L'Amérique de Rush Limbaugh

[ze_shark]

J'ai le "privilège" d'être bien malgré moi sur la mailing list d'un proche bien ancré dans la mouvance républicaine, oscillant quelquepart dans le triangle Rush Limbaugh-Sean Hannity-Bill O'Reilly. Ces pamphlets ne sont (malheuresement) pas à l'extrême de l'échiquier politique, mais relativement représentatifs de la base républicaine, quelle soit "socialement conservative", "fiscalement conservative" ou "politiquement conservative".

Voici donc quelques morceaux représentatifs:

"The world has performed 100's of thousands perhaps millions of abortions the past 40 years. Have you ever wondered what the world may have lost.
Perhaps a person who may of discovered the cure for breast and other forms of cancer was not born. Maybe the cure for aids, maybe MS or a host of other aliments and illnesses may have been discovered by a fetus that was allowed to live.
Have you ever thought what would of happened if JFK's mother had an abortion, or Gandhi's mother had one, or perhaps what would of happened if Martin Luther Kings mother had one.
What would of happened if you mother did not have YOU!
All you pro-abortion folks, and especially the ones who voted for Obama, have a look at he 40 second video below!
http://www.catholicvote.com/"

ou encore, sur le thème toujours porteur de la vieille Europe ingrate:

"When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.
He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.'
You could have heard a pin drop"

ou encore

"There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help p the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'
You could have heard a pin drop"

ou encore

"A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he & his nibs found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop."

ou encore

"Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France !"
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."
You could have heard a pin drop.

If you are proud to be an American, pass this on!
If not, delete it.
Remember: To laugh often and love much!
In God we trust!"

[juliencor]

De toute évidence une certaine tranche de la population aime se gargariser avec le passé

Pour moi ça reste de la propagande politique, rien de plus.

[ze_shark]

Bien sûr que c'est de la propagande, mais je pense que quand on lit cela et qu'on comprend que ce n'est pas une frange d'hurluberlus mais la base du parti républicain qui se vautre dans de telles âneries revanchardes, on comprend mieux l'audience de Fox News et le score en voix de McCain aux présidentielles.

[ze_shark]

Parait qu'il y de l'eau dans le gaz entre Cheney et Bush car ce dernier a refusé de pardonner Scooter Libby dans les derniers jours de sa présidence, malgré l'insistance indécrottable du Veep. Bush avait commué la condamnation de Libby, mais déclaré que le verdict du jury, considéré comme sévère, devait demeurer en l'état.
Il faut donc laisser à Bush une certaine persistence vis-à-vis de ses principes, et que, pour une fois, la loyauté a dû plier face à l'équité.