Posted on 04/10/2006 8:45:19 PM PDT by rodeocowboy
Is Bush's Second Term Becoming a 'Harriet Miers Presidency'? by Jerome R. Corsi Posted Apr 07, 2006
Watching the immigration bill charade unfold in the Senate, many conservatives have begun to wonder if President Bush left his political compass back at Crawford?
Conservatives were very happy with Bush right through his second inaugural. But the Harriet Miers nomination was a shocker. There was so much conservative backlash that Miers had to withdraw her nomination. But, we were only some three months into the second term, and anybody can have a “Harriet Miers Moment,” trying too hard to thank a friend.
Then there was the State of the Union speech. There President Bush went “green” on energy, mouthing a line better than the political left or the radical environmentalists could make up, saying that America is “addicted to oil.” Wasn’t Bush an oil company executive once?
Someone should remind Karl Rove that conservatives like to drill for oil. What ever happened to the proposal drill in ANWR? Again, conservatives couldn’t believe what they were hearing. Was the Bush Administration’s solution to America’s dependency on foreign oil really going to be wood chips and switch grass? Bio-fuels were always a Democratic argument. What happened?
Then, the Dubai ports deal accomplished something most conservatives thought impossible. Defending Dubai, the President actually lost his ground on his major strength, the War on Terrorism. Bush actually allowed the Democrats to posture as hawks on the national security issue. Conservatives were beginning to get numb with shock.
Now, Bush is praising Senate Republicans for working with Teddy Kennedy and Harry Reid on the immigration bill. G. Gordon Liddy is right when he says the Senate “just sold America out to Mexico.” Bush and Sen. John McCain will probably never understand that for most true conservatives a “guest worker” program is just amnesty in disguise. Conservatives care about securing the border. For conservatives, “guest workers” are still illegal aliens. For conservatives, the illegal immigration threat is about national security, not NAFTA.
A strong conservative base voted for Bush’s re-election in November 2004. The President has made a series of decisions that suggest he wants to move more to the center, something the conservative base does not view with favor. Or maybe, as many have speculated, Bush is truly a CINO (Conservative in Name Only).
Still, there is one more explanation. Maybe Bush has decided to work secretly for the election of Hillary Clinton as President in 2008. Since the 2004 election, Bush has gone out of his way several times to talk warmly about President Bill Clinton’s budding friendship with his father, Bush 41. Surely the President realizes that most conservatives still cringe at the mention of Bill Clinton’s name.
But maybe the plan is to establish a Bush-Clinton dynasty? First Bush 41, followed by William Jefferson Clinton, followed by Bush 43, followed by Hillary Rodham Clinton -- that’s how the dynasty idea would go. From there, probably we are supposed to return to Jeb Bush, to be followed by Chelsea.
If that’s the plan, forget it. For most conservatives, even the mention of Hillary’s name is like the sound of scraping your fingernails on a blackboard. Conservatives might someday buy Jeb, but Chelsea? Probably never.
A “Harriet Miers Presidency” in which George W. Bush abandons his conservative base is a very bad idea.
If Karl Rove thinks the Republican Party will gain by pandering to all those illegal immigrants, maybe he should first worry about how many conservatives he is going to alienate in the process.
Right now, the 2006 midterm congressional elections are shaping up to be a major Republican Party setback. Maybe that will kill any thought that a “Harriet Miers Presidency” move-to-the-center is a good idea. It isn’t. Passing this immigration bill is probably a 2006 death wish for at least three or four Republican senators we can identify without thinking too hard.
Mr. Corsi is the author of several books, including "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry" (along with John O'Neill), "Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil" (along with Craig R. Smith), and "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians." He is a frequent guest on the G. Gordon Liddy radio show. He will soon co-author a new book with Jim Gilchrist on the Minuteman Project.
And another - the one I miss most of all - that when we are at war, our soldiers and sailors and their commanders receive our unconditional and united support as first priority.
And who is commander-in-chief but the President?
Back then, the president was not above criticism – but a line was drawn beyond which neither the media nor Hollywood nor the public would go. That line has almost disappeared since the 1960’s – Carter and Clinton both ignore tradition and criticize Bush routinely. Hollywood, the academia and the press could care less about a united foreign policy or supporting the military – many of them see the military top-to-bottom as the enemy – and speak of them with demeaning caricatures.
So here we are with veterans – Freepers – conservatives – frothing at the mouth with contempt for not only illegal immigration – but the illegal immigrants themselves - and carrying that hate over to the commander-in-chief whereby the contempt will trickle down to every man and woman standing duty. And they do this as if he has deserted them, when he has been absolutely consistent from day one on the immigration issue. And we helped to elect him - twice.
Look around – who benefits from hatefulness? A.N.S.W.E.R. – Democrats – liberals, socialists, moral relativists and so on.
This article is particularly troubling to me – once again making a mockery of Harriet Meirs whose primary contribution to the Supreme Court had the conservative base not rebelled, would have been Spiritual in nature. That should have been of great importance to the conservative base which is primarily Christian and has been long praying to God for a healing of the high court. But it appears they didn’t trust God either – nor did their collective memories stretch to Numbers 11, i.e. malcontent is disbelief .
In sum, I assert that conservative Christians – especially veterans - have no excuse for fearfulness, hang-wringing and woe-mongering.
Jorge I wasn't even this bad.
It was enough. And you're right about Perot. Clintoon couldn't have won without him. But Bubba could lie through his teeth with a smile, and people would know he was lying and still vote for him. Hillary polarizes and divides. She's a lightning rod of incendiary rhetoric on both sides. She does not stand a chance in '08.
Immigration "Solutions" (Thomas Sowell Slams Open Borders Lobby's Insult Of American People Alert)
How about, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition," or "God helps those who help themselves"? Do recommend calling in for final defensive fires on our own co-ordinates only when we are actually being overrun, instead of when its already danger close?
I have been consistent since when "Slate" first promoted Dubya as a candidate for Prez(1999).. I have wavered slightly hopeing that I was WRONG about him(Bush).. Globalism is a problem, both Clinton, Bush, and Carter seem to be advocates of Globalism(One world gov't)..
(Adjusting my tin foil hat).. There, thats better..
Importing multi millions(as a start) of proto democrats and RINOs both Clinton and Bush agree on.. also, Carter.. To deny the red flags waving on that issue alone is beyond me.. maybe I'm weak.. so be it.. I am..
On the other hand the Bible predicts One World Government.. (Anti-Christ and all that) and if the prophecy is correct IT WILL HAPPEN.. That don't mean I have to like it.. and don't..
I revere loyalty for humans beyond many things.. but loyalty and concern misapplied is promoting the problem, ENABLING.. But then, I'm not "into" geo-politics, I'm into universal-politics.. This "King" has no clothes.. hes quite naked.. For the life of me I can't see the difference between a BIG Givernment republican and a democrat.. I calls them as I sees them.. here, on free republic.. For that is what free republic is all about in my experience.. Here, I would hope, PollyAnna views of the intriques of geo-political politics is mocked.. Not, as I said, that it will do any good.. universally.. For I have faith in another, not George Bush.. As Gamaliel said, what will be, will be..
Do you recommend calling in for final defensive fires on our own co-ordinates only when we are actually being overrun, instead of when its already danger close?
BTW, final defensive fires is more currently known as final protective fire, a prearranged line of fire used to destroy an enemy attack, usually planned to cover dead space in a maneuver unit final protective line.
It's usually the preplanned, friendly mortar and artillery fire in front of a unit in a defensive position. Here's danger close.
Always was... he just learned not to let it show 'til he didn't need to be re-elected.
I live in California, in the San Francisco "Bay Area". I have read numbers of estimates up to 20 million in the U.S. - having passed through many States, I believe this is probably more on the mark. Living in California, Southern California and the S.F. greater Bay Area have huge numbers, of these they are not the typical "picking grapes" crowd at all, and many of these are criminal, political (leftist), young "Mex-Rap" types, they do NOT fit the stereotype of the old media at all. Some of these hang out in front of home improvement stores, or gas stations, in large numbers, and businesses in violation of US laws illegally use this labor to cheat the taxpayers and undercut the going wages to the demise of many honest hard working Americans. These businesses are involved in political corruption in alignment with corrupt developers (who will now use corrupt domain laws to declare areas “blight”) to build houses and condos which actually do not met regulations because those who are doing the building (illegals) have less than a sixth grade education and are delivering less-than-standard edifices and construction which is not inspected simply because the politicians do not want the public to know just how much illegal labor is used by such developers who donate to these politicians campaigns. Democratic Party operatives use the same illegals in massive voter fraud, I have personally seen the vans picking them up and taking them to voting places. Outside the Bay Area and major cities of L.A. and San Diego, you do have the agricultural workers, the big agra-business is also involved in massive irregularities through such illegal use of roundabout labor, which is now risking our health in some cases. There are also known cases of the ownership of such big agra using the (illegal) women as their personal sex slaves and such, the owners have personal relationships with influential illegals who run the human cargo about, these “cargoes” which are an “aristocracy” of select illegals own very, very expensive, custom, Chevrolet Silverado and Ford F150 and F250 trucks, and some of them are now driving Hummers and are becoming increasingly involved in the marijuana trade. Young “hot shot” Americans in the valley work with these illegal “cargoes”, praising their trucks and encouraging the corruption, they don’t give a damn about laws and it is sad to see, increasingly, better off American farmers in the valley becoming corrupt, in almost every case these are younger ones (in the mid-thirties) who were having a bad go of it until they decided to “go along to get along” and are now deep into the entire illegal alien “cargo”.
you obviously forgot the tax cut...also GHW Bush has been the first President in how long how HASNT raised taxes?? even "user" fees.....
""How about Kelo? Have we heard a peep from Bush about that outrage? How about legislation to moot it? No?""
we've been through that a million times here..it is a state issue, not a federal one.
You might have a point. Regardless of the true origins of Bush's liberalism, the point is that he is a liberal. When a conservative mentions Bush's Medicare boondoggle, his runaway spending, and his nomination of Harriet Myers, many Freepers twist themselves into pretzels trying to show that these are actually conservative ideas. But now, Bush's relentless coddling of illegal aliens and his slanderous attacks on the American worker have made a lot of Freepers realize that he is a full-tilt liberal.
Hey jerome..... I hear they're hiring at Home Depot. Better check it out because you sure aren't any good at what you're donig now.
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