BUSH BUILDS GRASS-ROOTS MACHINE

Washington Times ^ | 2/2/04 | Bill Sammon

[George W. Bush]

Rove is moving to avoid the Floriduh problem again.

If Bush takes the South and Floriduh and the usual Red or Reddish states, no opponent can stop his re-election.

Given the money his campaign has on hand, Rove is just doing his groundwork.

[Luke21]

Good for you. Because you are right. Now isn't the time to abandon ship. Remember the Alamo. Remember 1992.

[cynicom]

Suggest?? A non professional politician would be a good starting place.

[deport]

Suggest?? A non professional politician would be a good starting place.

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Guess that rules out most if not all of those running in 2004....... Maybe someone could be recruited by 2008.......

[George W. Bush]

Was he EVER really conservative? I've been holding back getting on his case because it gives the ratz so much fodder. Then again sometimes when I'm debating with them I like to point out that W hasn't vetoed ONE spending bill...he's spending like a drunk rat...gave Teddy what he wanted on education...etcetera.

You might recall that before 2000, it wasn't uncommon for congressional leaders to declare the president's submitted budget DOA the minute they got it.

Bush's budget from December had 4% increase in it. After conservative congressmen and Rush and the neocons and the base read 'em the riot act, it was quickly revised and will be submitted with 0.5% increase. Oh, and a promise that we'll try those spending limits that have never worked before. Right.

We sometimes confuse the news coverage with the reality. It's only in modern times that anyone paid much attention to SOTU or the WH budget. Those are intended for the president to use his bully pulpit with Congress and to make sure they understand if he has issues he's willing to veto them over. Essentially, to make sure they don't have unintended or friendly-fire incidents.

All this fussing over the WH budget is because the GOP holds all three elective branches.

But it really has no bearing. This budget is between Congress and their voters. Our vote for Congress means nothing if that isn't true.

Congress is the one who's been writing the hot checks. Bush doesn't have the power to do it. The Constitution says so.

Maybe we needed to give (and did give) Bush and the GOP the benefit of the doubt on the need for some spending to stimulate the economy. But such Keynesianism will always fail. The time has come to tell our congress-RINOs to cut the blasted spending.

Find your target, take aim, fire. Bush is largely irrelevant to the issue constitutionally and as a practical politcal matter.

As far as the veto thing, don't plan on seeing Rove letting Bush align himself with Teddy Kennedy and Tom Daschle to defeat an override attempt by the GOP conservatives in Congress. It just won't happen.

[cynicom]

Founding Fathers did not envision a professional legislature or a professional army. We have both.
The professional politicians have a death grip on office, over 90 per cent of incumbants are re elected. That is not good.

[deport]

over 90 per cent of incumbants are re elected. That is not good.

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Yep.... better get to recruiting some of those non professionals......... Even those good ol' boys like Paul and Tancredo that impose term limits on themselves seem to back out when the rubber meets the road....

Right now I'm not sure any non professionals are running so I'll have to choose between those that have their names in the hat.....

[cynicom]

I would have to suggest the current system is not working. I liked Fred Thompson, one term, six years in the senate and walked away. Surely there are other like thinking people in this country.

[deport]

Surely there are other like thinking people in this country.

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If there are many interested in a term or two they aren't stepping forward.... Most people can't take 6/8 years or so out of their normal life schedule to do this chore. I suspect the only way we'll ever see such a Congress make up is with term limits via amendment to the Constitution. Which I doubt that many people would endorse.... We have lifers it seems to me.....

[Krodg]

Thanks for that link, I'll be sending it to my pastor and a few others at church. It's a small church but almost everyone is a Bush supporter and will wear the stickers with pride.

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

Reed is the head of Bush's southeastern campaign. Say what you want about him, he is the king of grassroots campaigning and will deliver what he promises. Just ask Sonny Perdue and Saxby Chambliss.