A most effective politician - but not very good for this country. Yes, it will keep him in power and yes he might win battles - but to what end. Not to the betterment of this country.
We have been hearing this 'Bush knows what is best' for quite some time now - when will we see any evidence of this? I am being serious here. WE got a tax cut - that has evaporated - what else?
There has to come a time when even those who think he walks on water are going to have to admit that he may not know what he is doing, or that he may know exactly what he is doing and that is very frightening.
We have been hearing this 'Bush knows what is best' for quite some time now - when will we see any evidence of this? I am being serious here. WE got a tax cut - that has evaporated - what else?
There has to come a time when even those who think he walks on water are going to have to admit that he may not know what he is doing, or that he may know exactly what he is doing and that is very frightening. "
Time will tell -- specifically, the next two years. But it looks like you are focusing on your own needs ("where's my tax cut") and not national needs. Your motives for criticizing Bush do not sound especially upright.
BTW, I equate the term "effective politician" not cynically (e.g., like those who think all politicians are crooked, and an effective politician is one who is especially good at getting away with it) but the way one would view Abe Lincoln as an effective politician. Everybody hated Abe during his two terms -- the Northerners, because he didn't hew to the party line for the newly formed Republican party, and the Southerners, for obvious reasons. Yet Abe was a man moved by his faith and his strong convictions. Time has proven him to be great. Read the books "Freedom" or "Lincoln" to get a glimpse at a President who led the nation through a very difficult time and was wholly unpopular. His own backers in some ways hated him more than his enemies in the South, whatever the issue -- taxes, slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation, conscription, conduct of the war, selection of military commanders, political alliances.
Is Bush a clone of Lincoln? Of course not. Yet, I think that the issues facing Bush are equally daunting. He has to steer a nation and a world into and through tense military times that could end satisfactorily or cause the eruption of a worldwide war. At the same time, he has the opportunity to have the most siginficant impact on the nation's economy that any President has had in a century. These things take time. And thankfully, most Americans are trusting him to do it right, not whining on the sidelines about how he isn't addressing their own pet issue.
There are two many Freepers who focus on their own little selfish project or issue, and yap and yammer away how Bush isn't doing this or that. Such narrow focus is beneath us. And, my guess is that those who complain most vigorously are ones who have never held leadership positions in their company or organization.
The issues facing our nation are weighty. I trust Bush's instincts and his decision-making ability. I do not think he walks on water. And, I will let the test of time prove whether my forecast is right or not. I would not trade places with him for all the money in the world. I also cannot conceive of another Republican whom I would rather have in the Oval Office.