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| Column One: Bush, the talented politician |
| 2007-07-22 |
| In the twilight of George W. Bush's presidency, the president has shown himself to be a small and unpopular leader, but a fairly good politician. A good politician is someone who knows how to get people to support him by making them believe that he agrees with them, even when the policies he advances are contrary to their wishes and interests. Bush's success in endearing himself to his supporters comes across clearly in his administration's handling of Iran. Bush told the Palestinians that this is a "moment of choice" for them. It is time for them to decide if they are for terror or peace. But then, he said the same thing five years ago. Since then, at every decision point, the Palestinians chose terror. They have built terror armies and amassed terror arsenals. The have strengthened their ties to Iran, Syria, Hizbullah and al-Qaida. They overwhelmingly elected Hamas to lead them. But in the interests of advancing its policy of appeasement, the Bush administration abjectly refuses to acknowledge that the Palestinians have already chosen. ... |
| Posted by:gromgoru |
| #7 Sorry, having net problems here. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2007-07-22 22:31 |
| #6 And voted for GOP who's choke full of Saudi ass-lickers. Hey, look at which party actually voted against ANWR expansion. Or which party is actually bothering to fight a proxy war against the Saudis, and which party wants to _call it off_. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2007-07-22 22:30 |
| #5 And voted for GOP who's choke full of Saudi ass-lickers. Hey, look at which party actually voted against ANWR expansion. Or which party is actually bothering to fight a proxy war against the Saudis, and which party wants to _call it off_. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2007-07-22 22:29 |
| #4 And voted for GOP who's choke full of Saudi ass-lickers. Hey, look at which party actually voted against ANWR expansion. Or which party is actually bothering to fight a proxy war against the Saudis, and which party wants to _call it off_. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2007-07-22 22:26 |
| #3 In the twilight of George W. Bush's presidency, the president has shown himself to be a small and unpopular leader, but a fairly good politician. The same could be said for Bill Clinton. Amass a huge campaign war chest by comprising your integrity with the fat cats. Issue a swarm of glittering generalities to the voters and "look presidential". It isn't all that hard to figure out and with any luck just about anybody who "looks presidential" and is willing to pimp themselves out can do it. The "looks presidential" part is something you kind of have to be born with but you can work on the ability to speak in public. Don't worry about what to say because you can hire a speech writer for that. OK. I understand that it isn't good to be a single issue voter. So I'm ready to forgive George W. Bush for his cockeyed and corrupted immigration policies if he would JUST BOMB IRAN. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque6305 2007-07-22 16:36 |
| #2 Also imagine that Israelis stopped embracing a unilateral suicide wish. A suicide wish would be to precipitate a break between Israel and USA by refusing to go along with, whatever scheme the current occupant of the White House has for "gaining friends in Arab world" by advancing the "Palestinian Cause", has. American jews stopped voting for anti-semitic leftists And voted for GOP who's choke full of Saudi ass-lickers. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-07-22 13:43 |
| #1 Imagine for a moment that the GOP stopped sucking up to the "moderate" terrorist factions. Also imagine that Israelis stopped embracing a unilateral suicide wish. Also imagine that American jews stopped voting for anti-semitic leftists. The disturbance in the force would be great indeed... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-07-22 13:05 |