Pump Up the Volume: Finally the "nonpolitical" White House gets wise

The Weekly Standard ^ | 12/12/05 | Fred Barnes

[geezerwheezer]

You are 100 correct on this point. We do not need another Viet Nam for us to become a second class nation. To do that all we need is for the republicans to continue to let the dimorats and the MSM continue with their b.s. and their anti-anything American charade they continue to spew forth. Until Mr. Bush gets a backbone and some cajones to call them by name what they really are, and gets support from our supposed leaders in the Congress, the malaise we fear will continue to eat away at our social fabric, and Iraq will fail. Then what will we do with Iran?

[cgbg]

The old saying in DC is "if you want a friend get a dog".

W needs a stable of attack dogs that bark and bite. :-)

[ballplayer]

Im sorry if this is true the Republicans and Bush are all idiots and not worth support.After the Bias in the press has been so profoundly proven how can any sound thinking person think they can proceed in a position like President of the United States in a nonpolitical posture and survive .
These republicans have got to be brain dead.What planet are they on! You might as well just turn over the reins of govt to the enemy.The press will bury you

[knews_hound]

This is going to get interesting.

It is my opinion that the Dems are going to soon be forced into doing a 180 on Iraq. That the White House is now actively defending itself is not just encouraging but a sound strategic move as well. Things are about to chance in Iraq, and the Dems have positioned themselves on the wrong side of the issue.

Can they change? Will the MSM let them pull it off? Will Rove capitalize on the flip flop?

Stay tuned. Time will tell...

Cheers,

knews hound

Latest Article "Cutting them off at the knees"

[antisocial]

"As soon as GWB relaunched his shamnesty plan in February of this year, he was done and lame duck. He has no one to blame but himself."

My sentiments exactly!

[advance_copy]

What the Hell were they thinking?

Early in 2005, there was a lot of concern about the level of acrimony in politics. This was the WH attempt to be a "uniter, not a divider". What they did not consider is that the DemocRAT party has been completely hijacked by world socialists who hate America's power. These people are similar to terrorists in that you cannot appease them or negoitiate with them. I think the President's people are starting to realize that.

[antisocial]

"You forget that GWB want's whats best for this country."

Sometimes it seems as though what GWB wants is what's best for Mexico.

[manwiththehands]

The Left's cynical and hateful attacks and accusations (Bush 'lied') needed a response when they first started. Now that Bush is finally getting around to it it seems disingenuous. I'll wait and see where he takes it.

[newfreep]

Intern?

[Christian4Bush]

The number one thing the President needs to learn from this and folks like Limbaugh have been saying for eons. If you make nicey nicey with Democrats, they never reciprocate, they attack. So move forward. Defend your position Mr. President and the American people will follow. It is that simple.

Another way to say it is "never abandon your allies in an attempt to placate your enemies".

[Wristpin]

"Now that Bush is finally getting around to it it seems disingenuous."

Exactly! The lies have been projected so many times they've become fact. He'll have three times the work now to rewrite history.

For instance when the Wilson trip and the "sixteen words" issue came up instead of folding they should have issued the following statement:

"The Niger information came from solid British Intelligence and we have no reason not to believe it. We do not know Joseph Wilson, as he is not an employee of the US Government. We've asked the Attorney General to look into who sent him to Niger and who authorized the leaking of this material."

[PogySailor]

bttt

[randog]

Overall, while Bush is a conservative, he often didn't act like one.

That is the definition of a RINO.

[chris1]

Wrong president! Cigar boy gets that one.

[EQAndyBuzz]

You are right. Politics is about getting things done. Problem is getting things done doesn't necessarily get you reelected.

There is only three ways to get things done in politics.

1. You have such an overwhelming majority that the other party cannot stop you.

2. You own the courts so if number one comes into play, you use number two to overturn it.

3. You have term limits so it takes raising money and special interests out of the equation of getting things done according to an agenda.

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-259.html

Interesting article on term limits.

[McGavin999]

Politics have been dividing this country, and President Bush wanted to bring the country back together. He assumed the dems wanted the same thing. They do not.

He either fights them, or we all lose. It's time to get the truth about Iraq out. Time for Americans to see what we've been fighting for and what a difference it has made. It's time to start sharing some of the successes with the American people. Whoever was advising him should get another job.

[A.Hun]

I disagree. If he did, he would be fighting for open borders as many on the left do.

He has an immigration plan, it just does not satisfy the nationalist wing of the conservative movement. To go farther than GWB's position will take a sea change in the Congress and the next administration (If a "close the borders" candidate could be elected.)

The President's position on immigration has been well known. The fact that he is sticking to it is expected.

[Carry_Okie]

I just love getting lectured by the completely clueless.

There is only three ways to get things done in politics.

Well, you are conveniently missing one more:

Have a compelling idea with overwhelming public support. I promise you, if Bush truly wanted to reform immigration, Congress would roll over in a heartbeat.

Interesting article on term limits.

Before you babble about term limits for too long, I suggest you heed the experience of a State that has had them, California. What we got was a batch of clueless idiots with no way to know where they truly stood beholden only to those with money.

Great idea. /s

[Carry_Okie]

Oh, and I remind you that, contrary to your cowardly truisms, Reagan got a LOT done despite having both houses of Congress against him. If Bush had the guts or inclination to rein in his regulatory agencies, he could accomplish a lot more too.

He doesn't.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"I just love getting lectured by the completely clueless."

First off it is you who is coming off as holier than thou. Your utopian goal of how politics should be is commendable yet unrealistic. Politics is about ideas. Unfortunately influence peddling and special interests drives politics and the ideas and will of the people is an afterthought. That is because politicans hide and won't pass laws that will remove them from power after two terms.

I am sorry you have clueless politicians who do not know who they are beholden to. They might try the people of the state that elected them in the first place. Which is what you are preaching to me.

In my state of New Jersey, we don't have term limits. We have criminals for politicians that clueless people continue to elect because the "D" is stapled to their arm.