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  • Reports: Jeb Bush says 2012ers are ‘appealing to people’s fears’

    02/24/2012 5:36:09 AM PST · by cotton1706 · 31 replies
    Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said Thursday that he found it “troubling” that the 2012 presidential candidates are “appealing to people’s fears and emotion” on the campaign trail, according to reports. Bush expressed concern about the type of rhetoric that the candidates were using, without getting specific or naming names. “I used to be a conservative and I watch these debates and I’m wondering, I don’t think I’ve changed, but it’s a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people’s fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective...
  • The War and the Constitution (Li'l Andy Chooses "Gay Rights" Over Fighting War On Terror)

    02/25/2004 2:15:40 AM PST · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 51 replies · 195+ views
    AndrewSullivan.com -- The Daily Dish ^ | 2/25/04 | Andrew Sullivan
    THE WAR AND THE CONSTITUTION: It behooves me to wrestle with a question that many of you have asked me about. I have long been a strong supporter of this president's extraordinary leadership in the war on terror. He has made some mistakes, but I stand by his broader record entirely. This isn't because of some personal liking for Bush (although I've never been able to loathe him). My support for the war is inextricable from my love for America. When this country was attacked, like many others, I was distraught. I was enraged because America's promise of a new...