To: Mo1
Excellent article.
To a great extent, I think that Bush really couldn't waste time "engaging" the Dems until now - for one thing, he had a war to fight (a real one, not just a political one). Secondly, the Dems didn't really have a single spokesperson until now, but were busy conducting their shadow warfare through the press. If a President wastes his time on this, he's going to have precious little left over for the business of governing.
I think that the time has probably arrived for the attack, but one thing I would really like to see is more defense of the President's policies from other Republicans. Why weren't the Republican Senators and Reps coming out and smacking down their lying, hateful "colleagues," and having press conferences every day to support the President.
One of the things about the Rats is that they often run away when challenged, since they know they are lying through their teeth on just about everything. But if nobody challenges them, they are strenghthened.
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02/23/2004 7:01:39 AM PST by
livius
To: livius
To a great extent, I think that Bush really couldn't waste time "engaging" the Dems until now - for one thing, he had a war to fight (a real one, not just a political one). But the "new tone in Washington" was a campaign promise, and it was GWB's philosophy as soon as he took office, nine months before 911. He used it as his umbrella under which he implemented his massive spending increases, with zero vetoes, just as he did in Texas. If foreign policy is his great success, the "new tone" has been an equal failure.
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