docwebster ([personal profile] docwebster) wrote2005-09-23 10:53 am

Okay, Bush apologists one and all

'Splain this, Lucy:

First, without any discussion or warning, Bush announced Wednesday that he has extended the terrorism-related state of National Emergency he declared after 9/11.

Second, a Washington Post columnist tells us that yesterday was the kickoff of "GRANITE SHADOW", a massive Pentagon exercise simulating the declaration of a martial law in Washington, DC. Military special forces and intelligence officers have, in fact, been deployed in force -- wearing civilian clothes -- in the streets of the capitol.

Third, Bush is going to Colorado Springs on Saturday, HQ of Northern Command (NORCOM), we are told to monitor Hurricane Rita response efforts. NORCOM is the operational headquarters that is simultaneously running the GRANITE SHADOW operation.

Of course, this comes on the eve of the largest anti-war demonstration in DC in 35 years.
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[personal profile] yendi 2005-09-23 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I've given up on challenging apologists. If Bush was shown bashing a baby's head in with a rock, they'd claim that the baby was a commie.

[identity profile] midnightmadness.livejournal.com 2005-09-23 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Bush STILL has about a 40% approval rating - that just tells me that, to about a third of the country, there isn't ANYTHING that he can or will ever do that is going to taint him in their eyes...