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New Poll Puts President At 31%; 63% Dissatisfied With Country's Direction
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- The end of the Bush Dynasty. We the people have spoken. Now he gets rid of Rumsfield. The people had to tell him to follow through with that!
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Who was it that said politics is the art of compromise... I think much of his domestic agenda will be managed through artful compromises on both sides... the elephant in the room is Iraq... I am not sure where the compromises are to be found here? Apparently the only thing that GWB will not agree to do is withdraw...
For political expediency I think the Dems will baulk at calling for a withdrawl or cutting off appropriations for the war... what we are then left with is "stay the course lite"... (timetables & milestones with limited sanctions thrown in the event of slippage)... effectively a kind of two year meander into the wilderness... - Reply to this comment
- The last paragraph of the article says it all. Dubya will change his tactics in regard to how he deals with Congress but his goals will not change one iota. He will cheat, steal, & finagle to get the Congressional votes he needs in order to accomplish the major goals of his Administration. Sadly, the history of Democrats in Congress is that they can be manipulated by a politically ruthless Administration like Dubya's. Nothing has changed in that respect & already Democratic leaders have sent the Administration signals that they are willing to compromise.
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- I remember when it seemed everybody hated Reagan too. I was only 13 years old, yet it is what I remember from watching the news. Which is why i've been so surprised that everyone now seems to be using Reagan as a gauge. Like most thoughtful people, I will leave the judging to the Tweens of today.
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- "How did it come to this"?
On a human level, I must confess to feeling sorry for GWB... here is a man that turned optimism into an art form... who allowed his presidency to be hijacked by extremist ideologs, who has been repudiated by the voters and whose foreign policy legacy has become an academic case study in what not to do...
There was a time this President stated that you are "with us or against us"... coalition building (essential to effective foreign policy) was seen as an obstacle to the vision... bullish & emboldened from success in Afghanistan, he launched "shock & awe" in Iraq, overthrew Saddam in record time & announced mission accomplished!
Yet today, GWB announces that he is "open to ideas" as his shambling policy of "stay the course" in Iraq.... lurches from one strategy for victory to the next.... whilst at the same time sinking deeper & deeper into the quagmire that he has created...
All but for a little transparency & humility, Mr President... you have only yourself to blame... & it will get worse... the day of reckoning is fast approaching... the long-awaited investigations into the war will be the final fatal blow.... for they will reveal what we have long-suspected... that the blood of thousands has been shed for lies.... - Reply to this comment
He asked for it, he got it. It was he that was supposed to run this country, not rove or anyone else.- Reply to this comment
