Fred Barnes is absolutely insane

[kskiska]

In his article:

Moxie in the Executive
How not to be a lame duck.

He lists ways that *'s legacy can be preserved by making bold moves.
Example:

(snip)

* A final gift to the world. As Bush is leaving office in January 2009, he could implement the military option and take out all of Iran's nuclear facilities. The world would be aghast--but also relieved and, without admitting it, enormously grateful. The new president would have one less crisis to deal with. So would the United Nations. Terrorists might respond, but we could brace for that. Anything they did would pale next to a nuclear attack by Iran.

So there's a lot Bush or any president could do if he's willing to be audacious. More than most presidents, Bush has been willing (and often eager) to thumb his nose at the Washington elites and break out on his own. He'll have a perfect opportunity to do this again in his final two years in the White House--and in even more daring ways. It might give his legacy a boost, too.

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http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/033ykfnj.asp

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. But do you have a legacy

if your insane policies have poisoned the planet and basically doomed everyone to death?

[elehhhhna]

2. Fred Barnens needs a dictionary. Bush is nothing if not already "audacious"...

Definition
audacious Show phonetics
adjective
showing a willingness to take risks or offend people
He described the plan as ambitious and audacious.


http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

[Spinzonner]

3. Being Insane

means never having to say you're sorry ... or wrong


(Apologies to Erich Segal)

[twilight_sailing]

4. cowardly

"As Bush is leaving office in January 2009, he could implement the military option and take out all of Iran's nuclear facilities."

The only President cowardly enough to do such a thing would indeed be George W. Bush, the Worst President Ever.

[FormerDittoHead]

5. So, how do you "reach out" and "compromise" with INSANITY!!???

I think this shows the fallacy of the "truth being somewhere in between the extremes". This is a very good example of how we CAN'T "work" with their side, when their side is INSANE.

The real insanity is, however, that after writing this (or even saying it in public!) Fred Barnes continues to be given a voice in the media....

[Disturbed]

7. After the bombing of their Nuke Sites Iran will

whine and cry and do nothing. :sarcasm:

Barnes is insane!

[stevedeshazer]

6. He's on the BFEE payroll.

They probably pay him by the word via direct deposit.

:eyes:

[Ms. Clio]

8. thank you Mr. Barnes for your eloquent argument in favor of impeachment

[SalmonChantedEvening]

9. Isn't 'bold and decisive' what got us into this nightmare in the first place?

Just blame Clinton for it all once this idea goes to shit as well, k?

[pdxmom]

10. A final flameout as he leaves office? What kind of special idiot is

Barnes, anyway? If it's the right thing to do, and Iran is such a danger, why the HELL would he let them have another full year to develop their sites before blowing it up? If it's the "right" thing to do, do it now. Wait to do it so that he can preserve his legacy??? This man is psychotic to even suggest Bush be given any opportunity to create more disasters. Bush needs to pick up the toys he already has left out and clean his room.

Just knowing this article is in the public domain makes me furious!

[EstimatedProphet]

11. Hey, Bush could really give a gift to the world and nuke China!

That would be sure to involve everyone on Earth, and we all know how much everyone wants a nuclear war!

In case no one figues it out - :sarcasm:

[TexasLawyer]

12. Here's another of Barnes' good ideas

Give judicial nominees recess appointments. Bush did this with judges Charles Pickering and Bill Pryor. Now he could give recess appointments to all his U.S. appeals court nominees, some eight of them, whom Democrats refuse to give floor votes. The judges' terms would run out at the end of the new Congress in late 2008. But even in that short period of time, their impact would be felt.

What an asshat!

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Bold and decisive works IF you know what you're doing.

Bu**sh** is such a totally clueless FU that bold and decisive = totally predictable disaster. Here's your moxie. Now go home.

[gratuitous]

14. Tell you what, Freddy

Why don't you strap on a nuke and a live remote camera, head over to Tehran, and show us all what a brave, decisive, audacious man can do? Not your gardener, not your make-up girl, not your driver, YOU.

Oooh, listen! Crickets.