Posted on 01/17/2009 10:24:11 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
From the day President Bush took office, the long knives were out for him - in ways they will not (and should not) be out for President-elect Barack Obama. The chattering class saw Dubya as a walking style crime in a cowboy suit. They hit Bush for everything - for the way he mangled syntax, for the books he read, because he worked out too much.
Note now that the buff Obama is taking office, stories gushing about Obama's daily workouts flood the channels. Oh, yes, and the same people who belittled Bush for sending troops to war even though he only served in the National Guard somehow do not seem to notice Obama's utter lack of military experience.
To trash Bush was to belong. There was little upside in supporting Bush, even if you had supported his agenda.
Most of the Democratic candidates for president in 2004 and 2008 voted for the Patriot Act - and then campaigned against it. They voted for the resolution authorizing U.S. military force in Iraq - then bolted from the war itself. Likewise with No Child Left Behind. Somehow Bush was the guy who looked bad as he withstood the heat, while his caving critics preened.
When the Dems were pushing for a humiliating retreat from Iraq and opinion polls supported troop withdrawal, Bush instead pushed for a troop surge that has made all the difference. Vice President-elect Joe Biden - who voted for the war before he was against it - visited Iraq last week. While there, he promised the Iraqis that America would not withdraw troops in a way that undermines Iraqi security. Yet that was exactly what his party advocated a year ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
0bama will fix that...
Good piece.
Is this Bizarro World? This was in a San Fran paper?
The author is probably clearing out their desk as we speak.
One of the things history does is allow us to step back and look at the big picture in a way we can't when we're living through the events.
Bush will be treated kindly by history, especially when all the Obama lapdogs wonder "If Obama's so great, how come he's doing all these things the evil Bush was doing? Could it be Bush was right about one or two things?"
Remember that a little less than half the country didn’t vote for that phony bologne Lincoln imitator. We know the truth. Thank God for FR and websites like this.
You betcha...
If I really wanted to be hip and popular, and be liked by everybody, all I'd have to do is to sell out every last principle I have, and switch to being a black liberal democrat.
(For the record, the chances of that happening are the same as Rosie O'Donnell being the size of Ann Coulter and serving President Bush a nice meal with no insults. Yeah...no way in hell)
Amen
When the Bush hatred subsides years from now then most Americans will realize and be thankful that President Bush was a great leader who did the most important thing a President should do in time of war and that is fight and destroy our enemies and protect America and the American people.
Priceless....where is that photo from....any idea?
OK....Iraq...it must be...
They rolled and screwed Team Bush for eight straight years. This is widely recognized as a fact here in Japan and all of East Asia. To ignore it is to live on another planet.
George Bush is the lame duck leaving.
Kim Jong il is the one left standing, even if deathly ill, with a regime with nukes it most likely did not have when Bush came to power.
Paper tiger is RIGHT, when it comes to Bush, Condi and Chris Hill.
Reprehensible.
Undefensible.
And it will get even worse under Obama.
I was surprised too!
Family members of nearly 23,000 Americans who lost their loved ones on our own American soil, since 9/11, will undoubtedly never forgive Bush and his open borders disaster.
I’ve followed Debra J. Saunders columns for years now... She truly is the only breath of fresh air on the SFGate’s (SF Chronicle) staff...
Is Bush the only President where under his two terms illegal immigrants committed crimes? There was illegal immigration and open borders for centuries. Illegal immigrants have been committing crimes for decades and long before President Bush.
I have a feeling we are about to become a pinada
yep he will
“This is widely recognized as a fact here in Japan and all of East Asia”
Says the self appointed spokesman for Japan and ‘all of East Asia’.
“Kim Jong il is the one left standing..”
What an excellent point! A murderous dicator stays in power longer than a duly elected President with term limits. He really beat Bush on that one.
“with a regime with nukes it most likely did not have when Bush came to power.”
Yeah, the fact that NK has been violating the NPT since the early 90s has no relevance. Another brilliant point by you.
“and unless you surprise the world with a surprise preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear capabilities in the next 48 hours”
Quick! You need to send him your make-believe intel regarding the whereabouts of all Iranian enrichment facilities so he can forward this to the USAF and order the strikes.
Ms. Saunders must really get into the crawl of a lot of these San Fran libs. I’m really looking forward to how the press handles Zero’s presidency. I suppose it will be more stories about the purchase of a dog and the picking out of the new drapes, along with the never ending drone of what a mess he was left to deal with. Probably your best investment at this point would be a knee pad manufacturer because the press will be on it’s knees for a least the next four years.
“Bush showed U.S. is no paper tiger.”
How about “Election of 0bama showed the U.S. is a dead pussycat in the road, but still in one piece and not yet stinky enough to attract a cleanup crew.”
No kidding. How dare the King of the World not solve all of the planet’s problems.
I would like Cheney to be in charge for the next eight....why didn’t he step up to the plate?
I suspect health issues, plus the fact that a hypothetical Cheney Administration would do things MUCH differently than the (gag-choke-puk) ‘compassionate conservative’ crew has done over the past eight years.
Cheney is hard right too, and the current pack of RINOs and ‘Rat-lites infesting the GOP would have most likely torpedoed him early in the primaries. But of all the candidates, Cheney could have single handedly dismantled Comrade 0bama and exposed him for the naive, inexperienced fool that he is.
Cheney is brilliant. The level of vitriol against him shows how frightened Big Media was of him. Too bad he has problems with his ticker. We could have had a very different country with him in charge.
You know it. In a perfect world, PRESIDENT Dick Cheney would be preparing to leave office after a stellar two terms, VICE President George W. Bush would be heading back to Texas to resume his interest in the Texas Rangers baseball team or something like that, and President Duncan Hunter and Vice President Sarah Palin would be preparing to continue the conservative policies of the Cheney Administration.
You have to read the comments posted at the SFgate for a real laugh.
Maybe Bush didn’t accomplish all the goals but he wasn’t a traitor like the MSM constantly harping on him and advertising to the world the BDS churned out day after day.
All the garbage spewed from the Left and it’s media machines has damaged this nation by weakening it. Leftist liberals are the termites of this nation slowly but continually eroding the structure. My disgust of them borders on the level of hatred.
The only consistency in the Establishment press is cowardice. PravdABDNC is complete Groupthink.
Pray for W, America and Our Troops
bump for later
“Google these terms...”
That’s a heck of a source. You certainly proved me wrong./s
Great article bump.
I’m surprised it came out of the SFG.
I am afraid Bush had seven years to do this. All he did was conspire with McCain and Graham to keep bringing up, on behalf of their Mexican masters, the damn amnesty bill, and dragged his feet on the wall construction and true enforcement. Bush is the only two term president to this level to have thumbed his nose at the corrosion of our national sovereignty and territorial integrity ending with deaths for many, and thousands paid for this stubborness and corruptness with their very own lives. Oh believe me, the Democrat Congress comes in for criticism on this, too.
But we can no longer say this "At least Bush kept us safe" rubbish. It is not true and we have the facts and statistics to prove it.
“It’s in the public domain...”
The location of all Iranian enrichment facilities are in the public domain? Another goofy claim by you.
“you putz..you should STFU”
One of the nice things about The Free Republic is that members disagree with one another in a civil fashion. Resorting to personal attacks by calling someone a ‘fool..chump...putz..’ and telling them to ‘STFU’ shows blatent disregard for the rules of this forum. This is The Free Repulic, not a Ron Paul forum. Trying to shout down anyone who disagrees with you exposes you for who you are.
If you want a totally censored salon where the posters are ruled with an iron fist, head over to Lucianne.Com where your delicate sensitivities won’t be offended, and they’ll even provide you a complimentary new set of BushBot kneepads.
Finley Peter Dunne said “politics ain’t beanbag”, if you can’t handle the rough and tumble of it, you either have to grow a thicker hide, or keep on sticking your fingers in your damn ears and chanting that “Bush-always-right” mee-mee.
As for my stating that the references *I* stated were in the public domain, that is absolutely correct. If the information were NOT in the public domain, it certainly wouldn’t be showing up in Google of all places.
The only thing goofy in this exchange is your myopic perspective which refuses to acknowledge anything which might be critical of your hero, GWB.
If we follow your logic then no President kept us safe since the inception of the Republic. You are confusing regular crimes with terrorist attacks.
Alright. But if I get angry I’m blaming you. :-)
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