To pass anything, you need a majority. We didn't
have it in GB 1's days and we don't have it now.
And if you think that only your brand of conservatism is
the absolute correct brand, then you had best get a grip.
There are many many other people in this fine Nation that
have hope, plans and ideals that differ from yours. Learn to
compromise and you'll gain a ton more.
Or...... you can go have lunch with Pat Buchanan. [be
prepared to use your card]
Yeah, sure. Tell that to Ronald Reagan. Reagan had a democrat majority in the House to contend with on his tax measures. It takes courage and the ability to articulate ideas to use the media access a President has for reaching the citizenry. Wobbly didn't have either. He was an ineffectual communicator of conservative ideals because he isn't a conservative. He was also a clumsy manipulator, and the people he needed to vote for him were the intelligent conservatives who could see through his duplicity. The way he sold the war he ultimately fumbled turned millions of voters against him. His insistence on waxing rhapsodic about his "new world order" and his absolute treachery in issuing an "assault weapon" ban by EO sealed his fate with conservatives.
This crap of rewriting recent history is insulting, and neocon pundits and strategists should stop it. Most conservative voters active today remember Wobbly's treachery all too clearly and the nonsensical polls showing his high approval ratings after fumbling the conclusion of the war must have been polls of fickle democrats. Conservatives cursed Wobbly for three years before we decided to let him twist in the wind at reelection time.
Anyone who actually likes W should be drawing distinctions between him and his father. Wobbly doesn't have any really admirable traits, so any that W has probably came from his mother's side of the family.