Posted on 02/07/2002 7:24:05 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen
My old friend and esteemed colleague, Paul Weyrich, is a strong supporter of President Bush. In fact, he played a leading role in defending the President from early critics, back in the days when some people took John McCain seriously. Paul continues to be quoted nationally in praise of Mr. Bush. His positive view of the President reflects what most conservatives now think: unlike his father, this George Bush is one of us.
Sorry, but I don't buy it. This is one of the few matters on which Paul Weyrich and I differ strongly. In my opinion, George II is a worse sell-out than George I. While George I sold out on "no new taxes," George II has sold conservatives out on something much more serious: the question of whether the hideous ideology of cultural Marxism, more commonly known as "Political Correctness" or "multiculturalism," will reign over America in the 21st Century.
From the outset, this Bush Administration has twisted itself in knots to make sure it is as Politically Correct as possible (once again proving the old rule of Washington politics that Democrats reward their friends and Republicans reward their enemies.) It chose a liberal as Secretary of State because he was black and a featherweight to head the NSC because she is a black woman. It is likely to name a pro-abortion Hispanic to the first Supreme Court vacancy because he is Hispanic. President Bush is so careful to be photographed with "minorities" that one begins to suspect they are models hired to travel as part of his entourage.
This "conservative" President has done nothing about the problem of far too many women in our armed forces (the easiest way to make sure an army can't fight is to fill it up with women.) He won't abolish DACOWITS, though the troops would cheer him from the housetops if he did. The White House maintains a studious silence on the homosexual's offensive against our traditional culture.
If one wants to see the depths of this Administration's cultural cowardice, one need only look at its policy toward the Hispanic invasion of our country. Far from enforcing our immigration laws and closing our southern border, George Bush's Republican Party is throwing itself at the Hispanics' feet. It now even offers Spanish lessons to state Republican leaders! I don't recall that even the weakest of the Roman Emperors ordered their legions to learn Gothic.
To real conservatives, the most important war is not the pathetic war in Afghanistan, but the culture war here at home, and in that culture war President Bush is a conscientious objector. Some other members of his Administration, such as the weak-kneed John Ashcroft, are out-and-out peaceniks. In fact, I can't find a courageous cultural conservative among the lot. Either the Bush Administration actually believes in cultural Marxism, or it lacks the guts to take it on. I'd guess the latter, since being a "good Republican" seems to require that you believe in nothing at all.
If running away from the titanic battle between cultural Marxism and our traditional, Western, Judeo-Christian culture makes George Bush a good conservative, then it's time the word "conservative" were retired. It will have become as empty and meaningless as the Bush White House. As for me, I'm glad I voted for Pat Buchanan. If you want to see what a real conservative believes, read his brilliant new book, The Death of the West. Can anyone imagine George Bush writing such a book? Or even reading it, for that matter?
William S. Lind is the director for the Center for Cultural Conservatism at the Free Congress Foundation.
Free Congress Foundation
Not only does he have the socialist against him, he has the media against him, now some winey so called "conservative" is crying the blues because W is not doing what he wants him to do.
Hey run for office, get elected and put your policy in place.
George W is not Al Gore, and that right there gives him a whole lot of support from me.
GWB has, integrity, accountability and leadership; he is the man !!
Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!
Molon Labe !!
You all expect the worst. I don't agree with every single thing he does, but I do wait until HE says it until I got ballistic. I don't listen to the harpies on FR to make up MY mind.
...with their fingernails. When finished begin writing President Hillary we are so happy you have rescued this great land.
A new strategy among liberals and their socialist allies, epecially some in the media, is to say Pres. Bush is not conservative. It is a two choice universe now; Bush or socialism.
Me too, as long as that doesn't mean that I have to stop and be satified with it.
Those that stop pushing their agenda or issues will soon find out that they have lost all momentum.
I'm just astonished that Conservatives are satified with 'not quite a Moderate' instead of a Conservative. Is socialism-lite ok if the 'proper' party promotes it?
You've just verified something I posted about 100 posts earlier.
'Bush may not be a Conservative, but he ain't algore.'
So that means we should stop promoting the ideals of smaller, limited government? Or do we same those battles for when the Democrats have the office?
President Bush has waded in with both feet and hands in Ohio backing the state in their battle with leftist judges.
Or is that not a conservative position?
Hmmmm. Looks like the Blak Helikopterz Krowd left someone behind.......
Just that. You know her public image, nor her deeds. Accpording to your profile, you believe in the RNC no matter what.
Prove to me that your statement is true. My profile says, in part, as follows:
I believe in the Republican Party as the best political instrument for governance in America.
Now, my fatuous friend, simply because I state that I believe that the Republican party governs the country best does not mean that I believe everything that the party says or does. But don't let me stop you from digging your own grave....
Bad thing. Party over country. You are blind.
You realize, of course, that those three sentances sound like they come out of a comic book, don't you. Devoid of proof, you make unsupportable assertions. Then you accuse me of being blind. Think again, Brigadier.
Now we start getting into the Rant of the True Believer....
Proclaim conservatism, you are one? Rice had no experience in Russia,
Idiot. Rice had been to Russia several times during the Communist era and during the post-Soviet meltdown. She is fluent in Russian and has read War and Peace, in the cyrillic, twice. Which is more than I can say for you, you mendacious twit. But, since it's hard to stop an idiot-savant when he thinks he's playing Beethoven, let's go on....
but as an academic she found her political sugardaddy and became an "expert".
Let's see. Rice came out of Notre Dame and UD and went straight into Nuclear Weapons Targeting at the Pentagon. But she's just an academic. Rice lectured here and in the old Soviet Union about problems in the U.S./Soviet strategic dialogue. Pravda wrote about her in 1988. Rice was on the committee that came up with the American responses to Gorbachev's peace offensive. Rice was in favor of a large flow of arms to the Afghan rebels. She had personal responsibility for keeping President Bush I apprised of the Gorbachev government as it began to unravel and managed our response to the Coup Attempt of 1991. But I don't want to just kick your ignorant butt, I'm now going to undo your whole train of logic....
Considering the MANY people who had first hand, in country, knowledge of Russia, she didn't fit the job she was given.
I have already disproven that assertion. But there's more. You state, ignorantly I might add, that personal knowledge of in-country affairs is a requirement for the NSC job. Let's go down the list.
Henry Kissinger: refugee from Germany, never been to Russia or China for sustained periods of time.
Brent Scowcroft: ditto. Damn good as an NSC head.
Zbignew Brzezinski: the only intelligent individual in the whole Carter Administration. Polish refugee. Lectured some in Europe.
Richard Allen: again, a domestic academic. Good while he lasted.
Colin Powell: NSC during the late Reagan years. Visited Russia in 1972 as a White House Fellow. Not much experience there, but a fairly good strategic head for European affairs. Almost made some real bonehead judgements during the Gulf, though.
The less said about Sandy Berger, the better.
None of these guys spoke fluent Russian. Few, if any, have ever lectured extensively in Russia as Rice has. In other words, you have no effing idea what you're talking about and I just proved it.
I guess Mayor Pena, who became Clinton's Transporation Secretary, is a qualified to run the FAA because of his political appointment as the TS? Accoding to your stupid logic, he is.
Speaking of stupid, that would be Norman Mineta, not "Mayor Pena", a name you obviously pulled out of your a$$ like so much of the rest of this post.
You said Rice was well qual'd because of her politicial appointment as a Russian expert, therefore she is one. BS. She has no real world experience, only book learning.
It has become apparent to me, among others I'm sure, that you have neither real world experience nor book learning. First, go off and learn Russian, then perhaps you can come tell me how much of a neophyte Rice is. That is, if you can break away from trying to prove that the Illuminati run the world and the Jews run the banks. Oh, and Dwight Eisenhower wasn't a Communist Agent, no matter what Robert Welch said.
Some people are foolish. Some are ignorant. Being one at a time can be a blessing. Being both all at once is definitely a curse.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
You think she has real world experience? Not a featherweight? Read her own bio, not much meat there at all. Mainly university crap. Rice, an academic.
DeathAngel, you ignorant boob. Do you think my knowledge of Rice is strictly limited to that outdated Hoover Institution bio? That's from 1999.
Now run off and ask Dr. Rice how to target nuclear weapons. She knows. You don't. She has real world experience. You only wish you had, wannabe. Maybe she'll pat you on the head and send you on your way.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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