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Bush's Base Betrayal
The Washington Post ^
| Sunday, May 21, 2006
| Richard A. Viguerie
Posted on 05/20/2006 5:11:47 PM PDT by gwb43_2004
As a candidate in 2000, George W. Bush was a Rorschach test. Country Club Republicans saw him as another George H.W. Bush; some conservatives, thinking wishfully, saw him as another Ronald Reagan. He called himself a "compassionate conservative," which meant whatever one wanted it to mean. Experts from across the party's spectrum were flown to Austin to brief Bush and reported back: "He's one of us."
Republicans were desperate to retake the White House, conservatives were desperate to get the Clinton liberals out and there was no direct heir to Reagan running for president. So most conservatives supported Bush as the strongest candidate -- some enthusiastically and some, like me, reluctantly. After the disastrous presidency of his father, our support for the son was a triumph of hope over experience.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: betrayal; bush; bushbotdenials; identitytheft; term2; viguerie
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To: MaineVoter2002; Gordongekko909
I agree. He's better than any alternative we've been seriously offered. However, The man is rapidly losing my support I agree with Mainevoter. He is a better alternative. I'm not and haven't been a Bush basher.
But, he has lost my support. I see no one better. When I see the common Bush bash op-eds I still think they are ridiculous. But, Bush has allowed things in his administration that cause me to no longer support him.
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:55:29 PM PDT
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: gwb43_2004
I'll take GW over anything the RATS offered, or do today.
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:56:06 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Juan Williams....The DNC's "Crash test Dummy" for talking points.)
To: HitmanLV
I heard that he plays croquet with kittens wrapped in duct tape...that might be worse.
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:56:16 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: HitmanLV
Have you ever cheated on your spouse??????
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:56:16 PM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: gwb43_2004
Ouch...that's going to leave a mark. One of the better summaries of the current situation that I've seen.
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:56:48 PM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: ruschpa
Not to mention the consequences that will follow!!!!
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:57:23 PM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: BW2221
The immigration speech was his first on a domestic issue since 9/11 and no vetoes in six years ... that says a lot
And if you closed you eyes the speech could have been coming from LBJ or Clinton. There was no conviction, there was no sense of urgency, non. Instead we got something little to try to make everyone happy. what's the old saying try to please everyone and you please no one.
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:57:36 PM PDT
by
unseen
To: mariabush
I don't think that you have any idea what a defeat for the Republican will mean for a very long time.
For me, we have finally reached the point where I'm not sure which party is the most dangerous. They both are, but in different areas.
To: HitmanLV
...and last week I saw him with a basket full of beagle puppies heading over to the driving range.
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:58:23 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: SHOOT THE MOON bat
ST.Reagan had his momemts as well!
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:58:44 PM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: ruschpa
If we stay home when its time to vote and the Democrats take Congress, believe me, it'll probably be 2 decades before we take it back. And you point?
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posted on
05/20/2006 5:59:41 PM PDT
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: SHOOT THE MOON bat
Reagan never had to go through the difficulties this President has
To: Lib-Lickers 2
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posted on
05/20/2006 6:00:46 PM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: panaxanax
Title should read "Bush Betrays Base".
I think it was intentionally titled as such to capitalize on the double entendre...base meaning political base and
1. Lacking morals; wicked.
Thesaurus: vulgar, low, foul, sordid, contemptible, depraved, mean, servile, wretched, wicked, worthless, abject; Antonym: noble.
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posted on
05/20/2006 6:01:55 PM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: gwb43_2004
The alternative to Bush was McCain in the 2000 primaries. Al Gore ran against him later that year. Then we had Kerry in 2004. Best of the bunch IMO.
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posted on
05/20/2006 6:01:59 PM PDT
by
sully777
(et cetera video)
To: mariabush
"
For better or worse" Newt took a vow. Did it twice."
By that analysis Hilary and Bill must have attained hero status in your eyes.
![](http://booster1.usenet-replayer.com/L/H/1/7/2/3/1121263271.1.gif.t.jpeg)
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posted on
05/20/2006 6:02:30 PM PDT
by
G.Mason
(And what is intelligence if not the craft of outthinking our adversaries?)
To: mariabush
I've never been married and had my share of romantic female companions. I have never cheated on any of them.
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posted on
05/20/2006 6:03:26 PM PDT
by
HitmanLV
("5 Minute Penalty for #40, Ann Theresa Calvello!" - RIP 1929-2006)
To: HitmanLV
"I was just saying there is a lot worse a person can do that dump a lousy spouse. Even dumping two lousy spouses. The truth is, leaving a loathsome spouse is a good thing and not a bad thing."
Each time Newt dumped his then current wife for a younger, hotter, sexier woman. Chronologically, his problems started around the time Viagra was introduced.
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posted on
05/20/2006 6:03:41 PM PDT
by
BW2221
To: BW2221
Each time Newt dumped his then current wife for a younger, hotter, sexier woman.
So we can look ahead to Newt and Carmen Electra?
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posted on
05/20/2006 6:05:36 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: Noumenon
My 'betrayal moment'? When he referred to the Minutemen as 'vigilantes.' My 'betrayal moment': when he referred to Islam as "a religion of peace." Hell...we'd have lost World War II if we worried about offending the Shinto followers after Pearl Harbor.
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posted on
05/20/2006 6:05:45 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(We are RepubliCANs, not RepubliCAN'Ts.)
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