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"Ubiquitous" |
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29 Aug 2006 06:52:44 AM |
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Another reason for the Angry Left to hate George Bush |
Adam Cohen, an editorialist for the New York Times, has come up with a new
reason to hate
President Bush. The president, Cohen argues, "robbed America of its
optimism":
President Clinton was often mocked for his declarations that he
still believed "in a place called Hope." But he understood that
instilling hope is a critical part of leadership. Other than a
few special interest programs--like cutting taxes on the wealthy
and giving various incentives to business--it is hard to think
of areas in which the Bush administration has raised the nation's
hopes and met them. This president has, instead, tried to focus
the American people on the fear of terrorism, for which there
is no cure, only bad choices or something worse.
Well, this passage from President Bush's Second Inaugural sounds pretty
optimistic to us:
We have seen our vulnerability--and we have seen its deepest
source. For as long as whole regions of the world simmer in
resentment and tyranny--prone to ideologies that feed hatred
and excuse murder--violence will gather, and multiply in
destructive power, and cross the most defended borders, and
raise a mortal threat. There is only one force of history that
can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the
pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and
tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom.
We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The
survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the
success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in
our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
Besides, Adam, where have you been? There is actually a reasonable
explanation for why
Americans fear terrorism more now than they did during the Clinton years,
and it isn't
because of anything President Bush has done. We'll be happy to explain it to
you over
drinks. Just meet us at the time of your choosing at Windows on the World.
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"The Democrats [...] look like they're turning into a domestic version of
the Palestinians--a group so enraged at their perceived oppressors, and so
caught up in their own victimization, that they behave in ways that are
patently not in their self-interest, and that are almost guaranteed to
perpetuate their suffering," David Brooks, "Weekly Standard"
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| User: "C J Nelson" |
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| Title: Re: Another reason for the Angry Left to hate George Bush |
29 Aug 2006 03:42:46 PM |
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Looks to me like it is the hateful Dummycrats are the ones that are
robing this nation of optimism. They only believe in doom and gloom,
cut and run, and obstructionism.
The GOP should treat a Dummycrat run house the same way Pelosi has
treated them, no help no how no way. The dems win let them try and
govern.
IF IT IS BAD FOR THE DEMOCRATS, IT IS GOOD FOR THE NATION!
"The Democrats [...] look like they're turning into a domestic version of
the Palestinians--a group so enraged at their perceived oppressors, and so
caught up in their own victimization, that they behave in ways that are
patently not in their self-interest, and that are almost guaranteed to
perpetuate their suffering," David Brooks, "Weekly Standard"
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| User: "z" |
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| Title: Re: Another reason for the Angry Left to hate George Bush |
30 Aug 2006 01:55:10 PM |
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C J Nelson wrote:
Looks to me like it is the hateful Dummycrats are the ones that are
robing this nation of optimism. They only believe in doom and gloom,
cut and run, and obstructionism.
The GOP should treat a Dummycrat run house the same way Pelosi has
treated them, no help no how no way. The dems win let them try and
govern.
IF IT IS BAD FOR THE DEMOCRATS, IT IS GOOD FOR THE NATION!
And with every Bush-Cheney bumper sticker, you get a free spittle-wiper
for your monitor!
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| User: "z" |
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| Title: Re: Another reason for the Angry Left to hate George Bush |
29 Aug 2006 09:18:33 AM |
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Ubiquitous wrote:
Adam Cohen, an editorialist for the New York Times, has come up with a new
reason to hate
President Bush. The president, Cohen argues, "robbed America of its
optimism":
optimism like:
"This war is over. The only question now is whether a new provisional
government is installed before the BBC and The New York Times have
finished running their exhaustive series on What Went Wrong with the
Pentagon's Failed War Plan."
The war? That was all over two weeks ago
By Mark Steyn
The Telegraph
05/04/2003
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/04/05/do0503.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2003/04/05/ixop.html>
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