Advantage Bush

The Weekly Standard ^ | February 2, 2004 | Fred Barnes

[Texasforever]

I just want some actual competition around here. This crop is the least challenging I have seen to date. Geeze, when an alleged Freeper equates the USO with out of control spending what in the heck is there left to debate?

[Texasforever]

Dang did I miss an opus? Arne you ain't going anywhere. Got it?

[MJY1288]

"I just want some actual competition around here. This crop is the least challenging I have seen to date. Geeze, when an alleged Freeper equates the USO with out of control spending what in the heck is there left to debate?"

LOL, Slim Pickens?, But to be fair, I think that one was wounded already :-)

[Belisaurius]

no offense folks, but this ain't 1992 and there isn't a "peace dividend" to divvy up. I usually like the idea of a divided government myself, but not right now, and not since 9/11/2001. So go ahead and stay home instead of voting for Bush, and consign us back to the political wilderness for another 40 years.

[MJY1288]

Nah, Arne is much like Al Pacino, Every time he tries to leave, he gets pulled back in

[EGPWS]

Geeze how petty can it get around here.

Very, and since the 'net is still free for discussion, the logically inept will have their say as everyone else. It makes for an interesting experience, which I am sure I have provided at times myself to my own personal demise. : )

[Gunslingr3]

Breath taking analysis.

I figured no one could actually contradict it.

[ArneFufkin]

I have three or four opus' a year. That's how I keep my National Endowment of Arts' grant.

[MJY1288]

Understood, keep in mind, it's pretty near Election season and these lonely third party malcontents see the train leaving the station, and as the old saying goes...... "Misery Loves Company" and irrelevance is a hard pill to swallow for them.

Pity them :-)

[nopardons]

And who's to say that IF a Dem is elected president in '04, the GOP will keep a majority in either house ?

A divided government did NOT save any of us from all of those EOs Clinton signed, it did NOT save us from Clinton's selling/giving away the store to the Chinese, it did NOT save us from from his pardons, the selling of the White House, and on and on and on...ending with his ignoring,THREE TIMES , the chance to get OBL and the resulting attacks on 9/11/01 !

Sooooooooooooo, you think that Kerry wouldn't be as bad? Clark, Dean,and Edwards still have some chance too.And, the Dems want desperately to get rid of President Bush.A large turnout of Dems, with the malcontent supposed Conservatives staying home and/or voting fringe, almost makes a certainty that there is NO divided Congress and a Dem in the White House, IF you and those who share your naivete have your way.

[Texasforever]

I figured no one could actually contradict it.

Here is a hint. Sloganeering is not a debate tactic it is simply mindless repetition. For every "benefit" of divided government you can give, I can give you 3 examples of it being good only for advancing liberalism.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Whats funny is their website. They get barely a hundred hits on their biggest threads. And their site tries to copy the basic format of this one which shows their lack of vision.

They are actually getting tired of their own rhetoric because they all keep repeating the same things over and over.

This is why they secretly keep coming back here. They admire what this site is all about and they enjoy the attention they get when we out gun them. They can't get that in their own pathetic little world.

Their candidate for President is also so outclassed by the real President, Mr. Bush, it will be like the a High School bantam football team taking on the Dallas Cowboys in the Superbowl.

[ArneFufkin]

Mike, we're the luckiest mofos in human history.

It's a wonderful thang!

[Gunslingr3]

And who's to say that IF a Dem is elected president in '04, the GOP will keep a majority in either house ?

Because we don't have a parliamentary system, so election of the president isn't going to change any seats in Congress. The vote for GWB isn't a vote for your local senator or congressman.

Further, we have a set of gerrymandered districts that protect 96%+ of incumbents. They have to die, go to jail, or decide to retire to be replaced in almost every instance.

A divided government did NOT save any of us from all of those EOs Clinton signed, it did NOT save us from Clinton's selling/giving away the store to the Chinese, it did NOT save us from from his pardons, the selling of the White House, and on and on and on...

And GWB+GOP congress has managed to create the largest entitlement since Medicare. Spending has exploded in ways that leftists could only dream. All of this while we can see the tidal wave of Baby Boomers heading into the largesse collecting class of citizens in just a few years. I'll take the gridlock over those problems anytime.

ending with his ignoring,THREE TIMES , the chance to get OBL and the resulting attacks on 9/11/01 !

You think AQ would fold it's tent without OBL? You missed the WH memo, OBL isn't important, we don't mention him anymore...

A large turnout of Dems, with the malcontent supposed Conservatives staying home and/or voting fringe, almost makes a certainty that there is NO divided Congress and a Dem in the White House, IF you and those who share your naivete have your way.

So you'd rather the GOP have credit for bankrupting the U.S. with entitlement spending? Alright...

Congrats to GWB and the GOP Congress, they've enabled tax and spend democrats to argue that they're 'fiscally conservative'

[MJY1288]

You just don't get it do you? all they need is 55 million people to write in Tancredo this November and all the worlds problems are solved, No more Mexicans will want to come here, Al Qaeda will lay down their arms and convert to Christianity, Kim Jong Ill will resign and become a Hollywood movie producer, The Mullah's in Iran will be tearing the Burkha's off their women so fast that it will make the Womens Lib Bra burnings of the 60's, pale in comparison. Spread the word Dude, It's a plan that will work this time...Trust me! < /sarcasm > OFF

[Texasforever]

Has anyone seen anything posted about Tancredo's "conservative" stands on anything beyond stopping the brown horde?

[MJY1288]

I agree, I wonder how things would be around here if everything from Milk to Copper was rationed like it was when things were actually a little bumpy?

[Gunslingr3]

I can give you 3 examples of it being good only for advancing liberalism.

I can give you more than 3 examples of GWB and the GOP Congress advancing liberalism.

[Texasforever]

I can give you more than 3 examples of GWB and the GOP Congress advancing liberalism.

And I can give you 30 examples of GW and the Republican congress advancing conservatism. What is you pitiful point?

[Gunslingr3]

And I can give you 30 examples of GW and the Republican congress advancing conservatism.

Let's hear'em.

What is you pitiful point?

That bigger government is all the GOP or the Democrats offer. Are you too busy being a cheerleader to notice?