Mark Steyn: The war Bush is losing

The Spectator (U.K.) ^ | 08/24/2002 | Mark Steyn

[Pokey78]

Pinging the Steyn list.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, Pokey =^)

[JohnHuang2]

[LiteKeeper]

bump for later cogitation

[Constitution Day]

Thanks, will check out @ lunch...

CD

[wattsmag2]

I don’t think the teachers’ union are ‘Hate America’ types.

I am not convinced of this statement.

[LibertarianLiz]

An enthusiastic Steyn bump.

[ppaul]

George W. Bush had a rare opportunity after 11 September. He could have attempted to reverse the most toxic tide in the Western world: the sappy multiculturalism that insists all cultures are equally valid, even as they’re trying to kill us. He could have argued that Western self-loathing is a psychosis we can no longer afford. He could have told the teachers’ unions that there was more to the second world war than the internment of Japanese-Americans, and it’s time they started teaching it to our children.

Yeah.
He could have.
Instead, he approved more funding for the Dept. of Education and created a new government bureaucracy: "No Child Left Behind"

[Mr. Mulliner]

Way too many teachers are duped by the organization they give their dues to. The leaders of the NEA, I am convinced, most certainly are 'Hate America' types. The membership, by and large, are not.

[Dialup Llama]

He he. He even slammed Springsteen. There's nothing blue collar about Springsteen and Mellencamp. They are ashamed of their audiences.

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[aculeus]

One of his best!

[Notforprophet]

Wow - Pokey thanks for the ping! This is one of the best articles I've ever read of Steyn's. Incredible how he always dissects an issue so thoroughly and so accurately.

[RAT Patrol]

Steyn bump!

[Dialup Llama]

>George W. Bush had a rare opportunity after 11 September. He could have attempted to reverse the most toxic tide in the Western world: the sappy multiculturalism that insists all cultures are equally valid, even as they’re trying to kill us

Classic Steyn. Starts off with some light jabs and hits harder and harder.

Steyn doesn't like the compassionate conservatives. BTW I want also my capitalists to be the grumpy old men of old, not the purfumed, coiffed, hyper-refined media slicksters of today.

They even changed the portraits on the money to be youthful and relevant. I want the portrait of Lincoln to look like he's worrying about something, not to look like he's ready for MTV.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They are Blame America Firsters.

[dighton]

Liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide.

-- James Burnham.

[eureka!]

I would hope that a staffer gets this one to W. OTH, maybe he knows the NEA is an enemy and will get to them in due course. Hope springs eternal....

[7thson]

I have not read it yet, but according to The Fourth Turning author's, the real leaders are around the corner. Who they are, we do not know yet. I like Bush, but he disappoints me with his utter failure to call a spade a spade. He has the American publi on his side - all he has to do is explain it. He has great speachwritters and they can do it, but he doesn't. Something will happen that will cause America to turn to someone more vocal and stronger. Bush can still do it but I have the feeling he will start to lose people. It would be nice that after Iraq, he tells us that he has had a change of heart concerning Islam.