Posted on 09/21/2005 4:54:29 PM PDT by goldstategop
Well, what difference does it make when he did it, he did it?
What am I missing here? (Of course, I came on the thread late, so if I fell into the middle of something I don't understand, I apologize now!)
The democrats took advantage of Bush's mis-steps and started blaming their mistakes on him and FEMA. This is where Bush really messed up. Rather than using his bully-pulpit as Reagan or Clinton would have done and explained what really happened to the American people and detailed the proper role of federal government, he de facto accepted blame with his speech."
Exactly. Well put.
I'm not defending my posting style - I'm defending the English language. Using the word "again" means that the condition has existed sometime in the past.
I can't be held responsible for your inability to understand the meaning of the word "again".
Disagree. They'll stick with the party that mostly will carry the single bucket of water they're interested in. Single issue voters will not get what they want if they start up a fringe third party, railing on the one issue that drives them. That's what I think is wrong with single-issue voters who decide that "Ah-HA! I'll join Party X because Party X is "anti-illegal immigration", .... but deep down beneath the surface, they are pro-terrorism.
Whatever. You may understand what you type, not everyone gets your meaning if you use THEY instead of DEMOCRATS, when your train of thought in the same sentence was REPUBLICANS.
I would like some of whatever you have to get you in the world you live in...WOW...you are really somewhere else. Blanco sends LETTER to Bush?! By carrier pidgeon...what planet are you on?
Right, and you've gone on the defensive when I pointed that out to you.
But if the GOP actually increases the size and scope of the federal government faster than the democrats or any other party, then why would they continue to vote Republican.
Republicans (in their current manifestation) also won't defend the southern border any better than the democrats. They also won't defend property rights. The won't defend freedom of speech either (CFR).
It is being reversed incrementally.
Anti-abortionists aren't going to vote Democrat, nor are they going to vote third party, for reasons I have already told you.
Huh? Seriously, is English your second language? I asked before but you might not have understood the question.
You make some ignorant and uneducated claim about the word "again" and when I point out the proper English usage of the word, you claim that I went on the defensive.
The fact of the matter is that with the socialist programs that Bush as lobbied for and signed into law, our country will not be able to run a surplus again. Those programs will ensure that will always run a deficit and always have to borrow money.
That may be fine with you since the overturning of Roe v Wade (it will never happen anyway) is all that really matters to you.
How? Bush and the GOP Senate have increased entitlements, not reduced them.
You did. Because I pointed out that "again" can mean "past tense".
I know it won't be overturned, even though I would like to see it overturned, it's not the one issue that drives me to the polls.
Rabid anti-abortionists make up a small segment of the voting public. Even if 60% of Republicans are rabid anti-abortionists, that is still only 30% of the voting electorate.
Remember, Alan Keyes only got 27% of the vote running on anti-abortion and morality issues in a state where a very unpopular Bush got 45%.
I'm the one that said "again" means past tense. You thought that it meant immediately preceding.
Someone I know who isnt really into politics told me GWB has to be one of the most unluckiest Presidents of all time, one tragedy after another. The guy still stands strong it seems.
So now you're comparing Alan Keyes up against a popular Barack Obama, and a popular sitting President against a dullard like Kerry? GOOD LORD, you're cracking me up.
By Sunday, with the national announcement, it was too late for many of them to leave.
And yes, it was Blanco and Nagin who bear the far greater blame regarding Katrina.
I said "THERE NEVER WAS A SURPLUS" to your quote "We'll never have a surplus AGAIN"....Tell me, what does that have anything to do with "immediately preceding"?
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