Ok .....something about this smacks of a subtle concotion of one-part hypocritism and two-parts feigned ignorance. Let's imagine that it was Clinton who instituted the amnesty program, or the patriot act, or even the (in my opinion rightly deserved) war in Iraq. Were it Clinton people would automatically have circled in for the kill ....an instantaneous reflex action. The amnesty prog (under Klintoon) would have been a tactic to garner more questionable votes, the patriot act would have been one mroe DemoCrap way of increasing govt size and establishing control over everyone, and the war on Iraq would have been some 'wag the dog' crap.
However if it is 'one of our guys' there is some questioning, usually followed by 'it is a smart plan by him that we will all realize after some time.'
Now, i support GW in a myriad of ways. For example the Iraq war in my opinion was a good thing. And who knows .....maybe even the amnesty prog is some terribly cerebral master-stratagem that will bear fruit some time in the future, and that will astonish us all in its intricacy and intelligence. However what bothers me is when people automatically support something just because 'one of ours' said it ......support it (and most of all do not have stupid in-fights) .....but i seriously think it would be prudent to investigate whatever topic it is before jumping on it.
Asbestos underwear on!
Yeah, I think that's what I'm waiting for...answers, from the Bush administration, that explain to those of us dwelling in confusion, just what the heck he's doing. I keep telling myself it will all come together, but I find myself fearful that it won't.
The most significant difference between Dubya & Clinton -- and the reason I despise Clinton so -- is that he was caught in lies to the American people almost from the moment he took his oath of office. Bush has yet to be caught in a lie.
I would not have trusted any security policy Clinton advocated or any war in which he embarked on -- although as much as I was against Kosovo I never said a derogatory thing about it once it started.
This isn't because Clinton was a Dem. It was because he was a sociopathic liar.