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.

[Cboldt]

I think "The Donner Party Conservatives" just stay upset all the damn time.

Juan Williams, a National Public Radio and Fox News analyst, compared her [Miers] critics to "a far-right Donner party. They're eating their own."

http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110007480

This has the makings of a good flame thread.

[onyx]

Yes, it was a great day, but not in your bleak little world...lol.

[Petronski]

LOL

[Howlin]

I forgot Billie Kristol. :-)

[Petronski]

He is eminently forgettable.

[Howlin]

Poor old Juan, he's really losing his zest for the panel, isn't he? How many more Sundays can he take having Brit Hume beat his brains out.

[Richard Kimball]

Nailed it. Great post.

[Sir Gawain]

It's nice to know that government spending makes you happy. And I agree 100% with his foreign policy, so you're little cute generalization is a miss. Oopsie.

[onyx]

This has the makings of a good flame thread.




LOL --- ya think?

[jonrick46]

For any conservative in the know about what President Bush talked about, they would rate his speech a home run.

Bob Novak does not look these days as if he has the energy to stay awake long enough to know what was said. He must be writing another book which is taking up most of his concern.

I will continue to have misgivings about Bob Novak because of his part in the Valarie Plame episode.

[nopardons]

Oh that's easy; FR's UNAPPEASABLES.

[onyx]

Don't put words in my mouth. Did I say ANYTHING at all about spending?

[Reagan Man]

>>>>It must kill you that people actually LIKE something, rather than spending 24/7/365 trashing EVERYTHING.

Coming from the Queen Bush sycophant on FR, I'm not surprised.

But that doesn't change the fact, the speech was a bust in the eyes of conservatives. Period.

Bush has shown good leadership in the WOT, cutting taxes, court nominees and right to life issues. On domestic federal spending, limited government and immigration reform, Bush has been a failure.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Are Robert Novak and Pat Buchanan reading each other's copy?

[woofie]

If Novak talked now about the Plame case what is the worst that would happen to him ?

[Luke21]

I've been as hard on him as anyone, but who would people rather have making the next SC appointment? Good grief. Give the man a break.

[onyx]

Pillow talk.

[nopardons]

FYI....Juan must read FR, then. Some of us renamed the UNAPPEASABLES that ( Donner Party Conservatives ) almost a full year before Meirs was even mentioned; let alone nominated. Check out FR's archives, if your don't believe me. :-)

[onyx]

Like swatting flies!

[Once-Ler]

As expected, Bush backed away from what a year earlier were labeled as the two great initiatives of his second term. He complained that "Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security," unintentionally setting off self-congratulatory celebration by Democrats on the floor. But Bush made no promises about trying to revive his personal accounts.

It is unconscionable for Novak to blame Bush for inaction on SS when neither rat or Republicans have the onions to fix it. Novak would blame Jesus for sin.

If Novak was worth a crap he would be on Fox. CNN purchases his favors by the hour because he make Conservatives and Republicans look like pompous buffoons. The old/junk media display Novak and he reciprocates with an efforts to tank Dubya with Plame. I will be happy when he is unemployed and can no longer damage the GOP and America.