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Bin Laden May Not be Dead

But we can still hope. And if he is not, this is not a failure on Buhs’s part. He has never claimed he was dead, and he has continued to prosecute the war on terror as if he were still alive. Remember, it was Daschle, in an attempt to keep Bush from proclaiming any success, who wanted to claim that success would be defined as a dead bin Laden. Not Bush.

Daschle said the United States must find ex-Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and Osama bin Laden and other leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network, “or we will have failed.”

Fine, Mr. Daschle. You have failed. Bush never claimed, however, that this was a condition of victory, and Bush is the one who has continuously stated that the war on terror was going to last a long time.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

Bin Laden May Not be