Posted on 07/13/2007 5:15:02 AM PDT by Kaslin
Watching a steady stream of Democrats like Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and Chuck Schumer each take their turn delightedly pummeling President Bush over the war in Iraq today, I couldn’t help but think of fellow conservatives who are starting to give aid and comfort to these Democrat Party loyal oppositionists.
According to Byron York of the National Review, the Republican Party base has simply decided to throw Mr. Bush under the wheels of the bus. Since so many of us disagree with him on things like illegal immigration and Scooter Libby, York opines that a whole bunch of Republican loyalists are practically counting the days until Jan. 20, 2009, when a new commander-in-chief takes up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Other conservative voices are jumping on the Bush-bashing bandwagon. The other night on Fox News, I saw a radio host proclaim that the president’s soft stance on illegals has cost him support for the war in Iraq.
Just what, precisely, is the point?
Why do conservatives believe that trashing the Bush Administration’s efforts on everything from this complicated war to a commutation of a vice-presidential aide will accomplish anything but give Democrats more ammunition against the GOP in 2008
Look, I’m as disappointed in this administration’s attempted amnesty for illegals as anyone. But I looked President Bush in the eye in the Oval Office and saw a man who truly believes in his heart that giving illegals a “path to citizenship” is the right thing to do.
I believe he’s wrong. But I know that this good and decent man believes he’s right.
So because of this issue, I’m supposed to abandon my president?
I’m expected to go on radio and TV and give miserable attack dogs like Dick Durbin more ways to say, “See -- even Republican supporters of Bush are defecting!”?
From the day the bombs started dropping on Baghdad, President Bush kept telling us that nothing about this war would be easy. Our nation has never attempted something as bold as installing democracy in this troubled part of the world and attempting to make a country like Iraq stable enough so that they can handle their own terrorists without our intervention.
Simply put, the vast majority of Americans supported our country’s pre-emptive strike. The longer this battle rages, the more we see impatient Americans start complaining. I guess that’s what a society in a Tivo/Iphone era does.
And I certainly expect that from Democrats who blame George W. Bush for everything from hurricanes to health care.
But I think it takes some guts to stand behind a president who is doing what he believes to be right, even in the face of enormous opposition.
Liberals are emboldened by Republican-fueled criticism. And if good folks like Byron York aren’t careful, we’ll be handing over the White House on a silver platter to Hillary or Barack. After all, just how far can Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson distance themselves from the Bush Administration?
Liberals are emboldened by Republican-fueled criticism. And if good folks like Byron York aren’t careful, we’ll be handing over the White House on a silver platter to Hillary or Barack. After all, just how far can Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson distance themselves from the Bush Administration?
Besides, who really wants to be on the same side of the political fence as Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy…or Betty Williams?
Betty Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for creating a group that helped initiate peace talks in Northern Ireland. This week, she was the keynote speaker at The International Women’s Peace Conference in Dallas. According to the Dallas Morning News, during her speech she told the thousand or so attendees, “Right now, I could kill George Bush.” The paper said she went on to demand his impeachment since “the Muslim world right now is suffering beyond belief” as a result of this administration’s foreign policy.
What a woman of peace. That’s some “peace conference.”
I’m not sure what would happen if an American traveled to Northern Ireland and expressed a desire to kill Mary McAleese, the current President of Ireland. I doubt that such an opinion would be met with cheers and a standing ovation, as was reported had occurred when the Nobel laureate said what she said in Dallas.
And when we tracked Betty Williams down and put her on my radio show, I was shocked to hear her claim that any published report that quoted her as saying, “Right now, I could kill George Bush” was lying. I reminded her that according to numerous published reports, she used the exact same phrase in a July 24, 2006 speech to schoolchildren at the Brisbane City Hall. At that point in the interview, she sounded totally defeated and said she not only “regretted” saying it, when I asked her if she was sorry for saying it, she said she was. In fact, the Dallas Morning News sent me the audio of the speech which confirms their reporting of Ms. Williams comments about the president.
You can hear my interview with this awful woman at www.mikeonline.com.
People like Betty Williams and Michael Moore and Nancy Pelosi and Keith Olbermann and so many others on the left have made it quite clear what they think of George W. Bush. They teem with hatred and contempt.
They sure don’t need to get any assistance from us. Now, more than ever, we ought to stand behind President Bush.
But if people on the left OR right don’t want to support him these days, I have a heartfelt reminder: November of 2008 will be here soon enough.
Until then, how about getting off the president’s back?
That happens when you get old and set in your ways.
Ya know what.
Remove me from this cesspool of liberal DUmmies.
This place is nothing but a bunch of liberals hating on Bush.
*I* am an American.
If I wanted to see bush Bashing, I’d turn on CNN.
Got that? REMOVE ME from this cesspool.
He does have a good heart and thinks it is the right thing to do, unlike Kennedy, Hillary, Reed etc who only want to grant the illgals amnesty because the illegals would then vote democrat
The 2008 election, however, scares me. Those who villify the President now will be even less happy next year. Unless Fred Thompson runs, there is not one single good Presidential candiate among the whole lot — that includes both parties. I’m expecting we will have a socialist Democrat in the White House in 2009, and it may well be Hillary. Four more years of Clinton rule will be far worse than eight years of George Bush. You can take that to the bank. (Well, actually, if Miz Clinton does get elected, you won’t have a bank to go to once she destroys the economy.)
It scares me me too. If Hillary gets elected, and signs point to that she will. I guarantee you that those on our side who bash President Bush wished he were back in office
you’re no American.
You’re a bush worshipper, someone who is shoving amnesty down American throats, against their wishes and will; someone who’s determined to remove American sovereignty, via the SPP he signed....heading for a North American Union, without the people’s consent, against the Constitution.
Any person whose purpose is to dissolve American sovereignty and smash the Constitution is a traitor.
Howlin,
Have your posting priveliges been revoked at the RINO blog or are you here to merely here to infect the threads with your trash talking points?
You are an idol worshipper; that makes YOU the dummie!
You singled out my omission - why? Do you have a point to make?
““Hi Howlin” Could be OhioWFan as well, has the same rabid tenor she had.”
I was thinking nopardons. Some of laurie_D’s previous posts brag about “being a conservative longer than most of us have been alive”, which was one of NP’s favorite declarations.
Excellent call, I’d forgotten about nopardons.
All I did was quote his own words and platform and I’m bashing him?
Our men and women in uniform, and I know quite a lot of them, having been one for the majority of my adult life, deserve the Commander in Chief who campaigned in 2000. They deserve the clear goals, realizable objectives, favorable rules of engagement and defined exit strategies described in the 2000 Republican platform.
I and the other military members I know agree completely with this Republican 2000 platform statement on the military:
“Even the highest morale is eventually undermined by back-to-back deployments, poor pay, shortages of spare parts and equipment, inadequate training and rapidly declining readiness.”
Too bad the administration hasn’t fully backed the rhetoric with action.
Where is your DD214 then.
Could be a lack of self dicipline.
Or some "badge" of honor on her regular posting site.
Stop me before I post again!
You do know that a bill has to go through both houses before it is presented to the president for signature don't you? If you don't then you are ignorant. I expect that from a liberal but not from a conservative. But then perhaps you are not a conservative.
If it passes through both houses and reaches the president and he signs it, put the blame where it belongs. On the republicans in the house and the Senate who went along with the rats and voted for it, not on the president. What good is it for him to veto a bill if it is not veto proof and congress can overide the veto
If the President had simply disagreed with me about amnesty, admitted it was amnesty, and fought honestly for amnesty I’d be incredily irritated but my mood towards him would be different. That “good man” instead chose to deny it was amnesty, insult my intelligence, and label me an unpatriotic bigot. Excuse me Mike if that removes all incentive to cover his back.
I AM supporting the war, and I WILL have Bush’s back and McCain’s back and anyone else I’m not happy with who stands against withdrawal. But not so much because I’m in it to protect them, but because I’m in it to protect winning this war. Outside of that, Mike, you really don’t have the right to expect me or any conservative to do much else on their behalf. Any support we give them from this point will be based on the merits of what they are promoting. Not on the perceived character of the man, or because the Dems get some kind of high when he’s critisized by the right. If the President doesn’t want to be critisized by the right, it’s simple enough to stop. Start acting conservative.
We agree on the judges. I mentioned that this issue would probably be his greatest legacy. My point on tax reform is that while he went in the right direction, he didn’t finish the job by making the cuts permanent. Many of them, most notably the estate tax, have expiration dates. His top domestic priority was Social Security reform. The Republicans had control of Congress and he couldn’t get them to deliver. Not sure how badly he really wanted it. You mentioned that the Republicans in Congress abandoned him on this issue, but they also abandoned him on immigration and that didn’t stop him.
Here’s directly from whitehouse.gov:
Social Security:
* President Bush Is Working Hard To Strengthen Social Security For Future Generations. President Bush has made Social Security reform a priority of his second term so no American who works his or her entire life will have to retire into poverty. The President’s plan combines progressive indexing with voluntary personal retirement accounts to ensure that everyone’s benefits continue to grow and everyone has the opportunity to build a retirement nest egg that he or she can own and control. There will be no changes to Social Security for those born before 1950.
Taxes:
* President Bush Has Called On Congress To Make His Tax Relief Permanent, Repeal The Death Tax, And Reform The Tax Code. Making the President’s tax relief permanent will help continue our economic growth, and the President believes the American people deserve a tax code that is simple, fair, and easy to understand.
Immigration Reform:
* President Bush Supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The President has called for a comprehensive, integrated approach to reform our current immigration system. This would strengthen border security to ensure legal entry, build a robust interior enforcement program to ensure compliance with the law, and fill an economic need for willing workers through a temporary worker program.
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