Posted on 03/28/2002 2:52:13 AM PST by The Wizard
It was so clean it was un-noticed by his enemies, and decried by his supporters, but GWB has just demonstrated a political ability that no-one on the left, and very few on the right ever saw.....
I always refer to the old Zorro scene with Basil Rathbone as the villian slicing a candle to show Tyrone Power how deft he is with a sword, because when "Zorro" does it the candle doesn't move....(The point is then shown that Tyrone's cut was SOOOOO smooth he sliced the candle so well he cut it without moving it....a truly great scene)
The First Lady did the same thing to Algore with her "...My husband sleeps with a teacher EVERY night..." comment that was so smooth a cut most of the media hasn't picked up the wound even today....
Well good Freeper Friends, that's what Old George did to the left with Johnny McCain's unconstitutional CFR Bill....
He fooled them into passing a billl that allowed more hard money, (something they would never ever allowed because it has NEVER, EVER been raised by anyone like our Commander and Chief) allowing them to include provisions that they thought would give them the edge, while knowing that others would attack and have thrown out all the offending provisions before they ever took effect, but the severably would allow the things not challanged to stand: Outcome
hard money limits have been raised and will stay raised, and the bad parts will be strck down, and we can now see that McCain was always working with GWB and the poor dems never knew it.....
What a political play.......cut to the bone and not even seeing it til after surgery is complete......
One more time: What are you fighting for, and who are you fighting?
Excuse me, I have to wipe the drool off my keyboard. Try not to use too many big words, like pedantic or arrogant.
Malcolm X speaks, then take thy noose tyrant. Ends.......Means......you spout Marxist totalitarianism well.
Agreed (what, again??)
They are gutter fighters indeed. Actually, it does not matter what kind of fighters they are. What matters is that we prevail. Like Sean Connery said, "they bring a knife, we bring a gun. They hit us, we send them to the morgue (or something like that).
People can pontificate all day long about the Constitution, however, you cannot beat down libs by rolling up the Constitution and hitting them over the head with it.
Neither can you do that with principles.
You do it with overwhelming force, with cunning, with detached cool calculation. After you have grinded them into the dirt, then principles can govern your hand and mind in matters of great social and political import (as well as your personal life).
Bush should have been principled and vetoed it LIKE HE PROMISED other wise his WORDS MEAN NOTHING
If one is facing an opponant on the honerable field of the duel, then principles are in order, especially when honor is what the duel is about.
If the duel is about the very existance of this country, then, I am going to use any and all tools, weapons, methods and arts I can get my hands on. I will not let them use my principles against me to gain advantage. Fairness?? Screw them! They are better off being kicked while they are down.
For instance, G.W. campaigned on a tax-cut package that was a certain size. But by the time he took office, that package was far too small. It should have been larger. So, if he would have proposed a larger package than the one he campaigned on, would that be lacking in principle?
You said it. Thank you.
The dems came to believe their own tripe, which now is coming back around to bite them in the a$$.
A man with character, conviction, and dare I say, PRINCIPLES, is mature enough to know when to hold them, when to fold them, when to duck, bob and weave, and when to hook and jab.
Hmmm, not a single mention of campaign donations. So, where does the campaign money equals free speech argument come from? The answer is the Supreme Court. That is why those arguing this is the way to ultimately put an end to CFR want to see it get to the Supreme Court. Otherwise, it is a political issue that will continue to be used to hammer away and gain notoriety for McCain.
Unfortunately, it's not so original: do anything you can to win isn't all that innovative.
All due respect, your analogy is faulty. If the economic environment changed, Bush was free to point that out and revise his plan accordingly. In this case, Bush admitted that his views had not changed - yet he still signed the bill.
People who throw war and fighting around so hastily and without thought can neither fight nor think.
At least the other PartyLine guys could throw up a debate.
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