I'll Stand with George W. Bush

TooGoodReports.com ^ | 12/11/2003 | Bernard Chapin

[happykidjill]

Like most Toogood Reports readers, I observed this year's battles within the conservative ranks with profound discomfort. In my mind, there are far too many real enemies out there to waste time and print fighting one another.

It seems that the world of conservatism has been split up between the "conservatives" and the "paleo-conservatives" or between the "conservatives" and the "neo-conservatives." Both sides present themselves as the bona fide article and the other side as the one in need of a prefix.

Personally, I just want to spit up this strife the same way the bleachers of Wrigley Field do the opposition´s home run balls. This qualifies as a "which side are you on boys" issue. It is my goal to conserve America's wonderful, non-living Constitution, and to forever preserve the personal and economic freedoms that embody our way of life. If you agree with me about these basic propositions, then you're on my side and the rest of your views are of secondary concern. Simply revering the spirit of the Founding Fathers puts you in the top 50 percent of the population on the Chap-o-meter.

Not only is an inter-journalist, inter-intellectual, conservative civil war fruitless, it is also detrimental to the nation as a whole. The country needs all of our efforts just to have a chance of mitigating the damage the culture war has wrought.

Our daily resistance may be the biggest obstacle to the federal pacman swallowing up fifty percent of the economy. We cannot afford to bicker amongst ourselves. The odds are too great. Obsessing over who said what about Taki, Buchanan, Frum, Lowry or any of the other public figures who make up the American right is counter-productive.

The neocon/paleocon debate is as bewildering as it is petty and misguided. Sadly, some conservatives now feel more comfortable with leftists than they do their own kind [I know of one who astonished me by saying that he regards the American Enterprise Institute as "The Death Star"]. Certainly, internal disagreements are to be expected, but they are trivial in comparison to accepting the positions advocated by the other side of the political spectrum. Socialism, cultural Marxism, white guilt, and radical feminism are eternal obstacles to advancing society. Other conflicts pale in importance when compared to them.

I propose that we abandon slurs like paleo-con and neo-con. Instead we should all evolve into "Logicons." The Logicon refuses to slash at the brethren who march alongside him because maintaining some level of public harmony is the only logical way in which we will succeed. Logicons realize that our fighting strength should not be diluted by internecine combat.

Much of the controversy currently centers around President Bush and whether or not one approves of his job performance. I've written here and elsewhere how much I personally admire him, but I also acknowledge that certain criticisms have been valid. Those who label him a big spender are correct in their assessments. He has not used his veto to curb the size of government and has developed a habit of hugging Ted Kennedy's voluminous appropriations.

While this is unfortunate, to pretend that Bush is not the best bet for advancing the country's interests is shortsighted. There are many conservatives out there who could do a better job of slashing outlays, but it is highly unlikely that any of them could get elected by our emotive and squishy electorate. On our side, George W. Bush "feels their pain" better than anyone. He brings in moderate voters the way my old Erie Dearie lures used to bag walleyes .

The problem is one of perspective. We can spend time complaining about steel tariffs or the administration´s pathetic capitulation on affirmative action last summer. Yes, I would have been greatly pleased if he disseminated a Michigan Law brief of his own after the decision entitled “O´Connor a Known Fruitcake,” but the fact is that he didn't and there´s nothing we can do about it. However, we must keep our outlook global by remembering what the alternatives are.

What would Al Gore do with affirmative action? How about Howard Dean, the neurotic would-be-king, with Al Qaeda? Makes you shudder doesn´t it? After the election, Al Sharpton would take his standup around the world as our Secretary of State and we´d hear Patricia Ireland lambasting “patriarchal textbooks” in her role as Secretary of Education.

In actuality, my examples really aren´t all that farfetched. The radical left has been carrying the Democrat Party since 2001 and, now, if the Democrats win, bills will need to be paid.

Rather than fantasize about an ideal future, conservatives need to think about how things can, and will, get devastatingly worse, should Bush lose. Be it Dean or Kerry or whatever burrito they decide to roll out of the Taqueria next summer, the fate of the country will be in jeopardy. By this time in 2006, there will be a foreign policy coward in every pot and a benefit check in the hands of every college drop out. Think France, think Germany, and then be grateful we have a president who doesn't spit after saying "tax cuts."

Besides, the Bush Presidency has produced many hidden benefits. His appointees may well be our salvation even though he backs obese budgets. In the latest issue of The New Criterion, we see that his appointments to the National Endowment of the Arts have had a wonderful effect. Under Dana Gioia, the agency is sponsoring Macbeth for military bases and has resurrected traditional Shakespeare at the national level [Shakespearean plays are now staged as in the days of old which means brothels and bath house scenes are no longer mandatory].

I don´t care if you insult him or trade in Karl Rove conspiracy theories, but, in November of 2004, this particular rightist is going to stand by George W. Bush just as the bumper sticker on my car promises. Our hopes for a better tomorrow rest in the White House on his bed. We must support him because heady days await and also because his reelection keeps the Democrat Party headless. Let´s proudly stand by our man as he loudly subsumes the popular positions of the left while promoting many of ours in the shadows though his judges, appointees, and minions.

To comment on this article or express your opinion directly to the author, you are invited to e-mail Bernard at bchapafl@hotmail.com .

[ohioWfan]

Vote Libertarian = Vote Democrat

[Protagoras]

It is my goal to conserve America's wonderful, non-living Constitution,

Then you better not support Bush anymore. Yesterday all the chickens came home to roost.

[putupon]

Federalist Paper 45, James Madison wrote:"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will for the most part be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties and properties of the people; and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."

I don't want to die at the hands of terrorists, so I'll vote against the DimRATs, but I'm not going to call it a vote for the Constitution trashing, Medicine Socialing, pocket picker for African Dictators, Teddy Kennedy education boondoogle ally, borders wide open, steel tariff imposing, 16% budget increasing, airport deadbeat federalizing, BIG GOVT, Nanny State, low-life enough to use the WOT to hold us hostage, RINO known as Commissar Bush.

Read Walter E. Williams at Jewish World Review.

Bush, the 'RATs, the RINOs, SCOTUS all think they know better than the Founding Fathers, what a bunch of arrogant arseholes!

The Liberal GOP has sold us out list:

Downpayment Aid OK'd for Poor Families(More Income Confiscation, Wealth Redistribution)
Bush aides anger GOP lawmakers on consular Ids(Open Borders for All)
UNESCO Welcomes US, For a Few Dollars More (Undoing Reagan)
$15b Sought to Fight AIDS(Bribes for African Dictators)
Lay off Arafat, Powell tells Israel(Double standard terrorism enablers)
Steel Tariffs Cost Jobs(Free trade party? Ha!)
The Sky’s the Limit: Medicare’s Upwardly Mobile Drug Cost Projections(Socialized Medicine, HillaryCare Lite)
Estrada withdraws name from court consideration(no support from GOP Senators)
'Bush totally against scrapping H1-B visas'
'Open Fields' bill would pay farmers to open lands to public use

[ohioWfan]

The Libertarians believe in legalizing drugs, do they not?

Far closer to 'playing with the devil' than a few diplomatic words taken completly out of context, IMO.

Anyone who votes Libertarian on 'moral' grounds is being fundamentally dishonest.

[Protagoras]

You're not seeing behind the scenes.

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

[Protagoras]

Anyone who votes Libertarian on 'moral' grounds is being fundamentally dishonest.

Anyone who votes for anyone on moral grounds is fundamentally insane.

Putting politicions in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.

[m1-lightning]

He brings in moderate voters the way my old Erie Dearie lures used to bag walleyes .

It's a strategy. One the libertarians, ultra conservatives, non-logicons refuse to accept. Bush would be re-elected regardless if he kissed Kennedy's butt because the Democratic party is split in half becuause of Howard Dean. The strategy is to shake an image that shows Republicans are mean spirited selfish rich people. Shaking that image by appealling to the moderate voter will help him but it's the Senate races that he intends to affect. The ultimate goal here in this strategy is 60 Senators.

Can anyone telling me why the benefit of 60 Republican Senators outweighs the liberal gesture by George Bush?

[gbaker]

I was thinking of:

Support Terrorism
Vote Democratic


Great minds I guess

[RightWingMama]

We must support him because heady days await and also because his reelection keeps the Democrat Party headless

Yes.

[concerned about politics]

As a Christian, I have a real problem with the time he equated Allah with Jehovah...

He's half right. Muslims are actually waiting for the return of Christ.
Way back when, their religion was the worship of a moon God. The Christians came through the area and taught them about Christ. They then mixed their moon God (some were not willing to give him up) with the Christian God of Abraham. That's why some are for peace, some for ruling the world through oppression. It's a mix of the two.
Voo-Doo is a mix of ancient rituals and Catholicism because of missionaries.

It makes me think about voting libertairian

Libertarians support a liberal lifestyle - anti-Biblical. You might want to check out their positions before you pull that lever or punch that hole.

[Lazamataz]

I wanted to see your logic so I could detect the flaw.

There are things that every conservative disagrees with that this President has done, but most of us understand that there is much more at stake than prescription drugs or the farm bill.

Here is your flaw. There is NOTHING more important than the preservation of our Bill of Rights. This president is not committed to that preservation.

There is the security of this nation. There is standing strong for American interests abroad. There is the respect for and support of our military.

Without freedom, there is nothing to defend. I would not be terribly concerned for the defence of Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia, either.

It has absolutely NOTHING to do with anyone's 'personality.'

The love of Bush in the face of the bills he has signed and his lack of concern over the sanctity of the Constitution is absolutely evidence of a cult of personality.

[onedoug]

I've sttod pretty solidly behind W, but the recent Grover Norquist buisness depresses me as it makes Bush look about as stupid as so many of his detractors have claimed. And when I contrast what our military forces are doing afield with this coddling of Islamists, that appears to even still be going on, it just sortta makes me feel ill.

[Coop]

Then you better not support Bush anymore. Yesterday all the chickens came home to roost.

Enlighten me. What exactly did President Bush do yesterday? (he asks, knowing full well Protag is referring to a Supreme Court decision)

[m1-lightning]

As a Christian, I have a real problem with the time he equated Allah with Jehovah... It makes me think about voting libertairian because there may not be a choice next year, cause I sure as heck will not vote for a Demoncrat.

As a Christian you should be worried about the actions of the courts before you worry about the thoughts of the President. You can't change the courts without George Bush and a few more Republican Senators.

[Protagoras]

If you know the answer, why ask the question?

[DManA]

C.S. Lewis addresses the question in his Narini book "The Last Battle". In it a follower of Tash [Allah] makes it into heaven. Aslan [Jesus] explain:

"He answered, Child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me. Then by reasons of my great desire for wisdom and understanding, I overcame my fear and questioned the Glorious One and said, Lord, is it then true, as the Ape said, that thou and Tash are one? The Lion growled so that the earth shook ( but his wrath was not against me ) and said, It is False. Not because he and I are one, butbecause we are opposites, I take to me the services which thou hast don to him. For I and he are of such different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me, and none which is not vile can be done to him. Therefore if any man swear by Tash and keep his oath for the oatth's sakeit is by me that he hast truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him. And though he says the name Aslan, it is Tash whom he serves and by Tash his deed is accepted. Dost thou understand, Child?"

[ohioWfan]

Ah.......so those of us who have moral standards, and are praying for America to return to the fundamentally moral precepts it was founded on should ignore the morality of those running for office.........is that what you are saying?

So......from your perspective, if I am strongly, and morally opposed to abortion, I should NOT base a vote for, say, Rick Santorum, based on his morality, and shared opposition to that?

I repeat......is that what you're saying?

[concerned about politics]

Then you better not support Bush anymore. Yesterday all the chickens came home to roost.

Bush said parts of CFR were unconstitutional. He was honest. He said he'd sign it because of massive support for it, and he asked the SCOTUS to sort it out and do the right thing.
They didn't. They played activists - again!
Support the presidents judicial nominees. Something has to be done about the liberal courts.
Some people are going out of their way lately to Blame Bush for everything. Heck, this place is as bad as DU sometimes! Trolls and many Libertarians didn't vote for him last time anyway!

[Protagoras]

Yesterday, George Bush sent his administration's employees out to cheer the decision and defend it. That's what he did yesterday.

Which of course had nothing to do with my post. My post talked about what he did in the past. That is what the coming home to roost reference was. I'll try to go slower for you next time.

[Coop]

I wasn't aware that President Bush was on the Supreme Court. I thought only Taft had that honor.