Posted on 09/06/2005 7:09:45 PM PDT by Miss Marple
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Well, these ARE the times that try men's souls, aren't they? We have an ongoing war, a natural disaster uneclipsed in our nation's history, and a virulent press and opposition party determined to use the deaths of our fellow citizens for political gain. Our Commander-in-Chief is under attack by the low-class liberals and one would think that conservatives, who pride themselves on reason, and the GOP in general, who owe the man some loyalty for leading them to 3 victories in three succesive elections, would stand beside the man who has had more stuff thrown at him during his term in office than any other president in history.
One would think that, wouldn't you? I mean I, a novice in politics, simply assumed that one is loyal to the leader of the party. Ha! What do I, a Midwest housewife, know about the tides and fortunes in Washington, D.C? Apparently, not much.
I have spent three days fuming over an ever-increasing list of Republicans, conservative commentators, and general right-wing weasels who are either too cowardly to stand up for President Bush and his administration or they are determined to gain political advantage at the expense of the man to whom they owe so much.
I listened to Newt Gingrich pontificate about how President Bush was too slow out of the gate, and he should have as his goal opening New Orleans by Mardi Gras of 2006. That's 6 months, maximum. Thanks Newt...criticize the President unjustly and then set a lofty and unattainable goal. What an assinine comment and a cheap shot.
Bobby Jindal, supposed "rising star" in the Louisiana GOP, cannot bring himself to say one critical word about anyone but FEMA. NOT ONE WORD about that loser governor, or the psychotic mayor, or the criminals! No, all FEMA all the time. Jindal is not ready for the national stage, and may he find himself rerduced to dogcatcher of the parish where the locals raise pit bulls.
Laura Ingraham...sorry for your recent problems, but snipiing criticism and whining is NOT helpful.
Charles Krauthammer...get a book and READ the Constitution and the FEMA organizational rules and regulations. Please try to understand how the National Guard works before complaining that the President was too slow to get the Guard there.
Ted Stevens, Susan Collins....maybe there would have been more money to swirl down into the cesspool of levee funding if we hadn't given so much pork to YOUR states, so put a sock in it!
I will tell everyone on Free Republic what makes me the angriest: all of these people KNOW how FEMA is supposed to work, and how the National Guard is run by the governors, and I am certain by now they ALL know that the mayor and governor failed in their duties. Do they say one thing about this? Nope, just hand-wringing and mumbling about how FEMA and the Guard wre slow, and how we need to get Congressional investigations, and Krauthammer even said the second trip to LA was because the first one had gone badly, even though a whole bunch of us on Free Republic knew that the President said he would return the day he made the first trip.
These aren't the only conservatives I have heard with this cowardly Kowtowing to the media, There are plenty more.
Well, here is my reponse to these worthless sashweights that have been dragging the president down: NOT ONE DIME OR VOTE WILL YOU GET FROM ME. I will not support you, vote for you, buy your books, listen to your programs, or give you the time of day if I run into you at an airport. I MIGHT give you a piece of my mind.
You are low-class opportunists and I refuse to give you any support whatsoever. You cannot be loyal to a good and decent guy who is doing his best to help the victims of this disaster. You are sunshine soldiers, who shrink in the service of your country. You are ignorant and lazy at best; venal and shabby patriots, you are, who throw the President over the side rather than standing up to your cocktail party buddies.
The president has more character in his heart than all of you put together. You are nothing. I am done with you all.
Midwestern housewife bump!
Great rant! I am FED UP with the constant bashing of our President.
I personally fantasize about Ann Compton going into a coughing jag everytime ABC news "interrupts" Rush.
What comes out of her mouth is not news. It's a leftist anti-Bush campaign. No facts, no mention of the incompetence of the locals. I am spittin' nails angry at the MSM. And yes, I employ the OFF button at the top and bottom of every hour. I have had it!
Well said. I enjoyed every word.
Great rant, indeed! Bobby Jindahl was/is the worst. Posing and posturing for the whore voters in that cesspool of Louisiana is the lowest of the low. Disgusting.
Holy crap; when I get up off the floor and can breath again, I'll read this.
You posted a thread! And a vanity to boot!
One good thing, on the NBC nightly news tonight Lisa Meyers showed the now-famous photo of all those submerged school buses and even discussed the evac plan for NO. Of course she then went on to criticize the Administration--but that picture of the buses has seems to be sprouting legs!
THANK GOD for FreeRepublic--and people like you, MM!
Good rant!
One of the methods some Sunshine Soldiers use to bash the Administration is with the subtle, "there were failures at the local, state and federal levels." I don't buy it. I almost got caught up into that propaganda myself.
There were failures at the state and local levels, for certain. But none at the federal level that I have seen documented. There has been this non-stop innuendo which has tricked some normally MSM-suspicious conservatives; but that is still innuendo, not failure.
But they need us and as far as I'm concerned they don't have me. Bush was the first presidential candidate who ever moved me to not only contribute money but walk precincts, make phone calls and sit 7 hours without a break as a poll watcher. And every damn time the going gets rough they drop like flies...social security, Iraq, Bolton, etc. etc. etc.
All I have to say to them is that they have misunderestimated our passion, our loyalty and our memories.
Excellent post.
Well, if you create a ping list, I'd be honored to be a part of it.
Grrr. I am not walking precincts for Newt Gingrich, let me tell you!
I am getting ready to watch the Brit Hume show, which was reported as good. Then I am off to bed.
These fair weather conservatives have reminded me that huge egos are not confined to the liberals. We will just have to keep walking each day with the President, watching his back as best we can, and as you have done, call out the names of those who falter or were not with him in the first place. The RINOS are hard enough to stomach without having to listen to crap from those conservatives who should know better.
The Democrats are attempting to use this tragedy to win Americans hearts and souls. They will use every image to power their socialist-leaning agenda. And once again, as a huge fight to define the heart and soul of this country lines up, some Republicans shrink. They are not worthy keepers of what I believe in. As I posted on another thread to someone trying to explain FEMA:
I think these facts are too difficult to digest for people who seem to have thrown their supposedly conservative brains out the window. My heart truly goes out to those who by either illness or money could not evacuate or who did the best they could in going to a shelter. But the idea that any federal agency, particularly in response to a risk that has been known for over a century, could fill the vacuum created by state and local incompetence is absurd. I for one am not interested in the socialist or fascist state that kind of thinking gives rise to.
Miss Marple. I have always admired you, as you may know, but this vanity has just increased my admiration of you 100 fold! I could not have expressed this as well, but I agree with you totally.
The only thing I would add to the list are so many supposed conservative republican freepers who went along with the sniping and bashing. They also should know how our government works, and if they didn't , they were told often enough on these threads that they have no excuse.
BRAVO!
Nightime bump.
Did somebody mention Joe Scarborough and now *sigh* John Gibson?
There's no one out there to speak for us.
AMEN ! Your rant is right on target. I agree with every word.
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AMEN! Joe's not smart enough to tell MSNBC "screw you" and leave.
This is a pretty good rant. :)
I heard that interview too, and I swear, I thought Newt sounded like a mouth-breathing Liberal. Frankly, to be honest, I think Newt's been hanging around Hitlery too damn much.
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