Comments on: Staggering Incompetence http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:34:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2170 Bonnie Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:09:04 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2170 Before Kerry became the nominee, they were probably eavesdropping on all the candidates, including Dennis Kucinich. They are probably tapping all the phones of the Democrats in Congress. And, they probably tapped Dan Rather's telephones. That's how they respond so quickly. Those are the moral values they all stand by. Before Kerry became the nominee, they were probably eavesdropping on all the candidates, including Dennis Kucinich. They are probably tapping all the phones of the Democrats in Congress. And, they probably tapped Dan Rather’s telephones. That’s how they respond so quickly. Those are the moral values they all stand by.

]]> By: Steve from Canukistan http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Steve from Canukistan Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:24:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2169 The real story will come out when it is finally becomes clear that that the real target of administration eavesdropping has been the Kerry campaign. All the terrorist rhetoric is just window dressing to sow confusion. The real story will be further dramatized when it becomes clear that a sizable plurality of American's don’t care. The real story will come out when it is finally becomes clear that that the real target of administration eavesdropping has been the Kerry campaign. All the terrorist rhetoric is just window dressing to sow confusion. The real story will be further dramatized when it becomes clear that a sizable plurality of American’s don’t care.

]]> By: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Swami Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:31:41 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2168 I don't think it's staggering incompetence...I think it's a staggering diversion. Bush is running the FBI in circles chasing rainbows to give credence to the fact that he's genuinely looking for terrorist that he knows are not there. It's the same ploy he used with the weapons of mass destruction scam on the military,the military genuinely believed that there were WMD's, But Bush knew there weren't any. Bush's fear inducing rhetoric about nuclear annihilation betrays his claims of sincerity in protecting America. Bush is only protecting his own game,so while sincere agents go chasing non existant terrorists, Bush plucks the information he wants on his political opponents amid the confusion and under the guise of fighting terror. Don't trust Bush, America..he doesn''t have your best interests at heart.He's proved himself to be a liar and unworthy of trust. I don’t think it’s staggering incompetence…I think it’s a staggering diversion. Bush is running the FBI in circles chasing rainbows to give credence to the fact that he’s genuinely looking for terrorist that he knows are not there. It’s the same ploy he used with the weapons of mass destruction scam on the military,the military genuinely believed that there were WMD’s, But Bush knew there weren’t any. Bush’s fear inducing rhetoric about nuclear annihilation betrays his claims of sincerity in protecting America. Bush is only protecting his own game,so while sincere agents go chasing non existant terrorists, Bush plucks the information he wants on his political opponents amid the confusion and under the guise of fighting terror. Don’t trust Bush, America..he doesn”t have your best interests at heart.He’s proved himself to be a liar and unworthy of trust.

]]> By: merciless http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 merciless Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:43:15 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2164 "I get the sense that the nation is still cutting Bush plenty of slack, because nobody beyond the left blogosphere is taking the time to count up all those failures or insist on accountability for any one of them." Well, Al Gore did yesterday. It's not much, but it's something. And Patrick Fitzgerald is lurking out there somewhere. Jack Murtha went on 60 Minutes and told the truth about the liars and cowards. I just can't believe that we've lost. Not yet. “I get the sense that the nation is still cutting Bush plenty of slack, because nobody beyond the left blogosphere is taking the time to count up all those failures or insist on accountability for any one of them.”

Well, Al Gore did yesterday. It’s not much, but it’s something. And Patrick Fitzgerald is lurking out there somewhere. Jack Murtha went on 60 Minutes and told the truth about the liars and cowards.

I just can’t believe that we’ve lost. Not yet.

]]> By: Ken Melvin http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Ken Melvin Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:07:02 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2163 Ever watch Washington Week? Some know a lot and some really for major news groups don't know wtf is going on. Ever watch Washington Week? Some know a lot and some really for major news groups don’t know wtf is going on.

]]> By: joanr16 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 joanr16 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:45:41 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2162 Merciless, I suspect we're in agreement. But I don't think the msm is uninformed; it has access to much the same info as Al Gore these days, or certainly the same as the blogosphere. They choose not to report on the constant failures of this administraton, or at least not to emphasize them since, lord knows, Nick & Jessica's breakup is more interesting. (At least to the msm.) For instance, if Bush isn't talking about Social Security, neither is the msm, and that means that for most American "news" consumers, yet another failed program goes unexamined. Sunday I watched an "American Experience" on PBS about Martin Luther King, and following JFK's assassination, Dr. King commented to a colleague that "we are a ten-day nation," by which he meant no matter how terrible the national trauma, within 10 days the U.S. is back to business as usual. I shivered when I heard that, because it felt like Dr. King must've seen 40 years into the future. I get the sense that the nation is still cutting Bush plenty of slack, because nobody beyond the left blogosphere is taking the time to count up all those failures or insist on accountability for any one of them. Merciless, I suspect we’re in agreement. But I don’t think the msm is uninformed; it has access to much the same info as Al Gore these days, or certainly the same as the blogosphere. They choose not to report on the constant failures of this administraton, or at least not to emphasize them since, lord knows, Nick & Jessica’s breakup is more interesting. (At least to the msm.) For instance, if Bush isn’t talking about Social Security, neither is the msm, and that means that for most American “news” consumers, yet another failed program goes unexamined.

Sunday I watched an “American Experience” on PBS about Martin Luther King, and following JFK’s assassination, Dr. King commented to a colleague that “we are a ten-day nation,” by which he meant no matter how terrible the national trauma, within 10 days the U.S. is back to business as usual. I shivered when I heard that, because it felt like Dr. King must’ve seen 40 years into the future.

I get the sense that the nation is still cutting Bush plenty of slack, because nobody beyond the left blogosphere is taking the time to count up all those failures or insist on accountability for any one of them.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 Bonnie Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:41:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2161 Here is another list of Bush's staggering incompetence from Harvey Wasserman. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011706O.shtml Here is another list of Bush’s staggering incompetence from Harvey Wasserman.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011706O.shtml

]]> By: Doran Williams http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 Doran Williams Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:09:50 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2159 If the NSA illegal wiretapping was useless, then Bush's comment about the leak of that program helping the terraist was just another lie. If the NSA illegal wiretapping was useless, then Bush’s comment about the leak of that program helping the terraist was just another lie.

]]> By: merciless http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 merciless Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:20:40 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2152 joanr, do you mean that the truly terrible stuff isn't being reported? If so, I think so too. Worse, I suspect that the msm is completely unaware of the really egregious stuff. In Gore's speech yesterday, he spoke of a scientist at NASA who was required to keep detailed logs of all his contacts so that the administration could monitor to whom he was speaking. When my husband heard that, he nearly fell off the couch. If I've misunderstood you, let me know. Lord help me I do love reasoned debate. joanr, do you mean that the truly terrible stuff isn’t being reported? If so, I think so too. Worse, I suspect that the msm is completely unaware of the really egregious stuff. In Gore’s speech yesterday, he spoke of a scientist at NASA who was required to keep detailed logs of all his contacts so that the administration could monitor to whom he was speaking.

When my husband heard that, he nearly fell off the couch.

If I’ve misunderstood you, let me know. Lord help me I do love reasoned debate.

]]> By: joanr16 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/01/17/staggering-incompetence/comment-page-1/#comment-2151 joanr16 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:16:07 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=327#comment-2151 Lowell Bergman, of the "60 Minutes"/Jeffrey Wiegand controversy? I'd call him a diehard lefty, at least to the point where he hasn't worked much in the mainstream the last several years. I have no information on his wife. Lowell Bergman, of the “60 Minutes”/Jeffrey Wiegand controversy? I’d call him a diehard lefty, at least to the point where he hasn’t worked much in the mainstream the last several years. I have no information on his wife.

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