Posted on 05/09/2006 7:50:33 AM PDT by Incorrigible
I often hear from readers who wonder why I so thoroughly dislike George W. Bush.
It's simple. Living in New Jersey, as I do, I spend a lot of time arguing politics with liberals. In the pre-Bush era, I found it easy to win such arguments. I have fond memories of defending the policies of Ronald Reagan back in the good old days. "He called the Soviet Union an evil empire!" the liberal would say.
"But it is an evil empire," I would point out...
...Before George W. came along, conservatives were on the winning side of every major issue. We were the ones who disdained the Beltway class, who pushed for smaller, more responsible government. Remember term limits? The balanced-budget amendment? In the Clinton era, the GOP promised such reforms...
...But to call Bush a traitor to his political philosophy is to imply that he had one. He didn't. You can read through Bush's various speeches over the years without coming up with the slightest hint of a coherent system of thought. In this, he's the opposite of Reagan...
...That's George W. to a T, an entertainer past his prime. Only his fellow entertainers -- Rush Limbaugh et al. -- still pretend he knows what he's doing...
As I am fond of reminding readers, I was onto this fraud from the first. In November of 1999 I urged that he drop out of the GOP primary. In the spring of 2004, I suggested that renominating him would lead to disaster for the party. The only good I can see coming out of this mess is that it opens a whole new line of argument against the liberals: After Bush, no president will ever be trusted again.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
Ha! Actually that's pretty good!
You won't be happy with the above if it's your city that gets hit in the next attack.
If the GOP had been acting like the majority party, then they would not have any problem.
Yep, you are correct, and I don't support amnesty any more so than I did 20 or 30 years ago, and yes, I'm well-aware that Reagan granted amnesty to however many million illegals, and I think it was far and away the biggest blunder of his presidency.
Sounds just like "the decider"
Forget it....if you call them Koolaid drinkers you will be suspended like I was last week.
So if one calls out the POTUS for not being conservative enough on certain issues....bam....you too may be put on double secret probation.
I would be too. However, if Bush pushes for and passes a guest worker program, that IMO would severely detract from his accomplishments - because IMO it would make the illegal immigration problem far worse and would also lead to serious GOP losses in this election.
Krauthammer said it well - let's secure the borders first and then talk about what to do with those already here. Bush should table the guest worker proposal for now and get behind border security. His unwillingness to do such is a PR fiasco similar to his threatening to veto any blockage of the Dubai ports deal before he adequately stated his reasons for doing such. It doesn't take a political scientist to realize that any immigration reform is doomed to failure with unsecure borders.
Meanwhile, they goad on flamewars with posts like this and don't face sanction:
Let me sell you a bottle of Bushbashalot.
You forgot to mention that Reagan had to deal with House controlled by Democrats, and that nothing at all could've been done without compromise. You also forgot to mention that Reagan initiated a radical shift in national policies away from the Great Society socialism of the Sixties and Seventies, whereas GWB came along after two decades of the Reagan Revolution (that he promptly began dismantling).
THANKS
It is not too much to ask of a man who sends our sons off to kill and die to do everything in his power to protect us at home.
The threat is real...and the clock is ticking. It's only a matter of time.
The isue is not mexicans...IT'S SAFETY !
This is where I find myself, also. It's a pragmatic approach. It's understanding the realities of politics -- you're not going to get everything you want, there's a lot of compromise.
He's still my President, and I'll still support him. But I will make my extreme discontent on many issues known, especially through the representatives that I vote to send to Washington. I'd love to have so much more, and the old carrot that used to get dangled in front of us ("if you'll put Republicans in power in the White House and Congress, you'll see conservative ideas advanced") has now gotten into our mouths, and doesn't taste anything like we were expecting. It's somewhat bitter, and disappointing -- but still better than the alternative ('Rats in power).
Since when is a countries citizenry demanding a secure border a partisan issue? This is insane talk. It's simple, Bush is not doing his constitutional job.
Yes, like 60 plus years. Even on FR it is all Bush's fault!!!!!!!
Bump! I know you like lively threads!
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