We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. -- Former First Lady, Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Yess...just quit Jean-Bertrand. France says so.
What?!? Where is the U.N. and their precious Security Council? What has Haiti done to bring about the wrath Dominique de Villepin??
Oh that’s right, Bush fired all those people since he took office. And the last sentence says it all. Democrats have probably one slim chance, that the economy tanks between now and November OR they somehow convince fence-sitters that the whole DOMA scandal should be enough NOT to vote for him. Honestly, if people are that dumb to vote against him based on that one issue, we shouldn’t worry about 9/11 anymore. It will happen again.
...in a response post to an Asparagirl column about why she isn’t voting for GWB this year.
I think there are a load of reasons, but basically, it can be boiled down to this:
Anyone that is pissed off at this FMA thing should friggin’ remember that this is what we liked about GWB...he is direct, forward, and is not afraid to take political risks to do what he sees as necessary to make America better. He really, really doesn’t give a whit about his poll numbers....you hear that he does from the media, but that’s hype.
The guy isn’t pandering to his base, either....that is a way leftist detractors spin this subject to take credit away from his political stance. They would rather debase his motives than comment on his obvious political bravery. If Rove were behind this, and he was the evil scientist/genius that liberals paint him to be, he would realize that there is only 45-55% support for a FMA, and have the President do his best ‘Kerry’ on the subject...i.e. vacillate and waffle until after the election. All Bush has done is polarize homosexuals and ‘political conservative/social liberals’ (sorry, Andrew Sullivan, I think the world of you, but that does describe you) against him. Though their support for him was lukewarm at best, and based more on the War on Terror than anything, his actions where the DOMA is concerned has broken it.
Fine. An effective leader never, never makes everyone they lead happy.
It’s obvious that GWB isn’t out to beat JFKerry in a popularity contest...if that is what his goal was, he’d have already started debating ol’ Lurch, and he’d be ahead in the polls 2-to-1. Bush does what he sees to be right, and best for the country. I haven’t read any detractor that has said that this was a big surprise. He has a moral clarity about his duties that has been missing from the Presidency in a decade. That is what makes him an effective leader, and is what pisses off the Left and those people that don’t share his worldview. He does not compromise on his core beliefs. He has balls. He is willing to fight for what he believes in, and asks no quarter, after the battle is joined.
Is he desperate, like some pundits say? Hardly. This is a natural next-step, especially after addressing this in the SOTU, and watching the Mass. SC and the Mayor of S.F. openly challenge him on it.
You can refer to my last post on the subject to read what I think they are doing (in short, the Mass. courts and the S.F. Mayor are trying to mandate a social change via Article IV of the COTUS), but the only thing the President has left to do is pull out a big stick. He can keep talking about it, but that isn’t his nature....ask the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.
However, that IS what the last President would have done (and DID in this situation,, because CLINTON signed DOMA, but there was no outrage over that, was there?), and not what Kerry would have done (he’s flipped and flopped on this, as he has on everything), because they try to play the entire field, and make everyone happy. That might make a guy popular, but it won’t make him a good leader.
Bush is a good leader. FMA proves that, whether you agree with him or not. He’s not afraid to stand up for what he believes to be right. That’s why he gets my vote.
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