I'm Officially Questioning Your Patriotism, DUmb@sses

I know I said I was going to try and tone down the anger when I returned to political blogging, but I really want to f**k up these f**king pricks at Democratic Underground right now. Just look at this:

Saddam is good-looking, masculine, and intelligent He presents a very commanding image. I suspect that he elicits sympathy every else in the world but the US. Of course, we in the US look past the image and see the crimes--except in the case of our own leaders who have probably killed more innocent Iraqis than Saddam. Saddam also has the advantage of being an actual combat veteran. He was also elected. Fixed election? Wow, we in America would never accept a leader in a fixed election. Saddam presided over executions, even using his own gun. Hmmm. Our leader mocks them from a distance and lets other people kill them. All of his torture and murder occurred over 10 years ago, according to the charges. Let's see--I think we're still killing and torturing Iraqis--but not as much, so that makes it OK. I think we were part of the coalition of the willing in Saddam's war against Iran. I suspect that those in foriegn countries who do not have to support America at all costs are questioning who is better--Saddam or Bush.

They. Think. Saddam. Is. Better. Than. Bush.

Urge to kill rising. Rising. Riiiiiiiisiiiiing...

Anyway, feel free to discuss this in the comments. I have a feeling everyone who stops by can add something to this topic.

Also, I'll put some other excerpts from that thread in the extended entry to fuel the fire a little. The discussion topic over there seems to be "Who's better? Bush or Saddam?" Click if you want to get mad. If not, well, I don't blame you. Although this does make my "DU is a satire site meant to make the left look bad" theory a bit more credible.

even after all these months of imprisonment he's certainly more "presidential" than what we're currently stuck with, the * who's taken more vacation days than any president in history.

Bush ordered detainees to be tortured. Sounds just like Saddam to me.

Bu$h is an even BIGGER war criminal.

That's a tough one. Hussein at least at the virtue of providing quality healthcare and education systems.

Here's a fun fact: This next comment directly follows a brief discussion about how there are no "Saddam apologists" at DU, just people who believe in "the rule of law."

What did he do that he did not have authority as President to do? If the Congress gave President Bush power to put us in camps, then he could put us in camps without breaking any law, no matter how awful that might seem to the rest of the world. I don't see how Saddam broke the laws of his own country. I think the points about his atrocities would be made better in an international court--where he could share a seat with Bush and Blair.

Bu$h is an idiot and always has that glazed "deer in the headlights" look on his face. Anyone,including Saddam looks a hell of a lot better than bu$h.....and they can speak better English to boot. What a pathetic pile of shit bu$h is.

Discuss.

...No, I said discuss, not disgust. Although that's certainly understandable.