The Great Divide

The Weekly Standard ^ | February 16, 2004 | Fred Barnes

[nathanbedford]

Thanks.

[MissAmericanPie]

If he hinges his campaign on the WOT he will lose. He has only enraged the voting populace every time he and Rumsfield said, "Everything possible is being done to protect you", while our borders remain wide open and makes a lie out of that statement. Anyone that can believe that the red area of the map was not offended by Ramadan at the Peoples House is completely out of touch.

He is perceived as ready to throw down American sovereignty, ready to continue to injure the American citizen in his pocketbook, his heritage, culture, and continued existance as the majority in his own nation via unrestrained invasion. That's not going to stand.

He has spent like a drunken sailor and rather than on programs the voter base can get behind, he fritters our money away on liberal agendas and trips to the moon. If he is to win he needs to make a dramatic course change. Deport, inforce, and stop talk of citizenship for the lawless stranger. There are far more voters at the polls upset about illegal immigration than there are Mc Donalds managers upset about deportations.

He needs to back off sending 34 billion to Mexico and use that SS money to allow veterans to receive both SS and disability. His first week in office I warned that he better dance with the one that brung him, maybe Fox News picked that up because it has been around the news circuit, he should have. Now he's in the position of trying to drive home his date for the dance after having ignored and abandoned her all evening while still expecting a kiss instead of a kiss off at the front door.

It's not too late to turn it around but I suspect he won't and that's a shame. Bush bears sole responsibility of putting the Republican Party and the conservative citizen in the position of possibly facing more demonrat damage and loss of seats in the house and senate. They should engage in some arm twisting, because I don't see any indication on his part that he has any intention of throwing his base any bones, he must really hate conservatives for that to be the case.

It's not smart to let them suspect that right before an election.

[nathanbedford]

I agree entirely with your sentiments about immigration.

But I believe that his stand on this issue and his profligate spending are symptoms of his political character. Bush is not really a conservative but a Christian. He animated by a family sense of loyalty on a personal basis but not necessarily to political party. He is motivated by a family duty toward service to the nation but not to a conservative philosophy. There is Noblesse Oblige but not partisan fire in the belly. There is a torch to carry to redeem his father but not to fight for conservative principles. To the degree that he is conservative it is derivative – it flows from his epiphany but it is not the original energizing force in his life.

[RWR8189]

Bush did not get the bounce which historically has automatically flowed to presidents after the State of the Union speech.

There usually isn't such a bounce.

Does the State of the Union Affect Presidential Popularity?

[MissAmericanPie]

Very insightful, but his Christianity is the messed up kind that is promoted from Satans men in the pulpit now days. It's not very deep. He holds very stubbornly to his flawed views. The views he holds on free trade and globalism will prove a disaster..more than that, I don't want him to go down in history as the President that killed the nation status of the USofA.

No secret is made by globalist think tanks and those that promote their nutty ideas, that they believe nations are an entity whose time has come and gone as they attempt to erase any distinction between one country and another.

Their goal is global democracy, not constitutional republics and people need to stop fooling themselves that they are on the same page as these people. That no politician would actually void the sovereign borders of the USofA or place us under international law. Because that is the exact aim of elements of both parties.

[nathanbedford]

Thanks for that information. I was thinking of Slick's success after Drudge blew the lid off Monicagate.

Frankly, I am surprised at these data because I was watching Hume's panel tonight and they were talking about the traditional bounce missing after Bush's speech.

So now Bush will be painted a loser because he failed to meet fictitious expectations. The vicious spiral goes on.

[rock58seg]

Proof positive that Texans have a better memory than most Democrats, or the NYC council for that matter. After 168 years we still remember the Alamo. In slightly more than two years they have forgotten 9/11.

Thank God Bush was/is our President through this period of danger. I will reward him for a job well handled in November, with my vote.

[NYCVirago]

no one seems to be picking up on a point that I think should really be stated more...bush is a victim of his oen success. terrorism is no longer a big issue, because bush has been successful in keeping it from our shores for over 2 years.

You've hit the nail on the head. I hope some of the campaign commericals talk about that.

[MEG33]

re Bush:"His Christianity is the messed up kind...It's not very deep".

I am simply astonished at your pretentious judgment of his faith.

[MissAmericanPie]

Why would you be? He said himself he is a babe and not well versed.

[MEG33]

Matthew 7:1-5

[q_an_a]

Here is a link that is needed to be watched as you consider what Fred Barnes said. Copy and paste into a new window of your browser.

http://www.gunstuff.com/america-attacked.html

[MissAmericanPie]

Mt 7:20

[MEG33]

#29

[Hat-Trick]

If Kerry is elected in November, it will be proof positive that most American voters are dumber than tree stumps.

This has already been proven by the election and re-election of Bill & Hillary Clinton. It will, however, be proof that the majority of voting citizens have very short memories and aren't getting any smarter. Regards,

Hat-Trick