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Bush at low tide (Pat Buchanan)
MSNBC ^ | 9/19/05

Posted on 09/19/2005 12:12:34 PM PDT by areafiftyone

As the petty carping from Senators Reid and Kerry indicates, President Bush’s speech from Jackson Square was a success. Again, he accepted responsibility for the torpid response of federal authorities. He showed empathy for the victims and recognition the poor had borne the brunt of the New Orleans disaster.

He came prepared with a credible agenda of action. And the biblical allusions fit well with Southern and religious folks, black and white. Not a great speech, but Gersen did the job, put the President out front and center as Big Boss in the rebuilding of New Orleans.

Also, New Orleans and Louisiana officials, Democrats though they may be, are unlikely to keep attacking a fellow who is going to decide how $65 billion is spend in their back yard. After mishandling the crisis, the president has been on top and out front for two weeks. While the memory of his stumbling and bumbling will be part of his legacy, the worst is behind him, the story now gets better with the recovery and rebuilding of New Orleans, a story Americans will like.

Media and Democrats who continue to snipe will soon appear to be what many are: inveterate Bush-baiters and Bush-bashers. Nevertheless, there is no denying that George W. Bush is now at the nadir of his presidency. The aura of 9/11 is gone. His approval is at 40%. Iraq appears an insoluble mess with the real potential for a strategic and economic disaster. Gas prices are biting. The immigration situation—and the president’s inexplicable refusal to protect the border—is killing him with his populist base.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: buchanan; bush; katrina; katrinaspeech; patbuchanan
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1 posted on 09/19/2005 12:12:35 PM PDT by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone

It's better to be Bush at low tide than Buchanan at high tide, any day of the week.


2 posted on 09/19/2005 12:14:25 PM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: areafiftyone

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Gerson is not his speech writer anymore! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! They will give credit to ANYONE but Bush. HAHAHAHAHA!!!


3 posted on 09/19/2005 12:14:38 PM PDT by Lemondropkid31
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To: wideawake
Pat, just shut up.


If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!

4 posted on 09/19/2005 12:17:10 PM PDT by rdb3 (NON-conservative, American exceptionalist here.)
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To: wideawake

You got that right


5 posted on 09/19/2005 12:17:35 PM PDT by wvnavyvet
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To: areafiftyone

As Rush mentioned today .. Rasmussen has continued to show Bush at 48%. Of course, the MSM will not report that because it doesn't fit their get-Bush agenda.


6 posted on 09/19/2005 12:18:14 PM PDT by CyberAnt (America has the greatest military on the face of the earth.)
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To: areafiftyone

Pat Buchanan is perfect at MSNBC, a biased network with low ratings and minimal influence.


7 posted on 09/19/2005 12:19:16 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: wideawake

Buchanan is not a conservative.


8 posted on 09/19/2005 12:19:26 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: CyberAnt

LOL MSM won't show it unless its 39 percent or below. Then they gleefully report it.


9 posted on 09/19/2005 12:19:58 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: areafiftyone

Pat who?


10 posted on 09/19/2005 12:20:17 PM PDT by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Buchanan is not a conservative."

Nope, he's an idiot.

11 posted on 09/19/2005 12:20:20 PM PDT by el_texicano (Liberals, Socialist, DemocRATS, all touchy, feely, mind numbed robots)
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To: rdb3

is there any one policy view buchanan has that you agree with?


12 posted on 09/19/2005 12:20:23 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: areafiftyone

"Bush at low tide"

It could just be that T. Kennedy and M. Moore got out of the ocean.


13 posted on 09/19/2005 12:21:06 PM PDT by YouPosting2Me
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To: areafiftyone
Pat writes [for those who smear without reading]

" Media and Democrats who continue to snipe will soon appear to be what many are: inveterate Bush-baiters and Bush-bashers."

"But those, like my friend E. J. Dionne, who wrote, “The Bush era is over,” are expressing hopes, not describing reality. Bush holds the most powerful office on earth -- and will for the next three years and four months. He draws up a federal budget of $2.4 trillion, can veto bills, appoint Supreme Court Justices, attend summits, negotiate treaties, go on national TV virtually at will, and pull out or send in troops to Iraq."

Pat is right again. Bush is still the most powerfull man in the world. Down but far from out.

14 posted on 09/19/2005 12:22:46 PM PDT by ex-snook (Swapping factories and dollars for cheap goods is lose-lose)
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To: areafiftyone
President Bush did accept responsibility but Pat is a typical nut that didn't get the full message. It was the legal first responders that failed for the first few days, and after the Levy broke, totally let it go to hell. That responsibility was the Mayor and Governor. That is where the real problem was. I fault President Bush for not assuming a small part of the responsibility and laying the major part on MO and Governor.
15 posted on 09/19/2005 12:23:55 PM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: areafiftyone

Patty-Patty Buke-Buke. I wondered what became of him.


16 posted on 09/19/2005 12:24:29 PM PDT by Jaded (Hell sometimes has fluorescent lighting and a trumpet. Whadda you mean sometimes?)
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To: areafiftyone

I used to like Pat. Before the insanity set in.


Pat forgot that it is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought an idiot than to open it and remove all doubt.


This piece however is not AS bad as other recent pieces have been.


17 posted on 09/19/2005 12:24:52 PM PDT by trubluolyguy (Procrastinators of the world UNITE!!!.....Tomorrow.)
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To: wideawake

Do you smell what the Buchanan has been cooking?


18 posted on 09/19/2005 12:26:15 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: areafiftyone
Pat...at least Dubya has a presidency to be at the nadir of.
19 posted on 09/19/2005 12:26:49 PM PDT by RichInOC ("The coffee is strong at Cafe du Monde, the doughnuts are too hot to touch..." Save the Big Greasy!)
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To: areafiftyone

Why I ever liked Pat Buchanan I don't know.


20 posted on 09/19/2005 12:27:20 PM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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