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FOUR MORE YEARS -- The People's Choice!
American Enterprise Magazine ^ | MARNI SOUPCOFF

Posted on 11/08/2004 10:03:35 AM PST by Apolitical

This is, in a nutshell, why I think the President won a second term. Not that Barney?s presence magically catapulted him into office again. (Not every voter is enough of a dog lover to appreciate the poetry of a White House littered with squeaky toys.) But Barney highlights the fact that, after four stressful years, Bush is still the real person he was when he took office--a man with guts, hubris, foibles, principles, and persistence.

And a man who spends perhaps the most important night of his life watching TV with his dog.

That takes a certain softness of spirit that Bush?s critics don?t like to fathom. To them he is the ignorant warmonger, brutish in his arrogance and apparent eagerness to attack.

But one simply can?t form a meaningful and authentic bond with a pet without reserving a certain corner of the soul for warmth and empathy. Bush?s relationship with little Barney therefore reveals a part of the tough-talking Texan that is sensitive and genuine--the very elements people tend to value most in their friends, relatives and, I?d venture, their politicians....

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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; bushvictory; decisive; everyman; humble; strong
In many ways, George W. Bush is similar to the millions of everyday Americans in the heartland and elsewhere who voted for him -- which is just what drives crazy the haughty, over-educated, elitist bores who oppose Dubyah.
1 posted on 11/08/2004 10:03:36 AM PST by Apolitical
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To: Apolitical

Contrast that with Clinton, who had his own dog MURDERED.


2 posted on 11/08/2004 10:05:23 AM PST by Question Liberal Authority (THANK YOU, FREEPERS for re-electing President George W. Bush!)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

I kept thinking about poor old "Buddy" and the superficial way he was supposed to add "depth" to Clinton. And remember poor old Socks the cat - who was farmed out to the housekeeper?

Liberals - if you want a friend - please find another liberal and leave the innocent pets at the pound....where they will be better off.


3 posted on 11/08/2004 10:11:29 AM PST by sodpoodle (sparrows are underrated)
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To: Apolitical

I'm still waiting for some hot chick from votergasm.com to call me for voting...


4 posted on 11/08/2004 10:11:40 AM PST by Lunatic Fringe (http://www.drunkenbuffoonery.com/mboards/)
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To: Apolitical

Exactly.

They want to believe he is evil....and every time I see that in print, I honestly believe that the person who wrote it hats themselves and can't bear seeing goodness in others.

Come on Libs, I have all kinds of free psychological advice ;)


5 posted on 11/08/2004 10:14:25 AM PST by najida (Liberals: Clueless, arrogant, elitist snobs.... Their mama's didn't raise'em right.)
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To: Apolitical

Good dog!

7 posted on 11/08/2004 10:32:23 AM PST by gobucks (http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/classics/students/Ribeiro/laocoon.htm)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

"I don't want to meet Bill Clinton, okay boss?

8 posted on 11/08/2004 10:34:38 AM PST by gobucks (http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/classics/students/Ribeiro/laocoon.htm)
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To: geoffreyt

You get a gold star for that one.


9 posted on 11/08/2004 10:51:54 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Apolitical

Also, we must all work diligently in the coming months to convince “progressives” that the Democratic Party has let them down. They must abandon the party. Their only recourse is to join and work for the Green Party moving forward. I may even register as a Green Party member to swell their voter registration rolls. Divide and conquer.

Begin with putting all known “progressives” in your sphere of influence on the Green Party mail list from their website. Great fun. Start inundating them with information now.


10 posted on 11/08/2004 11:03:01 AM PST by schaketo (http://www.gp.org/ Convince progressives to join the Green Party – Divide and conquer)
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