George W Bush - Political Black Ice

LonePalm | 7/15/2003 | LonePalm

[LonePalm]

In October of 2000, as new member of Free Republic, I coined the phrase, "Broken Glass Republicans" as a measure of the intensity of Republican turn out for GWB. (You can read the original post and national comments by Byron York and Peggy Noonan.) That is not important here.

I would like to coin a new term as it relates to George W Bush and the Democrats. The term is "Political Black Ice." I think that GWB is "Political Black Ice" to the Democrats in that, like real 'black ice,' you never see it coming and once you hit it, there is NO TRACTION and NO WAY TO RECOVER.

Black Ice forms when water on the surface of a road freezes. The ice actually isn't black, it's transparent and almost invisible on asphalt. Drifting snow, temperature fluctuations and freezing rain can cause black ice to form. Northern and mountain drivers are familiar with the condition, usually to their detriment. If you drive slow enough, it is not a problem. Usually problems with black ice are your own fault and you know it.

Like a speeding driver in winter, the Democrat’s tongues are wagging too fast for political conditions. Like real black ice, there is ample political evidence that it is out there. The Democrats are blinded by their prejudices and desperate to regain the power they think is rightly theirs. Bush confounds them at every turn, yet, like heedless drivers in a hurry to reach their destination, they speed on.

On issue after issue, they strike political 'black ice,' vainly seeking the traction that will gain them steerage against the President. Instead they spin out of control. Not seeming to care, they spin on and on.

Democrats labeled Ronald Reagan (CVN-76 a.k.a. Ronaldus Magnus) the "Teflon President" because none of their charges seemed to stick. Republicans dubbed Bill Clinton (x42i) "Slick Willy" for several reasons. George W Bush is "Black Ice" because his opponents won't know they hit it until it is too late.

The most common result of striking black ice is a wreck. This will be one for the records.

[LonePalm]

In January of 1996, while driving a Ford Escort, I hit a patch of black ice on I-80 just east of the Delaware Water Gap in NJ. I made three 360 degree turns before coming to rest less than one foot from the guard rail in the right hand break down lane facing forward. Less than five seconds later an 18-wheeler that I had passed earlier passed less than five feet to my left. The driver had to have seen me spin. By the Grace of God and the steely nerves of that driver, I am alive today.

I have NEVER forgotten that incident. That was one of my brushes with death.

I do not think that the Democrats have had their brush with political death yet. If they continue, GWB may well destroy them by a device of their own making. If they survive, they will be wiser and more circumspect.

In a sense, they will be hoist by their own petard.

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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

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[RJCogburn]

I think that GWB is "Political Black Ice" to the Democrats

I agree. Sadly, though, his political skills are resulting in huge deficits, huge expansions of government size and power, burdens that we will carry years after Bush and friends are gone from the scene.

My kids and their kids will then carry the burden. Bush has been able to black ice the size, cost and power of government beyond what a dem would have been politically able to accomplish. Just as it took a Nixon to go to China, it has taken a 'conservative' Republican to run up a half trillion dollar deficit and all the rest.

Bush should be ashamed of this,but I fear he is shameless.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Like a speeding driver in winter, the Democrat’s tongues are wagging too fast for political conditions.

At the rate they are going, the Dems will have to change their script every couple of weeks, right up until Nov '04.
May I propose a definition?
Black Ice: the phenomenon of gaining negative traction, as when a stationary Dummycrat takes a sidewise slap at a man on a galloping horse who is moving faster than the Dummycrat can even think.

[CholeraJoe]

Black Ice - Invisible and deadly.

[Dane]

I agree. Sadly, though, his political skills are resulting in huge deficits, huge expansions of government size and power, burdens that we will carry years after Bush and friends are gone from the scene

Huh, I guess following in Ronald Reagan's footsteps is such a nasty legacy.

Reagan went along with big deficits to defeat the evil empire, The Soviet Union. Bush is doing the same to defeat the evil terrorist network.

[sirchtruth]

Sadly, though, his political skills are resulting in huge deficits, huge expansions of government size and power, burdens that we will carry years after Bush and friends are gone from the scene.

Sadly, you're tripe is FOS! Thank God GWB is there to put in place things that will protect us from more terror attacks which BTW would be a much larger, a more burdensome, and cost many more lives for years to come.

...and I doubt you even understand what a deficit really means.

[MEG33]

I watched a volkwagon enter the freeway going 50,hit the black ice and roll down a step embankment.We were aware of the danger and glad he came out ahead of us instead of behind.The dems may have entered this with the same foolhardy bravado indeed.

[RJCogburn]

Your Reagan comparison is, of course, wrong.

Were the deficits Bush champions directed toward the defeat of the terrorists then sign me up. But it is a stretch to say the Medicare bill, the farm bill, the education bill are efforts in that War.

Reagan could not decrease the size of government. He did not have the votes. Nevertheless, he did not propose programs as has Bush, such as the ones I just listed, that are huge expansions of government size, power, and cost, and don't make you a tad safer from the terrorists....unless we could enroll them in Medicare, I suppose.

[MEG33]

FYI..I liked this!

[RJCogburn]

My, my...testy this morning?

GWB is there to put in place things that will protect us from more terror attacks

Yes, but perhaps you can explain how the farm bill, the education bill, the Medicare bill is protecting you from terrorists.

[Dane]

Reagan could not decrease the size of government. He did not have the votes.

Neither does Bush. A 51-49 majority is a bare majority, with a lot of RINO's thrown in. Also it is interesting that you are all of the sudden for the War on Terror, given your parrotting of the latest demo/liberal media tempest in the teapot on FR.

[Dane]

Yes, but perhaps you can explain how the farm bill, the education bill, the Medicare bill is protecting you from terrorists

Did Ronald Reagan get rid of the Dept. of Education? And as bad as the education bill was, it still calls for standards, a small step in the right direction etc. etc.

Look you can have your little pet issues, but I guess you have a hankering for a demo President and Congress who will raise your taxes, like they did back in 93.

[SpartacusII]

Excellent point! His ?black ice? is making the Repubs slip further left to keep the Dems from having a campaign issue. But what scares me the most is his growing police powers. While we may not have anything to worry about during his administration, it is only a matter of time before we get another liberal tyrant in office who would love to use those powers!

[Constitution Day]

BTTT!

Your links in the article don't work, BTW.... I bet the moderator would fix them if you said "pretty please". ;^)

[SpartacusII]

You appear to be a blind follower of a political party. Bush has been a huge disappointment for true conservatives. While he has been a good Commander in Chief, he?s been a liberal on the domestic side. He?s had only 1 conservative victory, tax cuts. Otherwise, he?s been nothing more than a Democrat-lite.

[Little Ray]

From Neal's Nuze:
CLINTON’S RECORD BROKEN
George Bush has broken a Clinton record, though not one to be proud of. The Federal Register – the publication that lists all proposed and enacted federal regulations – increased to 75,606 pages in 2002. That breaks the previous record set by Bill Clinton in 2000.

You need to know that these federal regulations cost businesses (and, ultimately, the consumers) in America more than all business income taxes combined.

During 2002 Congress passed 269 new laws. During the same year regulatory agencies passed 4,167 final rules. Not one of these rules was then subjected to congressional oversight.

Some more things to think about when considering Bush’s record in the White House.

Federal government spending under Bush has increased at a rate faster than of any year during the Clintonista era.

George Bush has yet to veto one single spending bill.

George Bush has teamed up with congressional Democrats to pass massive spending increases in education, agriculture and other areas.

George Bush has been in office for almost three years, and has yet to recommend the elimination of one single government-spending program.

And you wonder why I vote libertarian?

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The reason the Dems are having problems with GW is that he's an awful lot like 'em. I am not voting Libertarian, but I'd really like a a REAL conservative in the Whitehouse. One who will spend less. One who will fight illegal immigration.
I don't trust GW to put good conservatives on the Supreme Court, either.

[MEG33]

Someday your prince may come.