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To: okie01

1 thing is absolutely certain:

Bush did what he honestly thought was right.

Despite lots of crying from Republicans on illegals, he held to his views on amnesty.

And despite lots of crying from liberals (including the powerful politicos), he stood firm on Gitmo and the war.

You can’t say, unlike certain other “men”, he ruled by polls.


48 posted on 01/16/2009 7:11:23 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

> Bush did what he honestly thought was right.

That isn’t enough when you are leading the free world. You actually have to BE right for a majority of your decisions, and there were many times that W did not make a decision, just let things sort of happen.

Here are two examples of this that I noted at the time. There are many more.

1) 9-11 was a perfect opportunity to rally the nation to service and action. We were all ready! Our hearts ached to help this country. We could have been rallied to join public service, military or community service, develop energy independence, conserve oil to deplete the islamofascist source of income. Instead, he told us to shop.

2) NOT ONE veto of ANY pork bill. NOT ONE hint of leadership of HIS OWN PARTY when they were throwing chunks of money around and bloating up the government like a fat pig balloon.

Most recently, of course, Bush did not do what he thinks is right, unless at his heart he is a socialist. In a big way. What do you think the bailout was? A huge, whopping capitulation to socialism, giving 0bama the green light to go much, much further.

Does all the blame go to Bush? No. He was aided and abetted by the scores of traitorous RINOs infecting Congress. Together, they have turned the GOP into a party I no longer recognize from the one I knew in my youth, one riddled with corruption and lust for power, virtually indistinguishable now in so many ways from the America-hating Dims.

If the GOP hopes ever to be relevant again, it better take a good look at itself and do massive chemotherapy to rid itself of the cancer that has seeped into its very bones.


111 posted on 01/17/2009 10:18:12 AM PST by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Despite lots of crying from Republicans on illegals, he held to his views on amnesty.

And, precisely what were his views on amnesty?

146 posted on 01/18/2009 2:35:21 PM PST by Will88
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