Bush's imploding presidency (major barf alert!)

boston globe ^ | October 29, 2005 | Robert Kuttner

[paudio]

WITH THE indictment of Lewis Libby and possible indictment of Karl Rove, President Bush faces a fateful choice. Bush can adopt a bunker mentality and try to appease his base of social ultra-conservatives and military hawks who have brought him such grief. Or he can reach out to the broad mainstream, as he pretended to do when he ran as a ''uniter, not a divider" in 2000.

Who would have predicted that the Bush machine would implode so spectacularly, on so many fronts simultaneously?

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If he were Bill Clinton, you would expect him to ''triangulate" -- forsake his own base and reach out to the opposition, as Clinton did with NAFTA and welfare reform.

Bush might appoint a new chief of staff and senior political adviser, contain Cheney's role, and shake up his Cabinet. He might reject the military adventurism of the neocons, turn to traditional foreign policy realists, and begin cutting his (and US) losses in Iraq.

While Democrats may take some grim satisfaction that the mendacity, overreach, and incompetence of the Bush administration are exploding on the Republicans, it is small comfort. For this is our country, too, and we have to live with the fallout. Barring an impeachable offense, these people will be running the country for three more years. We will be left with the legacy of their destructive policies for years, if not decades.

[paudio]

And we're wondering why the Dims cannot take advantage of Republicans' "bad week"...

[NeoCaveman]

A good Supreme Court nominee and subsequent fight will help GWB get his groove back.

[NeoCaveman]

I'm sick of being called "ultra" conservative. They can go screw themselves.

I tire of it too, especially when it comes from fellow FR posters.

[Tarpon]

Nominate Janice Rodgers Brown for Supreme Court Associate Justice and see who implodes :-)

[cripplecreek]

I'm getting a little tired of being told what I think and believe too.

[TADSLOS]

If he were Bill Clinton, you would expect him to ''triangulate"

Triangulatin' is what got Bubba in trouble to begin with...

[Piquaboy]

That is wishful thinking on their part. I tell everyone that I am one of those hated ultra "Right Wingers". Screwem if they don't like it.

[frankjr]

"try to appease his base of social ultra-conservatives and military hawks who have brought him such grief. Or he can reach out to the broad mainstream,"

I certainly hope he picks the former.

[rod1]

Oh pleeease---more like the Boston Globe's imploding circulation according to the most recent data.

Its ridiculous "you must have been dreaming" headlines like this one that puts this paper's credibility lower than death valley.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Every time I see/hear the name, "Boston Globe", I think of that time they were tricked into thinking that a porno site had genuine photos of Abu 'Grab'.

[Uncle Vlad]

I'm sick of being called "ultra" conservative. They can go screw themselves.

Why should we care what these has-beens think of us? Their day is over. The water runs fastest the closer it gets to the drain.

[shrinkermd]

National Review on Line surely sank Miers. Now with the latest Byron York piece they plan to sink Libby. Most of the problems don't start with the Boston Globe, NYT or the Washington Post: the problems start within the conservative punditocracy.

While the editors of NRO are telling their claque not to gloat, their idea of an olive branch is:

"...We do not for a moment believe that the president will pick someone unacceptable to conservatives out of spite. He did not pick Miers in that spirit; as we said on the day of her nomination, we thought it was a good-faith, though mistaken, choice. Bush and conservatives on both sides of the Miers debate should now let bygones be bygones, and stand together in the fight they will now almost certainly face.

Did they actually read the FRUM piece?

[lillybet]

There intention is to hope you will get like them drugged by there own weariness.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Bingo.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

We'll file under "Liberal Wishful Thinking."

[exDemocratbutnotRepubican]

Other articles by this objective fellow


· Exposing prolife zealotry –anti Terri Schiavo
· The Torturers Among Us – Abu Gahraib screed
· Why Hillary?- Hillary for Prez screed
· Now, Smearing the Trial Lawyers –Pro trial lawyers
· False Advertising For Vouchers- pro NEA

Why even post this guy.

[Eccl 10:2]

"A good Supreme Court nominee and subsequent fight will help GWB get his groove back."

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Agreed, and I'll take it a step further.

Bush is struggling becuase he is pandering to the left. The policies of the left DON'T WORK because they are WRONG. He needs to come up with a conservative SCOTUS nominee, take the initiative back in the Middle East (ie, screw the Left that is demanding an appeasing pullout), and push on some real tax/tort reform, and push on some real immigration reform.

These will get RESULTS which will translate into the support he needs, and the upward spiral will begin.

Congressional 2006 campaigns are already shaping up - W needs to start NOW.

Come back to us, Mr President - we will welcome you with open arms.

[A message]

I tell everyone that I am one of those hated ultra "Right Wingers". Screwem if they don't like it.

Same here

I gladly announce to liberals that I am a proud member of the vast right wing conspiracy.

This throws liberals off balance when I am able to shove their rhetoric back at them.

[MNJohnnie]

HAAAAAA!!! Ummm you better duck and cover Kuttner. Reality is about to smash you in the face. Going to be a real kick to the lower body portions of all the Hysteric Leftists when they discover Bush is STILL going to be President until Jan 2009 despite their best efforts to make this Frtizgerald hissy fit into Watergate II.