Things I don’t miss about George W. Bush
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but someone has to do it.
The “Miss Me Yet?” billboard (inspired by Jonathan Maney’s t-shirts) is cute. But let’s not get carried away with nostalgia.
President Bush put America on the proper war footing after 9/11 and deserves much credit for doing so, but he also:
1) joined with open-borders progressives McCain and Kennedy to try to force shamnesty down our throats;
2) massively expanded the federal role in education;
3) championed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement using phony math;
4) kowtowed to the jihadi-enabling Saudis;
5) stocked DHS with incompetents and cronies;
6) pushed Hillarycare for housing;
7) enabled turncoat Arlen Specter;
8. nominated crony Harriet Myers to the Supreme Court;
9) pre-socialized the economy for Obama by embracing TARP, the auto bailouts, the AIG bailout, and in his own words:
“I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system.”
– George W. Bush
No, I don’t miss having a corporate socialist Republican in the White House any more than I like having a corporate socialist Democrat in the White House now.
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Huckabee is a joke.
Ask the family members of the four officers slain by someone he commuted back into society. Second chances are great for sermons, they don’t make very good law, however, when people’s lives are at stake, which is why Huckabee should have stayed in the pulpit.
You might want to go back and reread what I wrote.
I am well aware of what a Presidents responsibilities are. You might also want to consider what the responsibilities of a Congressman are.
Advise and consent does not mean being a lemming.
For example, BUSH proposed the Prescription Drug Benefit, not the Congress. I recognize how badly Bush screwed up. The Republicans in Congress also abandoned en mass their base and the platform.
Thanks, that was quite illuminating. And I mean that sincerely.
Maybe Mack didn’t like Karl Rove’s push polls spreading rumors about his mental instability, his wife’s painkiller addiction, and his fathering a child with a black woman. I dunno, just a hunch.
A lot of people think there was nothing to forgive. You can see some of them on this thread.
Err,, I should have appropriated a due number of props to flenser too:
I will stand by manifested, thanks.
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I liked President Bush 43′s first 4 years a lot better than I liked his last 4 years–for the same reasons listed above.
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But I liked his “pit bull” approach to winning in Iraq–rather than doing the “cut and run” Comrade Obama, Jack Murtha (RIP), and others tried to force on him.
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And he did less damage to our country in his 8 years in office than The Messiah has done in 1 year. And we ain’t seen nuttin yet–The One, SanFranNan, Dingy Harry Reid, and others are still trying to bring on their agendas to turn the U.S.A. into the new United Socialist States of Amerika.
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Jimmy Carter looks better all the time–in comparison to our current Prez.
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John Bibb
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You can always depend on some moonbat to come by and try to keep this myth alive. But that’s what it is – a myth.
And I’ll repeat that you don’t know what you’re talking about.
I have one more thought on Bush 43 leaving on such a down note, and Obeyme winning in 2008 elections:
The Press became increasingly biased in its dealings with the news and the newsmakers. The Press is no longer the staunch bastion of truth above all else: it became a cheerleader for a candidate that reflects their liberal ideals. Yes, I know they withheld the truth on Roosevelt and his polio (not showing pictures of the Pres with his crutches)…I think that was more idealistically motivated: keeping up appearances, as it were.
That’s why “fair and balanced” is such a novel approach anymore – I like the British way of calling their news people “news readers” – for that is what they should do, just read it and keep your comments and beliefs out of the story.
I had a different reason for being nauseated whilst watching the news when Bush was President. Then I wanted to barf at their barely-suppressed hostility, now I want to projectile vomit at their verbal fellatio of Mr.Current Prez.
That’s the beauty of America. It’s a free country. Knock yourself out.
When one political party has the presidency, the voters opinion of that presidents political party is closely tied to their opinon of the President.
In your perfect abstract world we’d have perfect voters who would examine each politician on his own merits and vote accordingly.
And there’s the world we actually live in ….
Man I remember when they finally sorted out the 2004 election thinking allright!!! now we get down to what he said in his first SOTU speech that got sidetracked by 911. Remember? Fix social security, tackle immigration, etc. And then we discover Jay Rockefeller, Dick Durbin and other dems deciding to politicize every aspect of the wars we were in and working behind the scenes to leak all sorts of information. The last two years were basically a Hoover redux with the dems in power doing everything in their power to drive down the economy in order to blame republicans.
Bush sure had his faults but you never felt he hated us like Obama and his crowd do.
I have a family member-in-law who worked for both #43 and #41, she says #43 is a very good and decent person. She makes no comments on his decisions.
I don’t remember that, no. He did not even mention immigration in that speech. There was a lot on Social Security though.
Well, I miss him anyway.
Voted for prominent aural sensors during the ’90s (change I didn’t really believe in but I just wanted someone different). Voted for the lesser of two evils for the last decade. Will probably have to vote for the lesser of two evils again in 2012, from the looks of things.
Did Bush look good compared to what I wanted from my President? No he didn’t….but compared to Obama he was waaaaay better. Just the fact that he actually likes America means a lot to me.
Flenser,
It is my opinon that our current “reality” based model of government is a disaster. Part of why we have a debt of $12 Trillion and going up like a rocket.
When I took Civics, the President was also referred to as the Chief Administrator. What we have now is nothing like George Washington had in mind for a President.
The separation of powers and the system of checks and balances are designed to not allow the concentration of power in any single group or person.
What has the “modern model” given us besides crushing degt? In my lifetime this country has fought five wars, starting with Korea.
Total deaths 115,609 – Total wounded 290,606
Number of times war was declared? ZERO
The War in Vietnam was “Johnson’s War” in Iraq “Bush’s War” now “Obama’s War” All should have been OUR WAR, declared by Congress who has that power, NOT the President. Congress needs to “Cowboy Up” and start doing their Constitutional duty again and the President needs to start thinking of himself as the Chief Administrator and not the DEAR LEADER.
In my lifetime only Reagan has understood what his job was. The rest have been clueless.
Domestically, unfortunately yes, I’d have to agree.
So the first thread about GWB in a year turns into a conservative food fight. That in itself should tell us something. Just bringing him up is divisive.
“Miss me yet?” Immediate reaction, NO. We need to look forward toward new confident, competent, charismatic, conservative leadership. Someone most of us can agree on.
Bush kept us safe from further attacks by our enemies. He has my gratitude and respect for that. Beyond that…NEXT.
IMHO
On February 9th, 2010 at 4:36 pm, revolution said:
Kudos to Michelle Malkin for this Tweet:
From the article:
It begs the question of whether or not the officials in Arkansas actually wanted Clemmons to be released.
Who could possibly have wanted that?
Possibly people who cared more about killing Huckabee’s political career than they cared about Clemmons killing people.
Plausible? Yes.
Probable? I don’t know. But how do you explain this:
If Clemmons had converted to Islam while in prison, and people on the left knew that he would be a Jihadist if released, what better way to hurt Huckabee’s future political chances than to intentionally re-release a Jihadist that Huckabee had released nine years earlier?
Arkansas DOC officials did NOT act normally in this case.
WHY???
I don’t think Fred acted as a diversion to take votes from the socially conservative but pro-illegal alien/economic populist Huckster.
I think Huckster played conservative to divert votes from Thompson and Romney to help McCain. Huckster really held Romney’s Mormonism against him.
Now, I’m not a big Romney cheerleader- he walked a different walk as Massachusetts governor than he talked as a national candidate. The Mormon thing, sure, the theology is whack, certainly not Christian, and has polytheistic elements, but having served with quite a few Mormons in the Navy, they have good family values and tend to be very patriotic.
In a normal year, Romney wouldn’t be my pick, but with Fred never getting going, and Giuliani being a cash donor to Planned Abortionhood, and Huckster being a Clintonian sleaze, and McCain, well, McCain, Romney was the best of a bad bunch.
Don’t blame the GOP, the primary voters chose McAmnesty.
BTW, pray Obama has a real challenger in the Dem primaries. Michael
SteeleRust has done nothing about open primaries, and if Hillary or someone else doesn’t challenge Obama, KoS and Olbermann will select the most beatable Republican candidate and send their minions to pollute the open primaries. Would they choose a Lindsay Graham or Olympia Snowe super RINO to discourage the base, or a Ron Paul/Alex Jones nutter who would frighten independents.I don’t know. It’d be kind of sweet if they decided Sarah was unelectable, and then she wound up winning. But I wouldn’t want to trust Olberman and KoS to screw up when trying to monkeywrench the GOP.
Nobodys perfect and it’s not my expectation of anyone. We all make millions of choices in our lifetimes. Some good, some bad.
Sometimes we make fundamental changes to our principles, our ethics, our values, our moral imperative that affect our decision making.
Sometimes we learn from our mistakes, other times we are doomed to repeat them.
Interesting coincidence… I first mentioned Huckabee in a comment here hours ago, and now I see this over at HotAir:
On February 9th, 2010 at 5:26 pm, flenser said:
flenser, he did mention it but not how he was going to deal with it. It is my understanding he had a meeting with Fox scheduled when the planes hit and that stopped his plans, which in hindsight probably stopped his push for amnesty that he promoted later. I just recall that I still thought he had unfinished business for the conservative causes that so enraged the left that went terribly awry later. By the middle of 2005 he was spent and the republicans were toast what with Lott and Hastert spending like liberals and the media and dems screeching about losing the war.
Compared to what we have now, you gotta admit the man was pretty solid under withering personal attacks. Not conservative enough for me either though.
I personally believe there has been only about two years of conservative legislation forwarded, sometime around 1996-1997, in my lifetime.
When Tom DeLay stood on the steps of congress sometime around 2004 and declared they had wrung every bit of waste they could from the budget I knew it was over for a while. He lost me there.
“…Romney was the best of a bad bunch.” Man Ed I’m with you on that. As soon as I sent ‘ol Mitt a donation he dropped out. When McCain took the nomination I had no enthusiasm at all. Felt like Dole II until Sara stepped in.
On February 9th, 2010 at 5:53 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
Calling him “Huckster” reveals bias, rather than a “fair and balanced” assessment. Huckabee was the ONLY candidate to sign Session’s 15 point plan, and Huckabee was the ONLY candidate who pledged to build fences on both borders by July 1, 2010.
Thompson was never “in it to win it”. He got in late and left early. Why was he in it? To help his “Good friend John McCain”.
Huckabee did not “divert votes from Romney” in WV… that was purely a tactical move on McCain’s part when McCain realized he couldn’t win the state and told his people to vote for Huckabee. Romney was ahead of Huckabee in delegates, and McCain didn’t want Romney getting those WV delegates.
And Mormons held it against Huckabee that he’s an evangelical.
Romney showed that he is not a man of his word. On February 5th he promised to fight all the way to the convention. On February 6th he met behind closed doors with unnamed “prominent Republicans”. On February 7th Romney broke the promise he had made less than 48 hours earlier, and dropped out of the race. On February 14th, Romney “released” his delegates to McCain… a move that was done for no other reason than to try to make Huckabee quit and hand the nomination to McCain on a silver platter. It would have been better if Romney had kept his promise and fought all the way to the convention. McCain was almost out of public financing money, and we would have been better served by a three-man race for the nomination. Romney had a lot more to do with McCain becoming the nominee than Huckabee did.
Agreed. If we put religious differences aside, evangelicals and Mormons vote very similarly on both economic and social issues. But if you focus on the religious differences, it creates a fault line.
The only two candidates who fought until the finish line (1191 pledged delegates) were McCain and Huckabee. Huckabee was the best of the bunch.
We must close the primaries and do everything we can to keep our elections honest. It’s way too easy for people to vote fraudulently when all they have to know is a name and an address, and don’t have to show picture ID.
On February 9th, 2010 at 6:27 pm, DanMan said:
Many people don’t realize the role Huckabee played in forcing McCain to choose a conservative VP…
McCain was actively floating trial baloons about a pro-choice VP pick. Huckabee’s delegates threatened to walk out of the convention if McCain did so. McCain didn’t want that to happen, and he backed down and picked someone the conservative evangelicals would be excited about. That would not have happened if Huckabee had not won those delegates to put that pressure on McCain.
It wasn’t publicized, but that’s what happened. If you liked having Palin on the ticket, thank Huckabee and his delegates.
There is just one mention of “immigrant” (or any word containing “immi”) in the 2001 SOTU.
The full text is here. Immigration was not a topic, much less amnesty.
Bush was leading the way on the whole “spending like liberals” front. You can’t blame his actions on other people.
I’ll end with this for now…
The next President will need to be someone who fully understands the issues of the Middle East, especially with regards to Israel.
Mike Huckabee is in Israel right now.
Obama makes me miss Bill Clinton.
Here’s an idea. Why not get a candidate that didn’t run in 2008.
Haley Barbour and Mike Pence come to mind.
The problem is that we don’t have voters who understand what their job is. Without that we’ve never going to have politicians who understand their proper role.
I think we have slightly more pressing problems right now.
Michelle, while I agree to an extent, you have to remember what the options were.
You had the choice of a squishie, but still part conservative Bush, or Gore, Kerry, Edwards, Leiberman…..
Yes, I DO miss Bush much more than I ever thought I would.
On February 9th, 2010 at 6:45 pm, flenser said:
And here are real answers to those pressing problems.
Meghan McCain! She’s all like big tent ‘n stuff, and she’s got like a gazillion followers on Twitter ‘n stuff.
Me, too. There’s a lot of things about him that I do miss; far more than things I do not miss. At least he loved our country and loved our men & women serving in the military.
I miss that a lot.
At least Bush would have responded to the Iran Thursday Punch in the Face threat. I felt a hell of a lot safer with Bush in the WH than I do with BO!
That too. I agree fully.
There are things that I disagreed with President George W. Bush over. But most of those were either positions that he took in support of and as part of keeping faithful with his subordinates or those who’d faithfully supported him. There are a lot of reasons why he’s one of the two Commander’s in Chief (only one living) I’d give everything for.
1. He truly appreciated those who serve in the military. You can see it in the way that he took time to visit with the survivors of fallen Soldiers and even more recently in what and how he was there for the troops the day after the Ft. Hood terror incident.
2. He supported/backed his people. Sometimes to the point of being overly loyal to people who served him poorly but he supported them to the hilt.
3. He was constant and consistent. If today the sky was blue, it was blue tomorrow and six months ago. He was never for something till he was against it. Well, except for being rather isolationist until 9-11-2001.
Yes, in the end with a Congress full of Democrats he didn’t veto TARP but that was supposed to be a temporary ‘fix’ as opposed to what the current occupant of the Oval Office has made it. Yes, I disagree with him on amnesty and border policy but have done so, since he was my governor. It doesn’t take away from the fact that he’s a man and not a gutless wonder like so many politicians and that he looked after those in the military he commanded unlike Ronald Reagan who boosted pay but cut our medical and retiree benefits or William Clinton who put us on a mission to help Kofi Anan’s son collect his graft in Somalia without adequate support and weaponry or even his father who never had the guts to finish the encirclement of the Iraqi Army and thereby potentially accomplishing what would be a defeat in Arab eyes versus what to Arab eyes was at worst a stalemate.
No President George W. Bush isn’t perfect and probably will continue to reap the disdain of hardliners. But he can count on my support and my life anytime, anyplace for any reason he deems worthy.
OMG! Thomas is on board!
Amen Michelle!
McCain would have been more of the same.
Hear hear, ssnark. Well said.
I haven’t read The Wisdom Paradox, but let me offer this: In 1967, as Gov. of CA, signing the Therapeutic Abortion Act, he was clearly uncomfortable with this. But he did it in good faith, that its intent was to curb and limit abortion. However, the number of abortions in CA exploded. There are those who try to use this to say he was “pro-choice”, including the fraud Mitt Romney. I can’t accept the thinly veiled insult that his faculties were failing him when he decided amnesty. This decision was not made on the spur of the moment but with careful deliberation and good faith on his part. He was very wise, but even the wisest of men make errors in judgment.
Excellent post. Perhaps your best.
Ditto, ssnark.
Mirror, mirror on the wall….
And I would add he did so even in the face of severe criticism and ridicule. Right or wrong his decisions were based on his convictions – in stark contrast with Clinton who’s decisions were based solely on which way the gallup winds were blowing on a given day.
John Deaux – Speaking of the devil…
Meghan McCain Blasts Tea Party Movement, Palin on ‘The View’
Clearly positioning herself for a run in ’12. ‘n stuff. Watch for it.
On February 9th, 2010 at 8:56 pm, dtestard said:
Perhaps for you personally. But please, say it in your own words. From personal knowledge of the boy, his mother, his grandparents and would never agree with you. It is not a case of “mirror, mirror”. Not unless you’re referring to Lewis Carroll’s looking glass. Mr. Obama has never been faithful to anyone or anything except himself. His positions change with the weather here in Texas (about once every 15 minutes). His disdain for the military shows in his every unstudied expression, inflection and action.
As stated, you are entitled to express an opinion but at least have the originality and perhaps intelligence to be able to do so in your own words.
In mine, Mr. Obama’s title and position have my respect, but as a simulacrum of a man and as a person, he has nothing but my detestation and my disdain.
I miss Bush, but not some of his centrist ideas and a loose fiscal policy. He stood tall in the face of adversity and kept the torch lit for freedom after 9/11. I doubt any of us can even imagine what his family went through over the years with the vitriol coming in waves from the ‘patriotic’ left in this country and from around the world. He was a man with a center, a core if you will and he never changed who he was. For that I thank him. Consistency is a large element of leadership ability and G.W. Bush is a leader. I too, would serve under his leadership anytime, anywhere.
ssnark, you are on a roll tonight. Keep it up.
BTW, I should have guessed you were from Texas! Shoot straight and keep your powder dry.
Hot Air has an update re the source of the Billboard. Interesting. They are also running a poll:
Miss him yet?
* Yes!
* Nah
* Not him specifically, but I miss the pre-Obama era
Results are interesting.
On February 9th, 2010 at 9:28 pm, travlinman said:
May not have been born here in Texas, but Texan at heart.
Hooah!
Just a reminder, if you have more than 12 cats in your yard and you can’t get close enough to any of them to pat,…
…. you might be a redneck.
drop dead
The Huckabee poles are a joke, also. Remember when Giuliani was the “front runner”? That is, he was the “front runner” UNTIL PEOPLE ACTUALLY VOTED!
I think Sarah will have it wrapped up in New Hampshire if she decides to run, which she will.
You’re not exactly a small r republican, are you? Even if I approved whoeheartedly of Bush, I would not pledge my life to him. Or any man.
That hits the nail on the head, now doesn’t it?
Heck yeah, I miss W. His backing of TARP, the unlimited prescription drug plan and amnesty were wrong, but let’s look at the whole.
He was really pro-life, while I think Obama actually LIKES abortion. He was pro- 2nd amendment, while Obama wants only the government to have guns (Heil Obama). He actually understood what evil is, such as Saddaam “Same last name as BHO’s middle name”.And finally, he was and is a follower of Christ, not someone who thinks he is a christ (or an undercover muslim). As a person, I like George Bush and I do miss him.
Same here, but he really should have defended his presidency much better than he did, especially when it came to Iraq. The media never once gave the man a decent word.
He bent over too much for the media and Democrats, thinking they could be his friend. Then along came 2006 and the end of GOP majority. This is when it all snowballed.
Bush…I’d mow his yard for free.
Obama’s yard? I got a dog that wants to leave him a present.
On February 9th, 2010 at 10:24 pm, flenser said:
Not a Republican in terms of the political party. It left my values behind a long time ago. Left to my own devices, I guess I’d call myself a conservative and a strict constructionist in terms of the Constitution.
To each their own. I’ve made my choices, you’ve made yours. I would give my life for my comrades in arms and President George W. Bush has in my estimation earned the honor I gave. Mine to give. You may make your own decisions.
Michelle,
You also failed to list his support, from cynical advice from Rove, to support the greatest infringement on freedom of speech: McCain-Feingold. Also, from Rove’s suggestion, to offer UNSOLICITED to renew the assualt weapon’s ban – exactly what the 2A is all about – the Right to Rebel.
As soon as his approval rating was over 60% after the invasion of Iraq, he immediately announced his support for renewal of the assualt weapon ban, and the right to regualte your gun out of existence because of how it appears. He said as much in Sept. 2000-and he wonders why he almost lost the election to Al Gore??
Yup, I sure miss him. /sarc
I meant “small r republican”, the political philosophy.
It’s opposed to monarchism, where you pledge your life to your leader to do with as he pleases.
That’s “regulate”, not “regualte” in post 177.
Wouldn’t surprise me a bit..I wonder though when Sarah Palin is going to take McCain aside, and tell him to muzzle his step-daughter…or is that too much to ask of her?
On February 9th, 2010 at 10:50 pm, flenser said:
In the sense of the political philosophy, I guess I am.
Like the Soldiers of the Roman Republic, I pledge my life to my comrades and to those I deem to be deserving of the honor to lead a Soldier or Soldiers.
I’d rather have W than this joker who’s in the Whitehouse right now, that’s all.
I think Carrot Top is available.
Precisely.
GWB ended up being the poster boy for the new breed of Big Government Republicans. Do I miss him? Hell no.
Okay, that’s just scary.
On second thought, maybe for veep.
Maybe to replace Joe Biden.
But ssnark, when I said it in your words I sounded exactly like an Obot, didn’t I?
P.S. ssnark, I respect your opinion and your posts (it’s admirable for you to be willing to die for a friend), I just disagree with your view of Bush’s presidency entirely. I actually think Bush will go down in history as the second worst President ever, assuming Obama stays true to his course and doesn’t somehow improve. (As a man, Bush may in fact be a great guy with conviction – so was Carter in many peoples’ views, and the Iranians capitalized on it, and our country reeled economically because of it.)
On February 10th, 2010 at 6:25 am, dtestard said:
Perhaps when taken out of context as that was. It was the conclusion of a counter argument to what Ms. Malkin and others both left and right have said. It was decidedly not applicable in this Soldier’s opinion to Tovarisch Grazdanin Obama.
Unlike Mr. Carter, President Bush did not believe himself smarter than most others nor that he was somehow wiser than anyone (ok, save Henry Kissinger in Carter’s case). Like Gerald R. Ford he was a humble man who believed that there were far wiser more experienced people that he should trust to guide him. Some of those people would serve him well. Others were of dubious value and some like Tom Ridge or Donald Rumsfeld served not him but their own agendas and desires. If the man had a tragic flaw, it was his loyalty to those he believed served the interest of the country first and didn’t. In Carter’s case, it was an excess of pride and more than a touch of what in latin is referred to as acedia (a failure to do one’s duty).
D’estard,
I forgot to mention you are entitled to hold the opposite opinion. History as you note, will be the arbiter I think.
If he had a tragic flaw, I’d say he clearly put his unqualified corporate cronies (and the usurpation/hoarding of power, money, and yes oil, away from the American people, that they represented) over country – can you say Harriet Miers? (Remember, the two best things Bush will be remembered for only occurred after he was thwarted in doing his own will to get a permanent seat of power for his buddies… a clear slap in the face to the Republic and the authority which he was entrusted with.)
Americans still do not see that Bush sold America to his wahhabbi family & friends in Riyadh. Not only did he cover up for Saudis in the 9/11 investigation, Bush also took Americans to war against Saudi’s worst enemy Saddam.
Rest is academic-history.
Anyone who doesn’t miss Bush by this time is mindless. Ssnark said it best. By the way, “W’s” setting up his Presidential Center at SMU in Dallas. Cough up, cheapskates:
http://www.georgewbushcenter.com/
Also, put in a couple of bucks for Branstad for Iowa governor as well. My fellow Iowawegians elected a numbskull who must be replaced ASAP.
http://www.governorbranstad2010.com/
#10 for the list … Imposing steel tariffs in March of 2002. That was my personal “what’s up with that?” moment.
I love the ad, I love the sentiment, and compared to my communist in chief, I loved him. Does Michelle make points about many things I didn’t agree with, absolutely. But compared to now, GWB was BRILLIANT!
Unfortunately, George II had ample reasons for his humility.
I totally agree with Michelle’s sentiments. Had George been more courageously conservative, and not a weak-kneed progressive who wasn’t bothered with illegals eroding every aspect of American existence, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in.
That said, George wasn’t much more or less than the rest of the GOP. In fact, he personified a GOP that was slinking farther and farther away from the mainstream of American thought. He and they were still considered not in line with the kook-dom of lefty collectivist thought, but still they are heading towards THEM, and away from US. The problem for the morons in the lefty fringe (the Daily Kos types)is that they aren’t moving towards them fast enough.
Make no mistake about it–”CHANGE” with the Obama regime only means moving towards the moronic lefty fringe as fast as it can. As usual, their “good intentions” are making hell apparent in all of our lives, and it got a good start with George and the progressive GOP.
Well no. If Obama were only a “corporate socialist Democrat” sure – how about “America-hating Marixist”? He’s a lot closer to Chavez than to Bush. I think the contrast is stark, the comparison weak.
Someone tell zyzzyg that the two term limit only applies to holding the office – not missing someone that previously held the office.
I hope Dr. Tom Coburn runs for President, personally.
I sent money to Duncan Hunter in 2008, but he never got any media attention. By far the best candidate.
Coburn, as a US Senator and a leading opponent of Obama’s Hell Care, would be impossible for the MSM to ignore.