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Posted on 05/18/2006 2:40:57 AM PDT by dutchess
A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day
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Ambien sleep-driving Dems crash car into Sheriff Bush's barrier
by JohnHuang2
Anyone still wondering how the humble man from Midland managed to do in the last election what no White House candidate had been able to do in 16 years -- win a majority of the popular vote -- Tuesday night's Oval Office address will have resolved any lingering confusion.
It's easy to see why this unpretentious, plain-speaking fella drives Democrats up the wall. With the MSM almost daily trotting out yet another "poll" which curiously always has Bush hitting a "new low" -- the "low ratings" magically achieved by having Democrats and liberal-leaning "independents" represented in disproportionately large numbers in the "randomly" selected sample -- the prevailing myth among the all-knowing Commentariat is that Bush in his speech was attempting to stem his hemorrhaging popularity and to mend fences with his 'alienated' base which is miffed over his stance on immigration.
Since the earliest days of his 2000 presidential campaign, Bush had run on his proposal for a temporary 'guest-worker' program, had delivered dozens of speeches advocating a temporary 'guest-worker' program, appealed to Hispanic voters in '04 by advocating a temporary 'guest-worker' program, but we're supposed to believe his conservative base -- which had voted for him overwhelmingly in 2000 and 2004 -- had not known his stance on immigration until this year (Bush just broke the news to his base!) and is now smoldering angry at him for fulfilling yet another campaign promise.
Paraphrasing the media headlines in the days and hours before his speech: Bush under fire. Bush in trouble. Bush under pressure. Bush careening to disaster. Bush in trouble. Bush's goose is cooked. Bush all but finished. Bush in trouble. Bush speech last-ditch effort to save his bacon. Stick a fork in his bacon, it's done.
Against this friendly cacophony of gloom-and-doomery from his girly men critics in the lead-up to his televised address, Bush appeared poised, self-assured, upbeat. To the media, shooting spitballs from the peanut gallery, it was important during this lead-up that the public perceive Bush as a much diminished figure, politically adrift, frail and fatigued, but that Bush was a no-show Tuesday night.
If Bush's gutsy speech was somehow a desperate, headlong rush to shore up "sagging" approval ratings, you'd never know it from his calm and assertive, cool and unruffled manner of delivery. It was vintage Bush.
For a politician ostensibly sliding irreversibly into oblivion, not bad. The unflappable, take-charge air about him was difficult to square with the media depiction of Bush as aimless, disconnected -- if not out-and-out political roadkill. Bush was forceful yet graceful, emphatic yet dignified, self-assured yet down-to-earth.
Judging from the fawning reaction, Bush hit a home-run. The New York Times, part of the open-borders fringe of the debate, lovingly wrote that the speech "was a victory for the fear-stricken fringe of the debate." Bush "last night specifically -- and shamefully -- urged that the (path to seek citizenship) be denied to temporary workers." The hate-Bush pitch-forkers: 'Impeach Jorge Arbusto for not enforcing our laws!' The hate-Bush anti-pitch-forkers: 'Impeach Bu$Hitler for enforcing our laws!'
As part of his secret plot to sponsor an invasion, "El presidente Jorge Arbusto" called for adding 6,000 Border Patrol officers, erecting "high-tech fences in urban corridors," building "new patrol roads and barriers in rural areas," employing "unmanned aerial vehicles," infrared cameras and motion sensors at the border; ending "catch and release" by constructing new buildings to keep illegals in custody. He laid it all out with specificity in his speech.
The press, which doesn't give squat about border security, had seized on the immigration issue as a means to split the GOP base, in hopes of reaping a windfall this November. Like mice running on the hamster wheel, they thought they were getting 'traction' on this issue. After Bush's speech, they felt frustrated and baffled. Some lapsed into a childish snit. Yet another issue had been seized by this commanding figure, who breezily took center stage as only a powerful leader can, sweeping aside the oodles of media lies, nailing his enemies chapter and verse, reshaping the political landscape and debate on his terms. Bush would not be stampeded. His tone deaf windbag critics, showing yet again what little grasp they have of the Man from Midland, had been dealt another cruel blow.
If displaying their inexhaustible supply of ignorance was the goal of Bush's detractors, they have succeeded beyond their wildest expectations. Congratulations!
Anyway, that's...
My two cents
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To: dutchess; JohnHuang2
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posted on
05/18/2006 5:49:49 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: GodBlessUSA
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posted on
05/18/2006 5:50:31 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: The Mayor
Hi The Mayor
Great post, as usual. :) An excellent reminder for the start of the day.
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posted on
05/18/2006 5:50:39 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: dutchess; shaggy eel; All
Maple Glen Farms,New Zealand
Just posting this as a day brightener
for those in the rainy part of the country!
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:03:16 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: kinoxi
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:38:32 AM PDT
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: JohnHuang2; dutchess
Very good message JH2, thanks alot.
I like the way you framed these pictures Dutchess, it looks great.
To: dutchess
Excellent presentation, Dutchess.
You always do a great job with John's essays.
Thank you for bringing us today's Two Cents.
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:58:40 AM PDT
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: JohnHuang2
Excellent, John.
It is always a pleasure to read your Two Cents.
Thank you for being part of the Finest.
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posted on
05/18/2006 9:05:17 AM PDT
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: ZAKJAN2
Congratulations to you and Kati. Tell her to keep fighting for her beliefs.
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posted on
05/18/2006 9:10:31 AM PDT
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: snugs
I looked in on your Dose thread and the fallen Peace Officer's pictures were heart wrenching.
It looked like a pleasant place to be during the speech. Couldn't read the whole thread, was wondering if any trolls ever showed up.
To: The Mayor
Good morning, Rus.
Thank you for bringing us our daily scripture lesson.
A great way to start the day.
I love your new Java Bear cup.
Thank you for being here everyday with the Message!
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posted on
05/18/2006 9:17:38 AM PDT
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: MEG33
Good morning, Meg.
Thanks for the great picture of GWB with our troops.
Hope you are having a Terrific Thursday.
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posted on
05/18/2006 9:21:41 AM PDT
by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: JustAmy
Listening to the Hayden hearings..with mute button for certain Senators handy! Hope your day goes well,too.
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posted on
05/18/2006 9:27:09 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Aquamarine
I think one troll turned up and was despatched quickly only one or 2 posts if that.
Plus one other poster that some said was not a troll but if they were not they just wanted to mix it a bit and just get a reaction but nothing bad really no flames.
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posted on
05/18/2006 10:36:36 AM PDT
by
snugs
(An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
To: MEG33
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posted on
05/18/2006 10:37:12 AM PDT
by
snugs
(An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
To: GodBlessUSA
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posted on
05/18/2006 10:37:47 AM PDT
by
snugs
(An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
To: snugs; All
God Bless Our Military
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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Dutchess, The Mayor, DollyCali or GodBlessUSA and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nations leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.
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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.
Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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posted on
05/18/2006 10:37:53 AM PDT
by
dutchess
To: Aquamarine
Those pictures were heart wrenching and again it showed the heart of this President and as he said in his speech you want to take the pain away but you cannot.
President George W. Bush embraces law enforcement family members during an emotional moment at the Annual Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U. S. Capitol Monday, May 15, 2006. The service honors fallen federal, state and local law enforcement officers.
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posted on
05/18/2006 10:43:43 AM PDT
by
snugs
(An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
To: snugs
Thanks for your response and for these touching pictures. He is a good man that's for sure.
To: GodBlessUSA
Thumbs up on the thumbs up pic of POTUS Bush!
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