Hello. My name is Helen Thomas. I'm a Liberal. ( Also known as a "Dead-Ender" ) Do you want me to speak for you? All you will have to do is pony up a paltry Twelve THOUSAND Five HundredDollars ... thank you.
Posted on 12/01/2004 8:26:31 AM PST by Jose Roberto
Various dictionaries describe liberals as open minded, generous, progressive, leaning toward individual freedom, broadminded and ahead of the times.
Those interpretations of the word "liberal" seem to add up to a compassionate person. This president who calls himself a "compassionate conservative" surely cannot object to the label.
Unfortunately, the American people have yet to see the "compassionate" part of Bush equation. When a president wipes out overtime for millions of workers, restricts enforcement of health and safety regulations for workers, limits the union bargaining rights of government workers in Homeland Security and freezes their salaries, blocks the government from negotiating less expensive drugs from drug companies under Medicare, and gives huge tax cuts to the wealthiest 1 percent of U.S. taxpayers, can you really call him "compassionate"?
Maybe, for the rich.
Born into wealth and privilege, living the good life until he settled down at the age of 40, there was no time for Bush to develop a social conscience. So it's understandable how he would not show much compassion for the poor, the jobless and minorities.
He has chipped away at government social programs, putting them in competition with private religious charities for funding. Through vouchers, he is promoting private schools over public schools.
And he is seeking to weaken Social Security by privatizing a portion of the program.
Bush also has attacked Kerry for choosing a trial lawyer, Sen. John Edwards, as his running mate. Edwards has amassed a fortune through his success in winning malpractice verdicts for clients injured through the negligence of others.
Liberals know all about compassion. What's more, they practice what they preach, which is more than the president can say.
(Excerpt) Read more at thebostonchannel.com ...
If we stuck to the dictionary, there's no way anybody would call today's leftists "liberal". Except on the issues of letting people kill babies and letting sand Nazis kill Americans, they're not very liberal at all.
Hey Helen, whats wrong with being beautiful?
I can't wait until they unplug her respirator.
Apparently Helen knows nothing about true compassion....only the "liberal" brand of making and keeping people dependent. And, I find it interesting that she (from her "lofty" perch in media) only preaches about compassion, while the president does compassion.
"What's Wrong With Being Liberal?"
I don't know....
How about everything!
Bush's shrill derision of liberalism seems to be a sign of political desperation these days
yeah he's real desparate. I mean Republicans only have the presidency, the house, the senate, the govenorships, and soon the Supreme Court. I suspect someone's deperate but I doubt its the president. And don't just just love how swamp thing can go on about how evil conservatives are at the same time acccusing the president of "shrill derision". What a loser.
Just look at this recent election--John Kerry recoiled at being labeled a liberal as a vampire would recoil from a cross. Obviously he thinks there's something wrong with being a liberal.
LOL cruel, but intriguing.
"This is the conservative who created the jobs that paid the people who paid huge taxes to the government who used their taxes to crush the businesses that created the jobs......"
Oops, requires logic and critical thinking. Libs will never get it.
I would like to be the first to graciously thank you for not searching for any pictures to include with this post :)
I love the "tax cuts for the rich" rehetoric. If the left did any research they would see that the top 1% pay 46% of the income tax totals. Shouldn't they receive more money back?
AHHHHHHHH!!!!!
My day is now ruined.
She's one of the primary reasons I wouldn't want to be liberal, leftist, communist demoncRAT.
When will the White House quietly fail to renew her press credentials? She is a nasty windbag and an embarrassment. Stop letting her in to press conferences!
They're compassionate -- with other people's money.
Helen, you ignorant hag, why don't you ask your heroes John Fop Kerry, or Hillary Rodham Clinton what's wrong with being and calling yourself a liberal?
PS: This stuff is to be filed yet again under "the libs will never get it".
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.