Posted on 05/31/2007 9:55:41 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Maybe a photochopper could morph a Alfred E Newman head on the kid waving the flag.. ;-)
I hate that I was right about this guy.
The blame supposedly lies with us, the consumers, Bush is just facing reality.
Let me help. Your next car will have a sticker price in the mid-$30,000 range for a stripped down, basic vehicle. When I was in 6th grade (1966), a VW bug sold for $2,000 new. By the time I was graduated from high school, the 1973 Old Omega (inline 6, manual 3-speed, manual steering) was offered for $4,600. Big increases due to air pollution control devices. My "no frills" 1985 T-Bird left the showroom for $13,000. More inflation and emissions control. I just purchased a 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. $32,000 out the door. About $4,000 of that was fancy navigation, leather seats, "moon" roof. The non-hybrid V6 without the extra trim package leaves the showroom at around $23,000.
The new rules are going to significantly jack up the price and the auto manufacturers will strip away everything possible to keep the price "affordable".
Bush is losing touch with reality. I am not. Unlike Bush, my stand on the issue hasn't changed to the liberal view in order to gain approval.
Actually, I think this is a brilliant move. If people REALLY care about the environment, they’d support any “move” by the US and enourage more.
However, based upon the reactions of the Gore-fold it becomes abundantly clear that they do not stand for actual real-world solutions. It’s all about social control.
If they cared about “global warming” they would demand China participate as well as the US, in any way, shape, or form. Fighting against this, their hypocrisy is quickly exposed.
Presumably, the Republicans would have fought against Gore’s agenda, which they have failed to do in several cases with Bush. You can never know what that future would have been like, but we probably would have retained both houses. I don’t know that the Senate would have fought hard against his horrible Supreme Court choices. It’s scary to think of Gore in charge during 9/11, but I believe the road would have taken him to Iraq just as it did Bush. The only benefit there would be that the Democrats and the MSM would actually be supportive of the action, but having Gore-picked people in charge is too much to contemplate. Finally, I don’t think illegal immigration would have been pushed so hard under Gore, because I don’t think it’s his issue like it is with Bush. Bush has been talking this crap since he was governor, and it alarmed me even then. I didn’t see much choice at the time, but I wasn’t happy to cast a vote for a guy who proclaimed, “The children of illegals WILL be educated in MY state as long as I’M governor,” in that vindictive tone we’ve unfortunately come to know so well. Of course, Gore’s issue is global alarmism, and I’m sure he’d be ramrodding that through with the same gusto and the same disastrous result as Bush and this immigration nightmare.
SOB ought to just call himself a dhimmicrat and get it over with. Why the hell did we vote GOP again?
Plus this man has dictorial power now making him king......
Cool. The President is including China and India on this.
This ensures that reforms will happen at a snail's pace which gives the good scientists time to rebut the global warming theory.
The President is doing the right thing IMO. Not ignoring the issue, but not aggressively pushing it either.
Bush is a liberal. thats what he meant when he said he was a “compassionate” conservative. As for what mainstream Americans want, Bush doesn’t give a damn.
Is he trying to make Carter look good? Does he think this is going to help him in the polls or win friends in the MSM? The only way he can win friends there is to first call for a troop withdrawl from Iraq and then impeach himself and Cheney.
“I believe the road would have taken him to Iraq just as it did Bush. ‘
I don’t know. But if it had, at least there would have been more pressure from the left to stay the course.
Thankfully, President Bush did appoint a couple of dandy Supremes, even if he did have a Harriet Hiccup. Since that was the main reason I voted for him in 2000 and 2004, I’ll look upon that as a success.
As an added benefit, we took out Saddam and the Taliban and are working diligently to train our troops to fight terrorists within a civilian environment.
Where is the head of the Secret Service and when will they find out how George Bush was switched out from under their noses by Al Gore (like in the movie Face/Off).
My sons car spits out oxygen sensors like they are free, the damned light keeps coming on . Check Engine.
The one in my truck has been shining for two years now.
Screw it.
He’s caving in to Blair.
Bush has no credibility any more.
Cool. The President is including China and India on this.
Perhaps you can remind us of how Bush is addressing the poison food problem from China?
By the way, the habit many Freepers have of pinging their friends to buttress their argument in debate shows some weakness of mind. Better to stand alone in your debates. You will come across as a more mature person.
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