In The Shadow of Bush

If Bush had not invaded Iraq, and kept his eye on Osama Bin Laden, the GOP would not be in the mess they are in. There party is in danger of becoming irrelevant. The 20 years of cumulative efforts to control Congress and then the White House have been wiped out by W. The policies of Conservatism, the thought of the Republican party as the party of Defense and the Military have been debunked. The image of the Republican party as effective business like leaders is destroyed. This grand plan the Democratization of Iraq, created as a cover for Bush family honor is a real American political tragedy. It is time for a new way, a new generation of leadership.

Obama 08.

If Bush could serve another term , the fruits of his policies will show. At times results need tough talk. He has made the U.S gain some bargaining power in Global politics. Look at the response he gets in places like Bahrain, UAE, Georgia etc. I mean because he showed the world that the U.S> are no pushovers, when he motivates for a Palestinian State he is taken seriously. If Bill Clinton had the same kind of authority at Camp David with Yasser Arafat then things may have been different. The Iraq adventure may seem futile but in long term the fruits will show. I mean who would have thought 20 years after the Vietnam War an American president would be given such a warm reception in Hanoi, the Vietnamese economy is booming big time.. A republican administration in 2009 by someone as ascertive like Mitt Romney will enable the fruits of the U.S's Global influence

No he isn't. Nixon, Reagon, Lincoln, and several of our first Presidents were the best (FDR too if you leave out his pathetic socialist programs). Bush is, at this time, not a good President however that is until the long term effects of his terms begin to show. I'd say the Presidents leading up to the Civil War and Carter were the worst.

President Bush is the second greatest President EVER, after President Ronald Reagan. Any of the disgruntled who choose to disenfranchise themselves from the American dream that do not believe this can simply look it up.

President Bush is the second greatest President EVER, after President Ronald Reagan. Any of the disgruntled who choose to disenfranchise themselves from the American dream that do not believe this can simply look it up.

Listen to Bush's upcoming state of the union address. Look and listen carefully. Is he avoiding detail, is he camaflouging his real agenda. Can he really make you believe that he will leave no child behind again, How many times can one nation be foolded. Think about all the bankrupt people sitting at home, those in debt, those without healthcare, and unable to afford education watching his speech. Their probably wondering how they could have been suckered into voting for this guy.They did not listen and we all know many of them voted for Bush in two thoudand four. OBAMA/.Hillary for president.
WHY CAN'T WE SEE THAT THE PeoPle Profiting from the war are haPPy with the status quo. WHo are these PeoPle,
Private Contrators who lobbied the RePublican adminstration
Cheney/ Halliburton who Provided billion dollar contracts to selected firms.
These caPitalists decided to unite and Profit in Iraq, Build a new economy in Iraq where the oil comPainies, caPitalists that suPPort the Bush Administration, War Profiteers and other Private comPanies could all make Billions at the tax Payers exPense. HERE"S THE proof, keep in mind this is just the tip ot the ice berg

Cheney's stock options which were worth $241,498 a year ago, are now valued at more than $8 million-- for an increase of 3,281% . Cheney has pledged to give the proceeds to charity. Cheney continues to receive a deferred salary from the Halliburton. He was paid $205,298 in 2001; $162,392 in 2002; $178,437 in 2003; and $194,852 in 2004.

Halliburton, has already raked in more than $10 billion for work in Iraq, and was handed some of the first Katrina contracts. The company has been criticized by auditors for its handling of no-bid contacts in Iraq, and there have been numerous allegations of over charging for services. Auditors found the firm marked up meal prices for troops and inflated gas prices in a deal with a Kuwaiti supplier. The company also built the American prison at Guantanamo Bay. "It is unseemly for the Vice President to continue to benefit from this company at the same time his Administration funnels billions of dollars to it. Lautenberg???
They even "pimped" our troops. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Do you think Bush and Cheney care that we are spending billions in IRAQ, NO. THis is why they hated the CLINTONS. THE CLINTON"S ACTUALLY USED TAX payer money to help the middle class and all AMERICANS.

"Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the eye of their constituents, must, from the circumstance of distance, be unable to administer and overlook all the details necessary for the good government of the citizens; and the same circumstance, by rendering detection impossible to their constituents, will invite public agents to corruption, plunder and waste." --Thomas Jefferson to Gideon Granger, 1800. ME 10:167
"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That "all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people." [X Amendment] To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specifically drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition." --Thomas Jefferson: National Bank Opinion, 1791. ME 3:146

We have been fooled by our own government and there is no way any Republican is going to win this election. THE Middle class has had it with all this Bin LADEN terrorist crap. WE are now scared of our own government more than we are of the terrorist because the decisions this government is making on our behalf is not in our best interests and it is killing us. The government is now dominating our civil liberties. They are giving the states millions for Real ID Cards. This is just the start of government intrusion. Combine this with the misuse of the Patriot Act and the future Plans of insurance comPanies and corporations to have full access to our personal records and we have a real crisis.
Credit Card companies have already started selling and sharing our personal information with the private sector. We really have to wake up and protect our constitution it is all we have to defend ourselves against interests that become too rich and powerful in this country. The government keeps expanding and is being predominantly controlled by special interest and lobbyist. The middle class is being weakened and our civil liberties are being threatened. Real ID Cards will not make "us safer" infacat terrorists can obtain fake ones and move about freely. The American people did not vote on Real ID Cards, we need a vote. Our constitution would have to be ammended in order for Real ID's to become legal. I do not know what has happened in Washington but it is getting out of hand. They know what they are doing is unconstitutional so they are trying to bribe the states by offering them money. I hope every state agrees with me and Prevents the federal govenment from imPosing and unconstitutional law. If the states allow the government to do this then they would have set a bad Precedent that could lead to further government violations.

Continueing from my above comment...
On to the economy, the pres cannot be held accountable for economic troubles. Not everything is the presidents fault. Weather, other countries, consumer spending, consumer attitude... All these things affect the economy. Most of our current economic problems are probably due to the average American citizen. Plus. Going back to the long term point, these problems could be the cause of Clinton's, Reagons, or even FDR's administration. And on to Katrina. NO was the scummiest city of this nation has ever seen. Just look now, football is more important to them than repairing the levees or the poor sections. Its the states and cities incompetence that caused the problems, not race (I feel sorry for MLK. His dream was for minorities to justify their actions and get out of things by playing the race card) or Bush. For those who complain about the Federals governments powers, do not blame Bush for Katrina.
Now back on to the issue at hand. One of the good things about Bush's Administration is that it marks the end of Bush style Republicans. McCain, Huckabee, and Hunter would be very good Presidents. Paul would do a pretty good job too, but needs to slow down a bit on the change. He wants to bring change too fast while the others would bring it at a slower pace. I'm kind of hoping McCain or Huckabee puts Hunter on as their ballot as vice since Hunter has no chance of winning the Repub nomination.
Now this is something I do not understand; Why do people compare Republicans to fascists or say religious candidates want to turn the country into a theocracy and give no facts to back that stuff up? I always wondered. Is it lack of logic, too much media, or ignorance towards the Republican ideology?
To end my extremely long comment, yes I am a conservative and a Christian and no I am not a Bush supporter and I have nothing against them. Yes I know I have bad spelling and grammar and I purposely didn't read over this or use spell check. 1) it's not that important and 2) if comment on my mistakes then it tells me that you didn't read my comment and thus are a ignorant fool.
Do some reaserch on the Republican Party, which means don't look at wiki or a few sources in the front. The deeper you dig, the farther you get from biases and lies. Or look at two diffeerent sources that are extremly opposite (like Fox and well Newsweek) on viewpoints and find the truth by reserching the things being contested. For example if one source says Obama is a Muslim and one says he's not, then research if he really is or not (and you should know he isn't one)

On this site these are the kind of comments I'd expect. Intolerant ignorance of Republicans, Conservatives or US political history. Please if you know nothing of history or Republicans than do not comment on subjects including them.
First off this is a Republic not a Democracy. Its been this way since the beginning. They are completely different. Now that you learned something very basic, let me tell you that throughout history, Presidents have been criticized (though not as much as the scums are doing today) and the good things of their administration have not been figured out until their term is over, which leads to another point, the positive points of most things are not seen until the long run (cough Iraq War). Bush 's Administration may turn out better in the long run than you think. Calling it a failure now only shows your ignorance. Reagan was created and had a low popularity but he was one of our best Presidents.
You know I find it funny, there are so many people criticize Bush but that's all they do. Bush bashing is the liberals favorite hobby. If all you're going to do is b*tch, then include your failed Congress, with their 3 only achievements: complaining about Bush, threatening to cut funds for troops for popularity (ending the Iraq War), and making crappy badly written bills to expand CHIP and then saying Repubs hate poor children (if you can read, read them before commenting about those vetoes).

Bush is a total failure and without a doubt the single worst President in American history - and his disgrace is the shame of the entire Republican party. Simply put, these fools don't deserve to run the country again for at least an entire generation. They have embarassed us all!

So George Bush is a lot smarter than I think? What a laugh!! He may not care what many people think of him, however it is now a FACT that he has led this country down a horrible path throughout his presidency. And Iraq is just the tip of the iceberg! It's not the fact that he decided to invade, it's how he went about it. It's the fact that the tax break he issued before 09/11 depleted our resources for this quagmire we're now in. It's the fact that AFTER 09/11, interests rates were lowered so much the banks found shady ways to make money, and now the housing market is in crisis mode. It was Katrina, it was ruining foreign relations, it is stubborness and relying on his "gut" rather than sound advice that makes him a horrible president! I'm not a Democrat, but I can still see that this cowboy president of ours has done little to no good for this country.

So George Bush is a lot smarter than I think? What a laugh!! He may not care what many people think of him, however it is now a FACT that he has led this country down a horrible path throughout his presidency. And Iraq is just the tip of the iceberg! It's not the fact that he decided to invade, it's how he went about it. It's the fact that the tax break he issued before 09/11 depleted our resources for this quagmire we're now in. It's the fact that AFTER 09/11, interests rates were lowered so much the banks found shady ways to make money, and now the housing market is in crisis mode. It was Katrina, it was ruining foreign relations, it is stubborness and relying on his "gut" rather than sound advice that makes him a horrible president! I'm not a Democrat, but I can still see that this cowboy president of ours has done little to no good for this country.