[rodneyd]

Oh yes. Bush 2004

[perfect stranger]

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[Burkeman1]

That is why, under the leadership of George W. Bush, the Republicans have gained control of not only the White House, but also the Senate, the House of Representatives, 28 of the 50 governorships (having won three out of four elections last month), and (for the first time in ages) a majority of the legislators in the 50 states.

Not to be a stick in the mud- but since we have are indeed the majority how is it that Bush has expanded Federal power more than Clinton? Let's not salute Bush too much. There is much to criticize. Let's get him re-elected and hope he appoints judges that are solidly law reading interpreters and not left wing inserters. That is the only reason to vote for Bush (that and the Dems are children who can't be trusted with power.) Bush has hardly been a "conservative" President. Let's keep our eyes and minds open when it comes to Bush.

[Tamzee]

If you think they hate him now, just wait until he gets in for another four years!

Go Dubya :-)

[sirshackleton]

It would take another column to show how Bush has cut off the future that the Democrats thought they owned, and how he dared to put the world (not just the U.S.) on an entirely new progressive path, both in domestic and in foreign policy. If he succeeds, the Democrats will be caught thinking in outmoded terms.

They already do. Really, what is so "progressive" about the ideas the Left trumpets? Nothing! It's all old-school, centrally-controlled social schemes that have been tried in failed in a number of different settings over countless years.

[William McKinley]

He is the greatest threat to them in 100 years.

Since the days of McKinley, to be exact.

[Political Junkie Too]

Where do you all see the politics of hate leading to?

What happens when people who hate have no release for that hate once it is stoked to fire-branding proportions? Upon seeing Bush's popularity rise or at least remain stable, and upon seeing Dean going nowhere with the general population, what will hate-filled people do?

I think it portends some crazy hate-filled whacko who decides to take that hate and solve everyone's problem by himself.

-PJ

[x]

He is the greatest threat to them in 100 years.

No. That doesn't seem to be true. The perspective is much shorter on these things. And President Bush is not a world-historical figure, or an epochmaker in American politics. He took the White House from them. It hurts. They resent it. And they don't feel he earned it -- because they don't respect him personally and they don't think he had a majority or a mandate. The feelings are more embittered, but something similar usually happens when the White House changes hands from one party to another.