Posted on 11/09/2005 2:11:49 PM PST by MAKnight
Excellent post - mimics almost all of my frustrations.
"I do believe I am speaking for the vast majority..."
You might someday see that GWB "Rope-A-Doped" pretty good in real time, plus purposely played the fool, ala Robert Grave's "I, Claudius."
Let none of us forget that it may have been Gore for two terms or Kerry on his first, going for seconds.
Even Tony Blair followed Bush's lead and excoriated Kyoto publicly a few weeks ago.
"Somethings wrong kid... very, very wrong. I can hear it in the voices of Limbaugh, Hannity, Ingraham... sense it on NRO & The Weekly Standard."
They found out that bad news sells FAR better than good news, and thus they're talking up their version of bad news.
About 2 years ago, Kennedy went all over the news shows and said Bush told "lie after lie after lie after lie". That he "concocted the war in Crawford for political purposes"...
There was SILENCE from our side... So, they became emboldended and said that our sons and daughters died for a lie. It spiraled out of control from there, with various lib scum piling on.
It REALLY didn't have to be this way.
You commented that the President went on vacation in August and never returned...
I am still annoyed at the lackluster campaign last year which, only by the grace of God, resulted in a second term.
This is a man that I love and respect...if I didn't care it wouldn't bother me to see him and his administration whacked like a pinatta at a third grader's birthday party.
My profound hope is that he will emerge from this difficult period with the fighting spirit our cause requires.
Excellent post
I know this, and I keep telling myself that he IS in the game . . . but it's gone on for SO long that I'm beginning to wonder if this is a valid or reasonable explanation. Maybe it's wishful thinking? At some point he has to lower the boom.
Like someone else here said, it is DIRE that he get new spokespersons. If Cheney, Frist, etal are not up to the job, then replace them and put someone in front of the microphone every day - as long as it takes - Zell Miller would be good. Or Honore. That caliber of speaker.
I am very frustrated.
You don't do much for the credibility of your POV by trivializing an issue like illegal immigration.
Great letter. Too bad that you are wasting your time. In my lifetime, the only president who has been worse in office has been Jimmy Carter. I have gotten to the point that whenever Bush appears on the TV news, I change the channel. The definition of incompetence is spelled Bush. And worst of all, he has 3 more years in office to do even more damage. How this guy ever got a Harvard MBA or qualified to fly a military jet is a true mystery.
The fact that "even Tony Blair" is against Kyoto shows just how extremist Kyoto is.
And since when has Bush taking an action normally caused the media to stop talking about it? It wasn't his majestic flair that silenced them. It was the fact that these ideas have zero public support.
I'm with you. I'm not voting for Bush in 2008.
And the evidence of this is? They could always make plenty of money ripping into the Democrats, like they normally do.
If you're going to come up with an ad hominem argument to subsitute for a real argument, at least make it plausible.
He silenced the debate.
If he's concerned with how "history will treat him," then a whole bunch of us would like him to start channeling Teddy Roosevelt!
Wow, #4 is a keeper. Thanks for taking the time to post it.
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