Anybody who calls President Bush "George W. Bush II" is not a smart anything.
Howlin, it's not like you to nitpick. Agree with her or not, Phyllis Schlafly IS highly intelligent, and a major-league conservative. Check out her amazing accomplishments sometime--I think you'll be impressed.
That was very unwise of Phyllis, but she is just a little smarter than you may ever be.
Ever smile?
I am 100% certain Phyllis knows the correct name--she is a writer, and writers use various "tools" to make you think and for wit, style, etc. Ann Coulter is a master at that. Also, Phyllis was once again right on target with a very good commentary here.
Phyllis referred to G. H. W. Bush's breaking of his "no new taxes" pledge, and George Bush broke his promise of limited government, among others (including nominating Harriet Miers).
So, it was just a "stylistic" comment equating Bush I with Bush II in the sense both "kicked their base".
Anyway, now that I have you both, here is one thing I would like to hear President Bush say tonight.......Since Jimmy Carter created the Dept of Energy, we have funded it to over $400 billion plus dollars, yet we are more dependent on foreign oil today than when Carter created the DOE. This is just one more example of a broken US Govt that must be fixed. He then demands we make nuclear power 50% of our power source, about equal to some European countries, and demands we stop wasting taxpayer dollars for no return, such as this DOE (Energy) and the broken DOE (Education)--both cases where we have bankrupted the treasury and received zilch in return.
I guess we all could think of "I wish President Bush would have said this" stuff, but this one really bothers me, even though Iran, N. Korea and a reemerging Russia military/China military threat are greater threats.
That's mine. What do you two wish the President would say but know he will not say? (Other than calling Manslaughter Kennedy a fat ass idiot for his lame filibuster attempt).
I'd say Mrs. S was being sarcastic.
One of the reasons I admire Mrs. S so much is that she makes her point, always intelligently, and does so in a ladylike fashion. A trait, I'm afraid, lost on many of the fairer sex.