Posted on 08/29/2007 4:34:41 AM PDT by fabrizio
Just because he invited Elton John and his lover to the Whitehouse for sleep over , [ was that the Lincoln Bedroom ] ?
And who could ever say anything about the first ‘Lady’ who tells jokes about George milking a male horse !
And just because Bush never met a illegal criminal he didn’t like or a Peaceful muslim who holds prayers before congress and when two walked out claiming they only pray for Jesus, they were forced to apologize and of course they did so much for dedication to Jesus if job says worship allah .
Why did we hand the Balkans over to muslims ? Why is Iraqs Constitution founded on SHARIA LAW ? Why is Afghanistan being run by terror after 6 years .
And most of all there are 6,200 more mosques in this nation than there was on 911 .
What does somebody have to do to wake up the sheep , open up your minds and stop the party worship . We are a republic or were and our leaders are suppose to serve us, not the other way around .
America is almost dead thanks to its complacent citizens .
“before he became a hardline right-winger?”
Ah, yes, the “hardline right winger” slur comes out. Go back to DU, doofus.
Bush a Conservative? From one who has voted for Bush four times, I can say he’s a real dissapoitment, not a real Conservative. Like Father, like Son. (An apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree).
“”Fine. W may not be the uber-conservative dream you want, but he is conservative, not a spineless “moderate”””
There is nothing surprising that many of us feel angry and let down, as we see every day of the present administration lived out in real time, sometimes infuriating us, or frustrating us, and occasionally looking great.
I have been down this road before, and I am one of those conservatives that would bet, that within a few years as the scale of measurement changes, many of us will move Bush into the great President column.
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re: harvey1973
Thanks to whoever zotted that guy.
I understand and, to some degree, agree with your point. However, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. As long as we accept condidates who position themselves as "the lesser of the two evils" we get what we get.
Only when we refuse to accept the status quo and demand a paradigm shift do we get any change in the existing system. Accepting mediocrity for its own sake simply because "that's the way we've always done it" is unacceptable. Philosophical purity aside, change in this system will not occur unless/until we demand it.
Cool, you got to use "masturbation" online! So, by your response, you choose to maintain the status quo, rather than trying to make the change that we, our posterity and our nation deserve.
We don't have to have mediocrity as the standard for our elected representatives but, by accepting that the system is what it is and there just isn't anything you can do about it, you have made the tacit choice for mediocrity and tossed it off as compromise - presumably for "the good of the many".
I've seen one more presidential election than you and I've played the political compromise mind game of voting for "the lesser of the two evils"! It isn't a satisfactory or acceptable option, IMO, and it is a choice between no choice and no choice.
So, let me pose the question again. If you own a company and you are interviewing candidates for a position in your company, why do you want to hire the guy who comes across as "the lesser of the two evils"? Is this an attribute you are seeking for the position? Is it a characteristic in the individual that makes you believe that he/she will be an exceptionally good employee?
Everyday on this forum, we decry taxes, bad laws, incompetence in government, overspending, crappy public education, arrogance and indifference across the spectrum of our elected representatives. The government we have and the bad policies it produces are the result of decades of voting for "the lesser of the two evils".
America is our company and, collectively, we are it's CEO. Our elected representatives are our employees. Check the Constitution again, if you doubt that. When our choice of employees is limited to incompetents, grandstanders, thieves and self-serving liars, we get the type of government that we currently have.
That is just nonsense. People present themselves to run, and nobody ever gives less than the best he has to offer. The mediocrity in America is mainly in the eye of the beholders. It is the envy of wannabes and armchair generals who like to pretend that they could do better and cannot recognize the best efforts of great men because they just follow the spin of derogative coverage. It seems to me that when I was young, people admired those of accomplishment. That is a paradigm shift I would support. We have had about as much of every Tom, Dick, and Harry pretending that he knows more than he knows as we can stand..
"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 Palelologus
What you wrote was very nice but no offense intended, I just don’t find it particularly useful. Do you really believe that the CEO analogy has anything to do with electing a president? Sorry to be such a downer but if you really have been through as many presidential elections as you claim you should know by now essentially what is going to happen. I never said you had to like it. And since you don’t appear to like the way presidents have been elected in this country, what exactly are you suggesting? How are YOU as CEO going to select what YOU see as the “best and brightest” candidate for this position?
“Three percent would go for a G. W. Bush Republican. One gets the impression that Bush isn’t even considered a conservative.”
Well, at least the author was honest upfront (lol)
“The 100,000 iraqi refugees he is going to give amnesty to ?”
I do believe some reports have indicated up to as many as 4 million Iraqis.
“But to do so honestly and accurately, one must note the change in method that President Bush has quietly and successfully been enacting.”
Funny thing that is...I’ve seen a graphic being posted around here with every conceivable example of human behavior listed, while trying to define a ‘troll’. Well, just for kicks, let’s take one of the items listed in that graphic that says something to the effect of ‘trying to change the newsgoup’. Hmmmmmmm...by that definition, one could logically reason that the above quoted behavior is ‘trollish’ (lol)
We don’t need Conservatism re-defined! Thanks.
Then you like the status quo. That’s all you had to say.
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