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Bush is seeking to turn 'thumping' into a 'great opportunity'
The Daily Telegraph ^
| November 11, 2006
| Toby Harnden
Posted on 11/11/2006 4:08:13 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: rrrod
You can be certain that all this will be a sellout (on conservative judges, illegal immigration, etc.) and what will we conservatives get? The Iraq War, which a substantial minority of us did not want and never thought was necessary.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:29:44 AM PST
by
laconic
To: MadIvan
Or show us just how liberal he can be...
To: Dane
That's because they are ignorant of the consequences of raising the minimum wage. Consequences which are easily explained but I've yet to hear a republican speak them. Further, when the minimum wage is raised, democrat constituents are the ones hurt; so, why should a republican fight it?
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:30:03 AM PST
by
cb
To: hinckley buzzard
You mean the 9/10 Bush who let Fats Kennedy write the education bill?That was the worst.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:32:54 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( Now that Nancy Pelosi Galore is in charge, it's never too late to start drinking.)
To: ovrtaxt
Agreed.
Here's a snip that should be a cautionary note for those that are less than happy with our moderate leadership:
...he now [has] the chance to build a domestic policy legacy and use his final two years in the White House to prove that politicians could get things done in Washington.
For money (freedoms, too, for that matter), gridlock in Washington is a good thing (outside of specific executive functions).
To: MadIvan
From the article:
Having been swept into power on the backs of their condemnation of a "do-nothing Congress" I'm confused. I thought the "culture of corruption" swept them in.
To: Lynne; mkjessup
That would be the smart thing for them to do, and the media will paint it just they way they wish.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:34:13 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( Now that Nancy Pelosi Galore is in charge, it's never too late to start drinking.)
To: MadIvan
President Bush has a plan in place... you know... the media asked him a hundred times if he had a plan if the dims won... he always refused to discuss it. He wanted to keep it a secret. Many think he has abandoned us with his new tone and cooperative statements... but he knows the dims will be themselves. He knows many investigations are coming, including Impeachment Proceedings.
As a side note, this is why Rummy wanted to leave and Bush allowed him to. Rummy did not want to endure the endless investigations that would halt his working on what it is he does... and President Bush removed a large target and screwed up 'toons plans for payback through the hildebeast personally undertaking Rummy's Inquisition!
President Bush will either rip the dim party apart, bringing Blue Dog dims in to caucus with Republicans, or if dims stand united in opposition to everything they campaigned on; he will turn the American People against the dim party (they will actually do it themselves by their actions) just as 'toon turned America against the Republicans when he would not pass the Republican budget and shut down the Federal government (and successfully blamed the Republicans for it).
'toon and the dims went to 68% approval, while republicans fell into the high 20% range.
LLS
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:34:26 AM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
To: laconic
Iraq was nessasary. I support it 100%...but not the nation building...remember the type of people we are dealing with.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:36:08 AM PST
by
rrrod
To: cb
Further, when the minimum wage is raised, democrat constituents are the ones hurt; so, why should a republican fight it?The minimum wage is all tied to union contracts. That's what it is all about. M.W. goes up, all the union wages must go up.
And what you wrote is correct, too.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:36:42 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( Now that Nancy Pelosi Galore is in charge, it's never too late to start drinking.)
To: Dane
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. Using this logic, it isn't the President's role to lead on the WOT since it not popular with voters.
To: WorkingClassFilth
he now [has] the chance to build a domestic policy legacy and use his final two years in the White House to prove that politicians could get things done in Washington (barf)
;-)
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:37:50 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( Now that Nancy Pelosi Galore is in charge, it's never too late to start drinking.)
To: MadIvan
"..Republican
red TRUE BLUE to Democrat
blue COMMIE PINKO RED..."
There, that's better. This reversal of red and blue continues to be quite annoying.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:37:58 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
To: MadIvan
"Conservative Republicans and wary Democrats fear that Mr Bush might indeed try to steal the Democrats' clothes. "They talked about issues that people care about, and they won," he told the senators."
Can anyone say "triangulate" a la Bill Clinton circa 1995/1996?
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:38:49 AM PST
by
moose2004
(You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
To: Dane
Like it or not the minimum wage is popular with voters A lot of folks would welcome an extra $2.10 an hour.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:38:58 AM PST
by
greedo
To: rrrod
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:40:17 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( Now that Nancy Pelosi Galore is in charge, it's never too late to start drinking.)
To: Right_in_Virginia
IT wasn't corruption, it was Iraq (or so they also say).
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:40:25 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
To: Right_in_Virginia
Using this logic, it isn't the President's role to lead on the WOT since it not popular with voters. Now you are being silly, there is a big difference between running the WOT and a domestic issue such as the minimum and you know ideas start from the ground up so instead of complaing all the time why don't you part and tell and educate your fellow voters the arguements against the minimum wage.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:41:11 AM PST
by
Dane
("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
To: Dane
Instead of blaming the President Bush has a veto pen. He needs to start using it instead of accomodating the Dems. Gerald Ford had more cajones than Bush - he vetoed a truckload of bills - and Ford never was elected, let alone twice.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:43:06 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(John Kerry - the world's only re-usable political suicide bomber.)
To: Lynne
Right, and congress will be nothing but bogged down with all that and in the mean time nothing will get done and the illegal immigrants and OTM's will continue to march right on in.
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posted on
11/11/2006 4:44:19 AM PST
by
madconserv
(Jesus take the wheel- The time is here.)
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