I think that President Bush saw that after the impeachment, NOT throwing Slick out, was unfortunately the mood of the majority of the country. Prosicuting the malfiesence of the Clintons, is NOT part of the job description, of the president. No matter how much WE wish to see the Clintons in jail, the process for that is NOT in the now president's hands. Those who scream about the Constitutionality of every step, can't have it both ways. Those of us who are SO relieved to have President Bush in the Oval Office, must allow him to be president, and NOT wish for him to be an " avenging angel " !
Either we have a Representative Republic ( which I do believe that President Bush IS bringng this country back to ) , or we don't. Immediate cures are NOT possible. Incrimentalism go us to where we are now, and it is the ONLY way to turn back the clock. President Bush is far more intelligent than most ( even Conservatives ! ) are giving him credit for being.
This is NOT just about the Clintons. This is about DOZENS of high level democRATS who committed serious crimes ... perhaps even mass murder, treason and blackmail. They definitely tried to undermine our election system using money from the Chinese communists and other illegal sources. They did other things that might constitute election tampering. Yet you want to just ignore that?
No matter how much WE wish to see the Clintons in jail, the process for that is NOT in the now president's hands.
Yes it is. Ashcroft and the FBI are under his thumb and to suggest otherwise is nothing short of spin.
Those of us who are SO relieved to have President Bush in the Oval Office, must allow him to be president, and NOT wish for him to be an " avenging angel " !
Yet if he is willing to ignore credible evidence of crimes as serious as mass murder and treason by democRATS, many of who are STILL in power, why should we believe he and the GOP will not break the law and cover up those misdeeds in order for Republicans to stay in power. As you said, you can't have it both ways!
Either we have a Representative Republic ( which I do believe that President Bush IS bringng this country back to ) , or we don't.
Either we are a nation where the laws apply equally to everyone or they don't. And if they don't then we don't have a "representative republic" ... we have a totalitarian government.
Immediate cures are NOT possible.
Agreed but how long does it take to start ANY investigation. Why you and I could go out and dig up Ron Brown and probably know within a week whether he was shot or not. Time is not the issue. A willingness to uphold the laws is.
Incrimentalism go us to where we are now, and it is the ONLY way to turn back the clock.
But ONLY if the trend is in the direction of upholding the laws. I see no movement in that direction. I'll challenge you like I have all the other "move-on'ers". Provide one indication that Bush/Ashcroft have or are investigating ANY of the following: Filegate, Chinagate, Emailgate, the death of Brown, the death of Foster, the Riady non-refund (i.e., campaign finance illegalities), election tampering. Just ONE.
President Bush is far more intelligent than most ( even Conservatives ! ) are giving him credit for being.
I know he's intelligent. But so was Clinton.
There's that word, incrementalism, again. Perhaps you can help me out here. I've had a devil of a time finding where the right side of the aisle, or the 'consersative' side, if you will, has made incrementalism work.
We just recently had the case of the education appropriations bill. Because I can't remember exact figures, let's use these: FY 2001 Education Budget was $1 million dollars; President Bush asked for an 8% increase ($80,000); the Demoncraps asked for 15% ($150,000). In conference and in discussions with the White House, it was agreed that the education budget would increase by 11% ($110,000).
Seeing as how government never reduces spending, we can fairly well assume that next year will be the same, maybe a little more or even a little less....regardless of the % up, its for sure, they will not base their budget on -0- dollars (recall that the Constitution does not list Education as a power of the federal government)...rather, they will start from $1,110,000.
So, my question.......when does the right start the 'incremental' stage?