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In Reply to: Can the same country that voted Bush as president twice, be expected to do any better in the next election? posted by gme109 on May 30, 2007 at 08:55:06:
I voted for Bush in 2000. Didn't repeat my mistake in '04. Thank goodness the Dems are in Congress acting as a check and balance to the Executive branch. If they accomplish nothing more than obstructing / halting / harassing the GOP, they will have contributed to stabilizing our country.
I despise the contemporary GOP for the immense damage they wrought in this country under the leadership of this administration. While far from perfect, the United States could make a valid claim to the moral high ground prior to Bush. With the suspension of Habeus Corpus, codification of torture, suspension of Geneva, extraordinary rendition, massive fiscal malfeasance, Terry Shaivo debacle, cultivation of Christianity (to the exclusion of other religious faiths) in government policy, estrangement from foreign allies, devaluation of the dollar with respect to alternate currencies, and vacuum of leadership for any significant domestic agenda (education, health, environment, and social security), it will take time and tremendous energy to reverse and repair Bush's policies and imcompetance.
I never really liked Clinton. In retrospect, his personal moral lapses, like the famously public BJ, seem downright quaint in comparison to the massive fuck-up that is Bush. From the perspective of a vet, it's an outrage that the result of Bush's policies are thousands of military dead, 10s of thousands wounded (amputees), not to mention the 10s of thousands of non-combatant casualties in this abortion of a war.
For the $100s of billions spent on the military fiasco in Iraq, the US could have serreptitously bought the Middle East, less 100,000 dead people.
This war has nothing to do with taking the fight to the enemy. The enemy is Bin Ladin. He is in Afghanistan / Pakistan. He isn't in Iraq. And he is still alive when he should have been killed many years ago.
In 2008, America will elect a better President. Why? 1) the bar is set so low by Bush that anyone else will be an improvement. 2) Americans are fatigued of fear mongering and living in a perpetual state of war 3) after 6 years stagnation, Americans will seek some progress on a domestic agenda.
bty, I do like Ron Paul, but agree he in un-electable.
Scott
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Follow Ups
- Life-long Republican and Naval Academy grad - tetsuo 05/30/0716:21:37 05/30/07 (8)
- How long until YOU'RE called "fruity pebbles" by some slime infested bigot? - suits_me 19:13:30 05/30/07 (2)
- You should have challenged them - John EH 22:11:51 05/30/07 (0)
- RE: How long until YOU'RE called "fruity pebbles" by some slime infested bigot? - tetsuo 19:32:32 05/30/07 (0)
- My God! Did I read this post correctly? A life long Republican critisizing the party? - PriyaW 18:29:38 05/30/07 (3)
- One more thing - tetsuo 19:01:34 05/30/07 (0)
- Priya, it must be the effect of your wine - tetsuo 18:50:58 05/30/07 (1)
- I am enjoying a glass of HAR'EL Syrah (CLOS de GATwinery, 2005) straight from Israel - PriyaW 19:40:55 05/30/07 (0)
- Thanks for posting your thoughts. * - gme109 16:35:21 05/30/07 (0)
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