"People view Bush as a man with strong convictions. And while he's clearly convinced of the rightness of his ways, that doesn't mean he's always right.
This president doesn't try to hear from people who disagree, choosing instead to keep the counsel of staunch supporters. He disdains news conferences and brags that he doesn't read the newspapers. He counts on his core group of insiders to tell him what he needs to know...
Still, the president seems like a nice guy. He is plain-spoken and says what he means. People who've met him come away impressed. If he were a drinking man, they say, they would enjoy having a beer with him. But we're not electing Mr. Congeniality. We're electing the leader of the free world and should set a higher standard than likability.
On a large scale, Bush has failed to deliver on his promise to be a compassionate conservative. "
Just to let you know this is an editorial concerning President Bush. It comes from the Tampa Tribune, which is known as a conservative paper. They make a sound case against the President and do have some good points about Kerry as well. (I'm still supporting him, though.)
It's interesting that the chorus of dispirited voices (including my own) are growing loudly in conservative and Republican circles. It makes me wonder if this will have an impact on the election. Will the President and his team have worked so hard to get the fundy vote that Bush could force traditional Republicans to either stay home or vote for Kerry?
Interesting.
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Posted by: airfox cialis at September 4, 2005 10:18 PMI don't think anyone can argue the fact that this political campaign is one that is based in hate and fear. It's come down to protesting which side can kill more terrorists. Hate doesn't die with burying bodies whether it is promoted by the right or the left. It seems to me that Kerry started with a theme of "understanding" and thoughtful potential problem solving and has steered his campaign to fight with the "hate message" of George Bush, who apparently is a one dimensional type of person. We have all just turned ourselves into a ball of tangled yarn. How could we possibly think that a complex world that is constantly changing at an increasing speed could possibly be managed by one dimensional thinking? I invite you to slow down for a moment and read my poem and the following links to decide for yourself how "hate" should be managed. Also please let this help you to further analyze which candidate is most congenial to these thoughts. Is it possible to use love and compassion to drive the world rather than hate and fear? In my opinion I believe we'll never get there by attempting to kill hate. Hate is a powerful force with a tremendous breeding capacity.
9/11---19 hijackers, 15 were Saudis
Their pain turns to hate
They struggle to control their fate.
Kill them…they will hate us more.
We don’t even want to know-- what for.
We don’t want to learn
We don’t want to find out why
We don’t wonder why their children cry.
It’s not that complex, it’s really quite simple.
Do we know how they live?
Do we know of their plight?
Do they have a sense of human right?
They see their kingdom as their enemy
and their need to fight.
They see their enemy fed by U.S. money.
Money feeds the power
Takes away the flower
And there is no honey.
I am a Jew
I know of hate
I know of wondering why…
I know of consequences for just being me,
Should I cry?
Will that turn the hate to apple pie?
Should I fight?
Will that turn the hate to something right?
I have allowed many injustices toward me.
I have hidden from my identity.
I have ignored the indignity.
Now I ask myself, what did I gain?
Did I rid myself of the pain?
Did my silence change my enemy?
Or did their potential love for mankind
fall to atrophy?
Is it a better world because of me?
When actions in life do not reflect
beliefs of the core
All is destroyed forevermore.
Beliefs are rendered null and void
when not understanding,
but only branding
the hopes and dreams of all mankind.
Therefore; freedom we will not find.
SS 2004
http://www.cfrterrorism.org/coalition/saudiarabia_print.html
http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Why_Do_People_Hate_The_Jews.htm
Click to the audio--Why Do People Hate The Jews?
http://www.jatonyc.org/
I had to laugh when Dennis mentioned that the Tampa Tribune was "known as a conservative paper." Compared to what, the New York Times? Having lived in Florida since I was five years old, I have to disagree.
Look, even if the president doesn't read newspapers (which I find hard to believe- he might have been 'sarcastic'), he gets daily briefs from many cabinet officials and myriad intelligence reports, political estimations, and the obligatory Bush-Cheney campaign reports to boot. That's a lot to read, let alone digest for anyone. So any implication that the president is uninformed or out of touch seems incorrect to me.
As far as being a compassionate conservative, let me fault both the right and the left on this misconception. Traditional media outlets have been regularly attacked (and I think rightly so in the case of CBS' Rathergate debacle) but the hard-talking radio hosts haven't made it easy for President Bush to emerge from the toughguy image. Any media report that casts the president as a determined, craggy-faced rugged individualist set on a course doesn't generate a soft-spoken, likeable-guy kind of visage in the minds of voters from whatever side you wish to poll.
When I think of what a compassionate conservative is, I think a much more compassionate image like this one: http://www.ashleysstory.com. Verification: http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/faulkner.asp
Posted by: Chris at October 22, 2004 07:33 PMyou should read what the libertarian candidate would do if elected. you would change your mind fairly quickly i think.
http://www.hightimes.com/ht/news/content.php?bid=278&aid=4&rnd=39#cmnt
read it yourself. (to frame this - i actually believe in legalized recreational drugs and still think hes nuts)
Posted by: mike at October 20, 2004 07:01 PMAs a middle-aged conservative, I too am confused. I remember when conservatism stood for less government, less spending and less intrusion into our lives. When did that change? Now we are looking at record spending (even without including the war), record deficits, and a record number of instances where the federal government is intruding in the lives of Americans. There is also record social spending (Medicare subsidies for the drug bill). Almost makes one want to vote Libertarian.
Posted by: Larry Risser at October 20, 2004 05:12 PM