Posted on 12/14/2008 5:19:15 AM PST by GQuagmire
BAGHDAD -- President George W. Bush on Sunday made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that defines his presidency, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it
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Ummm...
Hair, I remember that.
I think your tinfoil hat is on way too tight.
from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialism
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Please. Which one of these defines President Bush?
You'll get no sympathy for making an ass of yourself on this forum so why don't you run along now.
The lefties aren't the only ones with an "anarchist" wing.
I second everything you said.
"Segmentarians!" I love it! (Stolen!)
Better than my previous favorite: "conservative inactivists"
And far better than the hack-job: "conservapurists"
Cheers! (as best as possible in this day and age!)
Look, you can post whatever you like, but it won’t change what the medication addition to medicare was. If was socialist in nature. Bush and others knew what was taking place in the lending institutions in 2001 or 2002. What did he and his majority in Congress do about it? They allowed socialism to rule the day as loans were given out to poor people who couldn’t possibly make the payments. And when it comes to our borders and taxpayers having to foot the bill for other nation’s poor, isn’t that socialistic?
Folks have plenty of legitimate reasons to be pissed off at Bush. And I happen to be one of them.
He didn’t cause this current mess, but he sure allowed the things that did cause it to continue. And what’s worse, he allowed himself to be painted with the charge that it happened on his ‘Conservative’ watch, thereby tarnishing Conservatism across the board. Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton and Janet Reno are laughing their asses off at this one.
As I understand it, Fabian Socialism is the practice of creating a problem, so that you can step in and fix it, generally with massive Socialist fixes. Both parties contributed to this financial melt-down, and it’s a classic case of Fabian Socialism if there ever were one.
Bush had eight years as president of this nation, to bring his views into fruition. And this is what we are left with. What a disgrace...
You are making the same mistake that the first and second President Bushes have made. The war IS NOT the only thing you are responsible for. Bush the elder won the Gulf war and thought he was a shoe-in for re-election. WRONG!
This Bush has taken action in Iraq that I fully support, but he has also screwed us royally at home. He let the nation continue to be over run by foreign nationals. He allowed the lending practices of our institutions to continue to the point that the system collapsed. He was more than willing to start new socialist great society programs, the medication addition to medicare.
Wrapping him in the flag with that “I will not forget...” graphic is shameful. I will not forget either, but I would never have allowed the lending institutions to be destroyed in the manner he did.
Miss Marple, if Bush has been a great president, then in light of the financial mess our nation is in right now, what would constitute a poor president in your eyes?
Nobody lives in a vacuum. Things didn’t go fat and hairy until 2006, when conservatives gave Democrats control of the House and Senate.
You're welcome!
And yes, the points you raised in post are ones I'd like to discuss but not sure it can or should be discussed in this domain, possible, venue.
I see the effects of "doom & gloom" in my location; but I and mine are in full swing of celebrating the joys of Christmas. It really doesn't cost much; it's about "doing" - the Walk of Faith. We have our lights up, our voices are joined in singing carols, and making cookies, and making bright. We made up our minds to especially make the effort to KEEP THE FAITH in this Christmas tide.
Nothing so enrages a doomer/gloomer as seeing people not being oppressed or depressed by others....
Stay Merry!
Your right nice post, Merry Christmas !
If you are unable to determine which of those apply to Bush, my pointing them out to you won’t help.
But, think of redistrbution of wealth as in drug benefits, nationalizations he recently put forth.
Or don’t they count?
DoughtyOne, I can’t speak to the medicare issue - I didn’t follow it. “Socialist in nature” is still not socialist. Maybe a better term would be welfare, charity or “give-aways”. Even then, I find it difficult to put the whole thing at the president’s feet. People often attribute too much power or blame to the president in regards to economic policy. Bush and other republicans were smacked down when they tried to initiate reform of FEDDIE and FANNY. What else was he supposed to do?
I’m not a political purist. I never expected President Bush to do be a perfect conservative.
It’s easy to criticize but we don’t know the details, the back-story, the true circumstances surrounding a leader’s decisions.
Respectfully, we will have to agree to disagree my FRiend.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
God Bless President Bush and our brave troops.
Bushbots, go to this thread and learn what our man Bush is involved in.
Anyone know what news agency tossed the shoe?
Anyone know what news agency tossed the shoe?
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