example of any real power I can think of."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Not often but occassionally.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Yeah, since when does Bush apologize for anything?
LA Times Reporter Apology Story"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy CarterComment
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SweetOriginally posted by Elok
You don't have to be an idiot to go to Iraq. You just have to be in fourth grade. Oorah!
http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=4215
"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy CarterComment
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I think he, like most people, would apologize for a personal insult that they didn't mean to make.Originally posted by Gibsie
You completely and utterly ruined any credibility in that post by suggesting that Bush would apologise for offending someone in that way. You damn well know he wouldn't apologise- more likely he'd refuse to admit he ever said it.
As for apologizing for the war, that is a policy decision. That would be like expecting Democrats to apologize for raising taxes or Republicans apologizing for lower taxes on the rich.
If you insult someone and don't apologize, it implies you meant to insult them.Comment
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Originally posted by Deity Dude
I think he, like most people, would apologize for a personal insult that they didn't mean to make.
That was kind of the jist of Bush's apology to Peter Wallsten. (see above)
So there is at least one example showing such a thing."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy CarterComment
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...you say of a man who, as governor of Texas, mocked a woman on death row whose death warrant he signed.Originally posted by Deity Dude
I think he, like most people, would apologize for a personal insult that they didn't mean to make.
As for apologizing for the war, that is a policy decision. That would be like expecting Democrats to apologize for raising taxes or Republicans apologizing for lower taxes on the rich.
If you insult someone and don't apologize, it implies you meant to insult them.The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.Comment
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Apparently he didn't feel sorry in that case and actually meant the insults. I mean it stands to reason he did sign her death warrant so probably not a great deal of sympathy to her plight.
Tacky absolutely, but not disingenuine."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy CarterComment
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That was Carla Faye Tucker in 1998. He denied her clemency petition, and Bush went on to mock her for the heavily pity-oriented campaign that was being conducted on her behalf leading up to the execution, by quipping "Please don't kill me..".
She was a convicted pick-axe murderer. I'm all for mocking those, although maybe, as the Governor, he should've kept silent on that particular occasion.
But there was certainly no need for him to apologize to the murderer for the remark. That's a loonie way of looking at it.Comment
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