Bush is seeking to turn 'thumping' into a 'great opportunity'

The Daily Telegraph ^ | November 11, 2006 | Toby Harnden

[MadIvan]

Divide and conquer, Mr. President - force the so-called "conservative" Democrats to choose between party loyalty and the principles that won them election. Do it again and again until the Democrats are tied into knots: either they will be exposed as leftist frauds, or the moonbats will cause the party to crack.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[beyond the sea]

To the dismay of conservative Republicans, Mr Bush has already indicated that he agrees with the Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage.

I don't remember reading that anywhere. If so, G.W. is wimping out big time.

[kinoxi]

Mr Bush chuckled as Senator Dick Durbin, part of the new Democratic leadership in the Senate, joked: "I do want to say thanks personally to the president and vice-president for their conciliatory gesture by wearing blue ties today. "From our side, we think that is a symbolic indication."

The color of one's tie is very important in the grand scheme of things. /sarc

[ovrtaxt]

He's not wimping out, he's going forward with the same aganda he's had all along. It isn't a conservative one either.

[goldstategop]

Right now the President is at a low ebb and not universally loved. He is willing to cut deals with Democrats to rebuild his popularity and leave a legacy. As for the veto pen, don't count on him finding it. He has used it only once in the past five years in office.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Dark Skies]

You've got that right. It wasn't the extreme left that won but the moderate dems that won.(the Lieberman victory is a perfect example).

[mkjessup]

Ivan my good FRiend, 'divide and conquer' is what has happened to the Republican Party, which is why I fear we are about to see our President unmasked as the Commander-In-Chief of all the RINOs that ever lived.

I hope I'm wrong, but I expect to see Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House before the end of 2007.

It's going to be a long two years.

[beyond the sea]

He's not wimping out

He's been wimping out?

[rrrod]

I think we will see big time wimping on the part of Bush. Just a matter of time. I voted for him twice...stuck by him thru all the shi'ite with overspending, Iraq rebuilding, open borders and so on...but enough is enough. No more compassionate conservatism and no more Bush family.

Time for conservatives to regroup...we win when sticking with principles.

[beyond the sea]

Impeachment for SPP (The Security and Prosperity Partnership) would be fine with me.

[beyond the sea]

No more compassionate conservatism and no more Bush family.

OK, but I'll take the twins, Barbara especially.

;-)

[Sertorius]

I agree, he should be privately meeting with the conservative democrats.

[johnny7]

It's really amazing... the new, convivial tone of the DBM.

[Fraulein]

Immigration, he suggested, would be "an interesting test" of whether genuine cooperation was possible.

More "an interesting test" to see whether or not any genuine opposition was ever in fact really possible

[Dane]

I don't remember reading that anywhere. If so, G.W. is wimping out big time.

Instead of blaming the President why don't you make arguements to your fellow voters against the minimum wage.

Like it or not the minimum wage is popular with voters and gets huge margins when put to the voters.

[Dane]

I agree, he should be privately meeting with the conservative democrats.

The New "conservative" democrats are too busy meeting with nancy pelosi.

[beyond the sea]

Instead of blaming the President why don't you make arguements to your fellow voters against the minimum wage.

If you read as carefully as I would think a FReeper should, you would see that I wrote, "I don't remember reading that anywhere."

Go have some coffee.

And try spellcheck.

;-)

[hinckley buzzard]

I think we will see big time wimping on the part of Bush

You mean the 9/10 Bush who let Fats Kennedy write the education bill? And doubled the hemorrhaging at the Dept of Education just to go along with it? That Bush? Nah.

[Lynne]

I don't think we're going to see the actual Articles. There are only two years, and the Dems won't want an impeachment proceeding to suck all the wind out of their campaigns, primaries, etc. I think 2007 will be investigations, and then the Dems will announce that they think they have enough to impeach, but for the good of the American people they won't. Then they'll use the investigative "findings", proven or not, in the 2008 campaigns.