What Bush Got Right

Something Plastic Americans don't understand is that we went to Afghanistan because that is where the terrorist were who planned the 9/11 attack (I feel like I'm explaining the alphabet to kindergartens). We are in Iraq because Saddam Hussien invited us when he insinuated his country had WMDs and were prepared to use them. You don't do that to a country that has just been attacked and is still in shock, unless you are asking for trouble. That is equivilent to watching someone's home burn to the ground while you stand there bragging about what a big stash of matches you have. So, yes, he invited, we RSVPed. If you don't want in on the action, then don't strut around the fringes making veiled threats, then assuming we won't respond. You want "change" in America, but if something isn't broke, why fix it? From my perspective, America has done just fine for over 200 years, so what needs changing? We were the youngest nation on the planet, yet became the most powerful within a relative short time, while many other nations had millenniums to accomplish the same thing, yet did not. Sure, we've had our share of problems, and made our share of mistakes, but we've, also, always managed to fix them without any help from outsiders. America has never claimed to be perfect, after all, this is planet Earth, not Utopia, so we have to deal with human frailties, the same as any other country. However, I do not see that any other country is expected to apologize for their lifestyle, or for enjoying freedom, so why are some of you dis-honoring the legacy our forefathers left us by feeling the need to apologize to those who can't understand something they have never experienced anyway? To you plastic Americans, I will neve have any respect for you until you do one of two things--either get your heart in America, or get your ass out of it! Liberals aren't wrong in wanting to avoid war--most of us do--but they are wrong in believing its always possible. As for Bin Laden, many of us feel its God's job to judge Bin Laden, its our job to arrange that meeting. The hippies thought they had the answer to the world's problems by sitting around a campfire singing "Kum Ba Ya"; while that is nice in theory, it doesn't work in reality. The hippie era, like the dinosaur era, is extinct, but unlike the dinosaurs, we can't use the hippies to make fossil fuel. Thanks for your time.

Fareed, the VERY reason his poll numbers are lagging are because President Bush failed to stick to his conservative ideology in his second term; he failed his base. You can't make a liberal like you by skewing liberal. That's why Mr. Bush is in the low 30's for approval for the 23rd consecutive month. He's appointed fools like Paulson while good people like Wolfowitz and Bolton are out.

Congress actually is a branch of government and the Democrats have had control of it for tow years ant not done a thing why would we give two branches to them?

WHAT! ACTUAL THOUGHT? I"M STUNNED? WHATS NEXT?

Jimmy Cartter was not the complete noob as presdient we've been led to believe he was

Congress catully is a brach of government and the emoctats have had contol of it ofr tow yrears ant not done a thing why would we give atwo brancehs to them?

WHAT! ACTUAL THOUGHT? I AM STUNNED

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o Jimmy Carter wasn't completely ineffective as president.

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o The democratic led congress has responsibility for government (one branch they've been in charge of for 2 years)

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In the end did Bush really get anything right, I wonder.... but of now that is not the point. The American people really need to consider who will be the lesser evil, since both their options for president are evil. Who will focus on jobs, people in the country and try to conduct new more beneficial foriegn policy. Obama represents change but I believe all his hype is what is...hype. McCain represents "same-change" and may prove uterly worthless like his friend goerge. Maybe America's time is up, and neither president will be able to fill the hole bush put the country in. War criminal or not he will not be persicuted until the day of jugdement. The american people really need to think this one through, because you only have 2 losers to vote for, and the third loser left the race, she might have been in reality america's only hope, but she was too emotionaly outstruck to stand upright...and now look at your choices an man who ia as dumb as goerge, and another idiot who is more of a celebrity then leader material. let's see the last outcome of this country, bombs away!!!!!

The US has lost over 25 million jobs in job growth due to President Bushs support of offshoring, outsourcing and illegal immigration. It is time for workers in these other countries to quit leaching off the US job market. Their own countries should create jobs for them.
Lets hope the next president does not continue these foolish policies.

Too little, too late, yes the next president may carry some of the moderate policies forward. However, the damage was done. Now its going to affect the next generation by means that I don't dare imagine. I don't believe history will be kind to Bush et al no matter how you want to sugarcoat the damage.

The appeasement of Russia, north Korea, and Sudan make babybush the Neville Chamberlain of our time.

Zakaria's attempt to find something good to say about the bushcheneymccain cabal reminds me of the praise for Mussolini: "He made the trains run on time," and Hitler: "He built the autobahn."

Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/10/2008 9:08:10 AM
Comment: The price of oil is ultimately set by world supply and demand, not the Iraq war.

For the next president, simply reversing this administration's policies is not the answer. But you have to admit , it is a good place to start. It always takes longer to fix something that is broke than it did to break it in the first place. Obama wants to repair , while McCain wants to keep breaking.

For the next president, simply reversing this administration's policies is not the answer. But you have to admit that it is a good start.

So what I gather from the above is that for this piece of work to get something "right"
everything else has to first go "wrong".

Also did anybody see "oil" mentioned as one of the reasons in recounting
the "blunders" for going into Iraq??

very, very conservative, as usual - this writer