I tend to agree with some points, disagree with some others. I do not, in the near term,seeing the Congress growing a spine, and ,in my opinion, they have been the problem. I still believe W is the best deal through 2008. In a way, his Presidency ,I think will make more solidly construed conservatism easier to offer the public.Here's why,in my opinion. Newt came in , guns blazing and all of us were thrilled! Newt suddenly found himself courted and flattered by the lamestream press and fell in love with his image, something very dangerous to do when your adversary is the master of PR and spin. The 1995 Government shut down ,coupled with the OKC bombing were the two events saving Clinton , emboldening him, really. Bush has had to rebuild from this and has had to to deal with lawmakers who were burned badly. Sometimes,to make a major gain,a retreat, sometimes a strategically long one, has to be taken. Think about the retreat from St Vith and Werbomont as graphic examples.
Anyway, those are my thoughts and why I 'll continue to back the President.
Sometimes,to make a major gain,a retreat, sometimes a strategically long one, has to be taken....Anyway, those are my thoughts and why I 'll continue to back the President.I really do hope you are right, that there is some strategic long-term plan at work here that will ultimately allows conservative ideals flourish. The problem is that the enemy never rests, only conservatives do. If we allow them any quarter, they will subsequently press incrementally for more. Appeasement only emboldens them.
The potentially great class of '95 was redirected by Newt from their mandate to shrink goverment. They were ballyhooed into accepting a bogus 'Contract' that was put in place to divert their goals of deleting entire departments of the Federal government. It was a brilliant move to preserve the growth of government, but a demoralizing defeat for awake conservatives.