VeniVidiVici, I agree with you completely.
Those of you here who see Bush as corrupt as any other politician are taking the liberal line hook line and sinker.
The Bush Administration is the most ethical administration in years. The liberals are practicing what is called "projection". They were supporters of what was possibly the most corrupt adminstration in the history of this nation. They certainly did more deliberate damage to our national security than any other.
They are outraged that they cannot paint this current administration as corrupt, and how they have tried. They have failed for the simple reason that THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS NOT CORRUPT.
Amateur hour ended in the year 2000. There are adults in the White House now, and they have been dealing with serious issues, not "Gays in the Military". They have had to be serious and have been consumed.
You can disagree with their stand on immigration. You can be at the opposite end of the spectrum on spending, you can be 100% against the way he handled the Supreme Court nominations, you can be a polar opposite on the war...you can be appalled by the Campaign Finance Reform that he signed (as I am)...you can disagree with him on EVERYTHING.
But you CANNOT call him dishonest.
The Liberals have a plan and they have been executing it in tandem with the MSM (Because the MSM and liberals are the same thing...). They plan to go negative, all the time, on every single issue under the sun. They are going going to throw mud against the wall every single day. They are not going to let a day pass without something negative. The war. The economy. Immigration. Corruption. Cronyism. Katrina. The Tsunami. Casualties. Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Torture. Human rights. Education spending. Global Warming. Corporate America. Voter Fraud. High Gas prices. Price Gouging. Blood for oil. And so on. When they run out of things to be negative about, they will start at the beginning and run through every one of them again. Every single day, they are going to lie, because they think nobody is going to hold them accountable for what they say. We might at FR, but NBC, CBS, ABC, NYT, LA Times and The Boston Globe are not only going to give them a pass, but are in on the concept.
The real downside of this is that with this strategy, nothing can get done in government. It isn't as though they were presenting plans of their own. They have completely given up the ghost on even attempting to be constructive. Of course, the Liberals have shown themselves to be the ideology that is completely devoid of new ideas and original thought.
The Liberals are attempting a death by a thousand cuts, and folks, they are succeeding. It is working. The average American who hears this day after day cannot distinguish truth from reality. Some don't have the tools to do so. Some don't have the time to do so. And some don't have the inclination to do so.
It is up to all of us in our everyday life, at work, at home and here on Free Republic to counteract this attack from the Left. It was nice to see the President begin to fire back today, but he and his team need to do more of it.
The Liberals are not interesting in fixing anything. Their nihilistic approach would tear down this country with nothing to put up in its place. They are not interested in being part of a team. The President and his team need to get that through their heads...it is a lost cause. Time to play hardball, scorched political earth to the hilt. They have shown a complete and total willingness to kick the President squarely in his privates. He needs to pick himself up and kick back just as hard.
I said:
"The average American who hears this day after day cannot distinguish truth from reality. "
What I meant to say (and I presume most would pick it up) is that the average American who hears this day after day cannot distinguish the LIBERAL LIES from reality...
It's a classic case of the Big Lie. I think that Bush wants to restore civility to the political scene, and he indeed the case, he's making a mistake. He's fighting a defensive war with the Left, and you can't win a war by fighting defensively. He should go all out and show that the Left are the real liars.
"It's a classic case of the Big Lie. I think that Bush wants to restore civility to the political scene, and he indeed the case, he's making a mistake. He's fighting a defensive war with the Left, and you can't win a war by fighting defensively. He should go all out and show that the Left are the real liars."
My mistake. I meant to say that 'I think that Bush wants to restore civility to the political scene, and he may feel that not saying anything about the Left's attacks is part of that civility. Or maybe he feels that the truth will out, and the Left's propaganda will prove inefective.'