One gets what one deserves..the saddest part of this
disappointment is that the one, really, great Bush
guy getting the short end of the stick..is JEB. JK
If JEB is so solid, why doesn’t he speak out for his country?
I have supported GW wholly; but, like many of the sentiments expressed in this thread, mine are of disappointment with GW, too. That leads me to say that I think you are deluding yourself in saying that the “great Bush... short end of the stick.” Jeb and GW are chips off the old block(GHWB), they are all of the same mold, i.e., “moderates” with no really conservative principles(that’s the reason GHWB got stuck with breaking his “no new taxes” pledge); and, like Rush says, there are no truly great moderates.
GW has lowered taxes, responded to 9/11, and appointed two apparently right-minded judges to the USSC, all of these executive actions being no-brainers in my book. But, when you get down to the nitty-gritty, what else has he done that conservatives can be excited about? Worked with Teddy Kennedy on education, did not veto McCain-Feingold even though he allegedly had misgivings about its constitutionality, created the biggest government yet, instituted a “new tone” that has been an abject failure in the eyes of many supporters, etc., ad infinitum. I cannot get excited about that. Jeb would be more of the same.
>>>One gets what one deserves..the saddest part of this
disappointment is that the one, really, great Bush
guy getting the short end of the stick..is JEB.
True, and great analysis. But after these actions of no borders and supporting global government, there should be no more Bushes in the White House — no matter how good Jeb might be. I think this realization is what made Bush I cry in public with his son Jeb at his side.
These actions also should pop the air out of the argument to vote for the “least bad” candidate. Bush II was the least bad, and look what it did to our borders and national spending. He’s ruining the GOP.