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\"\"<\/a>Originally posted at LewRockwell.com.<\/p>\n

Bush Supporters Vindicate the President<\/a><\/h2>\n

by James Bovard, October 12, 2004<\/p>\n

Palgrave MacMillan created a blog site<\/a> for my new book, The Bush Betrayal<\/a>. The blog site contains an email link for readers to send me their insightful observations.<\/p>\n

Many Bush supporters have taken the time to respond and kindly explained to me the error of my ways, especially on my blogs on the torture scandal at Abu Ghraib. Their comments have helped restore my faith in deliberative democracy. Regardless of the election result on November 2, I will know that many Americans have thought long and hard about the fundamental issues at stake.<\/p>\n

To Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 015459-0400<\/p>\n

You are a communist bastard!<\/strong> How can you justify saying that our President \u201cwrapped himself in a flag drenched with the blood of Americans who died due to the failure of the federal government he commanded\u2026\u201d Can\u2019t you even consider the simple fact that President Bush had only been in office for less than a year and had to sift through all the termoil and mess that former President Clinton left behind? That in it\u2019s self is enough for him to earn another term in office! Quit the \u201cbashing\u201d and \u201cfinger pointing\u201d and put yourself in his position. YOU wouldn\u2019t have done half the great job he has done during these trying times in our country. He\u2019s a damn good leader! Let him finish the job. Finish getting those terrorist bastards that threaten our freedoms and our peaceful way of life \u2013 that life we are so accustomed to, that we forget where we\u2019ve come from and what it took for us to be where we are today! So don\u2019t forget that there are those out here who put there lives on the line for assholes like you to have the freedom of speech- to say what you will \u2013 and so can I!<\/p>\n

To Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 205808-0400<\/p>\n

Are you dilusional<\/strong> or just trying to make a buck?<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 071335-0400<\/p>\n

You and your information are more full of crap than George Bush could ever be accused of. How the trash you write could ever get this far is unbelievable.<\/p>\n

To: > Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:38:46-0400<\/p>\n

You are a very little man.<\/strong> Those of you who don\u2019t appriciate the freedom our sons and daughters paid for make a mockery of their sacrifice. May God have mercy on your soul, you ignorate little person.<\/p>\n

To< Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 115016-0400<\/p>\n

Colledge hazing is a hell of a lot worse than abu ghraib. Let\u2019s see a story on that.<\/p>\n

To<> SubjectResponse to Palgrave Blog DateSun, 26 Sep 2004 125445-0400<\/p>\n

I think we should be torturing these SOB\u2019s\u2026 They are killing and mutilating our people! Your concern over the so called \u201ctorture\u201d of the prisoners is ludicrous when one looks at how barbaric they are to begin with. What you are caling \u201ctorture,\u201d most people would call callege hazing.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 092838-0400<\/p>\n

You will say anything in your book just to make a buck or two. Have you no shame spitting out lies. Nobody wants your piece of crap book.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 070316-0400<\/p>\n

Again you make the Terrorist out to be the good guys and the US out to be the bad guys! You talk about debacles, your clinton I noticed is not even mentioned. He had 8 years to sow the seeds of freedom we are now reaping. He stuck his head in the sand gets a blow job from a near minor and throws some missles into the desert. You dont say boo. If you have any back bone which you don\u2019t you might try putting the responsibility on the people how have been attacking the US for the last twenty years! Bush walked into this mess and your right \u201cis kicking ass\u201d good of you to mention that. Your head is partialy out of yours!<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 011914-0400<\/p>\n

You are nothing but a piece of trash<\/strong>. You and the other scum of the earth<\/strong> who enjoy being called the \u201celite media\u201d will receive a lot of appreciation from the left-wing activists who, like you, harm the USA with your dribble and made-up sources. You can\u2019t report what any reputable journalist would write. You just write what you want to hear and couldn\u2019t care less for the truth. You are a gutless individual.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 125356-0400<\/p>\n

Once again a left wing political opportunist<\/strong> tries to make money and tarnish the reputation of the President of the United States. Hey, where were you when Clinton was lying about getting his knob polished by Ms. Lewinsky in the White House???? The only reason that lying Bill Clinton didn\u2019t get impeached is that the left wing democrats prevented justice from being done. By the way, did you know that President Bush is personally responsible for the four hurricanes that have devastated Florida? He also started the flu epidemics in the 90\u2019s, and my first divorce in 1985. Fair? Balanced? You are hypocritical scum!<\/p>\n

To: <> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:56:26-0400<\/p>\n

please grow up and get over your anger we need a strong leader like pre Bush<\/p>\n

To<j> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 010858-0400<\/p>\n

Are you basically an unhappy person? Your view of the world seems to be dominated by the theory that large and wide spread conspiracys dominate our daily lives. And many of these are perpetrated by Bush and his minions. Is this basically the line on your existance?<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 213206-0400<\/p>\n

You are one sick mother fucker.<\/strong> Why not just support the troops instead of criminilizing them. does history not teach you anything? Like John Kerry is a fucking liar\/traitor. why not write a book on those facts. The facts are all readily available.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 120628-0400<\/p>\n

Another liberal heard from. My heart really bleeds for those poor abused Iraqi prisoners. Why don\u2019t you spend as much time writing about those Americans getting their heads sawn off? Pull your head out of your ass and wake up. Saddam isn\u2019t the 20th hijacker. People like you are\u2026<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 101802-0400<\/p>\n

All I can say is\u2026You\u2019re an idiot!<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 094421-0400<\/p>\n

You\u2019re nothing more than a blatant opportunist feeding at the capitalist trough<\/strong>. Your motives are transparent \u2013 you care only about enhancing your wealth at the expense of the small minded, through spreading alarmist, reactionary, conspiracy theories. Funny thing is, you probably see yourself as a great American who is sacrificing much to perform a public service.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 052709-0400<\/p>\n

People like you and Michael Moore is what brings down our country.<\/strong> Revoke your citizenship and go live in another country, like maybe France. Do you think that had Kerry or Gore been in office that 9\/11 would not have happened? I thank God that they were not and that Bush was. I think the blame for 9\/11 goes a little further back than Bush. We had our chances to get Bin Laden prior to his day in office and we failed.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 073356-0400<\/p>\n

yes I have something to say from some one who has been their and done that, Have you? You liberal pig<\/strong>s are like socialist, get off your ass join the service and be part of the solution and not the problem. Take a look at the Henley Video. I ask you, what side are you on?<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 080139-0400<\/p>\n

I think it is ironic that you critize my President and we hear nothing from you critizing J. Kerry.The partician media at work.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 033422-0400<\/p>\n

Your distortions of current events to me seem paranoid and bizarre. By your definition of torture, a frat house hazing is torture. No one condones the humiliation that some Iraqi prisoners were subjected to. But it is a mute point in contrast to, the gassing of 3000 Kurds, the summary execution video taped and aired on Iraqi television by Sadam\u2019s henchmen. (Please note a documentary on Frontline PBS) Where Sadam stylized his regime after his idol Joseph Stalin, the recent beheadings of foreigners is not something new in Iraq. It was first done to the Iraqi people before the US invasion, Sadam videotaped the execution of a man and had each of his Generals put a symbolic bullet into the dead mans body.<\/p>\n

I do not know if your fear and hatred of Bush blind you or you are still smoking that stuff that makes people paranoid, and eliminates articulate thought.<\/strong> But if you were in Sadam\u2019s Iraq and you made these accusations about Sadam that you have about President Bush. You and most of your family would have been slaughtered. But that is Sadams justice, he is a very good student of Joseph Stalin. The current so-called insurgency in Iraq is the people who Sadam hired as his personal guard. They consist of Jordanian Syrian and Arab nationalities, and the caches of arms they are using are from the stockpile of weapons Sadam had. Keeping this in mind there still are many places the Iraqi Survey Group and the UN Weapon Inspectors have not seen. This sir is just common sense, common sense would also dictate that if there are WMD\u2019s in Iraq disclosing their existence and location would place US Servicemen and the American people at an even greater risk of attack.<\/p>\n

I am sorry but you writings lack discretion and commons sense. If you have not been smoking anything, quit and then try to think about what you are saying. If not I would suggest you see a therapist, they have made many improvements in the ability for anti-psychotic medications. So there is hope for you.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 043715-0400<\/p>\n

The people in the Abu Ghraig prison were there because of suspected crimes. Many were terrorists and murders from Sadaam\u2019s regime<\/strong>. However, the Geneva Convention says that all prisoners will be treated humanly. The fact that North Korea, North VietNam, and the radical Muslims ignored these rules is NOT an excuse for us to ignore them now. But to blame our president for what a few \u201cout on a limb\u201d military personel did is asinine. Of course Bush didn\u2019t know what these \u201cRambos\u201d were doing after hours. Their immediate supervisors most likely did not know until someone blew the wistle on the prisoner abuse. The people who are ultimately responsible for this behavior are the persons who commited the crimes. Some blame must also go, of course, to the parents who failed to teach Christian morals to their children, the military who did not stress the reasons for the Geneva Convention rules, and also to the public school teachers in charge of guiding young minds. Too often I hear the admonition, \u201cYou do whatever is best for you.\u201d This is liberally poured on school children from day one in public schools. Well, humiliating, harassing and frightening past members of a system that did all of the above to others, apparantly was \u201cthe right thing\u201d for the American soldiers who chose to ignore the rules for handling prisoners. Their choice. Not what our president has asked of them and of us. Sorry, I can\u2019t blame W.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 120447-0400<\/p>\n

what have you been smoking?<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 130136-0400<\/p>\n

You are an idiot!!!The military has handled the situation already .Those responsible are being delt with. This is old news and by constantly revisiting it does nothing but send a negative message to the very people that we are trying to get rid of. Maybe you should watch the beheading video like I did and if you have any common sense you will see that the prison issue is nothing compared to the true evil acts that they seem to think is normal.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 065056-0400<\/p>\n

An unrepentant BUSH-whacker<\/strong> who rails against the (misleading) Campaign Reform Act on \u201cfree speech\u201d grounds, but yet remains SILENT on CBS News and Dan Rather\u2019s BIG LIE. So confused. No wonder you are unhappy. Being among America\u2019s intellectual elite is a demanding job, but your destiny lies only within this small band of freedom fighters. (If firefighters fight fires \u2026.) Allah akbar. A midwestern boy in \u201cfly-over\u201d country. (Thank Google for your PAID link, otherwise I would have overlooked America\u2019s Messiah.)<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 100302-0400<\/p>\n

Bovard, Just reading the short excerpts here make me sick. How dare you try to blame 9\/11 on this administration! The fact that it happened while he was in office is coincidental and in no way reflects on this administrations focus, efforts and intent. The fact is that the US government (any administration) is forced to allocate resources on the most immediate issues and threats.<\/p>\n

Until 9\/11 I\u2019m sure every administration had plans for terrorism but its focus and priority was relatively low since it was largely deemed an oversees threat. Yes, I\u2019m sure there were voices out there trying to make an argument for greater diligence and more focused intelligence and in retrospect they may actually have been right, but why blame Bush when those same voices had years under the Clinton administration trying to make the same case.<\/p>\n

There may actually be some kernels of truth in what you are writing but your bias is so vehement it poisons everything you say. In the brief exposure I\u2019ve had to your vitriol I\u2019d classify you right there with the other flim-flam men like Roger Moore. You find an issue that has passionate people on both sides and exploit it by pandering and feeding their greatest fears by selectively picking the information that supports your case.<\/p>\n

Just once I would like to see someone with the obvious time you have to create biased junk report something factually and let the readers make up their own minds. Thank you for elevating my resolve to reelect this President.<\/p>\n

To<> Subject: Response to Palgrave Blog Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 191320-0400<\/p>\n

Playboy eh? Were ya ever in the mansion? Well, I think you should run for president\u2026 maybe you will help bring on the end of the world sooner\u2026 quit harassing those who are giving us protection.<\/p>\n

October 12, 2004<\/p>\n

James Bovard is also the author of Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil<\/a> (Palgrave MacMillan).<\/p>\n

The Best of James Bovard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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