Bush Presidency is Advancing the Progressive Agenda

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

[TomServo]

Er.....reversal.

No biggie - I've seen so many from well - you know who - that I think I've forgotten basic spelling and grammar.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

What part of "they didn't want to hire her" don't you understand?

I absolutely understand it. By 'effectively' (like that?) firing Linda Tripp, the woman who sacrified (and lost) her career to see him in power, W and his andministration showed their true 'compassionate' side on day ONE.

And any argument about her being some 'insignificant' employee is pure B.S. She is the woman who got Clinton impeached. I'm sure W heard of her and KNEW that he had to re-hire her.

[Carolinamom]

RUSH is on now. If you hurry and tune in, you might be able to answer deport's question.

[SUSSA]

Indeed follow the money. Bush's tax increases are huge and current. They made the resession worse.

[ApesForEvolution]

Well said. Reagan persuaded on principle; Bush tries to look like one thing to one group and yet another to the other group.

[Neets]

do you support the Bush Agenda fully?

Anyone who would answer yes to that question (and you can replace BUSH with any other politicians name) is being disingenuous and intellectually dishonest...FULLY being the operative word of course.

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

Really? Let's start with the extreme. The taxes are cut to 0% and spending is doubled. Would that be a good thing?

Excellent!, but let's include a little reality too. If taxes are cut to 0%, spending would not be possible. You cannot have one without the other. This is exactly what Bush is doing. DEFUNDING THE MONSTER!

[G.Mason]

"Don't buck the tide, sailing takes some finesse."

Boy, are you ever so right.

I'm reading and fighting back my extreme desire to reach into this monitor and choke some necks!

[SUSSA]

Reagan believed in small government. Bush believes in big government. Reagan believed that people could lead their own lives. Bush believes they need the government to direct how they lead their lives and take care of them.

Bush is closer to LBJ than to Reagan.

[Mr. Mojo]

What is important is that the American people love big government.

Unfortunately, they do. ....And with each passing year they love it more and more.

no one is going to win the White House on a platform of "fiscal responsibility." The GOP tried for years--and got whupped

Well, Reagan ran on a platform of small gov't & fiscal responsibility, and he thoroughly dominated the elections. But then again that was a couple decades ago when the electorate still believed it was possible to reduce government's size and scope. ....And still wanted that.

[Fraulein]

It's almost insulting how flagrantly the Repubs just keep ignoring their base.

The message from them appears to be one of the following: (1) they feel like they can take our votes for granted, or (2) they don't really think they need our votes.

[SUSSA]

Do you support his huge tax increases? Please tell me you don't.

[sauropod]

Ty. That is what I thought I remembered.

[ApesForEvolution]

Yep.

And, worst of all, Bush has persuaded many contemporary conservatives that it's in our best interests to jerk the wheel over to the left in ways which no right thinking conservative would ever have swallowed before.

All in the name of politics versus principle.

If this is what we must do to keep America alive, isn't America dead already? Wouldn't we be better off just starting over then - versus giving socialism in America any more legitimacy?

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

It's called give and take to avoid a revolt. What I like about the give and take is that he is taking power away from the feds and giving it to the states, where it belongs. The burden is shifting one piece at a time with each tax "change". These things take time.

[dsutah]

Good! I haven't seen it put quite this way; and I'm glad you did! It seems that not many people(obviously)remember what it was like before. It could be the American people might make it go almost all the way back, if they better knew the way it was.

A lot of us don't know any other way of government. Reagan tried, in his way. But even he could only do so much. He was a strong conservative, but he was a practical conservative. He tried to choose the battles he had a chance of winning.

[SUSSA]

They take them for granted. They will get with the Democrats in the next election and play good cop/bad cop and scare lots of people into voting for someone they don't want just to keep the other guy out.

Just look at the posts here. A large number of posters know what Bush is but will vote for him out of fear of getting worse.

[SUSSA]

How is the burden shifting when he raises federal taxes?

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

The burden power is shifting one piece at a time with each tax "change".

I should have proofed myself better.

[ApesForEvolution]

"What I like about the give and take is that he is taking power away from the feds and giving it to the states, where it belongs."

Just how is consolidating Federal power more greatly with the aggregious Kennedy Ed Bill, the Farm Subsidy Bill, et al and an expansion of numerous other social programs giving power back to the States???