Posted on 02/08/2002 8:37:00 AM PST by vannrox
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:33:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON -- Has any president's relationship with the country been as transformed in his first year as George W. Bush's was? Not Abraham Lincoln's. His year included secession, Bull Run and other unpleasantness, but public expectations for him started low. Not Teddy Roosevelt's. He was a pleasant surprise, but not a startling surprise. Not Herbert Hoover's, because the October 1929 stock market collapse was not understood as the beginning of a depression. Nothing in presidential history matches Bush's transformation. He limped out of Florida. Now he bestrides the globe.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
ROTFLMAO! Forgive me if I find it difficult to swallow the words "Daschle" and "fiscal discipline" in the same sentence. Demoncraps have to be special kinds of fools to ever listen to such drivel.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.