Posted on 03/03/2006 3:26:40 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4
An old acquaintance in Washington - a former member of Republican administrations whose foreign policy views are decidedly hard-line - recently had this to say to a friend about the Bush administration: This might be the most inept administration in American history.
But it should come as no surprise that President George W. Bush has fallen to an approval rating of 34 percent in a recent national poll. Just look at the events in this winter of his discontent:
Members of his own party have turned against him on the issues of whether a company owned by the United Arab Emirates should control six major ports in the United States.
As more and more information leaks out about the unauthorized and very likely illegal eavesdropping by the National Security Administration, there is more talk - only whispered at the moment - that there ought to be an impeachment inquiry into Bush's behavior.
But I fear we are now seeing the other side of the coin with Bush. His lack of historical perspective, his crusading religiousness, his Texas-style shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach to complex problems - that is, all the shortcomings that were obvious from the beginning of his presidency - seem to be catching up with him now. It's one thing to be a decisive leader. It is quite another to be consistently making the wrong decisions.
This is a presidency coming unraveled before our eyes. It is not a pretty sight, and it is not good for the country. What a difference a year makes. After his re-election, Bush said that he would use his political capital.
Soon he won't have any left. Then what?
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
What total BULLCRAP! This is like the callers to shows that start off "I've been a lifeline Republican but am now voting for (fill in some far left kook)".
"If someone said each and every thing you ever did was wrong, would you listen to them?"
No you tune them out. Thats one reason the polls fluctuate the way they do. People start to see the MSM snowjob and realize its "the boy who cried wolf".
LOL. Rumsfeld as Press Secretary . . .
The President's Staff probably likes the fact that the Potomac river separates the Pentagon from the White House.
James Klurfeld of Newsday says we should not try to spread freedom around the world because freedom is hard and we aren't that good at it anyway.
He says that President Bush is out of touch with the people.
Newsday, which inflated it's circulation and got caught is going to lecture us on honesty too. I don't think so.
Or LBJ.
Considering all the man has gone through, the most difficult Presidency since WWII, I think he has done just fine..
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2005
Claim: Newsday editor tried to influence vote with calls
A Nassau County legislator claims Newsday editorial page editor James M. Klurfeld tried to influence the selection of a new presiding officer by making calls to legislators and others who could sway them. Klurfeld acknowledges calling one lawmaker "to find out what was going on and to express our opinion. My job is to express the opinion of Newsday."
Newsday is three steps to the left of the NYTs. Nobody I know on LI takes this rag seriously and we get it only when we need to see the ads.
I just keep telling myself that the majority of the naysayers are Republicans right now, we/I will not endorse the Democrats. The Dems win if we do not show up to vote! Bottom line.
And the base continues wearing its blinders, pounding its chest and declaring "What have you done for me lately, Dubya?"
"How quickly we forget Jimmy Carter."
and how quickly we forget what was said about Ronald Reagan.
Amen.
"W" will come through this just fine. Not perfect but fine. The RINOS that want to jump on the RAT bandwagon, weel let them.
I read it as rebuttal.
I don't believe any of this for one second....sounds like a zot's wet dream to me....
Beautiful!
Check the ports threads.
ROTFL!!! I love that idea, except that I don't want to lose Rummy as SecDef. Oy, the dilemma...
It is not "W" that people should be worried about. He's had his last run for office.
Some of us have an eye on future elections, beginning with the 2006 primary season.
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