Night, Joe.
Posted on 06/02/2006 8:01:07 PM PDT by FairOpinion
IF ONLY HIS LAST NAME WERE SMITH. He'd not only attract national attention as the popular and successful governor of a difficult-to-govern state. He'd be viewed sympathetically as a leader who had dealt with family issues--his wife's aversion to politics, his daughter's bouts with drug addiction--without losing his grip on the governorship. And he'd be the prohibitive frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
But his last name is Bush. So Jeb Bush, nearing the end of his eight years as governor of Florida, has to settle for being the best governor in America. Not proclaimed the best governor by the media and the political community. But recognized as the best by a smaller group: governors who served with him and experts and think-tank and conservative policy wonks who regard state government as something other than a machine for taxing and spending.
Why is Jeb Bush the best? It's very simple. His record is the best. No other governor, Republican or Democrat, comes close. Donna Arduin, perhaps the most respected state budget expert in the country, has worked for four big-state Republican governors--John Engler of Michigan, George Pataki of New York, Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, and Bush. Even while she worked for Schwarzenegger, she told me Bush is "absolutely" the nation's premier governor. "He's principled, brilliant, willing to ignore his pollsters, and say no to his friends," she says.
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A conservative that has been elected member of a city council in their first year of office.
Like I said. Move. You're showing your ass here tonight. Lay off the sauce and the keyboard.
Main article: Palm Sunday Compromise
Governor Bush and Congressional Republicans anticipated Greer's adverse ruling well before it was delivered and worked on a daily basis to find an alternative means of overturning the legal process by utilizing the authority of the United States Congress.[56] On March 20, 2005, the Senate (with only three members present) passed their version of the resolution, followed by the House of Representatives, a private bill which came to be called the "Palm Sunday Compromise" (S-686), transferring jurisdiction of the Schiavo case to the federal courts. The bill passed the House on March 21 at 12:41 a.m. EST. President Bush flew to Washington D.C. from his vacation in Texas in order to sign the bill into law at 1:11 a.m. EST. As in the state courts, all of the Schindlers' federal petitions and appeals were denied, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari, effectively ending the Schindlers' legal options.
At the same time, the so-called Schiavo memo surfaced, causing a political firestorm. The memo was written by Brian Darling, the legal counsel to Florida Republican senator Mel Martinez. It suggested the Schiavo case offered "a great political issue" that would appeal to the party's base (core supporters) and could be used against Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida who is up for reelection in 2006, because he had refused to co-sponsor the bill.[57]
On March 24, 2005, Greer denied a petition for intervention by the Department of Children & Families (DCF) and signed an order forbidding the department from "taking possession of Theresa Marie Schiavo or removing her" from the hospice and directed "each and every and singular sheriff of the state of Florida" to enforce his order. The order was appealed to the 2nd DCA the following day, which resulted in an automatic stay under state law. While the stay was in effect, Florida Department of Law Enforcement personnel prepared to take custody of Terri and transfer her to a local hospital for reinsertion of the feeding tube. Once Greer was made aware of the stay, he ordered it lifted and all parties stood down. Governor Bush decided to obey the court order despite enormous pressure from the political right. If Bush (or the Florida Legislature) had ignored Greer's order by attempting to remove Schiavo from the hospice, a confrontation between the Pinellas Park Police Department and the FDLE agents could have ensued. In jest, one official said local police discussed "...whether we had enough officers to hold off the National Guard."[58]
Looks like they did a lot for one private citizen in my opinion and this is just at the end, not the stuff they were doing before the end.
I'm "showing my ass?"
I trust that, in your neck of Pasco County, a remark like this passes for intelligent discussion.
friend, you'd better dust off your flame suit.
yawn...
I'm not hateful. I consider those that agree that illegals should be allowed in to this country to mess up our schools, tax our hospitals and prisons, increase our taxes and generally mooch off people like me to be hateful. Allowing America to become a third world country is hateful. Stupid too.
Night, Joe.
I live 500 yards from the beach in Jupiter, asshat. Not a better place to live in the world. Don't know what YOUR hangup is with Florida, but I'm certainly happy.
Me too. That's why I want the best man for the job. Jeb, no question.
But he's not running.
I like to sign off with a nice laugh!
LOL
Don't be a complete fool if you want people to pay ANY attention to you other than as a source of amusement!
Well obviously because of your ignorance it hasn't dawned on you there are several of those I spoke of who are/or were members here at FR till the hysterics started.
Perhaps you should study a bit on the convictions of some of history's great leaders vis a viz the responsibilities of leadership and its implications on morality. The ones who were really "great" didn't think it so foolish to bring the debate into the marketplace of ideas. In fact, they understood that a decline in morality was a disgrace to a leader.
But, then again, a sinking tide lowers all boats. If Jeb Bush is truly "great," as claimed by the headline, then you're right: a moral principle is the realm of "a complete fool."
You do get the government you deserve, sometimes. For some, a strip joint on every other corner is a sign of something they take to be liberty. And for some, somehow, a government that needn't exert itself to save a Terri Schiavo but must, for example, use deadly force against traffic violators is..."great."
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