Posted on 11/09/2005 2:11:49 PM PST by MAKnight
Timely post, Calpernia.
There is something going on with Bush and the GOP but I can't figure it out.
The trouble with letting people figuratively walk on you is that they'll take it as license to continue walking on you, and even stomping.
Bush letting the Left walk on him could well insure the defeat of his policies. Considering that the Left hopes for a loss in the WOT, that could be disastrous.
It all reminds me of how he showed up unprepared for the first debate with Kerry. If he himself doesn't want to get the message out to the public, he ought to get his people to do it for him.
Nice compilation. Very heartening-even I was starting to go a little wobbly.
He allowed that nutcase Sheehan to keep talking about how our children were murdered in Iraq, without any response... Granted, most Americans realize she's a nutcase, but to not (more) forcefully debunk her lies? Disgraceful, again.
Well, be sure to ping the rest of us when the propanganda war begins.
Stand up and fight.
He'll let the screamers scream (both left and right) for the time being.
Then Nov 06 rolls around and he plows like steam roller.
See post #4. Them's the real facts.
I like the two items on your wish list!
It's almost as if the administration and the Senate Republicans have called it quits.
"Kerry, a lying traitor, almost became President because Bush allowed him to lie time and again, and through the debates, without challenging him."
And that's where, if there's any doubt from someone on the left, that they believe the lies--by Bush not fighting back.
Now, by not fighting back they're going to get away with making this war look "false".
And no matter how well we can debate joe-six-pack liberal voter and send him running; it's this weakness of Bush that confirms their convictions about the president.
When the president caves, or is silent about something that is SO FREAKING EASY TO NUKE INTO POWDER, it gives us no option but to give up. It makes our words of truth useless to the people we might debate in everyday life.
All they have to do is look at he actions or inaction of the president, and there's no convincing anyone at this point.
Stand and Fight Bump!
I worked my ass off supporting Bush and more local GOP candidates in my state, county, etc. While the national GOP was really really good, the state run side of things sucked.
When Bush won, we expected him, through the media, as well as other means, to really fight. Heck, he won cleanly, his party has leadership of the House and Senate, and he has been winning the war on terror.
Yet, when the mass media began to launch their all out effort to undermine the administration, the military, the war, the economy, and everything else good, the GOP has had no response.
From the top, they acted angry and feigned shock and surprise at Dem tactics but have done nothing meaningful to combat it.
It seems that GOP leadership, including Bush's team has made extraordinary efforts to get people to like them and to "get along." And its backfired miserably. Instead of learning their lesson, taking the gloves off and starting to fight toe to toe on what is RIGHT, what is TRUE, and what is REAL, they've simply limped away wimpering.
After the election, I needed a political break. So I took one. And I was in that mode right until there was hope of invoking the Constitutional option on judges. When the gang-rape of 14 brokered a "deal" that totally surpassed party leadership and the leadership did nothing in the form of retribution, I started to really get angry. Then the war, then the economy, then Katrina and then Roberts/Miers/Alito all happened. Even though we've weathered that really, really well, we got pummelled, and continue to get pummeled in the press, not just the mainstream press but other venues as well. I feel the fight starting to slip away. Anecdotally, I see those I worked with on the election, sitting home, not motivated at all by the party or the President to take up the fight and push forward.
And at the same time, I see the left quietly, but effectively organizing well and preparing for 2006. Yet, we continue to underestimate them assuming they can't win because they have no ideas. 2006 won't be about ideas. It will be about turnout. And right now, we're not winning that game.
Ooops "put" = "out"
Why does the dang "p" have to be right next to the "o"?
Has the ban been upheld?
Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty
Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court
Neither of those had a prayer of passing the Senate. Maybe you should do some fact checking before posting such a barrage of pap designed to appeal more to emotion than to thought.
Yes Mr. President! Get up, fight back, or get lost. If it wasn't for us your polls would be 0.000000001% because you'd only have your family and admin left to give positive results.
ping
You would have thought that with the onset of the internet, talk radio, and FOXNEWS, it would be easier to get our message out... Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case. The MSM has been working overtime to ridicule conservatives, and each time someone does stand up (Delay, Rove), look at what happens to them... Something is just not right, I agree.
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