Posted on 10/26/2005 11:20:44 AM PDT by SmithL
Leftist Bush-bashing is certainly nothing new, but recently the president has been getting an earful from his right flank as well. For some time now, a lively debate has been raging among conservatives over a variety of Bush administration policies and decisions.
For conservatives, criticism of the Bush administration centers not so much on style than on substance. Unlike the left's scattershot attacks, the president's appearance, past habits or religious beliefs are unlikely to figure in the equation. Disagreement exists over the war in Iraq, but conservatives are largely united in the belief that the war on terrorism is the preeminent struggle of our lifetime. Instead, contentiousness tends to center on domestic and security issues on which the administration seems inconsistent.
Probably the largest of these issues is illegal immigration. It's difficult to imagine how the Bush administration can hope to pursue "homeland security" without securing the homeland. The border with Mexico is the elephant in the room that renders almost all discussion of true security insincere. This is a concern that crosses party lines, with a majority of Americans supporting tighter restrictions on both illegal and legal immigration.
When Democratic governors Bill Richardson of New Mexico and Janet Napolitano of Arizona declared a state of emergency in August over the skyrocketing costs associated with illegal immigration, it was proof that such issues are not limited to conservatives. Yet both governors continue to support such policies as giving illegal immigrants driver's licenses and in-state tuition at colleges, somehow not seeing the connection between rewarding illegal immigration and furthering it. Similarly, Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton has been known to talk tough on the subject, but when pressed, she continues to pander to the illegal immigration lobby.
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You don't always agree with Cinnamon Stillwell?
If you want on, or off, this low-volume ping list let me know via FReepMail.
No, but I always enjoy her stuff.
My biggest quarrel with Bush is spending including the prescription drug benefit. If he can curb that I'll be happier than a wolf at a barbeque.
"Cinnamon Girl"
I wanna live
with a cinnamon girl
I could be happy
the rest of my life
With a cinnamon girl.
A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
You see us together,
chasing the moonlight,
My cinnamon girl.
Ten silver saxes,
a bass with a bow
The drummer relaxes
and waits between shows
For his cinnamon girl.
A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
You see us together,
chasing the moonlight,
My cinnamon girl.
Pa sent me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance
Yeah...yeah...yeah.
I like the lyrics, but I can't stand anything whined by Neil Young.
I believe that the candidate's position on illegal immigration will be a leading indicator of who will win the presidency in '08. Whichever candidate appears tougher on illegal immigration will win. They won't win on that issue alone, but it will be a leading indicator.
Easy, there. Cinnamon's cool, and she's a FReeper.
She really nails it.
Funny... I say the same thing about Bob Dylan. I love his music, as long as someone else performs it.
Not quite. The preeminent struggle of our lifetime is with China. Some distinction has to be made on the 'war on terrorism'. The war on terrorism [whatever that is] is against al Qaeda. The war in Iraq is a civil war in which we have taken sides and we lose whichever side wins. Better to let them kill each other.
Sorry Cinnamon but the far-right Conservatives sound EXACTLY like the left's scattershot attacks. Some on this Web site have called Ms. Miers old, ugly, stupid, unqualified, etc. to name a few -- EXACTLY the same tactics that the left uses.
That prescription debacle is the worst thing after McCain Feingold.
It's only an earful if he listens.
Using "far-right Conservatives" as a slur? THAT sounds like a left wing attack.
not a slur, just a notation.
Trouble is, they are not content to just kill each other.
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