ONE YEAR GONE: The Death of Class
by Gary GrahamPresident George W. Bush left office a year ago today. The occasion was marked for me, not so much as the grand event of inaugurating our first black President, as it was a societal harbinger of ominous times ahead. Mr. Bush congratulated Mr. Obama warmly, embracing him with the camaraderie reserved for that elite membership of U.S. presidents. The accompanying catcalls and boo’s cast a pall upon what was heretofore a somber, and joyous occasion; but now colored a sick patina as the true vitriol and hateful venom rose with cruel and vindictive openness. The taunting jeers, the rude remarks, the derision of contempt. Well…there goes the neighborhood, I thought to myself.
It seemed that occasion marked another milestone in America: the death of class.
And long before the new politics of Chicago-style thuggery became evident in the new administration, I was appalled at the sheer intensity of hatred for President Bush. Bush Derangement Syndrome became a pandemic. I was expecting the CDC to announce immediate inoculation centers opening up to stem the outbreak. Bush bashing became our new favorite national pastime, celebrated in the press and codified on college campuses everywhere.
For nine years I’ve racked by brain to understand the root cause of that hate. Was it the contested election with Al Gore? Though incredibly close, by all accounts Bush won the contest fair and square(1) Even the left-leaning CNN and The New York times begrudgingly conceded the point.
Could it have been his demeanor? His folksy manner, his Texas bearing? His ‘swagger’? Bush answered good-naturedly, “Where I come from it’s called ‘walking’.”
Perhaps the ‘R’ associated with his name – could it be purely political? Or the ‘CC’ for Christian Conservative. Doubtful, as other Christians are not similarly reviled; Jimmy Carter for example. And Conservative? By my measurements Bush only ranks slightly left of center in domestic issues. With his spending sprees during his tenure, and the willingness to go along with Democrats of many issues, his pedigree as a Conservative is highly questionable, if not null and void.
Ah! The war! That has to be it. After 9/11, Bush lead us into Afghanistan and Iraq. The chants, “Bush lied, people died”…”No blood for oil”… “Where’s the WMD’s?” …ring still in my ears like some campus protest in a bad hippie flashback. But wait – President Obama has continued the war, even agreed to a troop surge in Afghanistan. And the Left still adores and fawns over him.
So what is it? Why is Bush so despised, ridiculed, and minimized?
George Bush is openly Pro-Life.
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And the same can be said for the lovely Sarah Palin. Palin Derangement Syndrome even dwarfs that of Bush's I'd dare say.
George W. Bush is a natural aristocrat, and that hurt him politically because he felt himself too noble to get down and dirty with his critics and fight back. His father was the same way. Underneath his Texas swagger his is an east coast upper crust old family gentility that goes back generations. If America has a hereditary aristocracy, and I believe that it does, then Bush is part of it. His family is far more illustrious and connected than the Kennedys could ever claim to be. Their family dynasty was founded by a pro nazi bootlegger. The Bushes, on the other hand go back to the founding fathers and even further. Class hasn't died in this country. But it still tells.
It must be that he was stupid and evil.
Every other Republican president was just stupid.
I think that it is because he (in their view) stole the election better than Gore did.
It can't be summed up by just pro-life … I'd go for the "all of the above" answer.
Even in the next 10 months as we head for the November mid-terms, there's going to be even less class shown by the left.
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"For true patriots to remain silent, is dangerous." Samuel Adams
A man of honor that put the needs of this country before his own popularity.
The Left hates Bush because they have no concept of what true leadership really is or even what it should look like. They hate Bush because he had to make some really tough decisions that he knew would be unpopular but still had to be done, because if he didn't do it no one else in the world would. They hate Bush because he was unafraid to name and confront the evils that want to destroy us. And they hate Bush because they knew they had no such leader to call their own. Bush was precisely the right man at precisely the right time and for that we should all be grateful.
Yes! to both G2 and nolotrippen; it's so obvious, and yet thanks for pointing it out.
The root of the hate was losing 2000. They were absolutely sure they finally had the opportunity to "fundamentally transform" put in an administration that would do what this one is doing. When you are as fanatical as these people are, patience becomes a weakness.
You seem to have forgotten that as the Clintonistas followed the Great Prevaricator out of the White House, they glued down keyboards, trashed offices and mucked up as much they could the Bush transistion into office. The concept of "Class" disappeared when the Democratic party sold it's soul to protect the lying rapist who Ross Perot third-partied into office twice.
For nine years I’ve racked by brain to understand the root cause of that hate.
There is no rational cause for it. Being a Liberal means ignoring fact, reason and rationality and reacting emotionally. That is why they hate so much. That is why they extol worshipful vitue in heaps upon their Hero-of-the-day, be it Billy Blythe from Arkansas or Barry Hussein from the Islamic streets of Kenya. They are unbalanced children, afraid of the dark, waiting for Daddy.
"So what is it? Why is Bush so despised, ridiculed, and minimized?
George Bush is openly Pro-Life."
More generally, he is a sincere, practicing Christian who respects and believes in God, and believes also that God acts in his daily life. This kind of thing sends the Godless lefties into apoplectic fits of rage and hate.
"George Bush is openly Pro-Life."
Yes he is, but I think it was about NOT what he is, but what he is not. George Bush is not a Progressive and that is why he is hated by the Media. To many people have been indoctrinated to Progressive values. I even see Progressive values being argued here on this blog by people who consider themselves Conservatives.
I see self importance arguments being more important than understanding who we are here on earth to really serve. George Bush understands who he was placed on this earth to serve. George Bush is much worse than being Pro-Life. George Bush is a Christian, and that is much worse in Progressives minds than being Pro-Life.
Honor is despised by those who lack it.
Ah yes, the definition of class…..the American left, who shouted obscenities and clapped while protesting at burials of American servicemen killed in action in Iraq.
Yes, and I do think that was a big part of it. But all those other things you listed are also part. It was more the fact that he was UNAPOLOGETICalLY "Conservative" Christian Pro-life…
the Bush family, like them or not- were always a class act…
Something the criminal louts from Chicago only know of as a phrase, not a deed or actions. So, no Obama is most certainly NOT a class act.
You don't whine endlessly and blame others. Not classy…
I like this site. But the idea that George W. Bush was a great conservative president is a bad joke. Obama and his 2 opponents were worse. But the reality is we haven't had a true conservative since the day Reagan went home. Obama, an arrogant idiot sycophantically told by everyone around him since birth that everything he says and does is brillaince personified, badmouthing Bush doesnt mean Bush was a decent president.
Here . . . Here. Well Said!!!
I never associated reverence with class, but apparently w/out one you don't have the other.
Nothing says class like torture. Nothing says class like redistributing the wealth of the nation to a tiny fraction of its richest members. Nothing says class like spying on American citizens. Nothing says class like muzzling all regulatory agencies so that American citizens will die at work and no one will intercede. Nothing says class like filling the justice department with political hacks whose only priority is to rig elections.
Ah, yes, the definition of class… the American right, lying to the people about an imminent threat in order to start a war that will ge American servicemen killed for no reason.
George Bush understands who he was placed on this earth to serve.
The ultra-rich and giant multi-national corporations.
yaaaawwwnnnn, you really need new material, that hasn't been debunked so many times
Wow, you make Obama sound downright evil…..
Last night I had a dream that Obama was King Herod, trying to kill all the young male babies. I'm serious. Seemed kinda odd, and this morning, I kept thinking about that dream. Why would my mind make that connection? Then I remembered how he voted for partial birth abortion. And I wondered if that's why so much of the health care debate keeps circling back to abortion funding, that there MUST be funding for abortion. And how one of Obama's first priorities when he got into office was to restore funding for international abortion aid — which Bush cut off. I think Obama made that his first order of business. Which is a strange priority, given what the US was going through right then.
Eventually, I came up with a long list of Obama's pro-abortion advocacy. Not pro-choice. Pro-abortion. And I figured that's why he was Herod in my dream. It made me feel better — that I wasn't losing my mind.
But several hours later, I read this piece and felt a chill go through me.
It's really a matter of life and death.
Excellent work, Gary. Thank you.
Snip "…Doubtful, as other Christians are not similarly reviled; Jimmy Carter for example"
I am not a great Bush fan based, but I suspect what the left reviles is that Bush was open and honest about his faith which includes pro-life, and that he did not use it as weapon to go after the US like Carter does at every opportunity.
Worst of all, horror of horrors, he loved his country.
Wr1, where your brain should be, you have a hemorrhoid.
EIGHT YEARS GONE: The Death of 100,000-plus Iraqi Civilians.
Real classy, that.
Bush didn't have long hair in college, was in the Guard, and still got all the goodies. The world of journos,professors,and his classmates were just waiting for a chance. When they tried to get down and dirty in 2000 during the election fight, they laid down with the dogs and they came out with the fleas and the coyote dna. Media has been Walter Duranty and Walter Cronkite for a long time, they led the charge. Watergate was their apogee, they have missed it since then. They blew the Monica story and ever since then, imprisoned by their irrelevance they rage against the tide.
most of that is by other Iraqis. It is not our fault. We got rid of a dictator for them and instead of acting like the japanese or germans, they chose to attack each other. If they had settled down to a peaceful situation, we would have been out of there in weeks. Let this be a lesson to the US, everyone is not interested in representative liberal democracy type government.
Pissant.
I will always remember a picture on the Drudge site of Rahm Emanuel at Obama's inauguration with his thumb to his nose jeering. Now there was class!
Mention the name Bush and a left wing nutbag blogger shows up to spew nonsense.
Shocking….
Sometimes I wonder if the class left with the advent of the internet and its anonymity. I do not post anywhere but on Breitbart sites and even here I have had some pretty rude things said to me. I think that freedom to be rude has translated into "real life". People have become more crass and undignified.
Post internet we have a leaving WH admin. pulling the "W"'s from keyboards and trashing the people's house. Disrespect.
I think people do not attack Democrats who are Christians because they think they are CINO's. Christians In Name Only. What else would they think when their actions do not bear out their faith? People do not like Sarah Palin because she is a Christian woman who lives her faith. I am convinced of it. It is threatening.
As for this Administration I think they are just plain thoroughly arrogant. I think when Obama said during the interview with Rick Warren that deciding when life begins – well that was just above his pay grade… that was the exact opposite of what was in his heart. My opinion.
You mean like the ones Obama and the Dems bailed out this year?
I would agree with that…
Yes, we're all so gullible and easily fooled. Especially the Dems in Congress who voted for the war.
And Obama has changed things…how, exactly?
I agree with you. My negative thoughts about conservatives and Republicans is the result of watching too much MSM, too many liberals in Hollywood, etc. My opinions were formed by them, and I learned later that I was MISinformed (whether negligently or intentionally). I woke up a little after 2000, seeing liberals foaming at the mouth because of the election, I woke up more fully after 9/11 and in the remaining years, embraced the good side of the Force, realizing that for years, I really was a conservative, but just didn't want to admit it.
That awakening is happening for a lot of people, independents and moderates especially. I mean, maybe not all of them are 100% conservative but I bet they realize they hold more conservative views than they ever thought they did before. Brown is a good representative of the center-right in American – fiscally conservative and moderate on social issues. He better not disappoint.
wr1 — It's back!
My question to those with BDS is this: Is Bush a moron or an evil genius? It seems they slam him for being stupid (despite the fact that his grades were better than Gore's) and in the next sentence they whine about some ingeniously evil scheme he came up with. It can't be both, though, so which is it? Stupid or evil genius?
Nice piece Garry, Bush was a decent man!
Gary, you need to do “One Pissed off Dude II.” Further inspire the right to keep up the fight for America!
Nothing says stupid like your post.
Once again, intelligent analysis and critical thinking skills eludes you.
And nothing says "wealth envy" like a liberal.
You've managed in one post to show how truly ignorant a portion of the population is in this country. Very frightening.
I don't think the hatred of George W. Bush is driven by abortion politics like, say, I think the hatred of Sarah Palin (who has not one but two recent children in her family who fit liberal "hard cases" used to justify legal abortion or, as Barack Obama might put it, not to "punish" a woman with). Living in the New York City area, I've seen those on the left direct similar visceral hatred toward Rudy Giuliani and he's hardly pro-life.
That said, Supreme Court nominations was a major reason why I voted for George W. Bush, even if he wasn't always as conservative as I would have liked on issues like spending, and, in that regard, he didn't disappoint. He didn't give us another David Souter like his father. He gave us two solid conservatives in John Roberts and Samuel Alito that will long outlast his administration.
Very well put Darkwolf, amen.
When did he or anyone outlaw abortion?
I also agree. If Bush had stood up for the party more or lt Dick Cheney loose he would have had less problems.
most of that was by other Iraqis because the Bush administration forgot to plan for after the war. And it was your fault. You got rid of a dictator for them but who asked you to? Not the Iraqis. You went into a badly planned war and screwed it up for 5 years.
Either you didn't read this article, or you're trolling in the wrong river. Good luck figuring out where you belong.
Exactly right. Class ended when Bubba moved his trailer park to DC. Part of it, I believe, is a generational thing…all the Presidents before him were part of the Great Depression/WWII legacy. Clintoon was the first Boomer. A total Me Me Me Narcississt.
George W. was raised by two classy parents from another generation, so he was not cursed with a Boomer's self-absorbed view of the world. Class will tell because W was raised well.
You are correct. Former president Bush was not a true conservative in the Reagan mold, but he handled the animosity of the Pravda media, and the constant slings and arrows of criticism from the left without complaint, and didn't whine and blame others, namely his predecessor, when events not completely under his control went south.
It was only natural for the left to find another target when Bush left the spotlight. What were they going to do mock th new President? Of Course not.
All the comics and pundits had to do is replace the word Bush with Palin.
Comic/Pundit (Then) – Boy oh boy is Geoge Bush stupid!
Comic/Pundit (Now) – Boy oh boy is Sarah Palin stupid!
Their adoring like minded audience still laughs and they don't have to write new material!
You and me both, ladykrystyna!!
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Wow, I think I stepped into a time machine and went back to 2004? Tell me something wr1, what has Obama done differently that sets him apart from GWB? Has he stopped the war? No. Has he propped up businesses that failed by their own actions? Yes. Has he somehow acted in a way that has changed the way terrorists look at us? Yes, he has shown weakness and that has invited disaster. At least GWB had the courage to call the IslamoNazis what they were, and that is "terrorists".
Only one who has honor understands honor. Well said.
I would swear you were talking about Obama in that post. How much money did Obama give the bank execs? Has Obama stopped the spying program? Did I miss that in a headline somewhere?
no President does everything to please everyone. It can't be done. GWB followed his own idea of what was right and he did it unapologetically. Even as Governor, he did what HE thought was right. AND he withstood all the slings and arrows with almost a nobile attitude. Washington has become a corrupt hole where the 'game' must be played or nothing gets done. The only way to get that stopped is to seriously vote every one of them OUT and set term limits so that careers in politics are no longer attractive. Then people go to Washington for the right reason, which should be to serve the people and the country. We need to take our county back. Starting with the school system and the school board. If you want an honest, servant of the people you have to start NOW to cultivate one for 2040. The will of the PEOPLE must prevail in the United States for it to remain what our forefathers meant it to be. The people in Washington now are not concerned with the people, but their own AGENDA. Wake up America!
And let us not forget Mrs. Bush; calm, cool, and collected, always smiling and waving. I only saw her bristle once when she was asked shortly before President Bush was to leave office, "Are you looking forward to leaving the Whitehouse?". She bristled slightly, smiled, and gave an incredibly elegant answer. Forgive me, I'm old, but I want to respect our representatives and admire them, even if I don't agree with their political beliefs. Somehow, class must be connected to the integrity, character, and quality of an individual. Those who lack integrity, character, and quality do not portray class.
Care to provide any evidence for that?
The only group I know of that picketed service members' funerals is Westboro Baptist.
The mind works in mysterious ways when we sleep. That is why so many cultures have placed so much value in dreams. They may have had the wrong reasons for placing importance in them but the impact of certain dreams stay with you. When we sleep the brain continues to work and sometimes can make connections that we cannot see when distracted with staying upright.
There you go, bringing in race. No one else has. Is it because you are a racist?
Or like John Kerry and his "ultra" rich wife or John Edwards getting "ultra" rich from frivolous lawsuits or Algore and his "ultra" rich life style or Nancy Pelosi and her "ultra" rich husband? Need I say more. Be quiet and stop being such a dweeby hypocrite.
I sorta like Bush. He was just about the only real human being in his administration. But it's well documented that he had little idea what was going on most of the time and was a figurehead for the neocons. What's funny is how quickly his defenders rise up with tepid insults in the name of defending "class."
Slave owners had a certain gentility and refinement as well. Starving, war-ravaged and oppressed people can often forget their manners.
I think it's a combination of factors but I agree that being pro-life is the definitive position that pushes Promarxists to the brink of insanity.
There was a time when the pro-choice movement could actually be seen as being about choice. Today, it is actually about being anti-life.
You see, choice would include choosing life but the Promarxists respond to those who make that choice with absolute hatred. They actively campaign to remove the choice of life from Planned Parenthood, etc.
Look at the response to Sarah Palin and daughter Bristol with their children appearing on the cover of In Touch magazine.
"Hey, we're all for mothers loving their babies, but … you might want to reconsider whether that sentiment is appropriate in a pop culture context.. Unbelievable.
Lunatic Joy Behar and her fellow Promarxists also opined about the In Touch cover of Sarah and Bristol (gasp!) holding their children and choosing life.
Behar: That baby, they passed that baby around more than a joint at a Grateful Dead concert. Is she going to bring that baby on the set of Fox?
Sekoff: Oh, her baby.
Behar: Yes. Any of the babies. They're schlepping those babies around like crazy.
You see, choice has nothing to do with the misnamed pro-choice movement. They mock those who choose life. They want any reference to choosing life out of the public sphere. Simply put, they advocate abortion, not choice.
What's next–ridiculing those Christmas cards featuring people's children?
to all the big hollywood cotributers today, a big THANK YOU, for the pro W columns
It's not abortion. W's stance on abortion just meant that he really was a Christian.
It's Christianity they hate more than anything else. When you're a conservative it just means you really are a Christian. You're a true believer. And that makes you Evil with a capital E. Why? Because everyone knows that Christianity has killed more people in the history of the world than anything else. They believe that.
Liberal/Progressive politicians only feign being believers. They pretend. They know they can't get elected if they don't at least give some lip service to believing in God. Even if they are sincere in their religious beliefs, it doesn't matter to their followers because their type of religion takes a back seat to their real goals and their followers know that.
The "Reverend" Jackson and the "Reverend" Sharpton know that.
As a former member of the vitriolic left, I can tell you exactly where it comes from.
It doesn't work.
It is that simple. Just like with any little kid, trying to build a project, or a model, or trying to make something, what ever, it just doesn't work.
Socialism, communism, Marxism, modern liberalism, progressiveness, they don't work. No matter how many times they try, no matter how hard they wish, no matter how many (cool, hip) people agreed with them, it still didn't work.
And like any other immature child, the left is simply throwing tantrums. Sure, there are times when it looks like it might work, and that's the time to cheer all the harder. Failure in Iraq, failure of the economy, Enron, what ever, when just for a fleeting moment, their heart leaps to hope of all hope, then it crashes to the ground, and the tantrum starts all over again.
It really is that simple. Which is why it still puzzles me why the left is still so successful against the right.
I think it might have appeared to be worse on Palin (Run Sarah RUN!), but it really wasn't.
The idea with Palin was to knock her out before she got any national office, so there was more of a rush to pour it on fast and hot. But for Bush it was for the most part a slow simmering hatred, basted over 8 years.
But they hated Bush worse. Bush had the power of the presidency behind him. That's what they hated him so much.
When the libs see a person of honor , they get a reflection of their own selves. the opposite of honorable, which they are morally and intellectually incapable of processing, so they just freak out or lash out . The lib media all fit this mold and can easily indoctrinate the gullible masses.
People like the honorable Andrew Breitbart are to be commended for their efforts to expose the dishonorable.
If you mean America has a ruling aristocracy, I would disagree, but not completely. At times it does seem that way, but I believe its because its a lot easier to go into the family business, the contacts and favors due are already in place.
America has a long and illustrious history of not worshiping our leaders, but rather, barely tolerating them. One that I'm glad to see start to rear its head once again.
Sorry! Texas loved him and they wouldn't if he wasn't REAL. My daughter voted for the first time in her 40's because of him.
Class is something you are born with… you can't acquire it like a suntan. Obama and his gang of extortionist leftist malcontents just don't have it. They Obama and the Democrats have every flaw they have projected onto President Bush and all conservative, christians, republicans and anyone that disagrees with them.
What a Hellhole America is!
I must vote Socialist next time, to fix all of that!
Gaia is weeping.
Touche.
Libs need to get over it and take on some ownership for their part in playing into the "system". They are just as guilty, but it's O.K. when one of their own occupies the WH. Wallstreet says "Obama been bery bery good to me".
I agree with those who have stated that "class" went AWOL when the rapist in chief brought his act to town during the 90's.
Honor still thrives in the South. Not acquainted with many Northerners, except Brother-In-Law, and believe me, he has let the side down. I am still ruled by it, and I am nearly 60 years old. A return to Honor would not be such a bad thing, would it? Self-imposed adherence to what is right and good? Not sure…still drinking to celebrate the tiny glimmer of hope for our country that Massachusetts lit last night.
It's not about Dems/Repubs or Progs/Cons. All in the political arena are servants of the multi-nationals.
Jesus would have stood up to them.
Hank, the mad dogs leftist all crawled out of the mud in woodstock to infect the body politics if this country. Now we are in the twilight waning years of these old drug infested lunatics. The fact President Bush liberated over 50 million people has no impact to a cult member of the leftist malcontents. They would rather see Iraqis being murdered by a Saddam then to be freed by a conservative. But you can't expect anything better from people who support the mass murder of 50 million unborn American kids, that is OK, but when 100,000 plus Iraqi's are killed they want you to think that an American soldier and plane killed them. The insurgents were in the hills praying to Allah with the rest of the Holy men
nicely said Jack.
Obama never had a real job and his sojourn into government consisted of "'Present". He never studied the issues enough to vote. What day will he decide he is tired of being president because it is too hard?
Correct you are. Class and manners. My mother taught me that I shouldn't say everything that pops into my head. Obviously, as evidenced by the political discourse of the day, many do no think before they speak and certainly have no manners or class. Maybe it's a generational thing.
How much money has he given to thug unions, ACORN, and the New Black Panthers? And remember an awful lot of those people are his muslim brethren.
I find this interesting: Ask a liberal/Democrat, what it means to be a liberal Democrat. When you say you are liberal…when you say you are a Democrat….What does that mean? Most liberal Democrats or just Democrats have no idea why they are what they are! If you present to them certain liberal/Democrat actions/comments/premises, and don't tell them which side it came from-if they don't agree with it, they will normally attack the right and blame it on them. When I point out that it was their side that came up with it, then they say where did you get that? Fox News? And I say no, it was from one of you guys or it was from CNN or some other main stream media joke..and they just hem and haw and don't know what to do. Try it, it's fun.
Would that be why he put in wood tariffs on Canadian wood and Chinese steel, making We The People pay more in order to gain political points from unions and corps?
There are some things that I do admire and thank President Bush for, but a lot of his record leaves a lot to be desired.
I don't buy white washing from liberals, not going to buy it from the GOP. Sorry, have to speak my mind.
Trolling, don't rise to the bait.
that pisses them off even more.
He's just trolling for arguments, don't rise to the bait.
I do think it is in part due to the contested election results with Al Gore. If Al Gore had any class, he would have spared the country that debacle. It caused a rift that will take decades perhaps to repair. Come to think of it, Al Gore has done a lot of damage to this country since then even. It's like he has a grudge or something.
Or even more simply, he's not one of them.
That's all the reason they need.
TROLL ALERT! TROLL ALERT! Caution: Do not reply to these people. It's a waste of your time and it only encourages them to keep posting their crap. Besides, wr1 is probably Dasselhoff, or whatever he calls himself.
"I see self importance arguments being more important than understanding who we are here on earth to really serve."
I do so love to watch the minds of The Faithful at work.
President Obama bows in respect to head of state, and it's the worst thing ever.
President Bush bows in subservience to an invisible sky-king, and it's a sign of greatness.
I'd prefer a leader who'd need his knees hacked-out to force a bow to ANY man, demon or god… but given the choice, I'll take the guy who's overly polite over the one consulting the tea leaves.
Sorry, I see no class in publicly stating Bush 41 supporting a Shiite rebellion in 1992, and then leaving them to die with out help to saddam's chemical weapons.
For that reason alone, Bush 41 will forever be near the bottom of my list of American Presidents. Think of the hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of deaths that resulted from saddam staying in power. And all because he didn't want to deal with the mess of an American occupation, that happened anyway.
You never start a war unless you're going to see it all the way through to the bitter end.
Gary, the fact that pro-abortion Christians like Carter, Kennedy, Pelosi, and the Clintons get a pass on whatever they do proves the truth of what you've written. I challenge anyone to show me a pro-life politician who gets positive treatment in the MSM or the liberal blogosphere. John McCain thought he was the darling of the press…until he ran for president.
Most were killed by al Quada and that is far less than Sadam got rid of regularly. Gassing the Kurds for instance. my son was there and they did have WMD compnents–just needed to put them together. They were also letting the Taliban train there. You really need to get out more Steven.
"George Bush is openly Pro-Life." Interesting. I still wonder.
Let's not forget what President Bush did for AIDS.
I never said he was perfect, and yes there are alot of things he did and allowed that drove me nuts too.
But there's no denying he was the right man in the right place at the right time when it was needed most.
So I'm in my garage and I make a widgit. I sell it. I make more..and sell them…then I hire someone …I make more and sell them….then I expand…..5 years later I have a factory that employs 200 people….and assmonkey Obama and his ilk want to tax the living breathing hell out of me and cause me to lay off 25% of my employees and give my money to who? poor people…did they create the widgit? do they go out and get an education and attempt even a little bit to improve their station in life…hell no…they have multiple kids they can't afford, and expect the government and people like myself to support them. Why? What exactly have they done to deserve this? If you think redistribution of wealth only occurs in large corportations, you are mad as a hatter! Obama is going after the American people Period! And for those of you who would say…I can't afford college…bull! There is an abundance of student aide available…I did it! So quit whining.
But Ya know, I think I beginning to understand the derangement part of BDS. You see, every time I see or hear obambi I have this visceral urge to shoot out my TV or radio. I have no intention of acting on it, but I am beginning to understand the derangement effect.
BDS is still alive and well…
"George Bush is openly Pro-Life."
No, he isn't.
"Pro-Life" and "Pro-Choice" are both moronic doublespeak. If anti-abortion folk were actually "pro-life" they would also be pacifists, death-penalty opponents and advocates for cradle-to-grave free healthcare. After all, LIFE must be protected, mustn't it?
They aren't "Pro-Life," they're "Pro-Birth" or "Pro-Baby" – as in, their worldview starts from the premise that there is inherent natural goodness in these things, which is at best an emotional response and at worse willful foolishness. SOME births are joyous, SOME are tragedies, MOST are neutral (i.e. we'll-know-later.) Likewise, SOMETIMES an abortion is sad. SOMETIMES it's for the best. MOST of them, though, simply… are.
When it came to foreign policy, war, terrorism, yes I agree with that statement. He and Cheney and their team were willing to do what no other politician in DC had the cojanies to do.
On the domestic front, not so much.
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