[Rhodes22-list] Catastrophe or a disaster?

[Brad Haslett]

Herb,

You're wasting your time.  These rants are from people with a whole
different agenda.  But just for shits and grins, I'd like to strap their ass
to an F-102 for one ride and see if they still want to run their mouth about
"avoiding Vietnam" again.

Brad

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:

> Mymymy, aren't we glad you don't write the history books. Soooo much
> spin, garbage, and nonsense, one hardly knows where to begin.
>
>
> Rob Lowe wrote:
> > Oh, I don't know.  It's an interesting question, but I agree it has
> nothing
> > to do with discussing the current candidates and should be debating on
> it's
> > own merits.  Pete, which is worse, a catastrophe or a disaster?  I am
> > undecided how W's administration will be remembered too, between those
> two
> > choices that is.
> >
> > In some ways, you got to feel sorry for W.  He grew up in the shadow of
> his
> > very famous and successful father.  Although I didn't care much for
> George
> > H.W., I have to admire him for his accomplishments and his success.  H.W
> .
> > was a successful collage baseball player, war hero, business man, a
> pretty
> > good politician, and put together a coalition to drive the Iraqis out of
> > Kuwait.  W. on the other hand was a C student, avoided the Vietnam War,
> > failed in business until his daddy's rich friends bought his businesses
> at
> > inflated prices, choose partisanship over accomplishments in politics
> > (although I have to argue Cheney is the force behind most of that), and
> got
> > into two wars that he can't win.  And bin Laden is still on the loose.
> >
> > W.'s pretty much shot Jeb's chance at the White House, and it wasn't
> > supposed to be that way.  Jeb is the favorite son and was being groomed
> for
> > the White House.  But W, looking for daddy's approval, decided to run
> for
> > the White House and won.  Well, he didn't win it, the Supreme Court gave
> it
> > to him.
> >
> > Yes, history will be the judge of W's legacy.  But this is the same guy
> > trying to spin his own legacy.  This is the guy who has compared himself
> to
> > both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  You sure don't see anyone
> else
> > comparing W. to Washington or Lincoln, not even his most ardent
> supporters.
> >
> > So, catastrophe or disaster?  Worse president in American history?  Only
> > time will tell.  - rob
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Say What, Barack?
> >
> >
> >
> >> Huh???? How is discussing whether "the bush presidency will be evtually
> >> considered a catastrophe or a disaster" more a substantiative political
> >> critique than discussing the current candidates? The Bush presidency is
> >> just about over, and virtually nothing can be done to change his
> course.
> >> History has shown that the great presidencies were typically not
> >> recognized as such until LONG after they're over. In reality, that
> >> discussion would be virtually empty of substance were it to be held
> now.
> >>
> >>
> >>> For a more substantiative political critique I suggest the discussion
> of
> >>> whether the bush presidency will be eventually considered a
> catastrophe
> >>>
> > or a
> >
> >>> disaster. I am undecided, but willing to hear arguments on both sides.
> >>>
> >>> Pete Hussein Lauritzen
> >>> Key Largo
> >>>
> >
> >
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