Why I can't stand Bush [Who but Paul Mulshine]

Newark Star Ledger ^ | 5/7/2006 | Paul Mulshine

[Incorrigible]

Ha! Actually that's pretty good!

[SENTINEL]

You won't be happy with the above if it's your city that gets hit in the next attack.

[Perdogg]

If the GOP had been acting like the majority party, then they would not have any problem.

[AntiGuv]

Yep, you are correct, and I don't support amnesty any more so than I did 20 or 30 years ago, and yes, I'm well-aware that Reagan granted amnesty to however many million illegals, and I think it was far and away the biggest blunder of his presidency.

[WhiteGuy]

like a two year old.. I want all the toys on my terms when I say.. if it doesn't come when I say, how I say, and like I say, I am going to throw a temper tantrum..

Sounds just like "the decider"

[Vaquero]

Forget it....if you call them Koolaid drinkers you will be suspended like I was last week.

So if one calls out the POTUS for not being conservative enough on certain issues....bam....you too may be put on double secret probation.

[dirtboy]

Even if the legacy of President Bush is a more Constitution supporting Supreme Court and some modicum of Democracy introduction in the Middle East, I would still consider that a success.

I would be too. However, if Bush pushes for and passes a guest worker program, that IMO would severely detract from his accomplishments - because IMO it would make the illegal immigration problem far worse and would also lead to serious GOP losses in this election.

Krauthammer said it well - let's secure the borders first and then talk about what to do with those already here. Bush should table the guest worker proposal for now and get behind border security. His unwillingness to do such is a PR fiasco similar to his threatening to veto any blockage of the Dubai ports deal before he adequately stated his reasons for doing such. It doesn't take a political scientist to realize that any immigration reform is doomed to failure with unsecure borders.

[dirtboy]

Forget it....if you call them Koolaid drinkers you will be suspended like I was last week.

Meanwhile, they goad on flamewars with posts like this and don't face sanction:

Let me sell you a bottle of Bushbashalot.

[AntiGuv]

On Spending, Bush Is No Reagan

You forgot to mention that Reagan had to deal with House controlled by Democrats, and that nothing at all could've been done without compromise. You also forgot to mention that Reagan initiated a radical shift in national policies away from the Great Society socialism of the Sixties and Seventies, whereas GWB came along after two decades of the Reagan Revolution (that he promptly began dismantling).

[blaquebyrd]

No, this is http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1629155/posts

[Paloma_55]

Well, I guess it can be said that alcohol is a form of "herbal" medicine...after all, it comes naturally from grains.

[safeasthebanks]

Great job! I was thinking some of those things myself, but you got way more than me.

THANKS

[SENTINEL]

Folks like me see many of these issues as related. Dubai, the border, the Chinese in the Bahamas, Bin Laden getting a pass in Pakistan despite the "with us or against us" threat...We are not safe.

It is not too much to ask of a man who sends our sons off to kill and die to do everything in his power to protect us at home.

The threat is real...and the clock is ticking. It's only a matter of time.

The isue is not mexicans...IT'S SAFETY !

[Crispus Attucks Patriot]

The crisis broke on his watch, and Bush doesn't get it yet. As the C-in-C he's responsible for fixing the problem, not making it worse.



"Its always the Group Commander..."
-Gregory Peck as Gen. Frank Savage in '12 O'Clock High'

[Ryan Spock]

Until there's a better alternative to Bush that is FEASIBLE, conservatives have to settle for the half-a-loaf...

This is where I find myself, also. It's a pragmatic approach. It's understanding the realities of politics -- you're not going to get everything you want, there's a lot of compromise.

He's still my President, and I'll still support him. But I will make my extreme discontent on many issues known, especially through the representatives that I vote to send to Washington. I'd love to have so much more, and the old carrot that used to get dangled in front of us ("if you'll put Republicans in power in the White House and Congress, you'll see conservative ideas advanced") has now gotten into our mouths, and doesn't taste anything like we were expecting. It's somewhat bitter, and disappointing -- but still better than the alternative ('Rats in power).

[austinite]

Since when is a countries citizenry demanding a secure border a partisan issue? This is insane talk. It's simple, Bush is not doing his constitutional job.

[NAVY84]

Here we go again.

Who cares what good has come from the President and Congress. We would have been better off with Algore or some other left-wing idiot. No sense continuing to get something, let's throw out the bums and start the 40 years wandering in the wilderness again.

NOW BACK TO REALITY!

Let's get some more conservatives up to Congress and at the State level. You want choices other than MOONBAT or RINO? You have to start with the Dogcatcher and the School Board. The choices will be there if we only vote for the BEST person in EVERY election. Losing control of Congress helps the cause how? Let's work to add seats in the House and Senate. If you don't like your respective representative get a real challenge up for his next primary, but make sure he keeps the seat for now. How does a Rat in charge of any part of government further our Conservative goals?

[OKIEDOC]

Living in New Jersey says it all.

New Jersey a state like New York and Massachusetts infested with RAT's.

[Coldwater Creek]

Yes, like 60 plus years. Even on FR it is all Bush's fault!!!!!!!

[Incorrigible]

Bump! I know you like lively threads!