Dear Mr. Tucker;
McCain didn't cripple conservative hopes, the father/son Bush team did!
In 1989, after Ronald Reagan's legacy engineered the fall of monolithic communism in Eastern Europe we had pretty much a unified party and hope; we even had 90 percent of the American people behind us in 1991 when Gulf War I occurred. However, just as we had Saddam Hussein reeling on the ropes after a brilliant 100-hour assault that trapped Iraq's entire army in a corridor "Highway of Death," instead of victory, we were handed a stalemate as Gulf War I came to a close. Later, we got a "Read My Lips" rubber stamp of a Democratic plan to raise our taxes. We also got Justice Souter on the SC and an economic recession.
Flash forward to 2002 and Iraq. Again we had Saddam on the ropes and his army corralled. But instead of mopping up with an overwhelming force to put down any residual flare ups, we had a diluted "Mission Accomplished" plan for occupation that resulted in widespread looting, crime and the beginnings of insurgency and very quickly the campaign to kill Al Qieda in Iraq became asymmetric in trying to deal with terrorism. This came on the heels of prescription drugs for seniors, No Child Left Behind and a reluctance to veto any other boondoggle programs of the wild spending Congress. It was followed by Dubai Ports and Harriet Myers's name being mentioned for the SC before a backlash campaign resulted in Justice Alito. There was also a marked reluctance to cancel Bush 41's executive order to drill for oil off our coastline.
Now we have $4 gasoline, record inflation and a looming sharp recession.
Is there any wonder why Republicans are feeling "Bushed"?
