Bush Presidency is Advancing the Progressive Agenda

Sierra Times ^ | 6-17-03 | John Bender

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

No, Linda Tripp was fired after W took over. She was re-assigned as a 'political appointee' by Clinton, which made it easier for W to have her fired.

If you want to be really slick, you could claim that W "did not re-hire" her.

[arasina]

Decent people's goal should be not to beg W to 'listen' but to defeat him.

That comment is very revealing. Perhaps you'll continue being open and honest and change your ID accordingly. How about "A LeftWing Shill Disguised as A RightWing Conspirator"?

P.S. Will you kindly define the term "decent people" in the context of your comment?

[Consort]

You're free to keep working to move the party to the left just like I'm free to try to move it to the right.

Your side is winning but don't expect some of us conservatives to join you.

Don't play these immature games with me. You lost.

[SUSSA]

Reagan won two landslides running on making government smaller. When Republicans started trying to out bid Democrats for votes they lost.

George Will is a Rockerfeller Republican or a neo-con in todays terms. Reagan showed that there is a huge vote for smaller government if we have a leader to make the case.

If Bush can't, or won't, do it we need someone who can.

[SUSSA]

I've already answered that. Try to keep up.

[deport]

in all due respect we should at least FReep him first because he has done many good things too.

---

awww..... a Socialist, a UN Man, etc. and he's done many good things....... and you are going to support him come May 2004..... LOL

Would you like to enumerate the 'many good things too'? Bet you can't unless you find a cut/paste article. Core values you don't have .

[Howlin]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/875243/posts?page=45#45

[clamper1797]

That comment is very revealing. Perhaps you'll continue being open and honest and change your ID accordingly. How about "A LeftWing Shill Disguised as A RightWing Conspirator"?

I'm starting to think the same thing ...

[dsutah]

I'm kind of wondering that myself! If he's such a socialist, as these people are squalling about, why are all these extreme leftist groups so hostile to him? They hate him with a purple passion as it is! Can the Bush-bashers on here explain that? Well, what is it? (silence, I thought so...)

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

Incidentally, W's anemic tax cuts which, by the way, make the tax code even more 'progressive' (the commies love that), are about to be more than matched by all kinds of tax increases at the state and local level.

I keep seeing this comment on various threads, but I do not understand the complaint. Do you not believe in removing from the federal government the power that belongs to the states? And if taxes are increased at the state and local level, doesn't that mean that the states (and the state citizens) voted for it? Do the states not have the right to govern as they see fit? This move placing the burden on the states is EXACTLY the way you give the states back the power they should have to remain independent. Hopefully, they will take advantage of this opportunity by refusing to increase taxes to compensate for the federal cut.

[MississippiMan]

Hogwash!

Yeah, you bet. LOL. Again, had Clinton used EXACTLY the same wording and EXACTLY the same course of action, everyone here would've deemed it a cave.

MM

[SUSSA]

That is true. It was discussed here on FR in great detail.

[Miss Marple]

Does anyone bother to actually verify claims such as that the President is expanding Americorps?

From the FRONT PAGE of The Indianapolis Star today is a story on funding cuts for Americorps, with these as the two lead paragraphs:

Dozens of Indiana programs that mentor at-risk youths, work with the homeless and build affordable housing could disappear or be gutted because of cutbacks announced Monday in the national AmeriCorps community service program.

Under the funding cuts, the number of AmeriCorps positions in Indiana will drop to 32 from 581 in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, state officials said Monday.

This doesn't look like an expansion to me. Anyone may read the story by going to www.indystar.com.

[Howlin]

It is NOT true.........

Linda Tripp Fired From Pentagon Job

Crime/Corruption Breaking News News
Source: Yahoo news
Published: Friday January 19 Author: By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer
Posted on 01/19/2001 10:37:56 PST by Teacup

WASHINGTON (AP) - Linda Tripp, the woman whose secret tape recordings led to President Clinton 's impeachment, was fired Friday by the Clinton administration after she refused to resign like other political appointees, her lawyer said.

``The termination of Linda Tripp is vindictive, mean-spirited and wrong,'' attorneys Stephen Kohn, David Colapinto and Michael Kohn said in a statement. ``President Clinton should not have ended his presidency on such a vengeful note.''

Word of Tripp's firing came as Clinton reached a deal to settle the remaining legal issues from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

As a political appointee, Tripp was asked in recent days by her superiors to resign her position in preparation for the change in administrations, but on the advice of her attorneys she refused to do so in a letter Thursday addressed to Clinton.

Kohn blamed Clinton for the dismissal, saying that the ultimate responsibility for firing political appointees like Tripp rests solely with the president. Tripp, a Department of Defense (news - web sites) employee, was out of the country and the Clinton administration refused to show the letter of dismissal to her lawyers. Kohn said that he was told of the termination by the Defense Department.

[dsutah]

Excuse me, but I'm not a socialist, and I do know what a socialist is. And yes, I support Bush. I don't like it when people like you insult me, and my intelligence like that, thank you!!

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Close but... no cigar.

As the date (January 19) on the article indicates, she was 'fired' by the Clintons because they 're-classified' her as a political appointee.

All W had to do was to re-hire her and, perhaps, re-instate her in her 'non-political' job. After all she WAS a 'whistle blower'. W's administration did NOT do it even though they have been encouraged to do so.

Linda Tripp had a job on Jan. 19 when Clinton was in power. She did not have a job on Jan 20 when W was in power. Now... you try to figure this out.

[Howlin]

See 174.

[Howlin]

Don't lecture me, you troll.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Clinton was stopped from doing most of the damage he intended to. W can do just about anything he wishes for as long as the liberals agree.

[redangus]

As long as W keeps going down his present path we don't need to elect any Democrats. If the Dems were smart they would just sit back, shut up and allow Bush to give them everything they want without having to take any of the responsibility for any problems all this new spending and new programs cause in the future.