GEORGE BUSH MAY GO DOWN AS THE WORST PREZ IN HISTORY or ...

Editorial | May 25, 2005 | Bob Ireland

[Bob Ireland]

GEORGE BUSH MAY GO DOWN AS THE WORST PREZ IN HISTORY
or
WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A REPUBLICAN TODAY

President George Bush has not distinguished himself by fighting for his judicial nominees. Indeed, the way he treated Miguel Estrada, he is arguably worse than the Democrats in the Senate.

Now seven Senators have made a deal to run the Senate, and they claim that it would be best for the President to get in his Presidential Yugo and drive down to the Senate Building carrying his hat in his hand to get his judicial nominees pre-approved.

If President George Bush accedes to this power grab, he will go down as the worst President in history.

The United States Senate gave up its legislative power to the federal courts; now the Senate proposes to usurp Presidential powers. Where is our Constitutional Republic in all this?

Previous Presidents have called Senators over to the White House and 'jawboned' them with political goodies to get them to support their agenda. George Bush, instead, called Ted Kennedy over to the White House and allowed him to write the Education Bill. Kennedy responded by saying that Bush had woefully underfunded education, and iced it by calling the President a murderer and a war criminal. Bush does not jawbone Olympia Snowe or Lincoln Chaffee; instead, he closes military bases in Trent Lott's Senatorial District.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A REPUBLICAN TODAY

It is impossible to be a Republican today because as a voter you send representatives to Washington who BETRAY you repeatedly. Even when the majority of the country votes for Republicans and traditional values, 'Republicans' tell us that it is important to let the minority rule the country, and traditional values are trashed.

I AM NOT A REPUBLICAN

Well, I used to be a Republican. I have been betrayed so many times I have lost count. The Republican Party of Florida re-districted me out of the Congressional District in West Orlando [where I live] and placed me in WEST JACKSONVILLE - nearly 100 miles away. There are three Congressional Districts in West Orlando, but I am assigned to West Jacksonville... a district so gerrymandered that some portions are only as wide as the center line in the middle of the highway.

There is no good reason for me to be a Republican; there is no good reason for me to vote any longer. All my votes, all my campaigning for traditional values, all my fighting against the Democratic oligarchy siezing power in this country has resulted in my own people disenfranchising me by gerrymandering me out of representation in Washington [Well, true, I have Bill Nelson... I remember Bill Nelson: about 1983 he said on local radio that Christians should not be allowed to vote since they are incapable of thinking for themselves, that they must be told how to think.]

Yep - that is what all my voting for 40 years has netted me.

If I voted for Joseph Stalin, at least I would get exactly what I expected. At least if the Democraps win, we know they will finalize the overthrow of the Constitution and set up their socialist tyrannical dictatorship. If that does not motivate Americans to do what is necessary to re-establish freedom, then what have I been fighting for anyway?

>:-[

[ACDSWIZ]

Family reunion?

[TBarnett34]

My biggest problem is that it's pure hyperbole-packed hyper-emotional drivel with little to no factual evidence.

That's what RATs do. Conservatives should expect more.

[Kokojmudd]

"Six or seven years from now...I'll check in on this. I do not believe you can judge ANY president before they are no longer president.

Sometimes, the things that seem the smartest at the moment are not—and the things that seem downright stupid at the time appear pretty prescient. Emotions are for now, but consequences are forever.

That being said...not very many people have been proved brilliant by misunderestimating GW. The man is almost unbelievably patient. (Obviously more patient than most of us) And he works harder than it looks. I would never bet against him at this point.

Oh...and he has an uncanny knack for being very polite—but I'm not sure I would necessarily describe him as nice."


Well said. And it may be that President Bush will usher in a new era of traditional conservatism. I am optimistic even though things never seem to move fast enough.

[trillabodilla]

Your comments strike fear in my heart, only because they ring so true.

[OXENinFLA]

Well, I used to be a Republican. I have been betrayed so many times I have lost count. The Republican Party of Florida re-districted me out of the Congressional District in West Orlando [where I live] and placed me in WEST JACKSONVILLE - nearly 100 miles away. There are three Congressional Districts in West Orlando, but I am assigned to West Jacksonville... a district so gerrymandered that some portions are only as wide as the center line in the middle of the highway.

Awwwwwwww What, you don't like your congresswoman?????

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

And yet in a bizarre turn of events, "Sheets" Byrd voted in favor of Priscilla Owens' confirmation today!

The RATs play games. They will vote for some of these Apellate Court nominees just so when they filibuster the Supreme Court picks they can see "I voted for so-and-so . . ."

It is all one big stinking charade.

[TBarnett34]

Other - - 0 0.00% 1 0.19%

The only electoral vote Breck Girl John Edwards will ever receive :)

[DCPatriot]

Oh Boy! Forty replies before he is shown to be sincere and legit.

I see stupid people. They are everywhere. And, they don't know they are stupid.

[anniegetyourgun]

I for one, am glad to see Bob stopping by FR once/month....whether he needs to or not.

[steve8714]

I'm still in my Spiderman pajamas..Mr. Ireland got some sand in his female genitalia.

[Alberta's Child]

Those “moderate” dingbats in the Senate have as much power to force this nonsense on the executive branch of government as you and I do.

Exactly.

Anyone who thinks George W. Bush got this far in politics only to have his executive appointments held up by some miserable old fool like Robert Byrd or a limp-wristed moron like Lindsey Graham is delusional.

[Publius6961]

Mark my word: if Bush gives up the power to make his own judicial nominees, and goes to Capitol Hill for pre-approval, History will excoriate him...

And if my aunt had....

Hell, I would pick up a pitchfork myself!
But that hasn't happened, has it?

Trust me, you have lots of company, but we would see the street reaction long before the president needs to worry about his place in history.

[King Prout]

it is hyperbolic, and it is emotional, and "worst prez in history" is nonsense. otherwise, I think he has some points worth considering.

[Bob Ireland]

***why a war time president didnt close down the borders right after 9/11***

I would have mined the border... of course, I am an extremist...

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah, I feel for ya........

[DCPatriot]

Does one get a pass from being zotted if their sign on date is earlier than 2000? :-)

Well, we would hope it merits a 2nd opinion. ;^)

[steve8714]

I don't agree with his post(vanity)but don't favor the zot.

[B4Ranch]

>>Dag nabbit, Bob. As you know, politics is a long-term game that requires the virtues of faith, courage, and persistence.<<

Long term games that leave our borders open are not ones I think we should be playing in! I feel confident that you supported the original Patriot Acts I & II.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

At one time this was a website where very spirited discussions took place and where walking in lockstep was not required and intellectual midgets would not threaten to zot anyone who did not spout the party line. Bush is a disappointment, if you can deny that with a straight face you may be living in a fantasy world. No doubt Kerry would have been worse but that is not the point.

Amen to that.

[Bob Ireland]

***PATRIOTS are "Counter-Revolutionaries" ***

I absolutely LOVE it! Go to the front of the class!!!