ZOT! Can there be a serious challenge to Bush in the GOP primaries?

John Buchanan is a journalist and magazine writer based in Miami Beach ^ | november 29, 2003 | john buchanan

[Republican Challenger]

I am a nationally published journalist who has been drafted to challenge George W. Bush in the Republican Presidential primaries, beginning in New Hampshire on January 27. My aim is to prompt legitimate debate and genuine new ideas, but I start with a question:

HAS GEORGE W. BUSH BETRAYED TRADITIONAL GOP VALUES?

He has failed in his promise to control spending. Nondefense spending has skyrocketed under Bush. The Congressional Budget Office reported that for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, nondefense spending rose 7% – nearly double the 4% discretionary spending caps Bush promised to enforce (Source: Washington Times). Since Bush took office, nondefense spending has leapt 13% -- 21% if spending on the war on terrorism is included. “My impression of Bush,” says Chris Edwards, director of fiscal policy at the libertarian Cato Institute, “is that I’ve never seen him give a speech in which he says government is too big and we need to cut costs.”

He has failed in his promise to keep America strong. Under Bush, U.S. foreign policy and international esteem have reached historic lows. After spending hundreds of billions of dollars since 9/11, the Bush administration has failed to catch Osama bin Laden, failed to find Saddam Hussein, failed to defeat Al Qaeda, and failed to stabilize Iraq after an invasion that his own Pentagon policy adviser, Richard Perle, now admits was “illegal.” As a result, the geopolitical balance of power has been jolted, traditional allies have been severely alienated, and as a result, the European Union – led by Great Britain – is now conducting secret talks about the formation of an EU military force outside NATO.

He has failed in his promise to be a “compassionate conservative.” Perhaps never before has a U.S. President so divided the country, according to a recent Time cover story. Despite Bush’s promise to be “a uniter, not a divider,” he has turned Republican against Democrat, rich against poor, Christian against Muslim. He has eroded our civil liberties and Constitutional rights in the name of “national security” and aided and abetted a corporate elite class in the theft of the Republican Party and the two-century-old values that made it the Party of Lincoln. “Corporations have been enthroned,” Lincoln said presciently before he died. “…An era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people…until wealth is aggregated in a few hands…and the Republic is destroyed.” Under Bush, Lincoln’s ominous – and accurate – prediction might find its final manifestation unless he and the “neo-con” corporate juggernaut are stopped.

DO YOU AGREE? Please let me know your thoughts. There will be more to come from me, including a detailed platform and agenda for ending the corporate reign in this country, shrinking the federal bureaucracy, and restoring Constitutional freedoms to pre-9/11 levels. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your comments and questions.

[LurkerNoMore!]

Good grief, don't you know HE'S sending photos of himself...with scarf... to convertible women?

[Cultural Jihad]

Who is "Junior"?

Oops. He forgot to even read the screed before commenting on it!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Good.. bad... I'm the guy with the gun... ;0)

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hmmm... can I send convertible pictures of myself to scarved women?

[Quicksilver]

If you truly have been in journalism for 34 years then you should know that your ideas are not new. I'd say that they're a mixture of some of the worst ideas put forth by Greens, Democrats, and Republicans.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

First you'll need a convertible, Fairbanks.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

P.S. And don't even think about asking to borrow the TT.

[dcwusmc]

The chip off the old shrub.

[hellinahandcart]

but maybe Daddy has some things to 'fess up to...

Not about Nazis, he doesn't. "Daddy" was too young.

[Kaslin]

It worked for me too, after I posted my reply to you.

[dcwusmc]

You mean you actually hired the Vinnie and Guido Collection Agency to help with your get-out-the-vote campaign? I'm impressed. Of COURSE you can count on me!

[nicmarlo]

Why is it you speak of both Bush 41 and 43 in such derogatory terms?

[dcwusmc]

Daddy was old enough to be a Naval Aviator in the Big One. However, that was a throwaway line, as I have no idea WHAT young Mr. Buchanan was trying to say.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Sorry. He is listed under Acts of God and so is not covered under this policy.

But for a small additional fee I can provide you with one of our fine genetically engineered kittens with death ray eyes.

Aishka might be able to slow him down a bit. Give you a chance to get away

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Nothing but the best.

[stands2reason]

"Personally opposed to abortions" means you won't see him getting one... :P

[Kaslin]

As you can see in my post #6, after reading the article, I noticed right away that he was a Rat in Republican clothing

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

People might take your points into consideration if you didn't deliberately mischaracterize the man, by calling him demeaning, inaccurate names like "Junior", and "chip off the old shrub".

I'm not sure what you are getting out of it, but you sound like a leftie. Is that how you want to sound?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Drat!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Give you a chance to get away.

You clearly need to spend some more time getting to know your running mate. There is no chance to get away! HE'S TOO FAST.