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"ShitassBush-Ape" |
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17 Mar 2006 06:24:35 PM |
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If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU. |
The Republican rebellion that President Bush smacked into with the Dubai
ports deal was the tip of an iceberg of Republican discontent that is much
deeper and more dangerous to the White House than a talk radio tempest over
Arabs running U.S. ports.
A Republican pushback on Capitol Hill and smoldering conservative
dissatisfaction have already killed not just the ports deal but key elements
of Bush's domestic agenda, and threaten GOP control of Congress if unhappy
conservatives sit out the November midterm elections.
The apostasy in some quarters runs to heretofore unthinkable depths.
"If I had a choice and Bush were running today against (Democratic
President) Bill Clinton, I'd vote for Bill Clinton," said Bruce Bartlett, a
former Reagan administration Treasury Department official whose book,
"Impostor: How George Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan
Legacy," is making the rounds of conservative think tanks and talk shows.
"He was clearly a much better president in a great many ways that matter to
me."
Party in a 'deep funk'
Bartlett may lie at the extreme, but his critique taps into a strong
undertow -- reflected in a sharp drop in Bush's support among his typically
solid Republican base, according to a recently released Associated
Press-Ipsos poll.
"Bush's compassionate conservatism has morphed into big government
conservatism, and that isn't what the base is looking for," said David
Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union. "The White House and the
congressional leadership have got to reinvigorate the Republican base. In
off-year elections ... if your base isn't energized, particularly in a
relatively evenly divided electorate, you've got more problems than you
think you have."
Any significant drop in GOP turnout in the November midterms -- when the
party in power is historically weak -- could prove disastrous for
Republicans.
A Democratic takeover of either the House or the Senate would expose
Republicans to a nightmare scenario: loss of control over policymaking and
relentless congressional investigations of the White House that would
consume the rest of Bush's presidency and damage Republican presidential
prospects in 2008.
"Republicans are in a deep funk," said Marshall Wittman, a former aide to
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., now at the centrist Democratic Progressive Policy
Institute. "They're going to have to send out doses of Prozac in the
(Republican National Committee) direct-mail pieces."
Triumphs take back seat
The entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate are up for
grabs in just seven months. Democrats need a gain of six seats to win back
control of the Senate and 15 seats to retake the House. Bush's election
strategies have always hinged on a motivated conservative base.
"At the end of the day, the bulk of us are with the president and with the
leadership, but that's because we don't have any other place to go," said
Manuel Miranda, head of the conservative Third Branch Conference who helped
kill Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
Although the Iraq war is hurting Bush with all voters, the deeper
conservative discontent is with the spectacular growth of spending during
the last five years that rivals that of a famously free-spending Democrat,
President Lyndon Johnson.
Frustration over spending now threatens to overshadow Bush's accomplishments
that conservatives love: his first-term tax cuts and his nominations of John
Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
"I think it's the biggest reason our base is so disenchanted with
Republicans right now," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "The president has
been great on tax cuts, and been great on a few issues, economic growth,
pretty good on trade -- little hiccup on some steel tariffs there -- but I
think most of us recognize that these tax cuts are increasingly difficult to
defend politically because of the increase in spending."
The path not taken
Moving to stanch the damage, Bush called last week for Congress to grant him
a line-item veto to prevent members from redirecting money in spending bills
to their pet projects, a practice known as earmarking that has achieved
notoriety under the GOP. The Congressional Research Service counted 15,877
earmarks in 2005, almost four times as many as in 1994, when Democrats last
held a House majority.
What Bush didn't say is that he already has the power to eliminate 95
percent of these earmarks.
A Congressional Research Service report requested by Flake and Sen. Jim
DeMint, R-S.C., found that most earmarks are slipped into committee reports
but are not part of the legislation and not legally binding.
"The president could instruct the federal agencies tomorrow not to fund any
of them," Flake said. "The president has a lot more authority and control
than he's willing to admit right now, and we wish he'd use it. That's
something he could do right now, and it would engender just a ton of support
among Republicans everywhere, and frankly Democrats."
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/POLITICS/603160308/1022
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
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| User: "Sol" |
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18 Mar 2006 11:50:29 AM |
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If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU. >>>
If you're anti-war, then join the Peace Corps, or STFU.
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| User: "Sanders Kaufman" |
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18 Mar 2006 02:33:03 PM |
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"Sol" <bvallely@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1142704229.711248.227510@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU. >>>
If you're anti-war, then join the Peace Corps, or STFU.
Of course, that won't stop the war.
The only way to stop the war is to stop the warriors.
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That's why all those soldiers you don't care about have to die tonight.
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| User: "Ian MacLure" |
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19 Mar 2006 09:44:09 PM |
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"Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in
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"Sol" <bvallely@aol.com> wrote in message
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If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU. >>>
If you're anti-war, then join the Peace Corps, or STFU.
Of course, that won't stop the war.
The only way to stop the war is to stop the warriors.
So why don't you volunteer to be a human shield in Iraq.
I'm sure the Jihadis would love to accomodate you.
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| User: "Bert Hyman" |
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17 Mar 2006 06:56:57 PM |
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In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks? Been
reading too much Heinlein?
And, why the Marines?
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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
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| User: "ShitassBush-Ape" |
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17 Mar 2006 07:40:08 PM |
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"Bert Hyman" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9789C0C824FBCVeebleFetzer@216.250.184.7...
In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks? Been
reading too much Heinlein?
And, why the Marines?
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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN
Okay, in your case the cub scouts.
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| User: "Bert Hyman" |
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17 Mar 2006 08:46:32 PM |
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In news:YxJSf.57348$Jd.35363@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net "ShitassBush-Ape"
<never@bush.net> wrote:
"Bert Hyman" <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9789C0C824FBCVeebleFetzer@216.250.184.7...
In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks? Been
reading too much Heinlein?
And, why the Marines?
Okay, in your case the cub scouts.
Been there, done that.
So will you just go away now?
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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
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| User: "Sanders Kaufman" |
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17 Mar 2006 08:29:01 PM |
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"Bert Hyman" <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9789C0C824FBCVeebleFetzer@216.250.184.7...
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks? Been
reading too much Heinlein?
And, why the Marines?
Why not?
No need to answer, that's a rhetorical question.
We all know why you refuse to fight in the war.
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It's no wonder you post anonymously.
You're a coward and would never say this crap under your own name.
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| User: "Mitchell Holman" |
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17 Mar 2006 09:31:09 PM |
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Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in news:Xns9789C0C824FBCVeebleFetzer@
216.250.184.7:
In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks?
Since your heroes supported wars they refused to serve in.
Elliott Abrams - Sought deferment for bad back.
Richard Armey - Sought college deferment, too smart to die.
Bill Bennett - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
George W. Bush Daddy got him in the National Guard, went AWOL
***** Cheney - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
Tom DeLay - - Sought college deferment, too smart to die.
Newt Gingrich - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
Phil Gramm - Sought marriage deferment, too loved to die.
Ronald Reagan - served in a noncombat role during WWII in the states.
Phil Gramm - avoided the draft, did not serve, four student deferments
Rush Limbaugh - Sought deferment for ingrown hair follicle on his *****.
Trent Lott - Sought deferment, didn't want to muss his hair.
P.J. O'Rourke - Sought deferment, too stoned.
Kenneth Starr Sought deferment for psoriasis.
John Wayne - Sought deferment to further acting career.
Vin Weber - Sought deferment for asthma.
George Will - Sought deferment, too much of a wussy.
Don Nickles, Senate Minority Whip - Did not serve
Senator Richard Shelby, did not serve
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia - did not serve, had a "bad knee"
Representative JC Watts - did not serve
Jack Kemp, did not serve
Dan Quayle, avoided Vietnam service
Karl Rove - avoided the draft, did not serve
Eliot Abrams, did not serve
Vin Weber, did not serve
Richard Perle, did not serve
Rudy Giuliani, did not serve
Att'y Gen. John Ashcroft - sought deferment to teach business
John Engler, did not serve
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert - avoided the draft, did not serve.
Bill O'Reilly, did not serve
Paul Gigot, did not serve.
Bill Bennett, Did not serve
Pat Buchanan, did not serve
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| User: "Stan de SD" |
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18 Mar 2006 12:31:51 AM |
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"Mitchell Holman" <ta2eeneNoEmail@comcast.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9789DAE8F7B0ta2eene2@216.196.97.131...
Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in news:Xns9789C0C824FBCVeebleFetzer@
216.250.184.7:
In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks?
Since your heroes supported wars they refused to serve in.
George W. Bush Daddy got him in the National Guard, went AWOL
Still flogging that lie?
Ronald Reagan - served in a noncombat role during WWII in the states.
Ronnie was initially classified 4F due to his poor eyesight, but wanted to
enlist to do something. Not exactly like he ran from it...
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| User: "Mitchell Holman" |
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18 Mar 2006 08:03:08 AM |
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"Stan de SD" <standesd_DIGA_NO_A_SPAM@covad.net> wrote in news:e88bf
$441ba90c$45035f0b$25503@msgid.meganewsservers.com:
"Mitchell Holman" <ta2eeneNoEmail@comcast.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9789DAE8F7B0ta2eene2@216.196.97.131...
Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in
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216.250.184.7:
In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks?
Since your heroes supported wars they refused to serve in.
George W. Bush Daddy got him in the National Guard, went AWOL
Still flogging that lie?
"And after releasing the records, the White House press
secretary, Scott McClellan, could not explain why, if Bush
appeared for duty on the days listed in the documents, Bush's
superiors wrote on May 2, 1973, that he had not been seen at
his Houston air base for the previous 12 months."
Boston Globe 2/11/2004
Ronald Reagan - served in a noncombat role during WWII in the states.
Ronnie was initially classified 4F due to his poor eyesight, but wanted
to
enlist to do something.
You don't say. Proof?
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| User: "SMITH29" |
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19 Mar 2006 01:36:27 AM |
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Mitchell Holman wrote:
"Stan de SD" <standesd_DIGA_NO_A_SPAM@covad.net> wrote in news:e88bf
$441ba90c$45035f0b$25503@msgid.meganewsservers.com:
"Mitchell Holman" <ta2eeneNoEmail@comcast.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9789DAE8F7B0ta2eene2@216.196.97.131...
Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in
news:Xns9789C0C824FBCVeebleFetzer@
216.250.184.7:
In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks?
Since your heroes supported wars they refused to serve in.
George W. Bush Daddy got him in the National Guard, went AWOL
Still flogging that lie?
"And after releasing the records, the White House press
secretary, Scott McClellan, could not explain why, if Bush
appeared for duty on the days listed in the documents, Bush's
superiors wrote on May 2, 1973, that he had not been seen at
his Houston air base for the previous 12 months."
Boston Globe 2/11/2004
xxxx
Clinton couldn't fly and Bush did so neener neener......
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| User: "Mitchell Holman" |
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19 Mar 2006 08:35:26 AM |
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SMITH29 <smith29@comcast.net> wrote in
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Mitchell Holman wrote:
"Stan de SD" <standesd_DIGA_NO_A_SPAM@covad.net> wrote in news:e88bf
$441ba90c$45035f0b$25503@msgid.meganewsservers.com:
"Mitchell Holman" <ta2eeneNoEmail@comcast.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9789DAE8F7B0ta2eene2@216.196.97.131...
Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in
news:Xns9789C0C824FBCVeebleFetzer@
216.250.184.7:
In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks?
Since your heroes supported wars they refused to serve in.
George W. Bush Daddy got him in the National Guard, went AWOL
Still flogging that lie?
"And after releasing the records, the White House press
secretary, Scott McClellan, could not explain why, if Bush
appeared for duty on the days listed in the documents, Bush's
superiors wrote on May 2, 1973, that he had not been seen at
his Houston air base for the previous 12 months."
Boston Globe 2/11/2004
xxxx
Clinton couldn't fly and Bush did so neener neener......
Bush flew alright - right into the record books
as the first Convicted Criminal to become president,
despite his lies about it.
It's What Jesus Would Do, you know.....
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| User: "SMITH29" |
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19 Mar 2006 11:50:25 AM |
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Mitchell Holman wrote:
SMITH29 <smith29@comcast.net> wrote in
news:121q2g6lf2t0qaa@news.supernews.com:
Mitchell Holman wrote:
"Stan de SD" <standesd_DIGA_NO_A_SPAM@covad.net> wrote in news:e88bf
$441ba90c$45035f0b$25503@msgid.meganewsservers.com:
"Mitchell Holman" <ta2eeneNoEmail@comcast.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9789DAE8F7B0ta2eene2@216.196.97.131...
Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in
news:Xns9789C0C824FBCVeebleFetzer@
216.250.184.7:
In news:7rISf.61200$dW3.15292@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
"ShitassBush-Ape" <never@bush.net> wrote:
If you support Bush then join the Marines or STFU.
When did military service become so important to you folks?
Since your heroes supported wars they refused to serve in.
George W. Bush Daddy got him in the National Guard, went AWOL
Still flogging that lie?
"And after releasing the records, the White House press
secretary, Scott McClellan, could not explain why, if Bush
appeared for duty on the days listed in the documents, Bush's
superiors wrote on May 2, 1973, that he had not been seen at
his Houston air base for the previous 12 months."
Boston Globe 2/11/2004
xxxx
Clinton couldn't fly and Bush did so neener neener......
Bush flew alright - right into the record books
as the first Convicted Criminal to become president,
despite his lies about it.
xxxx
Neener, Neener!!!!
29 :-)
It's What Jesus Would Do, you know.....
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| User: "Yosemite Sam" |
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19 Mar 2006 12:05:11 PM |
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:35:26 -0600, Mitchell Holman
<ta2eeneNoEmail@comcast.com> wrote:
Bush flew alright
You, otoh, stink like *****.
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