Posted on 11/08/2004 6:46:38 AM PST by areafiftyone
The phrase you don't hear Dims using is "let's rally behind this president". I would contend that it is more their responsibility to rally behind this president and work with him since he was elected by the majority, than it is for him to reach out to them.
Flat out lie, perpetuating the myth of Clinton's centrism:
"Or take President Clinton, the Democrat elected in 1992 after embracing his party's centrist movement. But it took him until the first State of the Union speech of his second term to utter one of the most famous quotes of his presidency - that "the era of big government is over" - and to tackle the historic welfare reform legislation that dismayed many in the left wing of his party."
In fact, Clinton DID campaign on welfare REFORM, but that meant reform as in re-creating it. When he had control of Congress, he did nothing. In his first term, however, he lost control of Congress, and the Republicans took over. They sent him several reform bills, which he vetoed. Facing growing frustration by the voters, Democrats in Congress sent him the message, "Don't destroy what's left of the party!" by signing on to a Republican bill which passed with 90 votes in the Senate, easily enough to override a veto. Only then did Clinton sign on.
But this was still 1995. By 1996, Clinton was campaigning in what are now called "blue states," pledging to reform the reform. His liberal supporters understood that to mean that the government's teat was swollen once again.
I agree, but after listening to the concession speeches by Edwards and Kerry... Don't count on it. Both speeches were loaded with justifications to resist supporting the President.
The concession speeches weren't a call for unity, but were a call to arms on national television.
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I hereby predict that the world's in for quite a ride over the next 4 years. The liberals will gnash their teeth so much that all they will have left is bloody stumps.
Mr. President, GO FOR IT!!!
LONG PAST TIME TO SCRAP THE MARXIST, FREEDOM-ROBBING INCOME TAX AND IRS AND REPLACE THEM WITH THE FAIR-TAX.
VISIT http://www.salestax.org AND http://www.fairtax.org FOR DETAILS!
I agree. But we must not get too cocky in the next 4 years. We must be prepared for 2008 and keep our back covered. The Dems will be waiting with daggers to get us back in 2008.
You are so correct!!!!!!!!!!!
We have to make sure Spector does not!
Clinton signed a meaningfull "Welfare Reform Bill" because Dick Morris told him he would not win the election if he vetoed it again. His idea of welfare reform was simply a scam of more govenment spending and maintaining the failed qovenment programs initiated by LBJ.
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Progressives' want democracy(the source of socialism), Regressives' want regress to a Republican form of government... Democracy is the disease that brings socialism(i.e. like in literally EVERY democracy on earth)... there are NO acceptions.. America is half way between a republican system and a democractic system.. thats just WRONG.. The American federal gov't has bullied the States long enough... We have a Congress and separate court system(Supremes) ACTING like they were a Parliament.. <<- like the more primitive forms of gov't in URP.... thats the source of the polarization among Americans.. But MOST Americans haveing no freepin idea of the difference between the two are fodder to this Coup D'Etat in process.. Parliaments work in democracys but in America parliaments attack "human rights". More democracy existed that had any "rights". Because "human rights" come from God, not some wazzo government.. The "Bill of Rights" was given by God to Americans not our government. Governments can ONLY allow and give privledges not actual "human rights".. The governemnts in URP and Canada ONLY allow privledges to the citizens there are NO "rights" of any kind, inalienable or otherwise...
THATS WHY: Democracy is the road to socialism. Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.- Karl Marx
and make nascar a year round sport
Screw the dems, he doesn't have to reach out, he has to increase the base and educate the empty heads.
Continue as you are Mr. President. Work for the good of this country and not all the bad stuff that people are trying to stuff down our throats. I will continue to pray for this good man.
By the time he leaves office, there will be peace (sort of) between Israel and Palestine, the Iraqis will be well on their way to democracy, most of the middle east will be in transit to a more democratic life, tort reform will have passed helping to stop the bleeding caused by trial lawyers, the terrorists will be in full retreat, and we will be safer.
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