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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

The buck stops where?

Our delusional president laments the "intelligence failure" that identified nonexistent WMD in Iraq and admits he was "unprepared" for war.

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 09:11 AM

    He wasn't prepared for the consequences of his actions.

    He wasn't prepared because he never had to be prepared. I was able to see what was lacking in Bush in 1999 and I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack. What amazes me, even more than Bush amazes me, are the majority of idiots we have in this country who voted for the man. He can't even pronounce the word nuclear right. Listen to him for five minutes and there should be red flags going up inside your brain like crazy. Look at his past. He had never been successful at anything, and with his father's money I might add.

    What's even worse though is that we allowed him to carry on like this for eight years. He's a war criminal. He did not uphold the constitution. He may have ruined the global economy. Maybe he's evil. Maybe he's just really stupid, or maybe he's insane. It doesn't matter. We the people are supposed to protect this country from Presidents like him and we didn't. We let him do whatever he wanted as if he were a King. We are more responsible for this mess than he is.

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