Posted on 03/25/2006 12:38:33 PM PST by rcocean
Are the neocons losing it?
William Kristol of the Weekly Standard now demands the firing of Donald Rumsfeld. William F. Buckley, whose National Review branded the anti-war right "unpatriotic conservatives" who "hate" America, now calls upon Bush for an "acknowledgement of defeat."
But it is a March 20 essay in the Wall Street Journal that suggests the neocons may be coming unhinged. Written by Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes.. calls on Bush to fire press secretary Scott McClellan, chief of staff Andy Card, political adviser Karl Rove, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Treasury Secretary John Snow – and Vice President Richard Cheney.
"The trickiest issue is how to handle Karl Rove," says Barnes.
That Bush is in trouble is undeniable. But his people are not Bush's problem. His policies are. It is these policies, not his advisers, that have given us huge deficits, 12 million illegal aliens, a trade deficit running at $800 billion a year and a no-win war that is bleeding our country.
If Bush should follow Barnes' advice and throw his most loyal people to the wolves as a PR stunt, he will have earned their lasting contempt, and that of the country. For all will know he was scapegoating them for his own failures – failures that come of having listened to the neocons who are even now slipping out of camp, rehearsing alibis and blaming Bush for not heeding their brilliant advi
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"What are we doing to deal with Iran now?"
Free Republic does not have that level of clearance!
LLS
Except thats not what a neocon is.
"The only people besides Pat that I'd like to never hear from again is Bill Kristol and McCain."
I'm with you on that if you add 'Slick Willie' and his wife - the 'wide-load'.
"Katrina's storm damage in political terms for President Bush is lasting; it has not been (and may never be) repaired."
This train of thought is pure Bovine excrement. I am living through Katrina hell... lost two homes and a business. President Bush is LOVED here in the affected areas. He has not suffered one iota in the South. It's just a MSM fabrication with which to bash him and his Presidency.
LLS
Now THAT is funny!
Bill Crystal has turned into a "woose"
LOL, a Pickelhaube engraved with "Low Handicap, Friday Late League, 1995, sponsored by Fat Al's Chophouse."
Exactly. The media is trying to drown him in the flood waters, but everyone SAW Ray "Chocolate City" Nagin and Kathleen Blankstare on TV and we KNOW these two morons were the main culprits.
Another media myth is that poor blacks were mainly affected by Katrina. Hogwash. The lower 9th Ward in New Orleans was all black, but Lakeview, Chalmette, Meraux and Slidell were almost all white and they were hit just as hard.
I prefer the much more stylish "Good Sport Award, for Perfect Attendance, Ladies Candlepin League" plaque. The guys think it looks like a replica of the monolith in 2001, but I think it adds a touch of dignity to our "War Planning Sessions" which take place in the cellar every Saturday night.
ROFL!!!! Good one! :D
The more savagely they denounce Pat for saying something, the more correct Pat probably is for saying it.
Wow. Classic conservatives are anti-American. Good to know. I hope the bushbots must be enjoying the kool-aid.
Obviously you hate America. All real conservatives favor Bush's policies across the board!
That response was sarcasm, but it is also indistinguishable from the bushbots.
--The more savagely they denounce Pat for saying something, the more correct Pat probably is for saying it.
You're right about that. Keeps the money rolling in from his Kevin Phillips seat.
He joined the "Castrotti"!
LLS
sounds like a good joke to me. Why is this bad to crack jokes?
Are you truly a 'neocon', or are you a '60's 'paleolib'?
--sounds like a good joke to me. Why is this bad to crack jokes?
I'm not sure what you're saying. I thought it was outstandingly funny and I'll never forget it.
"new conservative" = oxymoron
That is, unless you can have such a thing as new traditional values and
Favor changes while favoring being opposed to change.
Well, maybe the neocons have lost it.
When it comes to 'losing it' Pat Buchanan is an expert.
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