[MJY1288]

An excellent Article

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for the ping. You are right..it is an exceellent article.

[McLynnan]

Wonderful article that sums up how I feel about him. He is a man to be trusted, is not driven by ego, and is motivated by a sincere desire to do the right thing.

[Mudboy Slim]

Yet, with all this going on, two indisputable facts have surfaced about the man in the Oval Office.


First, this is a man we in middle America have always identified with and trusted. We know his word is his bond. He's not perfect, he might not always be right, but we instinctively know he makes his decisions based on what he believes is best for the American people. If America were a small town, Bill Clinton would be the used car salesman everyone but newcomers and idiots avoided; George W. Bush would be the owner of the general store who also happened to be mayor, chewing the fat with the locals around the wood stove on Saturday mornings and helping them to get things done that needed doing.


Second, this is a sincere, pious man, which is also the underlying reason for the first point. George W. Bush demonstrates a quiet yet confident faith in the Creator, which governs his everyday life and decisions. We have seen it all too often in his eyes in the past 18 months - there is real pain there, real tears when things have gone truly bad, tears shed not for himself but for those of us who are suffering emotional or physical pain. Again, if we saw America as a small town, George would be in church on Sundays and would try to close up early on Wednesdays to get to church then also. He'd be one of the first on the phone to you when a family member died, and no doubt Laura would be by soon with a covered dish and just the right words of comfort.


In short, this is a real man

[Mudboy Slim]

"South Shall Rise Again!!
(To be sung to R.E.M.'s "So. Central Rain")

Clinton's gonna fall!! Dem Leftists try to stall...
Their Lib'ral mis-Directions...are driving RATS insane!!
Our Will shan't bend!! Slick Willie washed away...
The Evil of the Lib'rals...has forced Mudboy to sing.

I'm sorry...Slick's sorry...Left's sorry...Right's always...

Justice is our Right...Third Party calls...the RINOs frown...
The wise man wrote his words upon the rocks...
But MUD's not bound to follow suit!!
The Left shall bend...Slick's ConDamnation's Nigh!!
If Slick's Treas'nous Crimes YOU Condone...yer choice isn't mine!!

Slick's sorry...Left's sorry...

Med'yuh never called!! MUD waited for Left's calls...
Left's lies and mis-directions are driving US away!!
Then Limbaugh sang...Left's Brain-washin' washed away...
Left says that I should "Just Move ON!!"...that Choice isn't mine!!

I'm sorry...Slick's sorry...Left's sorry...Justice's RIGHT!!!

Ooooh...Ahhhhh...Ahhhhhhhhh-EEEEE...Ahhhhh-ahhhhhhh-uhhhhh...

{end very intensely on Am}

Heh heh heh...Mudboy Slim (15 January 2002)

[hoosiermama]

Thanks for the ping. It is excellant!

[justshe]

Thanks for the ping. Excellent column. One of the wonderful side effects, imo, of all that President Bush has had to endure/deal with during this first two years, is how he is teaching the American people that we CAN trust in someone to do their very best on our behalf. We needed this, I think, as a nation.

[Pokey78]

Thanks!

BTTT

[Jen]

Wow! Great article. Thanks for the ping.

[Bigg Red]

Nice! Thanks for the flag.

[Otta B Sleepin]

Wow - what a terrific article. Thanks for the ping!

If America were a small town, Bill Clinton would be the used car salesman everyone but newcomers and idiots avoided; George W. Bush would be the owner of the general store who also happened to be mayor, chewing the fat with the locals around the wood stove on Saturday mornings and helping them to get things done that needed doing.

This just might be the best description of the differences between the two that I have ever read.

I totally agree.

[Salvation]

Thanks for the ping! Good read.

[esther2]

Thanks very much for the ping.

I often think about how many difficult situations President Bush has had to deal with, and sometimes feel more than a little guilty that I can sleep better knowing he's the man in charge. That seems terribly unfair, but I suppose he knew he might have to contend with all sorts of things. I sure didn't expect to see what looks to me like a battle between good and evil being waged right before our eyes; the only explanation I can come up with sometimes, though, is that evil doesn't attack evil--evil attacks good.

I'm always comforted when I visit FR and see how many of us are praying for him.