Posted on 05/31/2006 8:13:06 PM PDT by Wrangler22
I watch each day as my Country continues its leftward spiral out of control and find myself at a loss for words. The very pillars that form the foundation of this great nation are being shaken by both the Liberal Democrat Party and the increasing number of moderate Republicans. In the middle we find a President who once stood with a backbone of steel in the face of terror, who now panders to both sides in a weak kneed attempt to please everyone.
Those of you who visit this site regularly know that I have been a staunch supporter of President Bush and the Global War on Terror. He earned my respect and that of the conservatives of this Nation through unwavering pro life stance; his solid defense of the institution of marriage; his fulfillment of his promise of conservative judicial nominees; and his strong stance on the War on terror.
It is on this last point that I begin to take issue with the President. During his first term I felt that history would look back on him as the man who stood in strong in storm of islamo-fascism and didn’t compromise principles for poll numbers. I now begin to see that the Presidency of George W. Bush may well be viewed as the tale of two Presidents.
In his first term he was unshakable. He was resolute and determined to do what he knew had to be done and neither the partisan attacks of the Left or the media propaganda machine could sway him. We all flocked to the polls to re-elect him because we wanted to see him lead this country to. . .
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I am here.
If GWB wanted to hire me as a consultant, I'd tell him to stop trying to second guess everyone and please the unpleasable. Just be that leader the nation saw on 9-11: guarantee that his poll numbers would rebound within a week.
I'm pretty sure W is not weak kneed. Some of his convictions are just different than ours is all. He may be a little shocked at his polls too. But I think him not to be a weak kneed guy at all.
I don't like this befuddled, mouth-agape-at-times Bush who looks like the constipated version of his father.
I agree
He has tried to play both sides over last six months. This is a noticeable change in behavior on his part.
When he appologized for "Bring it On" the world surely saw it as a sign of weakening in his stance.
The President is trying to build a consensus.
As futile as that may seem, it is the primary occupation of the Presidency when he can't rely on his majority in Congress to do what he wants.
On conservative issues, Congress stonewalls him. On issues where the President is more liberal or moderate, Congress stonewalls him.
Congress is the problem.
I agree 100%.
I have been strong supporter of his, and volunteered for both of his campaigns. That being said, building a concesus is alienating his base.
McCain is great at building concesus i.e. McCain - Feingold, and now McCain - Kennedy on the border.
I believe the Republicans need to get back to their conservative roots; stop creatig social programs, be strong on defense, and stop trying to build concensus wit hthe liberals.
If you straddle the fence, you ultimately get racked. ouch
You can't win the Super Bowl with just a quarterback on your team.
But...but Congress is Republican though...
We have to keep in mind that the President is the President of the United States of America.
I want him to take more of a stand and tell the liberals and RINOs to bug off, but realistically he can't. He has to continue to try and work with the unpleasables in Congress because they are what we gave him to work with. He isn't a dictator. If he blows them off, it might make the rest of us happy and improve his poll numbers, but it will give the liberals and RINOs an excuse for their stonewalling.
The President willingly will accept low poll numbers if it helps keep a Republican majority. He isn't up for reelection. He didn't take the job because he wanted to be liked or popular. He wants to get the job done, and while we may agree and disagree with him frequently on the how, he has delivered more often and more reliably than Congress.
If enough people blame Congress, we might see some traction on other conservative issues. Blaming the President only gets the Repubs in Congress off the hook for their contribution to the problem.
The Senate is playing for the other team for sure. The House is the only defense for conservatives and I don;t think they will hold the line.
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The problem is his sticking to the guest worker/amnesty stance may cost him the majority. This issue has the base riled up.
It was a statesman like attempt to bridge a gap. I don't think he will succeed since the European Left is cowardly to the bone. But that is one of those nasty little things President have to do as part of their job. It's really easy to sit on your butt and your computer and rant and rave at Bush. Vastly different, and more difficult thing, to try and walk a in his shoes.
Rantings abut everything is easy, DOING something about it is a lot harder
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