Hamlette
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:15 PM
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My fear? Bush could really screw us if he went moderate. |
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It won't happen right away. But watch during the last two years of his term. He's do a "only Nixon could go to China" thing to try and redeam himself. Two term presidents start thinking of their place in history. If this war goes as badly as it has thus far, Bush will need something bold so the history books don't say "started the second Vietnam and bankrupted the country."
We have work to do.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:16 PM
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1. Bush has no concept of history.... |
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but we do have work to do.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:16 PM
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2. Bush going moderate will not happen |
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look at the make-up of the senate, handpicked by rove and *.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:21 PM
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10. You are right but what is going on right now in the media is the |
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attempt to give the impression that he is governing from the center. They will use every opportunity possible to parrot the he a uniter, he's a centrist now etc ad nauseum. All the while he will be doing something entirely different. Look over here, don't look over there.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:32 PM
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16. yeah, i'm sure they'll try to spin it for him |
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but you know as well as i do the media beleived him about as much as we do.
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Eric J in MN
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:17 PM
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3. That would be bad, how? (nt) |
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:17 PM
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4. No chance of this happening. These fundies are wacko. |
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:18 PM
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5. i don't think he cares how history will judge him... |
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he doesn't read anyways, so why would he care what's written. with No Child Left Behind, future voters won't be able to read, either.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:18 PM
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6. If he goes Mod, then we must pin the Fundies against him. |
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However, He will not go Mod, He never did that before 911.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:18 PM
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7. * doesn't care how history will judge him |
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Remember, when Bob Woodward asked him "How is history likely to judge your Iraq war?" * replied, "History, we don't know. We'll all be dead."
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The Backlash Cometh
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:21 PM
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8. Cheney's ticker is counting. |
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tick-tock, tick-tock. The Libertarian in him won't allow Bush to move slowly. Watch very carefully who Bush & Cheney meets with in these coming months.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:21 PM
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Cheney and the neocons are.
If anything, they will take an even harder right turn since they don't have to worry about re-election.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:22 PM
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he doesn't have to. He got elected by being as right wing as he could. Now he doesn't have to worry about reelection in 2004. And since he has a "mandate" and all :eyes:
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:31 PM
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15. he has to. If not for history, to keep his party in power. |
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He'll raise the minimum wage or something that doesn't piss of the fundies.
And I fear it because it will be 8 years, not 4.
How he starts out is not the measure. They will want to get all the unpopular controversial measures off the table in the first year or two. Then he'll work on being popular.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:24 PM
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12. I've had similar thoughts... |
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but you articulated it well. He could, in affect, use all our criticisms of him as an indication of how to change. He was already doing that in the campaign--imitating things Kerry said, flip-floping on gay marriage, etc.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:27 PM
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What you suggest was St ronnie's MO also. chimp no longer needs the suckers that voted for him. Like a reptile, he will eagerly toss them under the buss if it suits his fancy. Remember, this asshole took us to a totally un-necessary war for his vanity.
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Wed Nov-03-04 08:31 PM
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14. And what exactly is the "moderate Republican program" |
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apart from torturing Lincoln Chafee?
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