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To: dogbarks77
This is what separates Bush from recent Presidents - he knows political capital expires worthless, unless it is spent. Spending capital EQUALS lower approval ratings. I admire him - though I don't always agree with his decisions.

Clinton lived for approval ratings and never spent them to accomplish any great thing and his Presidency expired worthless.

You pick which you'd prefer.

51 posted on 06/28/2005 6:42:31 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Political capital is sort of like your health meter in a video game. You pick up a healt kit, it goes up. You go out and get shot some more, it slides down until you pick up another health kit. Good point.

Still, I don't see what he's doing besides the Social Security thing which nobody wants to hear about right now. That thing is going to take two or three years to cook I think, before something comes out. And if this war thing doesn't settle down and something resolve itself around these borders and the illegals, I don't know if anything is going to happen re SS.

Still, we're in a place like we were before the handover of a year ago. We're waiting for a constitution. That will be another major defeat for the terrists. They handled the turnover brilliantly, doing it off the publicized schedule, doing it largely without ceremony, etc. so it couldn't be disrupted. Also, Saddam is about to go on trial. So maybe a steady as she goes, or hold your water, you ain't seen nuthin' yet message for the summer might be the right thing to say although it's going to p!ss people off around here.


122 posted on 06/28/2005 7:18:09 AM PDT by johnb838 (Adios, liberal mofos!)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
This is what separates Bush from recent Presidents - he knows political capital expires worthless, unless it is spent. Spending capital EQUALS lower approval ratings. I admire him - though I don't always agree with his decisions.

Clinton lived for approval ratings and never spent them to accomplish any great thing and his Presidency expired worthless.

You pick which you'd prefer.

Exactly right. GWB is a leader! History will be very kind to him.

124 posted on 06/28/2005 7:19:43 AM PDT by SevenMinusOne
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