TWO VERY DIFFERENT PRESIDENTIAL LEGACIES: A stained dress vs. a stained finger

DFU | 1-31-05 | dfu

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

It just isn't the stained blue dress but also the stain from the blood of 911. Slick did nothing in eight years to stop terrorist attacks against us.

[bvw]

Nice analogy, Doug!

The Blue Finger also means that everyone "knew their brother" -- it may have guarded against attack because of the brotherhood effect.

[lightman]

Let us continue to pray for the safety of those brave warriors who are in danger and for the souls of those whose lives were cut short because they were brave enough to want to make a difference in the world

Almighty God,
we commend to your gracious care and keeping
all the men and women of our armed services at home and abroad.
Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace;
strengthen them in their trials and temptations;
give them courage to face the perils which beset them;
and grant them a sense of your abiding presence
wherever they may be;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

[BenLurkin]

"As we celebrate the historic day let us remember the stark contrast of two presidencies. One will have the legacy of a stained finger that represents the greatest gift that can be given to the oppressed Iraqi people -- their freedom.

"The other stain was on a blue dress. It represents a failed eight years. Any one good CEO and any number of Democrats or Republicans could have presided over the economy in the 1990s. It just so happens that a man without character or conscience, a man who is truly a sociopath, was at the helm during an economic expansion. Terrorism grew around the world while he spent his time thinking about satisfying his sexual needs, intimidating witnesses, commiting perjury, suborning perjury, and trying to deny a lowly state employee her day in court."

Excellent observations, Doug. Your essay deserves media attention.

[doug from upland]

Good point. I didn't think about that.

[doug from upland]

Thanks, BL.

[spetznaz]

Let me put it this way. GW has absolutely amazed me! I knew he had astounding integrity and amazing fortitude, but i never knew he was a political genius. He has managed to do all that he said, and not only that but do more.

Seriously think about it. Iraq just had a free and fair election! And that has just started a set of domino effects that will reverberate in the region for some time.

Again, Bush just pulled off a hat-trick!

[airborne]

AMEN!

[doug from upland]

Duh. I read it twice and missed it. Not - Any one good CEO. Doug, wake up -- remove the "one."

[hineybona]

Excellent writing..I'd pay to take a full page ad out in the NY Times and present it to the public ..

[doug from upland]

His political genius does not come from being cunning and calculating. He just believes he is doing the right thing. You don't have to worry about the consequences when you do the right thing.

[ChicagoRighty]

Thanks, Doug. Great one, as usual.

[aShepard]

Very nice succinct piece!

But it goes deeper than that.

Remember the photos of Clinton and his flunkies sitting in the oval (oral) office, feet up on the furniture, in jeans, smoking cigars, having a good old time.

Contrast that with the image of George Bush (or Ronald Reagan) only entering the oval office in suit and tie, ready to do the country's business.

Bush (and Reagan) realize the importance of the office of the leader of the world. They do not take that lightly, and they certainly don't play "hide the cigar" in our house!

Clinton, and all that his administration represented, was the worst trash that America has ever elevated to a leader!

[ChicagoRighty]

>> I'd pay to take a full page ad out in the NY Times and present it to the public .. <<

I'd pitch in.

[pooh fan]

Thanks, DFU. No wonder Hugh Hewitt mentions you his radio show on occasion.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

How about looking at the message members are presenting instead of holding grammar lessons? If all of us pointed out all the typos and grammar errors found here, the site would crash.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

. . . just defending Doug from Doug.

lol

[ChicagoRighty]

you had me there, for a minute.

[GianniV]

Is it me, or does it feel like Clinton was President like 20 or 30 years ago? I say that, because the guy is so utterly irrelevant.