Posted on 05/06/2008 10:05:33 AM PDT by MGMSwordsman
Greetings Freepers! This is my first post and I want to say at the outset that this post is not a cheap shot at either President Bush or the GOP. I am just looking for opinions more than anything.
My question is, how much of a negative effect do you think the Bush administration has had on the current standing of the GOP in the minds of voters, and the resulting electability of GOP candidates? Is the current negative perception the fault of the administration, or does it have more to do with the mantra that the media has consistently spewed towards all things Bush related, or is it due in your opinion to a perceived do-nothing congress when the GOP had control?
Based on how you answer these questions, my second question is do you think it was even Bush at all that started the slide, or had the slide already started before Bush was elected in 2000? If so, do you think it started with Daddy Bush, or even earlier with Reagan?
I'll hang up and listen....
But how did we get Bush and the congressmen who signed off on these things?
I sort of figured that but wanted to give the idiot the benefit of the doubt. At any rate, he lived up to being the stereotypical moronic liberal.
Most voters are morons. There are over 300 million people living in this country. Out of all of them, the best we can do are nitwits like Clinton, Bush, Gore and Kerry?
Hmmmm...
To zot, or not to zot, that is the question.
“I’ll hang......”
Ok..
There was plenty of blame to go around, and the Republicans deserved to lose in 2006. They only reason they didn't lose me is because as bad as the Republicans have been, the democrats are 1000 times worse.
(1) In extemporaneous settings, Bush commonly lacks the ability to articulate a coherent line of thought in defense of his policies. This often leaves him seeming to be a dullard unable to cope with the demands of his office. Bush's weakness as a salesman extends to the virtues of his party and its philosophy.
(2) Bush has a tendency to clown around in public in ways that diminish his stature as President. Recall, for example, the butt bumps at the West Point graduation ceremony. Can you imagine any other President doing that?
(3) Bush's passive personality and dislike of confrontation has often left his administration mired in unresolved feuds and conflicts. this has had devastating consequences in Iraq and is contrary to the “energy in the executive” that is essential to the Presidency.
(4) Bush has a weak staff and a tendency toward cronyism and misplaced loyalty to faltering appointees. The inept and unqualified Gonzales as AG and Brown at FEMA are but two examples among many. Presidents do not have the luxury of treating their appointees and staff as their pals but must ruthlessly pitch them overboard as needed.
(5) Bush failed to check the excesses of the Republican Congress in spending and ethics issues. Bickering with Congress and vetoing bad things is part of the President's job, even when Congress is of his own party.
(6) Bush has an appalling attachment to bad policies like lax immigration and unrestrained domestic spending. I surmise that if a bad idea lodges in his head, he will pursue it to the point of self-destruction. Both policies were against public sentiment and his and his party's interests. And,
(7) Bush gives all appearances of being lazy as to his duties in office: more vacation days than any other President; sitting in Crawford as New Orleans was drowned and suffering a faltering rescue and recovery effort; and inert as the US Army was failing in Iraq. I wish that Bush had devoted himself to his duties as much as his exercise regimen.
In sum, Bush combines many of the faults of Warren Harding, Jimmy Carter, and James Buchanan (without the buggery).
Comments?
Time to break out the blue dresses!
Does your mother know you're a jerk?
Am I IBTZ?
The tone in your post makes it clear you are zot bait.
I heard that the deal was that Reagan had to accept Bush as his running mate or the CFR would not back his candidacy. Implicit in this deal was the idea that the CFR was powerful enough to make or break Reagan. I’m not so sure. Do all the rich people keep their checkbooks shut just because the CFR tells them to?
This started before Bush was elected. For example:
http://www.cato.org/dailys/10-31-00.html
October 31, 2000
On My Mind: GOP Pussycats
by Edward H. Crane
The combined budgets of the 95 major programs that the Contract with America promised to eliminate have increased by 13%.
So this proof that the Republican Party (except for Ron Paul) is a group of socialists, who pretend they are not socialists. This started before Bush. The whole "Contract With America" was the biggest election fraud in the history of the U.S.
Oh my, you’re still here.....amazing!
There are a lot of people who shouldn’t vote, but do anyhow, and that’s how we got the Three Stooges (HilLarry, Moebama, and McShemp).
Your answer lies in your question.
Man, did you hit the nail on the head. Unfortunately every point you made was absolutely true.
That left a mark.
Bush and the GOP-controlled Congress share responsibility for the decline of approval of the GOP.”
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Agreed.
RE-ELECT NO ONE !
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