The Essential President Bush [Bush did not abandon us; we abandoned him]

The Anchoress ^ | 05/22/06 | The Anchoress

[Luke21]

Nixon had no one in his corner anywhere. He had Walter Cronkite on television yapping about the impending McGovern victory every single night. People believed those media hacks back then. They never reported a single good thing about Vietnam. There was no conservative media to rebut anything, none. All we heard was what the left wanted us to hear. Not so today.

Nixon had a Democratic Congress of almost two to one strength. He was more vilified than Bush has ever dreamed about being. So was Reagan.

I understand all you Bush worshipers want your own thread to kneel and cry. Fine. But stick to the facts. I was there. Bush has it great compared to Nixon and Reagan, if nothing else but by virtue of this website's existence. There was nothing and nowhere of this nature for people to come together and support the president.

[maine-iac7]

And it's not just the liberals and the press, it's also the so-called conservative pundits, columnists and talk show hosts who claim to speak for "the base". A lesser man probably would have just chucked it and walked away by now.

Amen

I can't decide if it's the herd instinct, which I thought was almost the sole property of the libs, or the piranhas smelling blood....

It astounds and saddens me. The border issue/problems have been upon us since long before Bush even came to office - and even now, if the plan he outlined isn't implemented, what the libs will then do is far worse.

In addition, the Bush bashers act as if Bush could just make an edict and that would be that. We do not have a monarchy or a totalitarian government.

It puzzles me that some don't understand this. Or has FR been infiltrated with sleepers just waiting for orders when the opportunity presented?

[maine-iac7]

Amen

Amen

Amen

[Luke21]

Upon reading my post, I saw it contained a far more sarcastic tone than I intended. I meant no offense, and gave it. I should have quit after comparing the media and social treatment of the Nixon and Reagan presidencies with our current president.

Those of you who support the president, please forgive my misguided sarcasm, and please accept my apology.

[staytrue]

The far-right gwwwwarks like a cracker-obsessed parrot:

Your favorite blogger does not frequent FR or else he/she would have written:

The far-right gwwwwarks like a cracker-obsessed parrot: IT'S BUSH'S FAULT

[Tarantulas]

I'm thankful he is our President. The right man for the right time. I am sick to death of the bashers. As if we don't get enough of them every day on every channel on tv.
I never expected I would see so many of them on FR.

Agreed. It used to be that we could discuss topics with fellow conservatives and cheer when the Viking Kitties hit the lefties with a ZOT. Now the lefties live among us and troll our threads.

I've been called a Bushbot and a Bushite and a Bush Apologist, but it doesn't matter when I consider the source. I don't agree with his immigration ideas and I was dismayed when he promised to sign the Assault Weapons bill. But it could be so much worse. Congress did the right thing with the AWB and with enough pushing from us they will come around.

Here's one of my favorite GWB pics:

[staytrue]

Republicans act as though he is some kind of traitor every time he supports a policy that the party as a whole does not favor.

WRONG. The correct statement is "Republicans act as though he is some kind of traitor every time he supports any immigration policy that does not say "I'm going to personally kill every illegal who does not leave tommorrow."

[Da Mav]

I guess the fact that GW Bush has done so many fine things just makes it all the harder to understand why he would join the Democrats and some liberal Republicans in selling our country down the drain on immigration.

It's a little like finding out your favorite uncle, who you admired and respected and even thought was a hero out campaigning ardently for Ted Kennedy.

Certainly there are many admirable qualities in our President. But what does all this have to do with the fact that he is so wrong on protecting our borders and giving amnesty to millions of illegal aliens? Bush is not a child. He has chosen the wrong path on a major issue. Are we all supposed to shut up and speak fondly of past memories and avoid mentioning the elephant in the middle of the room?

The issue is not whether or not Bush's feelings are hurt. The issue is what his pushing amnesty is doing to our country.

[MEG33]

This is a great post..Thank you!

[West Coast Conservative]

This is a great article. Thanks for posting it M. Thatcher.

[staytrue]

Hijacking a thread? No, I don't think so.

I would say 80% of the threads on FR have at least 1 comment about immigration.

[builder]

Very well stated.Thanks for taking the time to remind us of this President's achievements.

Many people will say yes,BUT......To these ,I say this man has given us not only much better than what we would have gotten from Gore and Kerry,but much more than we would have gotten from McCain, Bauer,Forbes,Hatch,Alexander,E.Dole,Kasich or Quayle.[Yes ..those were our choices]

I will never agree 100% with any candidate.The only one I agree with that much is myself.

But to all you short sighted,I want everything,NOW crowd.An election is a choice between people.We got very lucky with the person we elected.

He has delivered in spades

We have gotten more from this president for the conservative cause than we could have expected.

He started during a recession,He had to deal with festering world problems avoided by his predecessor.He suffered through the greatest attack against our Nation's soil.He governed during the worst weather calamity to hit our country in modern times.He has been served by a hostile CIA.He has had to govern with a "supposed" majority in each House.[we know how the Rhinos have been barely more than an opposition controlled Congress and Senate]He DARED to try and attack tough long term problems like Social Security,The United Nations,Medicare,modernizing the Military,[with little help from his "conservative base"]

This MAN has stood and delivered.

And we belittle him because he didn't give of us all that we individually wanted.

I made my choice both elections,just expecting decency,honesty, and the best person available to us.I got much more than I expected.I refuse to cry over some of the "things" I didn't receive.

I will push in the next election for the person that offers the most of what I believe in.

I will pray that next President gives me HALF as much as I received from President Bush.

[MEG33]

God Bless Our Troops and Their CIC!

[staytrue]

On some issues, there is no compromise. Facing the loss of our nation and our culture at the hands of illegal immigrants is one such issue.

disingenous remark. you meant to say "On ONE ISSUE, IMMIGRATION, there is no compromise."

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

"We put troops over there, so they attack us, so we put troops over there because they attacked us..."

Actually, we put troops in Saudi Arabia because the genocidal Sunni next door was threatening to invade it. And we were only involved at all because the madman had already invaded Kuwait.

When you look at how this war really unfolded, without the mass-media filter, it actually makes perfect sense. Everything started when Hussein invaded Kuwait. As far as this war goes, it really was the mother of all battles.

[FairOpinion]

Excellent discourse, thanks for posting it.

[Rockitz]

While I have strongly supported the president in the WOT, tax cuts, and his SCOTUS nominees, his behavior has been very confusing relative to the illegal immigration issue, but I believe I finally understand the underlying dynamic of the situation. Many people think the president and certain senators (on both sides of the aisle):

1) have a heart for illegal immigrants- WRONG! or
2) are reaching out to illegals and trying to build their respective voting constituencies for the future- MOSTLY WRONG!

The overarching truth is, in their worldview, it's a world of business and sovereign nations only serve to restrict business operations and ultimately, profits. Who needs borders? Free trade, cheap labor, and open borders for all! Yep, they're all one world government whores sold out to their big business constituents. That's the only explanation that is consistent with their actions over the last 25 years. In truth, they've all sold us down the river for big business and a one world government which will benefit.... you guessed it.... big business.

[Berlin_Freeper]

President Bush is one of the best Presidents America ever had. Being originally from New York City, President Bush has my eternal gratitude at how he has stuck at the black heart of the terrorist murderers and endeavored to change the Middle-east and thus the world. No Democrat would ever have had the balls to do what President Bush is doing. History will shower President Bush with the accolades of praise that he so fully deserves.

[STARWISE]

Simply awesome! Thank you for posting this, and thank you for the ping, Howlin. Those who are so immature as to expect perfection IN ANYONE, president or not, are now drowning in their own naivete and bile-filled childish disappointments.

I loved and admired Ronald Reagan, and he didn't have a 24-hr. news cycle, dozens of emboldened press and vengeful government and ex-government "actors," a devastating attack on the homeland and ongoing terror, the churning internet and bloggers, and the instant availability of opinion of every stripe.

This man is a perpetual target ..verbally, politically and physically (he WAS the subject of a blatant grenade attack on his visit to Tblisi), yet he listens to the morning threat matrix that would probably make us shrivel up in a corner, puts on his Kevlar vest, takes a stand and makes tough decisions, faces personal risk, rises above the fray and despicable personal crucifixion every day from his political and foreign foes (and now, unbelievably, his "own team") with optimism, good will and humor, and has more personal strength, grace under pressure, integrity and decency than all the swarming naysayers put together.

He lives his upbringing, faith and goodness, and it shows in all his dealings. But apparently he'd have to be God himself in his omniscience to be appreciated by the "yeah, but" conservatives among us. Too bad no one warned him in 2000 that he'd have to be a perfect quarterback in order to count on support and loyalty from his own team.

I never dreamt we would ever be in the world we have today since 9/11, and I'll never stop being eternally grateful that George W. Bush is our President in these times.

I shudder to think how much more hellishly worse we'd be had his opponents (in either election) won. God bless and protect President George Bush !!! I stand with him today, I'll stand with him until the last day, I'll thank God for time we've had him in the White House, and I'll deeply mourn the day he leaves. No one man is perfect, but no one man could've been more perfectly placed at the time he was most needed than he.

From the linked site on another post

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Losing, to win” - pretty shortsighted UPDATED

Filed under: Dumb GOP moves, America

"Jim Geraghty has a great response to Mark Tapscott’s unappealing idea that conservatives should desire a loss in ‘06 in order to “win” in ‘08.

Mr. Tapscott is a brilliant man, but honestly, when I read his piece, I thought: Lala land. He’s not taking into account the fact that the press will credit all of Bush’s successes to the Democrats and spend two years throwing confetti to tell the American public how great everything is.

And in those two years I wonder what sort of legislation we’ll get? Higher taxes? Fairness Doctrine? Regulation of blogs and free speech? How much backtracking will there be, undoing the good work of the last 6 years? And how greatly will our civil rights erode?

Geraghty says it better than I:

We can strongly suspect that voters would be repulsed by Speaker Pelosi and a Kos-style legislative agenda. But we don’t know for certain. Remember that a Democrat-controlled Congress is also likely to be getting astonishingly glowing press coverage.

You know that roaring economy? You’ll start hearing about it, and it will all be credited to the Pelosi-Reid Economic Stimulus Bill passed in January 2007.

Congressional hearings accusing oil companies of “illegal profits” will be welcomed by consumers frustrated by high gas prices. Bush’s approval rating will take another hit after he vetoes the “Every Voter Gets Free Health Care And Free Prescription Drugs And Rent Or Mortgage Subsidies And A Pony Too Act of 2007.”

Senator John Kerry’s summit meeting with French President Jacques Chirac will be credited with dramatically reducing anti-Americanism around the world. And so on.

Maybe the public will strongly oppose the Democratic agenda after two years. But then again, maybe they’ll like it, or find parts of it they do like, or maybe they’ll just get used to them. The “let’s lose this year” strategy hands a bunch of Democrats the handy tool of incumbency to keep those seats.

And in the Senate races, the candidates get to keep their seats until 2012.

[nopardons]

BRAVA! :-)