Bush Is Said to Seek More Money for Arts [$15 million to $20 million for NEA]

New York Times ^ | January 29, 2004 | ROBERT PEAR

[afropick]

Why is the congress getting a free pass. While the president pushed hard for most of the bills, the congress could have easily pushed back. Thats why I feel that the senate and congress should be term limited. Otherwise the pork spending will never stop.

[Lazamataz]

Thanks.

[Texas Federalist]

His " base " is motivated; the UNAPPEASABLES on FR, has NEVER been his " base"!

I know it is difficult to handle the truth of the President we all looked up to for so long turning out to be a fraud. Just accept it and move on.

[diotima]

Do you want to answer my question above?

Don't you think the growing unhappiness is problematic for Bush? Don't you think we ought to address it now rather then pretending it isn't there?

I repeatedly hear people say that not voting for Bush is a vote for a democrat, but if you ignore a growing dissatisfaction on the part of the people that elected Bush, it is YOU who is helping elect a democrat, by not encouraging this spending spree to stop. "Everything is fine" and then you wake up with John Kerry as President.

It isn't just people on FR or trolls from DU. That doesn't cut it. There are respected conservative leaders that are registering dissent. Are they Democrats? Is Phyllis Shafly a Democrat? Is Bob Barr a democrat? Is Rush a democrat? Just to name a few....

Bush barely won the last election. He barely won the last election with a unified center/right coaltion of people who were fired up to remove all signs of Clinton from the WhiteHouse. We can't afford to lose people. It is imperative that people voice their dissent so that Bush recognizes he is jeopardzing his re-election. And I will vote for Bush again, but there will be many who won't. They won't get out to help the President's relection, they won't vote or they will vote third party.

[Texas Federalist]

Bull. See post #90. All are stated goals of President Bush, all have seen him attempt to either bring them about, or lay the groundwork to enact them when the political situation changes. Those changes can't happen if we don't retain the Presidency in 2004. He's far from a liberal, he's just not in a position to ram through everything we want right now and still get reelected.

Yeah. He could never get reelected without supporting an immigration proposal opposed by 60% of voters, a Medicare plan that nobody wanted, or an increase in spending on the NEA. [rolls eyes]

[Miss Marple]

Just who is Kerry going to appoint as Secretary of Defense? I am not willing to give up Donald Rumsfeld, myself.

Kerry will subrogate all of the war decisions to the UN. He has already said so. He thinks we can't prosecute a war unless we have Security Council approval...in other words, we will let France run our foreign policy.

Kerry also is not about to attack the Saudis, because he couldn't afford to lose the oil supply, and Europe wouldn't like it (remember...France will control our foreign policy.)

Kerry is not about to anger the democrat base on anything like the war on terror, and the leftist base of the Rat party won't countenance anything military.

Even when tempers were hot after 9/11, there were plenty of Rats who didn't support going into Afghanistan. And Kerry NOW says he wouldn't have gone into Iraq.

You can construct all sorts of wishful thinking about Kerry if you wish, but I know that he would be a disaster. For crying out loud, Teresa is angry because her Euro-friends are appalled at Bush! Do you think Mr. Ketchup is going to turn into Bush lite? Not a chance!

[ohioWfan]

Your entire post 559. You are a liar.

You have lied about me, and you will get away with it, because you are mocking someone who respects the President, and that gives you brownie points on this thread.

Scroll down the posts. No moneys has been given yet.......this is still speculative, and yet look at the emotional assumptions being made.

It's just fine to be irrational when it comes to hating Bush on this forum, and it is nearly impossible to actually discuss ISSUES, and points where we DISAGREE with the President because of threads like this and people like you.

IF this happens, I will be in DISAGREEMENT with the President on this, as I have been on other issues.

But don't let the truth about me interfere with your (pre- adolescent) fun.

For the record, I came back to address your question, and would prefer not to come back to this thread again, so I would appreciate it if you wouldn't ping me back.

Most of the comments on this thread are the result of emotions and not reason........

[MJY1288]

Real Cute, Now don't you have some dope to smoke or something

[Lazamataz]

WHACPACSACPAC

You gonna answer me? ;)

[MJY1288]

Thanks, at least you're not totally useless, you can be FR's spell checker when we make a mistake, Now get back to that doobee

[exmarine]

Yes... this President is trying to be all things to all people. I think there is a strong moral conviction in this man.

Hahaha...only if right and wrong do not exist.

Either you can't even see the illogic in your reasoning, or you have no clue what a moral conviction is.

[Miss Marple]

Well, at least I now have clarification on where you stand. I have explained my position on Kerry to Laz a few posts above this one, so I will not repeat it for you.

However, I am going to do everything I can to make sure there is never a President Kerry. You can thank the Bush supporters in a few years when you have a clearer idea about national security, which is my number one priority.

[Lazamataz]

Kerry will subrogate all of the war decisions to the UN.

This is the core of your thesis.

First of all, Bush Sr. did pretty much that, and he was successful.

Secondly -- like Bush -- Kerry might be saying what he needs to, to firm up his base. I suspect as a former military man, the reality will differ from his rhetoric.

[Miss Marple]

See riri's answer above. I don't think I misinterpreted it one bit.

[diotima]

It stand for What Happens at CPAC, Stays at CPAC. Other than the fact that most people who attended caught the flu...nothing really happened. That I am permitted to speak about...

[Lazamataz]

No, it's rather more like the cook calling the kettle black.

[Lazamataz]

The first rule about Fight Club, is nobody talks about Fight Club.

Got it.

;^)

[afropick]

Your anger at the president is duly noted and I respect your opinion. One or two terms, he is gone, but guess who is still there year after year. The house and senate republicans continue to get elected and they continue to vote themselves raises and push bill knowing full well that the base of their do not agree.

[Lazamataz]

Real Cute, Now don't you have some dope to smoke or something

Ah, logic. REAson. Exceptional analysis, premises building to conclusions. That's what we were missing on this thread.

[carton253]

Whoa...big typo on my part... (does change the sentence)

Not Yes... should be Yet...the President is trying to be all things to all people.

Either you can't even see the illogic in your reasoning, or you have no clue what a moral conviction is.

See, this is what make posts like yours so much fun. Not only do I get an answer... I get insulted... It's a two-fer-one... Beats the special down at the Krispy Kreme.