Posted on 01/19/2009 4:38:20 AM PST by vietvet67
Rs ducked out on Prs. Bush b/c he was a disaster who squandered our majority, spent like a drunken sailor, mishandled Iraq, etc.
Nothing he did was worth the pain of delivering this country to Pelosi, Reid and Hussein.
This is among the most inane posts I’ve ever read on FR. The Marxist Onada will never consider that he might even be remotely treated like Bush in the Media. It unabashedly shills for demrats and will continue to do so no matter how many times or how blatantly he screws up.
Instead of wasting time lamenting how Bush was treated conservatives ought to be thinking and writing about how to take our country back.
Wrong answer, and it is people such as yourself that has helped to place the first KENYAN SOCIALIST in the White House. CONGRATULATIONS !
Well I guess its the same calm demeanor that prevented him from defending himself in the face of such brutality.
No, he did have to stand jaw to jowl with the haters but he could/should have done more to defend his positions. He didn’t have a problem doing so when we went into Iraq.
Now we are stuck with the clown prince and his merry minions.
We will never get back our country.
I’d like to hear of certain presidential pardons getting announced today...
What is truly breathtaking is that it is very common to see posts at DU saying, “I’m tired of playing nice,” and “Why do Dems always take the high road? It’s time to get dirty.” Seriously.
I feel bad for you guys. Only one more day for this and then you’ll have nobody to complain about. You remind me of guys in the service who just complained to complain no matter what. Never bothered to offer a solution (I’m sorry, I mean a realistic solution, not a “Conservative third party” which will not happen for a least a while.
Excellent article. The hatred against President Bush by liberals and few on the right was devilish to say the least. This hatred has way bypassed all the norms of political disagreements with the President and became as closer as it gets to a bloodless coup d’etat against the President of the Republic. I am afraid that next time the treasonous left may call for a violent coup d’etat to remove a future President that they do not want.
Wrong on what? Did Pres Bush take over w/ majorities for most of his tenure until 2006? Where do we stand now? Did spending rise in real terms 33%? Yes. Did he pass statist legislation? Homeland Security, No Child Left Behind, Medicare Drug Benefit? Yes.
No, Pres. Bush as leader of the Party and country has to take responsibility for where we stand today: Reid, Pelosi and Hussein are his legacy.
How can you talk about a solution since the game (his presidency) is over? Fact is, the Republic is weaker and the conservative movement is weaker for having him in charge for eight years.
If you think we’re stronger, I’m open to persuasion. But leaving us in the hands of Reid, Pelosi and Hussein is a very high bar to clear.
Heckuvajob, Bushie!
President Bush PROTECTED THIS COUNTRY. Could you do a better job? Present your credentials and SHOW US HOW qualified you are to run the greatest nation in the world while fighting the “WAR ON TERROR”.
You said we should move on then DO SO and embrace YOUR new president.
As for SO CALLED conservatives such as yourself, I see why this country is in the shape it is in now.
Nope. It's the people who supported Bush, no matter what depredations he committed and who nominated the idiot McCain who gave us Obama.
This is an excellent article and 100% correct. It only took post number 2 to bring out the Bush haters here on FR. I hope the so called conservatives here enjoy the next 4 years. Let’s see if they can conjure up the hatred for Obama as they did for Bush.
Wanna bet if Scooter is on the list? I say no.
President Bush nominated McCAIN? He did? HOW did BUSH Nominate McCain??? OMG!! (shaking head in total amazement)
Yep, I see why Obama won now. Heaven help this nation!
Unlike the left and few on the right who lived to hate Bush and wished him every ill under the sun we the "true conservatives" are not going to hate Obama and we are not going wish him any ill. However we are going to fight and defeat his socialist economic policies, his liberal social policies, and his defeatist and appeasement foreign policies.
We are much weaker than we were, and the sequence of what follows w/ BHO at the helm is more weakness yet.
True, there have been no attacks on America. But post-9/11 they were much less likely under any scenario. As pres. bush himself said, we all had 9/10 mentalities going into that day.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Our Republic is much weaker, though there have been no physical attacks. If it were not weaker then the people would not have chosen McLame to represent Republicans or Hussein to rule over us.
I’m not sorry to see Pres Bush go, just sorry to see Hussein come in. And I lament all the work by movement conservatives to bring us a majority, from 1964 to 1994, all that work all washed away. On what, Iraq? Not worth the result. And that’s how one judges; those 4,000 americans count as much as those who died on 9/11.
The feeble attempt to ask someone if they could do a better job the W is foolish and quit frankly childish. A President is "hired" by the stockholder of the corporation of The United States of America. They are just like CEO's in that someone has to do the job and they applied or were sought out for it. No, W is getting his performance appraisal from all the stockholders - some may be happy and some not. W through his inaction, inability to communicate and extreme bunker mentality is being given a very poor rating by many stockholders of the corporation. We stockholders are left with a mess that was created on HIS WATCH. The situation is not dissimilar from the the current situation on Wall Street. COE's are leaving with golden parachutes even though they wrecked the company. W is leaving with a retirement package and as much money as he wants from his foundations or what ever he chooses.
BTW just because we were not attacked again is no proof W had anything to do with it. I am deeply saddened by the loss of liberty and freedom that has occurred during his tenure.
The estimation is that 5 to 7 million Republican voters stayed home the last elections. Many in battleground states where they could have tipped the balance to McCain and may have given him a victory.
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