Bush blocks his own way while giving Kerry a free pass [Sad but true]

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | February 12, 2004 | BY ROBERT NOVAK

[Wolfstar]

I largely agree with your well-stated post. A President and White House that has been so sure-footed in foreign policy since 9/11 today seems unsure of itself, uncertain of how to defend its own sterling record, and too easily baited by the Dems' phony scandal-mongering. I'm surprised and more than a little bit worried.

[MEG33]

It's the government's duty to guarantee you a job of your choice in an industry of your choice.If you don't get it it's because the President and his advisors don't care.Kerry will make sure you don't have a problem.He identifies with the working man.

[Wolfstar]

I still think that he intended to harm this administration.

I harbor the same suspicion myself. Novak is a real pain where the sun don't shine.

BTW, "constant curmudgeonly carping" is wonderful alliteration in addition to being a perfect characterization.

[Consort]

OK...who the hell do you trust when you aren't in a panic?

[Swanks]

Like I quantified my statement - I'm not intreseted in the arguments' content. Just that Rove and these Bozo's are tone deaf morons. You don't run around talking like a Yale economist about the macroeconomic benefits of job redistrubtion by sector, in the press, when 3M people are out of work and cant find a job. THAT is why they are living in an Ivory tower.
They surround themselves WITH themselves, and therefore think everybody in the country thinks like a Yale PhD.

[MEG33]

Horrors!..arm twisted,called at all hours?,threatened WHAT?I hearby accuse the President of committing politics!

[skip2myloo]

Thanks.

I wrote hastily because I was pressured by the clock, appreciate your tolerance of my typographical errors.

At the time of that post, I was unaware of the Kerry scandal that would unfold later in the day. Now, I believe it is even more important that the President remain above the fray, and stay focused on his record of solid achievement, coupled with his vision for the next four years.

For me personally, I would appreciate a shift of course more to the right as well.

The detailed complexities of his inner sanctum are not apparent to me. But, if you'll allow me to speculate, I believe Mr. Rove is better suited to advise the President about managing the cabinet and political interfaces with the Congress than he is a campaign strategist.

Now might be an excellent opportunity to invite Mrs. Karen Hughes to come manage his campaign again -- she was very successful in '00.

[skip2myloo]

Well MAP, as we've discussed on other threads, what Congress will or won't do is the key to the whole struggle.

You know I surely don't have any faith in Congress.

I'm foaming at the mouth over Dubya's Amnesty proposal, but Kerry says he would bypass that step altogether and grant citizenship immediately to anyone who has been here 5 years without breaking the law (as if illegal immigration wasn't a crime).

Bush supports FTAA, and the SCOTUS says FTAA would trump our Constitution. But Kerry says the U.S. can't defend itself unilaterally, we can only deploy our Armed Forces with UN approval.

Until the Kerry bimbo eruption this afternoon, I was pretty sure the race was between Bush and Kerry.

Now it may be Bush vs. Rodham, and Rodham scares me even more than Kerry.

What ARE we gonna do -- call Ghostbusters ??

[MissAmericanPie]

I've been out of pocket all day, when did this Hellary thing happen? Is she running?

[skip2myloo]

No, no -- just speculation. Rush and Hannity both opined about it today, and I passed it on here.

[wardaddy]

It is very EARLY in the process.

Indeed.

[MissAmericanPie]

Thanks for clearing that up, wheew.

[MissAmericanPie]

He could pull the wings off butterflies and drown kittens and you would still huff, "What's your problem?". Sheesh.

[skip2myloo]

From another thread. Let's see what Kerry says on Imus this AM -- think he'll still reject the notion of a cover up, no doulbe-standards:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1077163/posts?page=1#1

Senate Packwood Hearing Carries into Second Day

The Senate, facing an unprecedented confrontation with one of its members, wrestled Monday with whether to go to court to force Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon to turn over hundreds of pages of personal diaries as part of an ethics committee investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and possible criminal wrongdoing.

After seven hours of often tedious debate over legal technicalities and constitutional questions, the Senate retired for the night, its leaders vowing to vote sometime Tuesday on whether to support the committee's effort to obtain the diaries by subpoena.

So sensitive was the issue that by nightfall Monday no senator had openly defended Packwood, although several had raised legal points on his behalf. And while only a few indicated how they would vote, informal comments by others demonstrated that Packwood faces an uphill fight in his effort to persuade the Senate to side with him on privacy grounds.

"We are being tested here," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. "Let's tell the American people we are not going to cover up and we're not going to have a double standard.

Go to thread link for the ‘rest of the story.’

[SunkenCiv]

Campaign confident, stick to issues, be positive at all times and leave the trash politics behind

I agree wholeheartedly with that one, but it's the one he is sure to do.