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GEORGE BUSH MAY GO DOWN AS THE WORST PREZ IN HISTORY or ...
Editorial | May 25, 2005 | Bob Ireland

Posted on 05/25/2005 12:12:22 PM PDT by 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?

>:-[


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To: Leapfrog

And Perot dropped out of the race, began spouting half-baked conspiracy theories about the Republicans, and tried to make a lame attempt to reenter the race when it was way too late for him to make a real impact. Besides which the guy was a fruitcake.


381 posted on 05/25/2005 6:23:34 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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To: Bob Ireland
That's the stupidest, most narcissistic, pathetic thing I've seen in FR other than zots. You may go down as the worst Freeper in history!!

And don't tell me that I'm over my head because I'm taller than Patricia Ireland who apparently has a few inches on YOU!

382 posted on 05/25/2005 6:25:21 PM PDT by ShowMeMom (Allen/Rice 08!!)
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To: A Balrog of Morgoth
Namárië
383 posted on 05/25/2005 6:31:25 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: GBA
***But don't stop voting!***

See #353 above.

384 posted on 05/25/2005 6:32:58 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: .cnI redruM
You may get zotted into close Earth Orbit!!!!

LOL! Now you will be called a "Bot" or worse ya know! :-)

385 posted on 05/25/2005 6:33:46 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: Bob Ireland
Bush is the best thing that ever happen to the Constitutional and Libertarian parties, he is their recruiting poster boy.
386 posted on 05/25/2005 6:33:51 PM PDT by jpsb (I already know I am a terrible speller)
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To: Modok
***with the same name as your screen name***

That is not my screen name. I am one of the [near]-original posters on FR, and we started out with our real names [just to show we weren't afraid of the big bad wolf.] I am one of the very few that still uses it.

387 posted on 05/25/2005 6:36:05 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
fruitcake

A fruitcake who took nearly 20% away from GHWB.

The RNC has lost me, (Me! A Die-Hard), how many more has it lost?

388 posted on 05/25/2005 6:36:29 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: janetgreen
"I switched to the Constitution Party two years ago."

I stayed in the GOP camp until now, but I just can't stand anymore of this open borders, big government, borrow and spend GOP. I'm finished with the GOP.

389 posted on 05/25/2005 6:36:48 PM PDT by jpsb (I already know I am a terrible speller)
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To: ShowMeMom
***You may go down as the worst Freeper in history!!***

How do you know I am not already?

390 posted on 05/25/2005 6:39:36 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: Bob Ireland
"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."

Worse than the Senate Democrats who illegally leaked Appointee Saad's confidential FBI file?! Worse than the Senate Democrats who leaked CIA field agents names (Senator Leahy), leading to actual agent deaths in the field?! Worse than Senate Democrats such as Senator Rockefeller who illegally conspired to delay one Judge's appointment until *After* a certain trial case had been decided, in order to insure that a Clinton-appointed judge ruled the right way?! Worse than the Senators (e.g. Sen. Kerry) who went to Nicaraga to illegally deal with Communists?!

Worst President in history?! Oh please. How soon we forget Pres Carter giving away the Panama canal, cancelling the B-1 bomber, boycotting the Olympics, turning a blind eye to the French-lead anti-Shah movement in Paris that lead to Khomeni taking over our then-ally Iran, as well as getting caught with a Quarter Million Dollar bribe from Libyan Leader Khadafy in his brother Billy's bank account...

In contrast, the following is what President Bush accomplished in his first 48 months, with several of those months being hamstrung by a Democratic Senate "majority" due to Jumpin' Jim Jeffords' post-election nonsense.

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 48 months

 


President Bush signing a federal ban on Partial Birth Abortion

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy

Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America


First Missile is Installed For NMD on July 23, 2004

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses


Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act (less romantically known as H.R. 5382) ultimately allows average Americans to hitch a ride on a civilian space craft at their own risk. The federal ban on such citizen travel was repealed by HR 5382 in 2004. The President signed that bill into law two days before Christmas.

President Bush pledged to Israel on 4/14/2004 that it could keep parts of the West Bank, giving international legitimacy to Jewish settlements there

Denied Palestinian refugees any right of return to what is now Israel, saying they should be resettled in a future Palestinian state instead

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Pushed through THREE raises for our military

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years

President Bush's Grand Strategy (click here)

President Bush's Environmental Record - 2004 (click here)

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right


Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Signed the 2004 Omnibus Budget 1/26/2004 that now MANDATES that gun buyers' background check information be fully and permanently destroyed within 24 hours of the completion of the check, no matter what.

Repealed Gun Controls Against Active, Retired, and Off-Duty Law Enforcement Personnel Carrying Weapons Into Local and State Prohibited Zones (7/28/2004)

Enacted powerful tort reform legislation that moves many class action lawsuits from state to federal courts. Requires federal courts to hear cases where the amount of the dispute is more than $5 million, and when the defendant and any of the plaintiffs live in different states.


Disarmed Libya of its Chemical, Nuclear, and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed

Won an agreement that U.S. Navy sailors may now freely board thousands of commercial ships in international waters to search for weapons of mass destruction under a landmark pact between the United States and Liberia, the world's No. 2 shipping registry (signed Feb 11, 2004), and Panama 5/10/2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/international/americas/11ship.html).

Approves The First U.S. Counter-Intel Plan

Successfully executed 2 wars and rebuilt 2 nations: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50+ million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom...epitomized by their own free and democratic elections.

Provided Billions in aid, machines, and manpower to tsunami victims.

 

Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)

Bush Administration diplomacy led to the 5/25/2004 peace accord that ended a massive 20-year civil war between Sudan's Islamic north and Christian south after two million deaths Click Here

  Delivered vital emergency aid to millions of survivors on multiple continents (e.g. Africa, SE Asia) of a devastating Tsunami caused by a 9.1 earthwuake near Sumatra.

Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.
Created NATO's Rapid Response Force

Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar-value tax cut in world history

Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people

Eliminated the Estate Tax (AKA "Death Tax") that was taking small farms and businesses from families


Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims


Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.


President Bush opened up an additional part of Alaska for domestic oil drilling. In 2004, the National Petroleum Reserve, an area west of the existing Prudhoe Bay field, was approved for new energy exploration and production.

Increased U.S. Oil Drilling Permits 70% Above Clinton-era

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.
New Forest Rules Gives States Power Over Federal Forests Inside Their Borders
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.


U.S. Forces In Baghdad

391 posted on 05/25/2005 6:40:06 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Bob Ireland

Because you're still here.


392 posted on 05/25/2005 6:44:17 PM PDT by ShowMeMom (Allen/Rice 08!!)
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To: jpsb; janetgreen
I'm finished with the GOP.

Amen.

393 posted on 05/25/2005 6:45:12 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: Bob Ireland

Another day, another clueless rant that tickles the DUmmies pink.


394 posted on 05/25/2005 6:47:00 PM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Leapfrog

And, thanks to him and people who thought like you, we had to endure eight years of Bubba. Happy now?


395 posted on 05/25/2005 6:47:21 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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To: Southack

Hey, this is Free Republic, don't use facts. It will only enrage the Bush haters. Some on FreeRepublic always have and always will hate President Bush, usually because he won't do whatever they demand on their pet issue. Most likely they didn't vote for him and haven't voted Republican in decades if ever.


396 posted on 05/25/2005 6:47:36 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Just Blame President Bush For Everything, It Is Easier Than Using Your Brain)
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To: Bob Ireland

not as long as klintoon and jimmah catah is still listed as ex-prezs.


397 posted on 05/25/2005 6:49:00 PM PDT by cajun-jack
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To: itsamelman

Yes, it does seem as though Reagan's actions / words were somewhat contradictory but I think he probably had to toe the line with big business and support legalizing the 2.7M newcomers during that time frame but he did also point out that " a country that can't protect it's borders is not really a country any longer" (paraphrase). If you've followed some of the material available on the FTAA and it's ramifications on America there's no doubt in my mind that there's a move afoot to create an American Union ala the EU and illegal immigration is the conditioning agent to force us accept the new paradigm despite our opposition.

After watching some of the current machinations regarding the EU's drive for a new constitution and decreasing of individual national sovereignty for it's members it's clear to me that as the FTAA/American Union proceeds we'll someday see a tremendous assault on our Constitution, BOR and our legal system. This new supranational gov't. will have it's own commissions and legions of bureaucrats available to make sure our transition to a third world style banana republic as seamless as possible. Of course all this nonsense started a long time ago but this current push for a hemispheric union has accelerated tremendously under Bush and his cronies.....no matter that countless Americans have been raped, robbed, murdered, etc. by cretins who would not be here if we had a coherent border policy and for that he will go down in infamy.



398 posted on 05/25/2005 6:52:09 PM PDT by american spirit
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To: Inwoodian
Worst President Ever? What is this guy smoking?

Who was LBJ? The kitchen help?
399 posted on 05/25/2005 6:54:50 PM PDT by .cnI redruM ("Every man's your brother 'til the rent comes due" - Anon.)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
Happy now?

Nope.

Are you getting the point yet?

I will... I HAVE abandoned the GOP for an option that will someday work.

The GOP has shown itself to be worthless.

400 posted on 05/25/2005 6:55:15 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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