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The bungling Bush presidency is falling apart |
Newsday / March 3, 2006
The bungling Bush presidency is falling apart
James Klurfeld
An old acquaintance in Washington - a former member of Republican
administrations whose foreign policy views are decidedly hard-line -
recently had this to say to a friend about the Bush administration:
This might be the most inept administration in American history.
Considering some of the bozos who have served in the White House -
James Buchanan and Warren Harding are two names that come to mind -
that is a breathtaking statement. Considering the stakes involved with
the United States, the most powerful nation in the world, it is also
frightening.
But it should come as no surprise that President George W. Bush has
fallen to an approval rating of 34 percent in a recent national poll.
Just look at the events in this winter of his discontent:
Iraq appears to be on the cusp of a civil war even as U.S. soldiers
continue to be killed each week.
A just-released tape shows Bush was warned before Hurricane Katrina
that New Orleans' levees could be breached and the city devastated.
The president, as we all remember, said he was taken by surprise.
Members of his own party have turned against him on the issues of
whether a company owned by the United Arab Emirates should control six
major ports in the United States.
As more and more information leaks out about the unauthorized and very
likely illegal eavesdropping by the National Security Administration,
there is more talk - only whispered at the moment - that there ought
to be an impeachment inquiry into Bush's behavior.
While I've not been a big fan of most of Bush's policies, I have
occasionally marveled at his decisiveness and willingness to take bold
stances. Bush has proved to be a much stronger leader than I ever
could have anticipated, especially given the lack of any electoral
mandate from the American people.
But I fear we are now seeing the other side of the coin with Bush. His
lack of historical perspective, his crusading religiousness, his
Texas-style shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach to complex
problems - that is, all the shortcomings that were obvious from the
beginning of his presidency - seem to be catching up with him now.
It's one thing to be a decisive leader. It is quite another to be
consistently making the wrong decisions.
The tape of him being briefed on Katrina by Federal Emergency
Management Agency officials is particularly damning. It's a glimpse of
the man without his eloquent speechwriter, Michael Gerson, putting
words into his mouth. Bush doesn't ask a single question about the
government's level of preparedness even while being told how concerned
officials are. He manages only the most cliched assurance that the
government is prepared to do whatever will be necessary. Not only was
that not true, but when the finger-pointing started, Bush said he was
surprised by the storm's impact.
In short, Bush was not only unprepared; he seemed to be detached from
what was happening and then, worst of all, lied about it. That 34
percent approval rating was registered before the Katrina tape came
out.
The White House said not to make too much of the tape because it
doesn't reflect the totality of the president's effort on the storm.
Fair enough. But over the past six months Bush has failed to react to
the devastation in New Orleans except for one stage-managed speech
from the French Quarter.
This is a presidency coming unraveled before our eyes. It is not a
pretty sight, and it is not good for the country. What a difference a
year makes. After his re-election, Bush said that he would use his
political capital.
Soon he won't have any left. Then what?
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"reeder" <reeder@ew6r.com> wrote in message
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Newsday / March 3, 2006
The bungling Bush presidency is falling apart
James Klurfeld
An old acquaintance in Washington - a former member of Republican
administrations whose foreign policy views are decidedly hard-line -
recently had this to say to a friend about the Bush administration:
This might be the most inept administration in American history.
Considering some of the bozos who have served in the White House -
James Buchanan and Warren Harding are two names that come to mind -
that is a breathtaking statement. Considering the stakes involved with
the United States, the most powerful nation in the world, it is also
frightening.
But it should come as no surprise that President George W. Bush has
fallen to an approval rating of 34 percent in a recent national poll.
Just look at the events in this winter of his discontent:
Iraq appears to be on the cusp of a civil war even as U.S. soldiers
continue to be killed each week.
A just-released tape shows Bush was warned before Hurricane Katrina
that New Orleans' levees could be breached and the city devastated.
The president, as we all remember, said he was taken by surprise.
Members of his own party have turned against him on the issues of
whether a company owned by the United Arab Emirates should control six
major ports in the United States.
As more and more information leaks out about the unauthorized and very
likely illegal eavesdropping by the National Security Administration,
there is more talk - only whispered at the moment - that there ought
to be an impeachment inquiry into Bush's behavior.
While I've not been a big fan of most of Bush's policies, I have
occasionally marveled at his decisiveness and willingness to take bold
stances. Bush has proved to be a much stronger leader than I ever
could have anticipated, especially given the lack of any electoral
mandate from the American people.
But I fear we are now seeing the other side of the coin with Bush. His
lack of historical perspective, his crusading religiousness, his
Texas-style shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach to complex
problems - that is, all the shortcomings that were obvious from the
beginning of his presidency - seem to be catching up with him now.
It's one thing to be a decisive leader. It is quite another to be
consistently making the wrong decisions.
The tape of him being briefed on Katrina by Federal Emergency
Management Agency officials is particularly damning. It's a glimpse of
the man without his eloquent speechwriter, Michael Gerson, putting
words into his mouth. Bush doesn't ask a single question about the
government's level of preparedness even while being told how concerned
officials are. He manages only the most cliched assurance that the
government is prepared to do whatever will be necessary. Not only was
that not true, but when the finger-pointing started, Bush said he was
surprised by the storm's impact.
In short, Bush was not only unprepared; he seemed to be detached from
what was happening and then, worst of all, lied about it. That 34
percent approval rating was registered before the Katrina tape came
out.
The White House said not to make too much of the tape because it
doesn't reflect the totality of the president's effort on the storm.
Fair enough. But over the past six months Bush has failed to react to
the devastation in New Orleans except for one stage-managed speech
from the French Quarter.
This is a presidency coming unraveled before our eyes. It is not a
pretty sight, and it is not good for the country. What a difference a
year makes. After his re-election, Bush said that he would use his
political capital.
Soon he won't have any left. Then what?
The presidency has come apart for all practical purposes. The indictment of
Irvin Libby reached right into the office of the most power vice president
we have had, and proved that GW Bush either could not manage his own home &
office, or he turned a blind eye on treason in his own home and office for
political revenge. That in itself was the day it officially came apart. The
only thing that gives the illusion it is still stuck together with spit and
band aids is the mealy mouthed republican majority who refuse their sworn
duty of oversight on the most secretive and most corrupt executive branch in
our history.
If they took a look at the bush white house with 1 tenth of the look they
gave the Clinton Whitehouse, the Troops would already be home from Iraq and
Bush would be not just accountable, but paying some kind of consequence for
driving this nation to war, and for invading a country that did not harm
this nation on nothing but pure fanrication and out and out lies!
If any other president would have been as delinquent on Katrina as bush, the
fallout would have already enpaneled boards of inquiry.
What I wrote here does not cover the massive deficit spending, the missing
billions in Iraq, the Haliburton givaways, the torture, the renditions, the
secret gulags, the wiretapping, the stonewalling of inquirys about 9-11,
and the flip flops about Roves job in the whitehouse to name just some of
the major scandals. The republicans have shown they place party above
Country or the rules of law over and over, Yet, they accuse others of not
being loyal Americans, and not obeying the laws of this land set forth by
our Constitution. S
ure, they have dug their own grave and set their own fates, but it is WE THE
PEOPLE who have to the bills they ran up, and supply the soldiers the
consider expendable.
No, this presidency is not coming apart, it already has fallen apart.
I
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03 Mar 2006 10:46:43 PM |
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"reeder" <reeder@ew6r.com> wrote in message
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Newsday / March 3, 2006
The bungling Bush presidency is falling apart
James Klurfeld
An old acquaintance in Washington - a former member of Republican
administrations whose foreign policy views are decidedly hard-line -
recently had this to say to a friend about the Bush administration:
This might be the most inept administration in American history.
Considering some of the bozos who have served in the White House -
James Buchanan and Warren Harding are two names that come to mind -
that is a breathtaking statement. Considering the stakes involved
with the United States, the most powerful nation in the world, it is
also frightening.
But it should come as no surprise that President George W. Bush has
fallen to an approval rating of 34 percent in a recent national poll.
Just look at the events in this winter of his discontent:
Iraq appears to be on the cusp of a civil war even as U.S. soldiers
continue to be killed each week.
A just-released tape shows Bush was warned before Hurricane Katrina
that New Orleans' levees could be breached and the city devastated.
The president, as we all remember, said he was taken by surprise.
Members of his own party have turned against him on the issues of
whether a company owned by the United Arab Emirates should control
six major ports in the United States.
As more and more information leaks out about the unauthorized and
very likely illegal eavesdropping by the National Security
Administration, there is more talk - only whispered at the moment -
that there ought to be an impeachment inquiry into Bush's behavior.
While I've not been a big fan of most of Bush's policies, I have
occasionally marveled at his decisiveness and willingness to take
bold stances. Bush has proved to be a much stronger leader than I
ever could have anticipated, especially given the lack of any
electoral mandate from the American people.
But I fear we are now seeing the other side of the coin with Bush.
His lack of historical perspective, his crusading religiousness, his
Texas-style shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach to complex
problems - that is, all the shortcomings that were obvious from the
beginning of his presidency - seem to be catching up with him now.
It's one thing to be a decisive leader. It is quite another to be
consistently making the wrong decisions.
The tape of him being briefed on Katrina by Federal Emergency
Management Agency officials is particularly damning. It's a glimpse
of the man without his eloquent speechwriter, Michael Gerson, putting
words into his mouth. Bush doesn't ask a single question about the
government's level of preparedness even while being told how
concerned officials are. He manages only the most cliched assurance
that the government is prepared to do whatever will be necessary. Not
only was that not true, but when the finger-pointing started, Bush
said he was surprised by the storm's impact.
In short, Bush was not only unprepared; he seemed to be detached from
what was happening and then, worst of all, lied about it. That 34
percent approval rating was registered before the Katrina tape came
out.
The White House said not to make too much of the tape because it
doesn't reflect the totality of the president's effort on the storm.
Fair enough. But over the past six months Bush has failed to react to
the devastation in New Orleans except for one stage-managed speech
from the French Quarter.
This is a presidency coming unraveled before our eyes. It is not a
pretty sight, and it is not good for the country. What a difference a
year makes. After his re-election, Bush said that he would use his
political capital.
Soon he won't have any left. Then what?
The presidency has come apart for all practical purposes. The
indictment of Irvin Libby reached right into the office of the most
power vice president we have had, and proved that GW Bush either could
not manage his own home & office, or he turned a blind eye on treason
in his own home and office for political revenge. That in itself was
the day it officially came apart. The only thing that gives the
illusion it is still stuck together with spit and band aids is the
mealy mouthed republican majority who refuse their sworn duty of
oversight on the most secretive and most corrupt executive branch in
our history.
If they took a look at the bush white house with 1 tenth of the look
they gave the Clinton Whitehouse, the Troops would already be home
from Iraq and Bush would be not just accountable, but paying some kind
of consequence for driving this nation to war, and for invading a
country that did not harm this nation on nothing but pure fanrication
and out and out lies!
If any other president would have been as delinquent on Katrina as
bush, the fallout would have already enpaneled boards of inquiry.
What I wrote here does not cover the massive deficit spending, the
missing billions in Iraq, the Haliburton givaways, the torture, the
renditions, the secret gulags, the wiretapping, the stonewalling of
inquirys about 9-11, and the flip flops about Roves job in the
whitehouse to name just some of the major scandals. The republicans
have shown they place party above Country or the rules of law over and
over, Yet, they accuse others of not being loyal Americans, and not
obeying the laws of this land set forth by our Constitution. S
ure, they have dug their own grave and set their own fates, but it is
WE THE PEOPLE who have to the bills they ran up, and supply the
soldiers the consider expendable.
No, this presidency is not coming apart, it already has fallen apart.
I
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This presidency has been brutally undermined for 5 years by the left and
by what is now laughingly referred to as the Main Stream Media during
what many believe is the most critical time in U.S. history, not to
mention the world. It is unfortunate, moreover dangerous that the
democratic party would choose now to slide so far left at a time when the
country desperately needs unity to fight a common enemy who wants to
destroy us. Republicans haven't helped matters either, making their share
of mistakes along the way. Despite unprecedented comparisons to Hitler's
death camps, Soviet gulags, Pol Pot, even the devil himself, Bush has
managed to keep the U.S. strong. The economy continues to produce and
grow and foreign policy progresses by forming alliances with the moderate
Muslim nations while isolating the radical ones. Right now, President
Bush is in the middle of al Qaieda country giving support and
encouragement to Musharraf, the Pakistani leader. Much like the political
atmosphere here in the U.S., the opposition to Musharraf is up in arms
refusing to participate in the banquet planned for Bush tomorrow. Bin
Laden must be licking his chops at all of this yet the only ones who seem
to care about it are the ones responsible for defeating al Qaieda. The
rest are either to weak and afraid to deal with it or have forgotten what
horror these terrorists are capable of unleashing if not at least kept in
check.
Finally, the collective left in the U.S. has been successful at
exploiting the mistakes of the current administration and has cast a
shadow over it here at home and in the eyes of our enemies. In fact, our
enemies are counting on the Deans, Pelosis, Kennedys, Soros's, etc. to
turn Americans against the President. With a weaker administration comes
an emboldened enemy. Remembering the words of Franklin, hanging together
seems a much wiser choice than hanging separately. By the end of Bush's
second term he will have dedicated 8 years to spreading freedom,
establishing peace, and stopping the spread of radical Islam in the
world. As we have seen, this hugely ambitious notion has already begun,
not without its setbacks, but when you think about the benefits it seems
in my opinion and easy decision to give it every chance to succeed or at
least proceed in the right direction. Giving up on it is the unthinkable
alternative.
Genaro---------------
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reeder <reeder@ew6r.com> wrote in news:5mlh02tqgjcnr57onnjo3b9g3abev3ilk9
@4ax.com:
Newsday / March 3, 2006
The bungling Bush presidency is falling apart
James Klurfeld
An old acquaintance in Washington - a former member of Republican
administrations whose foreign policy views are decidedly hard-line -
recently had this to say to a friend about the Bush administration:
This might be the most inept administration in American history.
Considering some of the bozos who have served in the White House -
James Buchanan and Warren Harding are two names that come to mind -
that is a breathtaking statement. Considering the stakes involved with
the United States, the most powerful nation in the world, it is also
frightening.
But it should come as no surprise that President George W. Bush has
fallen to an approval rating of 34 percent in a recent national poll.
Just look at the events in this winter of his discontent:
Iraq appears to be on the cusp of a civil war even as U.S. soldiers
continue to be killed each week.
A just-released tape shows Bush was warned before Hurricane Katrina
that New Orleans' levees could be breached and the city devastated.
The president, as we all remember, said he was taken by surprise.
Members of his own party have turned against him on the issues of
whether a company owned by the United Arab Emirates should control six
major ports in the United States.
As more and more information leaks out about the unauthorized and very
likely illegal eavesdropping by the National Security Administration,
there is more talk - only whispered at the moment - that there ought
to be an impeachment inquiry into Bush's behavior.
While I've not been a big fan of most of Bush's policies, I have
occasionally marveled at his decisiveness and willingness to take bold
stances. Bush has proved to be a much stronger leader than I ever
could have anticipated, especially given the lack of any electoral
mandate from the American people.
But I fear we are now seeing the other side of the coin with Bush. His
lack of historical perspective, his crusading religiousness, his
Texas-style shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach to complex
problems - that is, all the shortcomings that were obvious from the
beginning of his presidency - seem to be catching up with him now.
It's one thing to be a decisive leader. It is quite another to be
consistently making the wrong decisions.
The tape of him being briefed on Katrina by Federal Emergency
Management Agency officials is particularly damning. It's a glimpse of
the man without his eloquent speechwriter, Michael Gerson, putting
words into his mouth. Bush doesn't ask a single question about the
government's level of preparedness even while being told how concerned
officials are. He manages only the most cliched assurance that the
government is prepared to do whatever will be necessary. Not only was
that not true, but when the finger-pointing started, Bush said he was
surprised by the storm's impact.
In short, Bush was not only unprepared; he seemed to be detached from
what was happening and then, worst of all, lied about it. That 34
percent approval rating was registered before the Katrina tape came
out.
The White House said not to make too much of the tape because it
doesn't reflect the totality of the president's effort on the storm.
Fair enough. But over the past six months Bush has failed to react to
the devastation in New Orleans except for one stage-managed speech
from the French Quarter.
This is a presidency coming unraveled before our eyes. It is not a
pretty sight, and it is not good for the country. What a difference a
year makes. After his re-election, Bush said that he would use his
political capital.
Soon he won't have any left. Then what?
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Executive Order!
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