Hating Bush C'mon, everybody's doing it!

Modern Conservative ^ | May 16, 2008 | Christopher Cook

[thinkingIsPresuppositional]

Hating Bush

C'mon, everybody's doing it!
By Christopher Cook

Look, I know that President Bush has disappointed us in many ways. He's lousy at selling even his best ideas. His first term was a smashing success; his second term has been much less effective. He's made some mistakes, and he's deviated from core conservatism in several areas.

The left hates him the way the Democrats hated Lincoln—not just political hate, but a burning, visceral, personal hate. But we conservatives and Republicans, however disappointed we may be in aspects of his conduct of the office of president, should do two things:

a) we should remember all of the good things he has done...and there are a lot of them.

b) we should never allow our disappointment to become a personal, emotional hatred.

Reading some pundits and writers, I think that some on our side have failed on both of those. Peggy Noonan's most recent piece contains a lot in with which I agree, but the trend in a lot of her other recent pieces has seemed to indicate a growing personal bitterness towards the man. That's sad.

I am reminded of all this stuff today because of a speech Bush just gave in Israel. (News here. Excellent summary and analysis here.)

Read the man's words. Read how much he, on the deepest level, gets it...

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"The left hates him the way the Democrats hated Lincoln—not just political hate, but a burning, visceral, personal hate. But we conservatives and Republicans, however disappointed we may be in aspects of his conduct of the office of president..."

"We" Republicans took a man who lifted us up out of the rubble of 9/11, inspired us not only to fight the enemy that Bill Clinton almost completely ignored for the sake of his "legacy", but equally importantly reminded us of how EASY it is to work together in the face of adversity and we threw him under the bus just like Barack Hussein Obama did his racist mentor. Around Katrina, many "conservatives" damned that same man for not breaking the 11th Amendment the way Bill did at Waco, and it was straight downhill on greased rails from there.

"Real" conservatives hate Mexicans with with that same gnawing, visceral hatred that Democrats reserve for him, while American jobs were being funneled to CHINA via BILL CLINTON'S PNTR - but China isn't Mexico, so that's ok. We aided and abetted the enemy. In a time of war, we aided and abetted the enemy. We've cut the legs out from under our leader because little l libertarians hate George Bush just like Cindy Sheehan does. Just like her boyfriend, Lew Rockwell the Real Conservative. We're Code Pink, we "conservatives" are. We only lack the groovy T shirts.

President George Bush, though he HAS disappointed us on occasion, but not nearly as much as some conservatives have disappointed him. We DESERVE McCain.

[dragnet2]

"Real" conservatives hate Mexicans

The new Republican campaign slogan?

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Those are Paulites. They think they’re subtle, but their posts are copied and pasted from the libertarian battle plan, which is directly plagiarized from Trotsky. All that proves if that they need to put the crack pipes down and step away from the keyboards for a while, but just try telling that to these delusional neurotics.

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HAH!

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Go take your meds.

[DrDeb]

Noonan’s work of late depicts shallow sensibilities.

“If you bothered to read her column today, then I’d wager you just insulted 85-95% of FReepdom.”
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GOOD!

[caisson71]

Considering the political inclinations of American Jews, I wonder how they imagine America’s support for Israel if Osama is our next President?

[DrDeb]

You can count me as decidedly PRO-Bush and ANTI-Noonan.

Let’s remember what the infamously bitter, petty Noonan had to say about RONALD REAGAN:

“The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain”
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All of the negative garbage Noonan spews about President Bush should be evaluated with the aforementioned quote in mind!

[mimaw]

BS

[blueyon]

I still think Bush is a wonderful President and I THANK GOD Gore did not get in!

[mimaw]

AMEN

[Gene Eric]

>> If you bothered to read her column today, then I’d wager you just insulted 85-95% of FReepdom.

That’s something Noonan would say.

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Sadly, the speech the president gave before the Knesset was completely unknown here. It was one of his best. The audience was stomping and clapping over his affirmation of support for the right of Israel to exist - stated in Hebrew. It just lept rising and rising, with a few ruf ruf's thrown in. After a decent interval, they had to be TOLD to knock it off and let the man speak.

Would that he still had that sort of support in this country outside our military.

[LetMarch]

You and I have heard the media proclam our President has a 60% disapproval rating. I’m sure, at the present, the Lord God and His Son, Jesus Christ has an even larger dsapproval ratng. So or President is in good company.

“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God; the powers that be are ordained of God” (Romans 13:1-7)

[free_for_now]

The speech to the Knesset is wonderful. The President does understand the most important issue of our times. If he were running for re-election I would vote for him. But I would vote for him for that reason alone.

Unfortunately, President Bush has his heart in the right place but has been a poor leader. The Noonan article nailed it. Bush has been right any number of times yet unable to articulate his (and my) point of view in a way to convince the American people. The war in Iraq is just one (the most important one) example.

When he made his case for the war in Iraq, I didn’t need convincing. I knew that Saddam was supporting and exporting terrorism, whether he could be tied in to Al Queda or not. But I felt a deep foreboding when he rested his case so firmly on the WMD. I felt that the delays in invading made it a near certainty that none would be found and that this would be a powerful weapon in the hands of his political adveraries. I hate being right about things like this. His enemies ripped and tore at him over this and he was, frankly impotent in response. A more articulate leader might have made his case, but he did not or could not. He has never really recovered.

Now it appears that he has taken the entire Republican party down with him, and putting the government of the US in the hands of a Democreatic Party that has moved so far to the Left that I no longer recognize it, at the worst possible time in history. The war against radical Islam could be won, but Hillary or Barack will turn that opportunity into disaster. The economy could be turned around with decent tax policy and a return to a solid dollar, but the Dems are likely to give us a Depression.

Don’t want to sound pessimistic :-)

[1rudeboy]

That’s something Noonan would say.

No, I don't have to make things up. Here's what Noonan wrote. Please explain what you find so "shallow" about it.

[1rudeboy]

My question in #36 is directed to you as well. Let’s have less emoting.

[DrDeb]

And I refer you to my post at #28.

[okie01]

The President does understand the most important issue of our times. If he were running for re-election I would vote for him. But I would vote for him for that reason alone.

Given a choice between our current three candidates and GWB, I too would be delighted to vote for the President...again.

[1rudeboy]

Thanks. Now I have another book to read. If I find it quickly enough, I’ll inform you how you butchered that quote. Even a hostile-to-Reagan book review in the NYT uses ellipsis points.