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Bush Bashing By A Desperate Left
NewsMax ^ | September 6, 2001 | Dan Frisa

Posted on 09/06/2001 9:53:26 PM PDT by ClancyJ

What an onslaught of personal, harshly negative invective being spewing forth daily from the Left and their comrades in the elitist media!

It’s been non-stop, at a near-dizzying pace on any issue they think will gain traction.

And all of this from the very same hypocrites who so vehemently – and falsely – charge Republicans with being mean-spirited and evil.

It shouldn’t come as any surprise, because the Left knows no decency and has no shame. What is amazing is the relentless and desperate nature of the attacks.

From the economy (read: Clinton’s recession, which began in October) to Kyoto (which the Senate turned away by a unanimous vote) to the ABM Treaty (which ceased to have any relevance when the U.S.S.R. disintegrated) to missile defense (which frightens the Russians, the communist Chinese and their friends at the New York Times) to the surplus (which should be returned to taxpayers, especially during a slow down) to the Middle East conflict (which the President wisely has maintained must first be realistically addressed by the parties themselves before U.S. involvement) to the President’s supposed "lack” of intelligence (notwithstanding that he graduated from both Yale and Harvard, unlike Junior Gore who flunked out of divinity school and mysteriously ‘left’ law school) to any other issue, real or imagined, the Left attempts to bang the President about the head and shoulders in a sick attempt to belittle him.

The President, to his great credit, hasn’t allowed any of these attacks by the Leftist elite to affect his policy considerations a single iota. He has a strong sense of self, something sorely lacking on the Left, which bolsters him amid this smelly chorus of personal disparagement and seems to steel his resolve.

There is a valuable lesson to be learned from George W. Bush: ignore the Left and do what’s right by the people. Republicans in Congress and elected office at the state and local levels should follow his lead, for all too often they seek to please their natural enemies rather than working to best them by enacting their agendas.

That’s the best way to deal with the Left: by simply ignoring them and moving forward, leaving them squealing in our dust, to the delight of a grateful electorate.


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To: Ciots
Sorry guys. Bush is an absolute nightmare for conservatives. He is destroying this country.

I respect your opinion, even though I strongly disagree. But that's not the point. If Bush is "destroying" the country, than what did Clinton do for 8 years? Are you suggesting Bush is just as bad as Clinton? To me that attitude reminds of Ralph Nader, who was so far to the left that he saw no distinction between Gore and Bush, despite their huge differences.

141 posted on 09/07/2001 6:29:31 PM PDT by Jeff Smith
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To: Jeff Smith
Are you suggesting Bush is just as bad as Clinton?

Well let's see now.... Bush isn't actively investigating anything Clinton. That makes him an accomplice to the entire eight year scandal, wouldn't you say?

142 posted on 09/07/2001 7:00:13 PM PDT by Inspector Harry Callahan
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To: Inspector Harry Callahan
Inspector Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them.
143 posted on 09/07/2001 7:23:32 PM PDT by Jeff Smith
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To: Ciots
Sorry guys. Bush is an absolute nightmare for conservatives. He is destroying this country:

Sound the alarm!! etc. etc. etc. ( yaaaawwwnnnn..)

144 posted on 09/07/2001 7:29:56 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: Ciots
He is, believe it or not, worse than Clinton in many ways.

You need rest.

145 posted on 09/07/2001 7:37:42 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: ClancyJ
Good article. Rush was right on the money when he said the left gets really wacky when they get out of power.

Watching one manufactured crisis after another peter out, and all these hysterical accusations against Bush come to nothing, makes these people look like the desperate losers they really are.

I am truly embarassed for the Democrats and those gullible enough to be fooled by them...and I thank God I left the Democrat party years ago.

146 posted on 09/07/2001 7:43:17 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: Ciots
To my knowledge I have only stated the facts.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

147 posted on 09/07/2001 7:45:04 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Ciots
I didn't realize that logic and argument took a back seat to 'long time FReeper' status

Not necessarily. But then again, neither standard applies to you, so it is a moot point.

148 posted on 09/07/2001 7:48:23 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Ciots
Okay, put your tush down and lets all hear how your guy will take care of all these matters of state as a Libertarian?
Let’s see can you single handedly stop abortion? No?
How about legalize drugs? No?
Disband the IRS? No?
So what exactly have you changed as President so far?
Reshape Social Security? No?
Solve the immigration problem? No?
So you will be able to effect change outside of the system? No?
How many of your wishes will get through Congress. I seem to remember this is not a Monarchy. You will have to get some of the other side to agree with won't you? Oh please bestow you wisdom on us uninformed shills...
149 posted on 09/07/2001 7:48:49 PM PDT by PushinTin
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To: nopardons
Okay, that's its. You really don't care anyway. All you want to do is complain. I have yet to see a Bush basher make one constructive argument here.

I would have expected such a long hysterical rant had I actually bashed your boy on this thread. *sniff*
Instead you find yourself violently agreeing with what I did say. No I don't agree with this crap about incrementalism. REAL leaders aren't limp-wristed incrementalists. Lincoln's emancipation proclamation wasn't wimpish increntalism, neither was FDR's new deal or Johnson's war on poverty. Yeah conservatives hate the the last two. FDR and Johnson weren't pussy incrementalists, they were leaders of the opposition. It's too bad the current GOP leadership, including Bush, is a bunch of incrementalist pussies.

OK now your hysterical rant was justified.

150 posted on 09/08/2001 2:10:06 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Rightwing Conspirator1
FDR and Johnson weren't pussy incrementalists, they were leaders of the opposition. It's too bad the current GOP leadership, including Bush, is a bunch of incrementalist pussies.

Ahh another DU agent exposed by his own stupidity.

151 posted on 09/08/2001 2:17:43 AM PDT by Texasforever
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To: Patriot76
"That's because Bush's policies are leftist."

While the entire political process has been dragged to the left over the past 30 years by democrats, I wouldn't call Bush's policies leftist. For example, the following policies are not leftist:

1. Tax cuts for productive, upper-income people.
2. Support for National Missile Defense (instead of passively hoping that terrorists never fire a nuclear missile at us.)
3. Oil drilling in ANWR.
4. End to rediculous DOJ effort to break up Microsoft. 

I can go on for a while longer but I've made my point. Beyond his policies, Bush is infinitely superior to Gore in character. (Just look at the way Gore attacked the military voters last Fall.) The most disturbing thing about the Democrats these days is how flagrantly dishonest they are. They'll say anything, no matter how untrue, to win a political fight and gain power. They don't care about truth any more, only power. That's the frightening reality of the Democratic party. Bush is far more honest and genuinely patriotic than Gore and the democrats.

152 posted on 09/08/2001 2:46:08 AM PDT by Patriot_from_CA
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To: Texasforever
Ahh another DU agent exposed by his own stupidity.

Whoops... I'm sorry FDR and Johnson were ineffective milquetoast incrementalist leaders.
You don't even want the honest truth about the opposition let alone you're-soon-to-be-forgotten-"Chester A. Arthur"-boy-unless-he-grows-some.

153 posted on 09/08/2001 2:50:46 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Rightwing Conspirator1
Banish italians
154 posted on 09/08/2001 2:52:09 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Rightwing Conspirator1
again?
155 posted on 09/08/2001 2:53:51 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Patriot_from_CA
1. Tax cuts for productive, upper-income people.

We happen to have surplus. Where's the spending cuts?

2. Support for National Missile Defense (instead of passively hoping that terrorists never fire a nuclear missile at us.)
3. Oil drilling in ANWR.
4. End to rediculous DOJ effort to break up Microsoft.

All great. I agree.

However now what about Bush's support of...

1) A new prescription drug social entitlement.
2) The federalization of educational standards.
(nationalized testing) What happened to shutting down the Department of Education? Why a proposed $45 billion budget increase for this useless department? That's worse than even Clinton! 3) Federal funds for stem cell research.
4) Federalization of private charities. I thought the intent was to defund public programs. This is actually a new program with NO cuts in existing programs.

In all honesty what you list above that I agree with are 1 time decisions with immediate impact. What I list above are things that have awful long term repercussions. It seems to me that Bush is still playing the bread and circuses game.

156 posted on 09/08/2001 3:08:16 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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