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Old 12-24-2008, 06:05 PM
 
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Murder. Ever hear of it?
Easy now.

I was just asking since you added "unthinkable to you're statement.

That was it and nothing more.
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Old 12-24-2008, 07:37 PM
 
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In his autobiography, Bush claimed that the pending execution of Karla Faye Tucker "felt like a huge piece of concrete...crushing me." But in an unguarded moment in 1999 while traveling during the presidential campaign, Bush revealed his true feelings to the journalist Tucker Carlson. Bush mentioned Karla Faye Tucker, who had been executed the previous year, and told Carlson that in the weeks immediately before the execution, Bianca Jagger and other protesters had come to Austin to plead for clemency for her. Carlson asked Bush if he had met with any of the petitioners and was surprised when Bush whipped around, stared at him, and snapped, "No, I didn't meet with any of them." Carlson, who until that moment had admired Bush, said that Bush's curt response made him feel as if he had just asked "the dumbest, most offensive question ever posed." Bush went on to tell him that he had also refused to meet Larry King when he came to Texas to interview Tucker but had watched the interview on television. King, Bush said, asked Tucker difficult questions, such as "What would you say to Governor Bush?"

What did Tucker answer? Carlson asked.

"Please," Bush whimpered, his lips pursed in mock desperation, "please, don't kill me."


Carlson was shocked. He couldn't believe Bush's callousness and reasoned that his cruel mimicry of the woman whose death he had authorized must have been sparked by anger over Karla Faye Tucker's remarks during the King interviews. When King had asked her what she planned to ask Governor Bush, Karla Faye had said she thought that if Bush approved her execution, he would be succumbing to election-year pressure from pro–death penalty voters.


This is the part of the article that revealed just how cruel Bush can be.
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Old 12-24-2008, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Where there is too much snow!
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George W. Bush during his six years as governor of Texas presided over 152 executions, more than any other governor in the recent history of the United States.

Death in Texas - The New York Review of Books
Well during his 8 tragic years as the president, he has sent thousands of American troops to thier graves over this dirty oil war of his and chaney's. So whats the big deal, he likes to see others die.
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Old 12-24-2008, 09:42 PM
 
Location: Pa
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Such as?
Murder
Rape
Child molestation
armed robbery ( any crime where a fire arm is used)....
distribution or sale of narcotics, child pornography.
Espionage, spying for a foreign power theft of military secrets.
To name a few crimes that I feel warrant the death penalty
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Old 12-24-2008, 10:17 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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This is the part of the article that revealed just how cruel Bush can be.
I wonder if her victim thought Tucker was being cruel?

Where is that story from? Got a link?
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Old 12-24-2008, 10:27 PM
 
Location: Road Warrior
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It begs the question, what is wrong in TX that it has:
- Nation's largest prison system.
- Nation's highest rate of executions.
Once they open the border, they'll need a prison on every block.
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Old 12-24-2008, 10:29 PM
 
Location: Here
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Once they open the border, they'll need a prison on every block.
Wait...its closed??
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