ZOT! Can there be a serious challenge to Bush in the GOP primaries?

John Buchanan is a journalist and magazine writer based in Miami Beach ^ | november 29, 2003 | john buchanan

[Republican Challenger]

I am a nationally published journalist who has been drafted to challenge George W. Bush in the Republican Presidential primaries, beginning in New Hampshire on January 27. My aim is to prompt legitimate debate and genuine new ideas, but I start with a question:

HAS GEORGE W. BUSH BETRAYED TRADITIONAL GOP VALUES?

He has failed in his promise to control spending. Nondefense spending has skyrocketed under Bush. The Congressional Budget Office reported that for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, nondefense spending rose 7% – nearly double the 4% discretionary spending caps Bush promised to enforce (Source: Washington Times). Since Bush took office, nondefense spending has leapt 13% -- 21% if spending on the war on terrorism is included. “My impression of Bush,” says Chris Edwards, director of fiscal policy at the libertarian Cato Institute, “is that I’ve never seen him give a speech in which he says government is too big and we need to cut costs.”

He has failed in his promise to keep America strong. Under Bush, U.S. foreign policy and international esteem have reached historic lows. After spending hundreds of billions of dollars since 9/11, the Bush administration has failed to catch Osama bin Laden, failed to find Saddam Hussein, failed to defeat Al Qaeda, and failed to stabilize Iraq after an invasion that his own Pentagon policy adviser, Richard Perle, now admits was “illegal.” As a result, the geopolitical balance of power has been jolted, traditional allies have been severely alienated, and as a result, the European Union – led by Great Britain – is now conducting secret talks about the formation of an EU military force outside NATO.

He has failed in his promise to be a “compassionate conservative.” Perhaps never before has a U.S. President so divided the country, according to a recent Time cover story. Despite Bush’s promise to be “a uniter, not a divider,” he has turned Republican against Democrat, rich against poor, Christian against Muslim. He has eroded our civil liberties and Constitutional rights in the name of “national security” and aided and abetted a corporate elite class in the theft of the Republican Party and the two-century-old values that made it the Party of Lincoln. “Corporations have been enthroned,” Lincoln said presciently before he died. “…An era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people…until wealth is aggregated in a few hands…and the Republic is destroyed.” Under Bush, Lincoln’s ominous – and accurate – prediction might find its final manifestation unless he and the “neo-con” corporate juggernaut are stopped.

DO YOU AGREE? Please let me know your thoughts. There will be more to come from me, including a detailed platform and agenda for ending the corporate reign in this country, shrinking the federal bureaucracy, and restoring Constitutional freedoms to pre-9/11 levels. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your comments and questions.

[Sofa King]

"Perhaps never before has a U.S. President so divided the country, according to a recent Time cover story."

This sentence says it all right here You're blaming Bush for dividing the country after all of his attempts to reach out to the democratic party and all of the democrats' constant attacks on him? You're buying into leftist rhetoric just a tad too easily.

[stands2reason]

As a result, the geopolitical balance of power has been jolted, traditional allies have been severely alienated, and as a result, the European Union – led by Great Britain – is now conducting secret talks about the formation of an EU military force outside NATO.

The EU' led by GB....Great Britian joined the EU? Really? See what happens when I not paying attention?

[Revolting cat!]

Arnold: the Presidentator!

or would that be "the Presentator"?

[dighton]

A sample of this "journalist's" work.

[stands2reason]

never before has a U.S. President so divided the country

Clinton who?

[hemogoblin]

never before has a U.S. President so divided the country, according to a recent Time cover story.

oooh -- then it's gotta be true.

[proxy_user]

How about the Constitution as it existed before 1861:

1. The Federal budget will be limited to one million dollars.

2. The US Army will consist of fifty horsemen armed with pistols and carbines.

3. The Federal goverment will run the Post Office, but there will be no stamps with a face value of more than 10 cents.

[gdc61]

L O L

[Servant of the 9]

If you feel a draft, put on your best coat, because you are about to be out in the cold.

So9

[desertcry]

As a polical candidate, Buchanan is too long in the teeth, a political hasbeen. Save your money for the dentist, John.

[Normal4me]

[Amelia]

I think TLBShow is looking for you over here.

[stands2reason]

2) Guarantee college level education.
3) Guarantee healthcare and medicine.
4) Guarantee a secure retirement.

< snicker> Why doesn't he just vote for Howie?

[gdc61]

L O L again!

[Revolting cat!]

Dr Phil!

[Revolting cat!]

Judge Judy!