Posted on 05/07/2007 9:02:57 AM PDT by smoothsailing
By “better man” in France I mean better than that sap Chirac.
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Great article, Smooth. I think Lewis did a really good job in explaining the essence od George W. Bush in a short piece.
I think I admire President Bush the most when the dems rant and rave about some issue and he finally says he will meet with them and listen to what they have to say. He then goes on to make a decision according to his priciples and what he believes to be best for the country, he doesn’t do what is politically expedient. He just blows their minds. LOL!
I'd vote for him again if he ran against Gore or Kerry, but I think the writer misses the point.
Reagan was unapologetically Reagan, but he wasn't "in your face" about it.
Bush is Bush. Nobody else but George W. Bush. But he pushes it, and forces it on people, in a way that Reagan didn't.
I don't know if it's conscious or not, but people pick up on it.
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Read the article.
::sarc tag in case you need it::
How so?
My biggest complaint is W has a habit of staying quiet in the face of loud criticism. Reminds me of how the Royal’s initially handled the Diana stuff after she died.
Its a blood sport, and you don’t win by taking political punches without responding in kind.
“No we don’t, but we also shouldn’t get a President that will do nothing to defend not only his honor but the honor of his people. I have never in my life (well maybe with the exception of Nixon) seen a man and his administration so slandered and beaten down, and yet W does absolutely nothing to counter it or expose the lies of it. “
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REALLY? . . . It only took the leftist media THREE MONTHS to destroy GEORGE ALLEN (the supposed ‘modern day’ Ronald Reagan) and this in a state where he had been both a ‘popular’ governor and senator.
Bottom line: The President is doing what he can against a relentlessly critical 24/7 media/entertainment/education cabal dedicated to one overriding objective: to destroy him both professionally and personally! . . . It’s to the credit of the President and his team that despite these constant attacks the President has managed to maintain his PERSONAL POPULARITY (which has never dipped below 60%) and his REPUBLICAN POPULARITY (which is still approximately 80%)!
I recommend that you read Byron York’s book on the Soros inspired/financed cabal that was mobolized 6 months before the 2004 election and is now operating at full and lethal efficiency — scary stuff!
Not true at all. Harry Truman came up in the long and honored tradition of "stump speaking" in American politics. In that tradition, a candidate stood upon a stump or the back of a buckboard wagon and spoke without notes. Radio and television pretty much killed that off.
When Truman was forced to work from a printed speech, he was deadly boring. But when he improvised, he could be devastating.
In his 1948 "Give 'em Hell" tour, his first speech, given from the open end of a railroad business car, started off as a boring speech from a paper source. A few minutes into it, Truman realized he was dying on stage. He muttered, "Hell, I can't deliver this speech," tore it in two, and began to work the crowd in the old traditional stump speaking style. He electrified the crowd and spent the rest of the tour winging it at each stop.
I've seen films of Truman stump speaking on that tour, and he was magnificent.
AWESOME commentary . . . thank you for posting it!!
Beautiful...
America doesnt know how blessed we have been having him in place instead of Gore or Kerry
Please! George Allen destroyed himself with his stupid “Macacaa” statement and constantly apologizing for it! Its like putting ketchup on a porkchop to ward off pitbulls! Sorry but Bush has not countered the “lies” of WMD’s made by Democraps or the case made by the previous administration. Nor has he convincingly attacked the Democraps for their treasonous behavior. He is as silent as Calvin Coolidge in a time of war. This is dangerous precident that will have irreperable harm
“Not true at all. Harry Truman came up in the long and honored tradition of “stump speaking” in American politics. In that tradition, a candidate stood upon a stump or the back of a buckboard wagon and spoke without notes. Radio and television pretty much killed that off.
When Truman was forced to work from a printed speech, he was deadly boring. But when he improvised, he could be devastating.”
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This makes President Bush even more Truman-esque, as everyone who has seen him give a ‘stump’ speech or conduct a townhall meeting can attest! . . . During the 2004 election run up, I saw the President speak (in person) at least 20 times — he electrified EVERY audience from the smaller gatherings of 100 contributers to the mass rallies of 55,000!
Apparently it is a personality trait. It's something I do, too.
“W has a habit of staying quiet in the face of loud criticism.
Apparently it is a personality trait. It’s something I do, too.”
That works better in your personal life than it does in the contact blood sport that is American politics.
We almost ended up with Gore in 2000 because of it.
The ‘Macaca’ comment ‘killed’ Allen because the MEDIA used it as their preferred method of EXECUTION.
QUESTION: If the President makes 1,000 speeches defending his policies/the war and the MSM choses to either ignore or mischaracterize these speeches, has the President countered the ‘lies’ or not?
“I think it goes back to the 2000 election.The left made it clear they would never consider his presidency to be legitimate.They have been completely losing their minds ever since.”
What is unique about our time and space is that, for the first time ever, the *losers* are being allowed to write the history books.
It is difficult to understand the rats’ and others’ irrational but deep seething hatred of President Bush but they’re just showing what they are.
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