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To: lentulusgracchus
Well, those are all good points. Bush has been under a huge strain since September, as he contemplates the possibility, ignored by the Klintoons, that the Al-Q'aeda have been trying to get their hands on nuclear and biological weapons.

No doubt. He is definately under some pressure right now. I wouldn't want his job at the moment.

But the bite is that his signing the bill may have just crippled the GOP permanently......allowing the DemonRats to begin turning the U.S. into a one-armed republic a la Zimbabwe.

Some think he'll pick up enough votes from moderates to make up for the losses we see here. He doesn't care where the votes come from, right/left/middle, all the same to him.

I guess my bottom line is, he finally decided he didn't have time to "mess with" the issue, and he needed to hoard his popularity points against things yet to come.

Yup. Kept his popularity at the expense of the Constitution. Some here would actually argue that he did the right thing because to them holding onto the houses this Nov. is more important than the principled defense of the Constitution. I see the basic strategy bonuses in this but I can't approve of it on "principle"

EBUCK

707 posted on 03/29/2002 11:21:19 AM PST by EBUCK
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To: EBUCK
"...but I can't approve of it on "principle"

On principle, I am opposed to the mass murder of thousands and thousands of innocent people, even during times of war.

But I do understand the reasons why we did just that in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and I agree with the decision to do it.

709 posted on 03/29/2002 11:45:48 AM PST by Luis Gonzalez
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To: EBUCK
Your point that he traded the Constitution for political popularity and political maneuvering room is well taken.

It's also worth noting that parties and pols that do this a lot get noticed by the people eventually, who rightly wonder if they're worth voting for.

Zero principles and maximum tactical radius for the pol adds up eventually to public repudiation. Klintoon relied on his constitutional term limits to exit office before his wages of retribution arrived.....and then he was going to pretend he was a "great" president. Yeah, right.

738 posted on 03/30/2002 9:06:23 PM PST by lentulusgracchus
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