Advantage Bush

The Weekly Standard ^ | February 2, 2004 | Fred Barnes

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

EXACTLY!

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I agree.

[Texasforever]

why choose any 'evil' at all

Because it is a silly cliché' that has no practical meaning in the real world and especially politics. Every United States President from George Washington to George W. Bush has had some element of “evil” in their make-up.

[EternalVigilance]

In my opinion, this is very good analysis by Fred Barnes. I agree with most every point. The few nitpicks I might have with his conclusions are too minor to mention.

[elli1]

Perot is not a conservative.

That's not the point. I said the ''conservative nutter'' crowd would vote for him & now you're trying to interject logic into the equation????

[MJY1288]

Thanks, I know that many here want to blame Bush for this, and he deserves some blame, But I hold those Congress critters responsible for 99% of it. They attach the pork to the Bills that are the most important, Tom Daschle got billions for a Clean Forest project for South Dakota when he attached it to the Military Budget for the 2003 Fiscal year ending July 1, 2003, He was in control of the Senate and he held up the Bill until after the mid-term election when he was a lame duck, and President Bush and Don Rumsfeld were in the middle of a war and were screaming for it's passage. That Defense Budget was so full of Pork it was unbelievable, but if it got vetoed, it would have had a big effect on our operation in Afghanistan and the build up for Iraq. Those Senators on Capitol Hill need to be exposed for what they are

[GeronL]

President Bush needs to get tough with the spenders in Congress

huh?? this admin has proposed social security for mexicans, going to Mars and all kinds of spendng... and you think they'll get tough on Congress?

[elli1]

In my opinion, this is very good analysis by Fred Barnes.

That it is.

[GeronL]

"conservative nutters?"... would that be those who vote for liberals? =o)

[Texasforever]

So, going to Mars is also bad?

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Mars will be a hiding place for the "nutters". Tinfoil makes good antenna material...

[Texasforever]

Let's pretend you somehow got elected president. What 3 things would you accomplish in your first term assuming the same reality Bush has faced in his first term?

[GeronL]

I didn't say going to Mars is bad. It is expensive, some estimate a half a trillion... or $500,000,000,000.00

Congress is just giving away lunch money compared to that

[GeronL]

Let's pretend you somehow got elected president. What 3 things would you accomplish in your first term assuming the same reality Bush has faced in his first term?

wow. with a compliant Congress that will pass almost anything I want them to?? They do such a good job of giving Bush anything he wants that he hasn't had to veto a thing.

They are in simpatico with each other.

[Texasforever]

It is expensive, some estimate a half a trillion... or $500,000,000,000.00

Bush allocated something on the order of 1 billion for the next 5 years. I am not sure where you are geting your numbers.

[MJY1288]

Try to be somewhat honest OK, He hasn't proposed SS for Mexicans, Those illegals here who work under false SS numbers have paid billions into SS with no chance of receiving any credit or benefits from it because their illegal.

What president Bush has proposed is if a Temporary Worker who has no plans of applying for residency, and have paid SS for the 3 years of their work permit, he proposed that they could reclaim the money they paid into SS and that money would be an incentive for them to go back to Mexico.

I understand that you are an enraged single issue so called true conservative who if could be granted a single wish, would ask for a 40 foot wall around our country, But for God's sake, get your facts straight so you don't look like a simpleton. You guys float around to every thread and do your best to turn every thread into a spitting match over illegals, There is plenty of threads on that topic, please stay on this threads topic

[Texasforever]

So you can only gripe. I thought so.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

There you go again, making huge claims without facts.

Can you list the actual figures? Do you even know what the fiscal budget figures are? Or are you just going after the usual flame baiting rhetoric?

[GeronL]

Bush is trying to double Education Dept. spending over 2 terms. I'd try to hold that down to a few percent, or give it all in lumps to the states, as it should be.

Privatize the TSA, stop renting aerial fueling jets when its cheaper to buy them. No airline bailouts for Mrs. Daschle

Hold down all spending to 2 or 3% except for homeland defense, military and border patrol... and stop giving money for limo's and liquor for USO celebs.

[GeronL]

Those $5 billion are not going to get us to the moon or Mars, thats probably just to build the bureaucracy for the eventual trip to Mars around 2030