...There, fixed it!
Abandon freedom to attain security. That’s why totalitarian regimes thrive. And the security attained ultimately turns into oppression. Conservatives instinctively understand this. It seems to be lost on Bush.
At this point, I’m quite happy to abandon Bush.
The big problem is that history written by liberals will go down and say how his deregulation and laissez faire attitude, like Hoover, caused the recession.
That statment by Bush is akin to the global warming has to get colder first statement.
Total BS!! Bush will be the next Herbert Hoover regardless of what he does. So he just needs to sit tight one more month, and Pardon Campos and Campiana from their bogus prison sentence.
This has sealed his fate as far as where his place in history is. President Bush- president who ushered in socialism to the former United States of America. If the free market is what caused the economy to collapse, it was not a free market. Free markets are truly supply and demand and fix themselves.
What a nation of whiners we have, thinking we are entitled to prosperity. Last I checked we are endowed with the right to life, liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness, not a guarantee.
I guess since we already deleted the right to life, changing our priciples was only a matter of time.... Paul Revere, where ARE you?????
“I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system,”
8 years of “compassionate conservatism”
“Freddie Mae — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — I see the heads who are here; I want to thank you all for coming — — have committed to provide more money for lenders...Freddie Mac recently began 25 initiatives around the country to dismantle barriers and create greater opportunities for homeownership. One of the programs is designed to help deserving families who have bad credit histories to qualify for homeownership loans...”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021015-7.html
What government action, specifically, is this article referring to?
Reminds me of the famous quote from Vietnam: “We destroyed the village in order to save it.”
RE :””I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system,” “
OK , I am thinking about setting up a “WHAT THE #%$#% IS GWB DOING NOW? ping list, I know meandog wants on it.
because everytime GWB opens his mouth I get upset. Exactly what capitalistic principles does he have ?
My opinion here... but Bush sacraficed his free market principals years ago when he allowed congressional Republicans to spend like drunken sailors.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed....
Bottom line: he doesn’t believe in the market in the first place.
This is scrappleface, right?
I don’t know who is giving W advice these days but they should be fired. He is making a fool of himself and all of us that have supported him w/ one stupid statement after another.
There was NOTHING “free market” about the Community Reinvestment Act whereby Congress told banks to loan money to unqualified borrowers in the name of “social justice.” This entire cascade of failures was caused by Congressional meddling in free markets. Now just look at the mess we’ve got as a result. And there’s no end in sight to Congress dictating to banks that they continue these failed lending practices.
Nice rewrite.
Bush sold America out to his socialist masters in the CFR. He will go down in my history book as a sociialist bootlicker.
I’m sure we will have the Bush Cult of Personality folks here shortly to sing how he will be noted as the best president in history. Oh, I left out hisplace om Mt. Rushmore.
George W. Bush, Republican Socialist.
I’m sure he will do even more damage to our republic before he leaves.
OMGosh! They’re right. He really is a moron.
“I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system”
Also, if you have abandonded free-market principals hiow can you save the free-market? You abandonded it.
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