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Category Archives: Fascism

Bush and the rhetoric of fear

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Bush’s latest speech on Iraq (Osama bin Laden did it) :: Politics.ie
Normally Reddit.com is a waste of time, but I found this via Reddit and couldn’t resist sharing.
What you’ll see is a redacted version of a recent speech by President Bush with only a few key fearmonger words and phrases visible. It’s instructive to note […]

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Setting the table for Impeachment

Sunday, July 15, 2007

I remember when Speaker Nancy Pelosi made her asinine comment regarding impeachment and how it was not on the table. The thinking went, I believe, that it wasn’t worth the political costs, and that it would bog down the Congress for two years. It was better to get some real work done, time to get […]

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“…and we have declared war on tyranny and aggression.”

Sunday, July 15, 2007

“…and we have declared war on tyranny and aggression.”
President Lyndon Johnson said those words in Errol Morris’ devastating film The Fog of War.
“Mr. McNamara, you must never have read a history book.”
The parallels between the war in Viet Nam and the war in Iraq are obvious and heartbreaking.
Who is going to end the tyranny and […]

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Wendell Wilkie Words W Wiped Away

Saturday, July 14, 2007

This plaque hangs on the south wall of the grounds of the New York Public Library on W. 40th Street. Wendell Wilkie ran against FDR in 1940 and lost his bid for the presidency as an opponent of the New Deal. The quote on the plaque is merely quaint these days:
“I believe in America because […]

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That’s it, then. It’s time to leave Iraq.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Didn’t Bush say that we would leave if they asked us to leave?
“We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It’s their government’s choice,’’ the president said during a Rose Garden news conference. “If they were […]

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Scooter Libby and More Fun Stuff

Monday, July 2, 2007

This will be my first political post since I started Unwicked. I’ll keep it short. President Bush commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby. You can read about it elsewhere. One tidbit caught my attention (thank you Crooks and Liars for pointing me to Atrios via Jane Hamsher.).
Jane Hamsher: “The dirty unwashed […]

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