Peggy Noonan and The WSJ Editorial - It's Time to Revolt!

Red State ^ | June 1, 2007

[Clintonfatigued]

However, now I do not feel alone. Peggy Noonan has a new column up in the Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal. She has clearly said what has been getting me down. I think I knew what was up, but couldn't put a finger on it. I knew it centered around the immigration debate, and the way our congressional leaders are behaving. That sentiment especially includes Mr. Bush too, but when I read this column, I felt like Charlie Brown yelling at Lucy at her Psychology booth when he yells, "That's it!" when trying to identify why he can't get into the Christmas spirit.

Try this clip on for size :

The White House doesn't need its traditional supporters anymore, because its problems are way beyond being solved by the base. And the people in the administration don't even much like the base. Desperate straits have left them liberated, and they are acting out their disdain. Leading Democrats often think their base is slightly mad but at least their heart is in the right place. This White House thinks its base is stupid and that its heart is in the wrong place.

For almost three years, arguably longer, conservative Bush supporters have felt like sufferers of battered wife syndrome. You don't like endless gushing spending, the kind that assumes a high and unstoppable affluence will always exist, and the tax receipts will always flow in? Too bad! You don't like expanding governmental authority and power? Too bad. You think the war was wrong or is wrong? Too bad.

But on immigration it has changed from "Too bad" to "You're bad."

The president has taken to suggesting that opponents of his immigration bill are unpatriotic--they "don't want to do what's right for America." His ally Sen. Lindsey Graham has said,

[upchuck]

Last paragraph from the article:

Go read the whole thing. [The Peggy Noonan article in the WSJ] It explains why I am feeling the way I am feeling. Now I know I am not alone. I'm tired of this. I am NOT in favor of staying home in the fall of 2008, but I am in favor of a full scale revolt in the primaries. We need it badly!

President Bush is telling us to go screw off. I wonder if he realizes he's destroying the GOP? I wonder if he cares?

[JRochelle]

Like father, like son.

Its a genetic defect in the Bush family. Rest assured, Jeb will never ever have a chance.

[ca centered]

The comments from bush, graham and the rest are an insult to Americans. They are out of control. They talk like Chavez or the nutcase running Iran. What the f**k are we going to do? The idiot pres and the rest are going to insult us because we don’t fall for their lies and don’t want 10’s of millions of uneducated unAmerican foreigners flooding the country and pissing on our lawns? This is turning into uncivilized attacks from the elites. King F***ing George.

[GinaLolaB]

Cheney should quit and let Bush appoint a good successor, then Bush should quit and let the newly appointed VP take over before it is too late.

Cheney should quit first then Bush should pick Senator Sessions for Vice President, then Bush should quit and allow Sessions to assume the Presidency of the United States of America. Then Sessions should pick Duncan Hunter, DeMint, or Tancredo for Vice President. That will solve the border issue, save the Republican Party, solve the war, and plus there will be a strong candidate for President already in office.

[jveritas]

When did the President call you UNPATRIOTIC. Stop lying people, just stop lying. I have never seen so much lies and distortions on our side as I have seen in the last 2 weeks.

[seekthetruth]

“Duncan Hunter is the only honest conservative in this race.”

I agree! A Thompson/Hunter ticket would be wonderful, or the other way around. :)

[runvus]

This thread is full of DU’s...............

[JRochelle]

I posted this in a thread yesterday, but in case you missed it, its worth listening to.

Laura Ingraham tears Bush a new one.

http://www2.nationalreview.com/dest/2007/05/30/mono.mp3

[TomGuy]

President Bush is telling us to go screw off. I wonder if he realizes he's destroying the GOP? I wonder if he cares?

At this stage in his term, he had only two real concerns remaining:

1 is his legacy. He doesn't has much to show for his two terms. Most recently he even abrogated the WoT to a War Czar. The only remaining 'big' issue is Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Next year, Congress will be occupied with primaries and conventions and the general election, so very little major new items will be considered.

2 is the globalist agenda that is in line with GHWB's New World Order. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform fits snugly into that.

The Conservatives road-blocked him on both Dubai ports and Harriet Miers. So, he probably has little concern how his current actions impact them. And so what if the GOP takes a hit. It will be irrelevant under the NWO anyway.

[jveritas]

This thread?! try 90% of the threads. It is a crazy world here my FRiend a crazy world. The SOB POS are so full of it that they are attacking the daily prayers threads for President Bush!

[JRochelle]

In Reagan’s diaries, published last week, Reagan says he is signing the bill because it is time to get control of our borders.

He thought that bill would solve the problem. It didn’t. Now Bush is trying to do the same thing, problem is we know better now.

[Oschisms]

"Where in the hell was Newt when he had control of a conservative House? It was not a priority for him!!!! Why is Newt getting a pass? Congress in 2002 to 2006 could have sent an immigration bill to GW to sign that included border enforcement first with a fence, punishing employers severely and than somehow dealing with the illegals here. They did not."

Ummm, perhaps because Newt had left office in 2002?

[Pravious]

“When did the President call you UNPATRIOTIC. Stop lying people, just stop lying”

How can saying that people who don’t support his idiotic amnesty bill are against America’s best interests be taken as anything OTHER than calling us unpatriotic?

[claudiustg]

Maybe you should apply for a job with the RNC. The Republican elites lie to our faces and then tell us we must have heard wrong. I am sick of this monkey act.

[RichardMoore]

But if you read what Hunter has to say about such things as the trade imbalance with China and the drive to create the North American Union between Mexico, Canada and the former USA you have to wonder where is Fred on this stuff?

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Everyone is talking about the Noonan column.

Powerline has a negative response which surprises me. It is funny how, like money and power, fame changes people. I liked them better when they were nobodies. They are still okay, but I can miss them and not care if a catch up.

[Scarchin]

Feeling really deserted here in NH.

We just got a smoking ban - supported by many "Republicans." These same "Republicans" caved to union thugs (Right to work) last year when they had the majority.

I'm stuck between furious and not giving a bleep anymore. Monday may be the day I change my registration to Independent.

[Paperdoll]

>The administration doesn’t even much like the base.<

Nor does its base even much like this administration and what it is intent on doing to our sovereignty. No New World Order, Mr. P. Got that? If we conservatives no longer have a party it is because W. has relegated it to the DINOrat party. One party=total control. Total control=One World Government. One World Government= the eclipse of the U.S.A.! Are we really going to sit still and take that?

[seekthetruth]

I think Fred Thompson would agree with Duncan Hunter on the trade issues regarding China. Remember thinking that after reading a transcript of one of Thompson’s essays or speeches. Can’t link to it, but maybe someone else can.

[jan in Colorado]

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