When it comes to economics, Bush doesn't walk the walk.

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<p>Peggy Noonan, Stephen Moore, Jack Pitney, Larry Sabato…they all know it.</p>

<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/ahaveitall;_ylt=Aqa7GlQfhvUVPpp_DmGvGPIDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/ahaveitall;_ylt=Aqa7GlQfhvUVPpp_DmGvGPIDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>This is why Bush and Rove have to exploit wedge issues and play to the religious right. Because a lot of the more reflective, more traditional conservatives have real doubts about Bush and the neo-cons.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=19635[/url]”>http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=19635&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>No more wondering why!</p>

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<p>Pass the BBQ sauce is right–and the popcorn and M & Ms too. Only a nincampoop would have expected to sell this real life disaster as a movie–yet here we are–living it!</p>

<p>Hurricanes repeatedly attacking major oil platforms and refineries? Evacuation plans that go awry and make us look like bumblers? Major cities ‘closed’? Gas at $3 a gallon? Our ‘friends’, the Saudis, warning us that our little Iraq expotition is going terribly awry?</p>

<p>I’ll say it’s a big presidency. Who could have thunk up this stuff?</p>

<p>I didn’t vote for him but I wouldn’t have wished this plague of disasters on him–or us. Crikey dick.</p>

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<p>UCLAri, great cartoons.</p>

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<p>Did I hear right? Under Bush’s leadership, federal spending has increased by a third? Wow.</p>

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<p>Is it telling that the usual Bush supporters haven’t weighed in on this thread? The silence is deafening.</p>

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<p>Well, allow me to lay the hands on you and heal your poor ears. The fact that Bush needs to veto some congressional spending is very much a problem for him among Republicans. Start listening to Rush and you’ll hear what lots of us think. I could add dozens of conservative commentators to dstark’s list. He also needs to do something dramatic about illegal immigration. You don’t have to restrict your reading/watching/listening to the usual MSM outlets to find a great deal of criticism of the president.</p>

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<p>driver,</p>

<p>Look at my earlier post on this thread. I know there are a lot of conservatives critical of the president out there. There just aren’t that many in here.</p>

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<p>Rank of 2004 among the most fiscally reckless years in U.S. history, according to the comptroller general: 1
– Harper’s Index, October 2005</p>

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<p>Without gagging?</p>

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<p>I mentioned Rush, and I would add Hannity, and traditional religious conservatives such as Cal Thomas. The point was that on certain issues, there is almost uniform conservative criticism of the president. Most of us here end up dealing with the moonbat issues that you guys post; there was nothing in the OP that should have surprised any of you, if you actually had a real-world sense of your political opposition.</p>

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<p>Wow, Rush, Hannity, and Cal Thomas…three lightweights. Yeah, that’s where I want to get my information.</p>

<p>I’m sure they are out there right now, fighting to increase taxes on the top 1%, to keep the estate tax, to stop the increases in defense spending, to repeal the highway bill, to increase gas taxes and use the money for alternative energy sources.</p>

<p>Bill Gates Sr. walks the walk.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/11/gates-w.html[/url]”>http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/11/gates-w.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Dstark,
Now you’re changing your topic. Peggy Noonan and Stephen Moore aren’t supporting that stuff either. So I guess this is just another Bush-bashing thread. Sorry to have bothered you guys. Carry on.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://andrewtobias.com/newcolumns/030522.html[/url]”>http://andrewtobias.com/newcolumns/030522.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p><a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9379241/[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9379241/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Nice links. Cat got your tongue? Bedtime for me. Hasta la vista, baby.</p>

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<p>driver,</p>

<p>Explain something to me: why are Republicans so willing and eager to basically call any Clinton the antiChrist, but the second the LOYAL OPPOSITION in the form of the Democrats does what it’s supposed to do, Republicans whine and moan about the “evil” MSM and evil Democrats trying to indoctrinate everyone?</p>

<p>Yeah, that was loaded. So what? I want a good answer to this one.</p>

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<p>I think Driver already answered this above but she may want to address again here. However, my take on it is very similar to Driver’s. Most of the posts by conservatives on this board are intended to set the record straight when a charge is made that is patently ridiculous and politically motivated. When there is some merit to the complaint or, as in the case with the Bill Frist thread, the full details are insufficient to warrant a defense, the natural tendancy is to let it pass.</p>

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<p>Which IMHO, is the reason that conservatives run the country. Voters are willing to ignore things they think the president (or any other Republican representative) is doing wrong, in order to promote party unity. </p>

<p>I have a lot of Respect for the GOP as a public relations firm. solidarity is hard to achieve, and it’s an amazing political tactic, but it doesn’t really protect constituents… it basically gives the leaders (whomever they would be, not necessarily just in this case) carte blanche to pander to any special interest rather than listening to the people who voted for them.</p>

<p>Democrats do the same thing, but they’re much more likely to get flack for it, since the media needs people to attack and they get whined at for attacking conservatives. Also, since the Democrats are so diverse politically, they have no clear messages. Woot.</p>