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10-22-2007, 04:03 PM
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Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
One by one they fall by the political wayside, never to rise again. Some of them will get generous after-dinner speech gigs; others will get a honorary degree at some godawful conservative university; and some will get knighthoods. All have been cursed with George Bush's "friendship" and "gratitude" for their support and commitment to his War on Terror.
Latest victim of the Dubya Curse is ex-Polish PM Kaczynski's party which was defeated in Sunday's elections by the center-right, pro-Europe, anti-Iraq-War party of "Civic Platform". PM elect Tusk already announced he's pulling all Polish troops out of Iraq "very soon". What's the line on Australia's dimwit? Massive win for Polish opposition 
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#2
10-22-2007, 08:54 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
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One by one they fall by the political wayside, never to rise again. Some of them will get generous after-dinner speech gigs; others will get a honorary degree at some godawful conservative university; and some will get knighthoods. All have been cursed with George Bush's "friendship" and "gratitude" for their support and commitment to his War on Terror. Latest victim of the Dubya Curse is ex-Polish PM Kaczynski's party which was defeated in Sunday's elections by the center-right, pro-Europe, anti-Iraq-War party of "Civic Platform". PM elect Tusk already announced he's pulling all Polish troops out of Iraq "very soon". What's the line on Australia's dimwit? Massive win for Polish opposition [/ QUOTE ] You left one out: Bush got his own party kicked out of both houses of Congress.
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#3
10-22-2007, 09:54 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
So when a leader of a state who has been supportive of the Iraq-war resigns voluntarily or loses an election we will blame it on his or her relationship to Bush. But the Bush-allies that are re-elected, or those who did not side with Bush and later loses an election; we will ignore. Fun Game.
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#4
10-22-2007, 09:58 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
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[ QUOTE ] One by one they fall by the political wayside, never to rise again. Some of them will get generous after-dinner speech gigs; others will get a honorary degree at some godawful conservative university; and some will get knighthoods. All have been cursed with George Bush's "friendship" and "gratitude" for their support and commitment to his War on Terror. Latest victim of the Dubya Curse is ex-Polish PM Kaczynski's party which was defeated in Sunday's elections by the center-right, pro-Europe, anti-Iraq-War party of "Civic Platform". PM elect Tusk already announced he's pulling all Polish troops out of Iraq "very soon". What's the line on Australia's dimwit? Massive win for Polish opposition [/ QUOTE ] You left one out: Bush got his own party kicked out of both houses of Congress. [/ QUOTE ] I thought the republicans weren't the majority in Congress because the people they represented disagreed with the votes that they cast, not the actions of the President.
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#5
10-22-2007, 10:19 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] One by one they fall by the political wayside, never to rise again. Some of them will get generous after-dinner speech gigs; others will get a honorary degree at some godawful conservative university; and some will get knighthoods. All have been cursed with George Bush's "friendship" and "gratitude" for their support and commitment to his War on Terror. Latest victim of the Dubya Curse is ex-Polish PM Kaczynski's party which was defeated in Sunday's elections by the center-right, pro-Europe, anti-Iraq-War party of "Civic Platform". PM elect Tusk already announced he's pulling all Polish troops out of Iraq "very soon". What's the line on Australia's dimwit? Massive win for Polish opposition [/ QUOTE ] You left one out: Bush got his own party kicked out of both houses of Congress. [/ QUOTE ] I thought the republicans weren't the majority in Congress because the people they represented disagreed with the votes that they cast, not the actions of the President. [/ QUOTE ] From wikipedia: [ QUOTE ] Beginning just after George W. Bush's reelection, political analysts point to a number of factors and events that led to the eventual Republican defeat in 2006. It is generally agreed that the single most important issue during the 2006 election was the war in Iraq, and more specifically President Bush's handling of it. Indeed, public opinion polling conducted during the days just before the election and the weeks just after it showed that the war in Iraq was considered the most important election issue by the largest segment of the public.[23] Exit polling showed that relatively large majorities of voters both fell into the category of disapproving of the war or expressing the desire to withdraw troops in some type of capacity. Both brackets broke extremely heavily for Democrats.[24] The issue of the war seemed to play a large part in the nationalization of the election, a departure from previous midterm elections, which tended to be about local, district-centric issues.[25] The effect of this was a general nationwide advantage for Democrats, who were not seen as being as tied to the war as Republicans, led by George Bush, were. Additionally, president Bush himself, seen as the leader and face of the Republican party, was a large factor in the 2006 election. Exit polls showed that a large chunk of the electorate had voted for Democrats or for third parties specifically because of personal opposition to or dislike for Bush. The size of the segment that said it had voted specifically to support Bush was not as large.[26] Opposition to Bush was based on a number of factors, these not limited to opposition to his Social Security plan, the slow response of his administration to Hurricane Katrina, his perceived inaction in the face of and association with rising gas prices, and as mentioned above, his continued commitment to the war. [/ QUOTE ] But yeah, I guess some of them were voted out more for being boy-loving pedophiles than for their association with Bush.
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#6
10-22-2007, 10:22 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
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So when a leader of a state who has been supportive of the Iraq-war resigns voluntarily or loses an election we will blame it on his or her relationship to Bush. But the Bush-allies that are re-elected, or those who did not side with Bush and later loses an election; we will ignore. Fun Game. [/ QUOTE ] Feel free to come up with a list of democratically-elected leaders that gained popular support after backing Bush and the Iraq War.
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#7
10-22-2007, 10:33 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
The Danish Prime Minister was re-eleced and got more personal votes than any politician in the Danish Parliament ever had. Angela Merkel voiced support of the invasion of Iraq, and was elected Chancellor of Germany when she ran against Schoder who was against the war. French President Chirac who was against the war was seen as the least popular president in France in recent history. He was later replaced by Sarkozy who has expressed a lot more positive view of the US and wants a closer relationship with the US.
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#8
10-22-2007, 10:54 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
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The Danish Prime Minister was re-eleced and got more personal votes than any politician in the Danish Parliament ever had. Angela Merkel voiced support of the invasion of Iraq, and was elected Chancellor of Germany when she ran against Schoder who was against the war. French President Chirac who was against the war was seen as the least popular president in France in recent history. He was later replaced by Sarkozy who has expressed a lot more positive view of the US and wants a closer relationship with the US. [/ QUOTE ] You can't be serious with this. Chirac was unpopular despite his opposition to the Iraq War. Do the French hate America and everything it stands for or not? I guess it depends on which thread we're in. Same with Merkel - the Iraq War was heavily unpopular in Germany.
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#9
10-22-2007, 11:01 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
For the politicians mentioned in the original post there was no room for explaining other reasons why they lost their elections or stepped down, it was just "Bush kiss of death". So my post is as serious as the OP.
But of course in most European elections issues like tax, education, crime, immigration, economy and such play important roles before an election. But this information seem to be unimportant to the whole "Bush kiss of death"-theory.
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#10
10-22-2007, 11:08 PM
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Re: Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski
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The Danish Prime Minister was re-eleced and got more personal votes than any politician in the Danish Parliament ever had. Angela Merkel voiced support of the invasion of Iraq, and was elected Chancellor of Germany when she ran against Schoder who was against the war. French President Chirac who was against the war was seen as the least popular president in France in recent history. He was later replaced by Sarkozy who has expressed a lot more positive view of the US and wants a closer relationship with the US. [/ QUOTE ] Well there you go, make a thread about that.
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