Conservatives Disappointed with Bush 'State of the Union' Speech

The National Ledger ^ | 2-2-06 | Robert Novak

[Coastal]

WASHINGTON -- While jumping up on cue to cheer during the speech and delivering rave reviews afterward in the Capitol's Statuary Hall, conservative members of Congress were deeply disappointed by George W. Bush Tuesday night. It was not merely that the president abandoned past domestic goals. He appeared to be moving toward bigger government.

The consensus on the Right was that President Bush's fifth State of the Union Address was his worst. Republican congressmen agreed privately that he was most effective at the beginning with his familiar message of why U.S. forces cannot abandon Iraq. The problem for these lawmakers was the rest of the 51-minute presentation, which was filled with unpleasant surprises.

[Howlin]

You've got the speed, now you need the SKILL!

[Hank Rearden]

Fire away.

I can tell him right now, though - Ponzi schemes always collapse into financial ruin.

[onyx]

We bad...lol.

[Howlin]

Oh, get a mouse!

[Cboldt]

That is not true; I've seen your research!

Crap. I was hoping your long term memory was as bad as my short term memory.
Woe is me ....

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL!!

[Petronski]

We're bad.

We're nationwide.



---ZZTop

[Just Lori]

No no no..... nothing like that. Freepmail comin' at ya.

[onyx]

*rimshot* ?

[Howlin]

I think I got that, too. About the senators?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Get one of those cute little minature mice ( USB attachment )
for that laptop....I can't imagine how you can get anything done without a moussey!

[BigSkyFreeper]

I don't have a mouse.

Wow! I went almost an entire year one time without a mouse. Had to learn all the keyboard shortcuts. Actually that really helped, as I occasionally find myself still using those shortcuts, even though I have a mouse. :)

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL!! I was thinking the same song.

[bybybill]

Baloney, Schlafley has cost us votes. Name me a winning candidate that has her at their side. She is like many of those that prey on the True Believers, they NEED to create an isolation from the mainstream and then they set themselves up as the only salutation. After that, its easy to raise $$. If they ever sided with a mainstream candidate, the bucks would stop.

[jonrick46]

I listened to the speech. When a President says things that I myself would say; better than I could have said it, I am not donning the Monica gear. I am not being programmed like a mindless intern with words to memorize like a parrot. Instead, I am saying that President Bush gets it. President Bush is aware of the same things I am.

Are you aware of these things, or has your imagination stimulated by Clinton years past got you distracted?

[onyx]

I think the pitiful have run away. AGAIN.

[Cboldt]

But, cboldt, I do think it [Donner Party insult] started on the California threads.

That's credible. I'm just looking for a link because I'm a dink for evidence.

And it did start on FR.

Even if it didn't, I don't care. I'm trying to find the first use on FR.
One of those fleeting missions, try like hell for awhile, and then flameout

[Just Lori]

About what SS was set up to be and how it has become what it is.

[Southack]

"Now it's like the word went out to go on the attack against every critic of the administration."

I'd say that's it's more the other way around. If you'll watch, anytime that President Bush scores points, there is always a small contingent that *insists* upon throwing cold water on the party.

Heck, you can put up a Christmas picture of President Bush with his dog coming into his room and someone will say "you can cross our gosh darned open borders as easy as that dog crosses that room" or some such predictable attack (e.g. "drunken sailor spending").

The same 3 or 4 old criticisms, while perhaps valid, are endlessly recycled by certain malcontents whenever they feel that President Bush's popularity needs some cold water thrown on it.

It detracts from the overall message, of course, much to the delight of any Moby-style lurkers, I'm confident.

True, there *are* legitimate criticisms of President Bush in the sense that he hasn't been infinitely perfect, infinitely conservative, and instantaneous in giving us the gratification that we demand...

...but re-airing old criticisms when each *new* subject arises (e.g. his new speech yesterday) points to a deeper problem in the psyches of the malcontents (and that's presuming that the criticisms are all honest rather than from Lefties who simply masquerade as "conservatives" in order to stir up our nest).

This problem is so deep that you can go onto a cheerleader thread and someone will jump in with some non-sequitor "open borders" or "drunken spending" complaint.

Just watch. Observe. President Bush will score a victory and you'll see a squad of malcontents re-air their same 3 or 4 complaints, even though those complaints are unrelated to the topic at hand for the moment.

They have a *need* to throw cold water on the party.

[Once-Ler]

Thanx for the research confirming what we already knew but couldn't consolidate down to a 4 word sentence or bumpersticker for the Paleos. "Novak only hates Republicans"