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State of the Union: In jeopardy
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Tuesday, January 20, 2004 | editorial

Posted on 01/20/2004 9:34:09 AM PST by Willie Green

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:03:19 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

"The message of the president, by whatever motives it may have been dictated, is a performance which ought to alarm all who are anxious for the safety of our government, for the respectability and welfare of our nation. It makes, or aims at making, a most prodigal sacrifice of constitutional energy, of sound principle, and of public interest, to the popularity of one man."


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: sotu
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To: quack
Gladly!
21 posted on 01/20/2004 11:12:46 AM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Common Tator
FR has always been a gathering place for an element of miserable eunuchs, only now they have 60,000 or so FR "sleeper" accounts they've established since 2000 to play with. They're attempting to create a completely phony groundswell here, totally manufactured to execute a charade for outside observers and media sorts who visit here.

They're annoying and bastards, but utterly unsophisticated and irrelevant.

22 posted on 01/20/2004 11:14:10 AM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: keri
I believe there's as much money to be made in the destruction of a civilization as in the building of one.

Quoting Rhett Butler now?

23 posted on 01/20/2004 11:16:34 AM PST by carton253 (It's time to draw your sword and throw away the scabbard... General TJ Jackson)
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To: Willie Green
If in 1801 Hamilton thought the country would not survive then a little GWBush is not going to ruin it either. Conservative does not mean doing nothing or letting all people rise or fall on their own that is what the Hidu thinks is the meaning of life. Americans take action.
24 posted on 01/20/2004 11:25:41 AM PST by q_an_a
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To: carton253
At least *he* was an honest scoundrel.
25 posted on 01/20/2004 11:29:06 AM PST by keri
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To: Willie Green
mmmmmmmmmmmmm... Pat's been there... had no imagination... made others see him as angry... his sister? welllll... said some good things I thought... I kinda like him... I'll stick with GW... I like him better... ya, the prescription drug thing... the immigrant worker thing... least-ways the dems don't own those issues... I think in pragmatic sort of way those things won't count for much in the long run as we head toward the end of the world... I like Bush
26 posted on 01/20/2004 11:29:15 AM PST by Godfollow
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To: keri
"I believe there's as much money to be made in the destruction of a civilization as in the building of one. "

Sounds like Bush-Cheney 'conservatism'. Bush busts Cheney builds.

27 posted on 01/20/2004 11:32:21 AM PST by ex-snook (Where is the patriotism in the war on American jobs?)
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To: keri
Yes, he was... but do you really want to be taking financial and political advice from him?
28 posted on 01/20/2004 11:33:07 AM PST by carton253 (It's time to draw your sword and throw away the scabbard... General TJ Jackson)
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To: Willie Green
One day you will wake up, go outside, look around, and find that this country is still a pretty damn good place to be.

I hope it is soon! Life is short.
29 posted on 01/20/2004 11:34:42 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: carton253
I take the truth where I find it.
30 posted on 01/20/2004 11:39:18 AM PST by keri
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To: Digger
So you want someone to pick up a stick and poke China in the eye... you'd better be prepared to blow off his head if you do.

You either engage them or isolate them... either of which portends some kind of negative consequences.

You engage them, and maybe you change the heart of the masses, such that their own liberty becomes more greatly valued than their fear, and they bolt for a more democratic form of government.
31 posted on 01/20/2004 11:39:26 AM PST by Godfollow
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To: HairOfTheDog
One day you will wake up, go outside, look around, and find that this country is still a pretty damn good place to be.
I hope it is soon! Life is short.

I guess it all depends on how soon you can come up with the $124,000 that you owe.

GAO Chief Refuses To Stop Doing the Math

32 posted on 01/20/2004 11:42:12 AM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green
Bump...
33 posted on 01/20/2004 11:42:44 AM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Willie Green
Add me as well.
34 posted on 01/20/2004 11:49:10 AM PST by KEVLAR
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To: keri
That's fine...
35 posted on 01/20/2004 11:51:35 AM PST by carton253 (It's time to draw your sword and throw away the scabbard... General TJ Jackson)
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To: Willie Green
Willie your learned papers documenting tons of stuff have all the effect on this situation that your silly "Go Pat Go" Buchanan tag has. Every time you post that tag you reveal how irrelevant you, Pat Buchanan and your views are.

You haven't a clue about how to persuade the voting public to any view you hold. It does not matter if you are right or wrong, It only matters that you always lose. It only matters that you try to lead and only a paltry few follow. It only matters that you are inept. Your lack of folowers prove how inept you really are.

Pat Buchanan with your help turned 8 million Perot voters into 7.5 million Bush voters. Isn't that just special?

What part of Pat Buchanan being a massive failure at the polls appeals to you most?

Go Pat Go..... what a joke.
36 posted on 01/20/2004 11:58:44 AM PST by Common Tator
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To: KEVLAR
Okay! Glad to have ya join the gang!
37 posted on 01/20/2004 12:02:50 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Common Tator
Well if that's how you feel, please stop replying to me.
I really don't have anything to gain by "debating" the poster child for intellectual atrophy anyway.
38 posted on 01/20/2004 12:06:18 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: ex-snook
Sounds like Bush-Cheney 'conservatism'. Bush busts Cheney builds.

Many might have said Bush "the puppet" busts and Cheney "the opportunist" builds for profit.

39 posted on 01/20/2004 12:13:25 PM PST by eskimo
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To: Common Tator
Go Pat Go..... what a joke.

What about Buchanan, do you think, is bad for America?

40 posted on 01/20/2004 12:18:46 PM PST by eskimo
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