VIDEO: The Conservative Agenda For 2008 — A Third Bush Term
VIDEO: The Conservative Agenda For 2008 — A Third Bush Term
On issue after issue, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee have shown themselves eager to carry on President Bush’s legacy. There has been almost no distinction between their rhetoric in recent GOP debates and Bush’s 2008 State of the Union address. What they have promised, essentially, is a third Bush term. A look at the issues:
Taxes: “[M]ake the tax relief permanent.”
Immigration: “America needs to secure our borders.”
Iraq Surge: “[S]ome may deny the surge is working, but among the terrorists there is no doubt.”
Iraq Withdrawal: “We will not rest until this enemy has been defeated.”
Health Care: “The best way to achieve that goal is by expanding consumer choice, not government control.”
ThinkProgress has put together a video showing the conservative candidates’ eagerness to mimic Bush’s policies and carry on his legacy. Watch it:
Transcript:
THE CONSERVATIVE AGENDA FOR 2008: A THIRD BUSH TERM
BUSH’S THIRD TERM: ‘MAKE THE TAX RELIEF PERMANENT’
BUSH: With all the other pressures on their finances, American families should not have to worry about the Federal Government taking a bigger bite out of their paychecks. There is only one way to eliminate this uncertainty: make the tax relief permanent.McCAIN: We need to make the Bush tax cuts permanent, which I voted for twice to do.
ROMNEY: Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts.
McCAIN: I think they stimulate the economy. I think that one of the first things we have to do that I forgot to mention is make these tax cuts permanent.
ROMNEY: The Bush tax cuts helped get our economy going again when we faced the last tough times.
BUSH’S THIRD TERM: ‘SECURE OUR BORDERS’
BUSH: The other pressing challenge is immigration. America needs to secure our borders — and with your help, my Administration is taking steps to do so.McCAIN: I will secure the borders first. And I will have the border states’ governors certify that those borders are secured.
HUCKABEE: What we’ve got to do is to have a secure border fence, something I have proposed that we do within 18 months of taking office.
ROMNEY: We secure the border, we have the fence, we have enough border patrol agents to secure the border and we have employment verification system of some kind.
BUSH’S THIRD TERM: ‘THE SURGE IS WORKING’
BUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, some may deny the surge is working, but among the terrorists there is no doubt. Al Qaida is on the run in Iraq, and this enemy will be defeated.McCAIN: As the president said, we are winning. We have not defeated al Qaeda. But I am proud of the success of the surge and I am proud of the leadership we have.
HUCKABEE: The surge is working and one thing we have seen, it has been a dramatic success.
ROMNEY: I met with my staff and announced that day that I supported a surge. The president announced later that day the entire program.
McCAIN: The fact is as we blame the president for the failed strategy, we should give him credit for changing the strategy and changing the leadership so that we now have I think one of the finest military leaders in American history in David Petraeus.
BUSH’S THIRD TERM: ‘WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL THIS ENEMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED’
BUSH: Al Qaida’s top commander in Iraq declared that they will not rest until they have attacked us here in Washington. My fellow Americans: We will not rest either. We will not rest until this enemy has been defeated.McCAIN: I think the president’s assessment is exactly right.
ROMNEY: We cannot turn Iraq over to al Qaeda and have al Qaeda have a safe haven from which they could recruit people to carry out bombings, to attack this country and our friends around the world. It’s unthinkable. And that’s why I will not walk away from Iraq until we have been successful and finish that job.
McCAIN: I also totally agree with him that the decisions on further withdrawals should not be made by politicians in Washington but by general Petraeus and acting on his recommendations.
HUCKABEE: The one thing I do agree with is that we need to leave with victory, and we need to leave with honor. And the reason we need to is because, if we leave a bigger mess in Iraq than is there now, it is not just going to affect Iraq.
McCAIN: If we would have done what the Democrats had wanted to do six months ago, al Qaeda would be trumpeting to the world that they beat us. I’ll never let that happen. We’ll never surrender.
BUSH’S THIRD TERM: ‘EXPAND CONSUMER CHOICE’ ON HEALTH CARE
BUSH: We share a common goal: making health care more affordable and accessible for all Americans. The best way to achieve that goal is by expanding consumer choice, not government control.ROMNEY: If you take the government out of it to a much greater extent, you’d get it to work like a market and it will rein in cost.
McCAIN: And they can — and they will be able to go out and choose their insurer anywhere in America and they will be able then to get affordable health care in America.
‘LET’S NOT BLAME PRESIDENT BUSH’
HUCKABEE: And the real issue, though, let’s not blame President Bush for all of this. We’ve got a Congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money.ROMNEY: I don’t think we would say it’s better off than it was eight years ago, to be truthful. I think the eight years that you’ve seen — and I don’t blame that on President Bush. I blame that on Washington.
HUCKABEE: So I think if we’re asking is George Bush responsible for all this, no.
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Bush, in his own words said that he wants to be a dictator. The wannabe fuhrer will simply declare martial law, and cancel the elections.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:22 pmThe neocon agenda has been around since the 60s. It reached its popular zenith with Raygun and its power zenith with BushCo on 911.
Like a faded rock or movie star, they refuse to see or understand that their time is long past, and they are a washed up has been.
So, it comes no surprise that those fools running for president are continuing to follow the yellow brick road to oblivion.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:27 pmI’m calling it a night! this @$*(#&*$* computer is giving me ‘error report’ to 90% of my attempted postings for the past 90 minutes. PHUCK this SHIT!
February 5th, 2008 at 7:31 pmRepublicans bad for America, bad for the world.
Criminals all.
Buck Fush
February 5th, 2008 at 7:33 pmA third Bush term means the end of the United States. That’s how critical this next election happens to be.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:36 pmUncle Ho: That’s what everyone’s fearing right now. Each day he reneges on more of his promises in the SOTU which means that he’s planning on being around for a lot longer than the next 12 months. I fear that martial law is just around the corner. Or more correctly, the next false flag which will result in martial law and cancellation of elections making Bush dictator for life is what we can expect this summer.
The case can be made that he’s resembling anything but a lameduck president who plans on becoming irrelevant within 12 months time.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:38 pmAnother Republican sock puppet like Dubya and Reagan.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:45 pmI don’t know why Republicans draw any distinction between these three candidates. Once in office they’d all be forced (by their corporate masters) to follow the same playbook Bush used.
When you’re in the Klan you gotta wear the hood.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:48 pm#6 Comment by whatevah — February 5, 2008 @ 7:38 pm
Or more correctly, the next false flag which will result in martial law and cancellation of elections making Bush dictator for life is what we can expect this summer.
Can I hold you to this prediction?
Personally, I think there is zero chance of this taking place. There are too many 2nd amendment believers to allow that to happen. Even if they tried it.
More realistic, is the corporate thugs behind this neocon, neo fascist push will step back, lick their wounds, and try again at a later date. Like the PNAC thing which took shape right after 41 lost and Clinton’s 8 years. That’s when they snuck the sock puppet Bush by the snoozing country.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:49 pmSeeing as how polls show that over 70% of the public feels we need to move in a new direction, this is good news for Democrats. It is almost incomprehensible to me that Repubes would field a bunch of crackpots who want to continue with these failed policies, but there it is. Either Clinton or Obama should beat any one of these crackpots like an old drum. Sure, the media will tell hero tales about the “straight-talking” McCain and find ways to argue that the Democrat is a creep, but I think the public may be innoculated against that kind of nonsense by now.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:52 pmThe people calling the plays for the Republicans are the Saudis, Wall St. Bankers, Insurance Company Execs., Big Pharma etc.
It makes little difference which one of these three yahoos pretends to be in charge. Do you really think ANY of what’s happened in the past seven years came from the mind of George Bush??
Even Tom Brady doesn’t call his own plays.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:53 pmI’ll still be able to drink beer when martial law is declared right? /snark
February 5th, 2008 at 7:55 pmMore realistic, is the corporate thugs behind this neocon, neo fascist push will step back, lick their wounds, and try again at a later date.
Comment by Merlin — February 5, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
Which is why it’s of PARAMOUNT importance for Hillary or Barack to continue to prosecute all those who committed crimes in the Bush administration. If they don’t this beast will rise again in 4 years.
Bill Clinton made a tremendous error by not going after Regan/Bush for Iran Contra. If he did, Georgie Jr. would NEVER have become president. And all of this never would’ve happened.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:57 pmWe are sooooo screwed.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:58 pmUncle Ho, what kind of computer do you have.? With my Mac’s when they act like that I shut them down and reboot and it seem’s to fix it….Blessings
February 5th, 2008 at 8:02 pmWe are sooooo screwed.
Comment by abarts — February 5, 2008 @ 7:58 pm
Baloney! Stop whining and stand up and be counted. Read #13 above! We have a lot of work to do!
February 5th, 2008 at 8:02 pmComment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — February 5, 2008 @ 7:57
Which is why it’s of PARAMOUNT importance for Hillary or Barack to continue to prosecute all those who committed crimes in the Bush administration. If they don’t this beast will rise again in 4 years.
Bill Clinton made a tremendous error by not going after Regan/Bush for Iran Contra. If he did, Georgie Jr. would NEVER have become president. And all of this never would’ve happened.
For those who are not familiar with “Consortiumnews” visit their website.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/
Robert Parry has documented the “right” from the early Raygun years. Extremely good work and must reading. He excoriates Clinton for letting 41 and the Raygun thugs off the hook trying to make nice. Baaaad mistake as his 8 years showed.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:09 pm2Million, have heard reporter’s ask both Obama and Hillery the big question if they will seek justice for all this administration’s crime’s and both gave the pat answer.”IT’S TIME WE MOVED FORWARD” …IN OTHER WORD’S HOME FREE FOR THE CRIME FAMILY…..Blessings
February 5th, 2008 at 8:11 pmjust checked my tv listings…
February 5th, 2008 at 8:12 pmcbs starts super tuesday coverage at 8 (central), nbc at 9 (after biggest loser – wouldn’t want to miss THAT show)
the cable networks and abc have already started…
what does this do to california, with still 2 hours to go?
The same thing it doe’s when the general election is on and they report all the win’s back east and every one out west is following suit…There should be a black out on election day’s untill all the poll’s are closed.We should have the primaries or caucos on one day also but oh well we limp along with a sucking system just like the present administration…Blessings Katy and all.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:17 pmRobert Parry has documented the “right†from the early Raygun years. Extremely good work and must reading. He excoriates Clinton for letting 41 and the Raygun thugs off the hook trying to make nice. Baaaad mistake as his 8 years showed.
Comment by Merlin — February 5, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
I agree, must read stuff from Parry.
I believe that Hillary and Barack won’t investigate the Bush crimes because they want to inherit all the Unconstitutional powers that Bush has claimed. And so the Executive will get stronger and stronger. In two or three more terms the Executive will literally have King-like powers. And nobody will even wince at signing-statements, violating treaties, ordering torture etc.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:18 pm#13 Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — February 5, 2008 @ 7:57
Which is why it’s of PARAMOUNT importance for Hillary or Barack to continue to prosecute all those who committed crimes in the Bush administration. If they don’t this beast will rise again in 4 years.
Sadly, this is something we will not know until they are in office. There is no chance that they would commit themselves to such a political albatross. They would be seen as mean unreasonable partisan hacks with a hateful grudge. The rethugs would be all over that.
Somehow I don’t see Hillary doing it. Obama, maybe, but it would be a huge undertaking that could swamp his Presidency, understanding the power and money of the corporate masters. The American people would need to be with him, in force, and not be complacent and ignorant. That is a lot to ask for these days considering that the MSM is corporate controlled.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:20 pmWitch1, I’ve been posting these pieces about Hillary and Barack repeatedly. They support my suspicions. Here they are again:
Clinton considers giving up some powers
10.23.07
NEW YORK – If elected president in 2008, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton would consider giving up some of the executive powers President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have assumed since taking office.
In an interview published Tuesday in Guardian America,…Clinton denounced the Bush Administration’s push to concentrate more power in the White House as a “power grab” not supported by the Constitution.
Asked if she would consider giving up some of those powers if she were president, Clinton replied, “Oh, absolutely … I mean, that has to be part of the review that I undertake when I get to the White House, and I intend to do that.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_executive_power;_ylt=Av25elN1DeNsZavNVTmGzHas0NUE
** Excuse me! She’ll take a REVIEW of which UNconstitutional powers to give up AFTER she’s elected?? Why the hell isn’t anyone talking about this?
February 5th, 2008 at 8:22 pmWitch1, here’s the quote I have from Obama confirming my worst suspicions.
I think you reserve impeachment for grave, grave breeches, and intentional breeches of the president’s authority,…I believe if we began impeachment proceedings we will be engulfed in more of the politics that has made Washington dysfunction,…We would once again, rather than attending to the people’s business, be engaged in a tit-for-tat, back-and-forth, non-stop circus.â€
- Barack Obama explaining that lying our country to war, outing an undercover CIA agent, illegally wiretapping its citizens and torturing prisoners denied habeas corpus are not grave offenses.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:25 pmThe answer to all question’s is….THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO WIN”..Blessings
February 5th, 2008 at 8:26 pmi agree sharon – news blackout…
no comment of the rest of the posts…
February 5th, 2008 at 8:29 pm:-)
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — February 5, 2008 @ 8:18
In two or three more terms the Executive will literally have King-like powers. And nobody will even wince at signing-statements, violating treaties, ordering torture etc.
This is more negative than I believe. I believe in the pendulum. It is swinging back the other way now. The zenith was reached in the election of 2004. It started back when Bush announced he was going after SS with his mandate. It remains to be seen what H or B will do in office. I believe Hillary will be quite corporatist, being a DLC backed person. Obama, also seems to have corporatist leanings, yet speaks from a different place. Time will tell.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:33 pmSadly, this is something we will not know until they are in office. There is no chance that they would commit themselves to such a political albatross.
Comment by Merlin — February 5, 2008 @ 8:20 pm
Parry speculated that when Hillary offered to send Bill and Bush 41 around the world to “repair” our image she was saying in coded language that she wouldn’t be prosecuting Bush 43. After all, no father would extend a favor to a president who is trying to throw his son in jail.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:33 pmWatching them fall over themselves to invoke Reagan and seeing the current primary news, I have to ask:
If the Republican party is such a “Big Tent” – How come McCain is getting gunned down by his own for not being conservative ? How come all the repub candidates are all so Lilly White ?
February 5th, 2008 at 8:34 pmSo, Democrats won’t secure borders?
February 5th, 2008 at 8:37 pmLOL.the Rep’s only allow token underling’s….That’s a given that has been going on forever with that bunch…..Blessings
February 5th, 2008 at 8:38 pmNot only they are following Bush’s path, but they want to do more of the same:
Romeny thinks that we are not spending enough money on military…
McCain thinks we are not having enough wars…
Huckabee thinks that religion and evangelicals don’t have enough freedom,need to change the Consitution…
And one of them will be the GOP nominee….
February 5th, 2008 at 8:40 pmThis is more negative than I believe. I believe in the pendulum. It is swinging back the other way now.
Comment by Merlin — February 5, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
Of course I hope you’re correct. And I hope my darkest suspicions about Hillary and Barack are wrong.
Unfortunately I don’t see the pendulum swinging back. I don’t even see a pendulum. I see a totally different scenario. I see a boulder rolling downhill and picking up speed.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:43 pm“Oh, absolutely … I mean, that has to be part of the review that I undertake when I get to the White House, and I intend to do that.”
Clinton
I don’t see this as negative. A case can be made for this being a “political” decision not to get into it specifically during the campaign.
“We would once again, rather than attending to the people’s business, be engaged in a tit-for-tat, back-and-forth, non-stop circus.”
Obama
This can be a pragmatic approach if he is talking about the current state and makeup of the Congress when he said it. To state it as Russ Finegold or DK does makes one unelectable, although strong, as well as ethically and morally correct. People do change their “political” positions after their election as our “compassionate conservative” neocon has shown.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:45 pmComment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — February 5, 2008 @ 8:43
I see a totally different scenario. I see a boulder rolling downhill and picking up speed.
Yahaaa. Now that is scary.
Hillary offered to send Bill and Bush 41 around the world to “repair†our image she was saying in coded language that she wouldn’t be prosecuting Bush 43. After all, no father would extend a favor to a president who is trying to throw his son in jail.
Yeah, that depressed me, although I was not surprised. She must have agreed with Bill about 41 and Raygun. Also there is the fact that 41 is an extremely powerful elder statesman being ex CIA and involved with the Trilateral Commission and the Bildebergers who represent the behind the scenes corporate powers in the world. What sort of threats and or blackmail were involved in their decisions then and now?
February 5th, 2008 at 8:52 pmFirst of all, why tha heck can’t ThinkProgress just keep me logged in like I asked so i don’t have to search my entire hard drive and stacks of paper on my desk looking for my user name and password?! ARRRRRR!!
But MORE IMPORTANTLY, Bush has no interest in “securing the borders.” That is not Bush’s “thing.” Why do you guys insist on acting as if anything to do with preventing illegal border crossing, stopping the exploitation of illegals, etc, has anything to GWB?
February 5th, 2008 at 8:58 pmAll Bush needs is a short mustache…. have to wonder why he hasn’t grown one as everything else about him, body language and verbal tones, spells Hitler.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:58 pm…anything to DO WITH GWB? (I meant)
(but I used up my brain cells looking for my log-in info.)
February 5th, 2008 at 9:00 pmThat does not scare me.
What scares me is when the democratic president (sans Diebold hanky panky) will continue the exact same policies.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:12 pm…Merlin, Why couldn’t Clinton have said…”Signing Statement are illegal, I won’t use them!” ? Far from hurting her bid, she might’ve picked up votes from the left wing where she has little support. Why this triangulating answer that leaves her open to rightful suspicion?
…If Obama doesn’t think the torture, spying etc. are “grave” offenses then he’s out of his mind. Instead, he should’ve just given the standard answer…”I’m not going to support impeachment, I want to move forward”. To state that these are not grave offenses spits on the face of 10s of thousands of us who have worked so hard to defend the Constitution demanding impeachment.
…I cannot express my belief any stronger…If the crimes of the Bush administration are not investigated fully and prosecuted they will lead to the destruction of the constitution and the country…maybe not tomorrow but eventually. Bush has taken us to the brink economically and militarily…Just imagine what a delusional John McCain could do with absolutely no check to his power!!
February 5th, 2008 at 9:16 pmYep! 2 million…Scary shit indeed…So we get to choose who the media wan’t us to choose since they eliminated the good guy’s ..We get the war monger with dementia age 70 or we get the 2 who will carry on as usual on most of the bad stuff….I’m going to bed.Had enough for the day….Blessings
February 5th, 2008 at 9:22 pmI want to believe that there are enough people out there to vote for a real change come November (after the last eight craptastic years), but what I fear is the same dead-from-the-neck ups who voted for Bush twice will vote for McCain (or Huckabee) in the general election.
If this country is to survive (and reclaim its reputation in the world), we need to vote out the status quo, and sooner than later.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:26 pmHey, something just occurred to me on the topic of the Bush tax cuts. They were enacted back a few years ago, and they’re still in place, right? And supposedly they got the economy rolling, right?
But the economy, by all appearances, is now in the toilet and still has some swirling to do.
So, how will making the tax cuts permanent make the economy any better than it is right now?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:31 pmOpen Question:
What will a “third Bush term” do for our Supreme Court and Feeral Court judges?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:35 pmit occurred to me earlier, an epiphany of sorts, that we had better not
get complacent about the huge numbers of voters this primary season,
and forget to get out even greater numbers in november…
we dems have been known to shoot ourselves in the foot…
or something like that…
but being a pessimist, the pleasant surprises are more special…
February 5th, 2008 at 9:37 pmBriseadh na Faire – we go back in time 40, 50 years…
February 5th, 2008 at 9:39 pmDear Tired,
Eliminating the Estate Tax permanently will make the economy better, permanently, for the Ruling Class. Their wealth will be handed down, generation to generation, untouched by taxes, becoming ever and ever larger. The rest of us will be forced to fight over an ever shrinking portion of the pie. Eventually, and quite soon, there will not be enough resources to maintain the subsistence of the masses. But for the wealthy, things couldn’t be better.
The economy is only for the haves, and the have-mores.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:40 pmWell, expect a deep deep recession, possibly depression if any of these stay the course types get in office.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:41 pmAll the more reason for Democrats to UNITE….HI FIVE for Democrsts.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:41 pmCarry on what legacy?
less jobs – more debt – more war?
Thats a recipe for disaster.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:44 pmWhy do you guys insist on acting as if anything to do with preventing illegal border crossing, stopping the exploitation of illegals, etc, has anything to GWB? -=Corday=-
Its the conservatives that have their panties in knots about his amnesty program
February 5th, 2008 at 9:52 pmThe thing the conservatives should be worried about is that ANY GOP candidate will keep the neo-cons in place.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:53 pmThe Reagan era is over. Regardless of a few states, the “conservative agenda” has proven it is flawed. It is bad for America and bad for the world. Reagan is dead. Long live America. And long live the constitution. Call your Senators to vote against any immunity for telecoms who clearly broke the law (their lawyers told them they could).
February 5th, 2008 at 10:07 pmWhy do you guys insist on acting as if anything to do with preventing illegal border crossing, stopping the exploitation of illegals, etc, has anything to GWB? -=Corday=-
Its the conservatives that have their panties in knots about his amnesty program
Comment by Xisithrus — February 5, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
The Republicans had a full majority for 6 years. If they had really wanted to do something about illegal immigration, they would have slammed those bills down our throats, like they did every bill that stripped our constitutionally guaranteed rights, killed over a million Iraqis and has created the economic mess we are in today.
How do you know when a Republican is lying?
February 5th, 2008 at 10:15 pmWhen its still breathing.
This video is just preaching to the choir. Repug voters vote on personalities and non-issues, not on policies.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:22 pmEliminating the Estate Tax permanently will make the economy better, permanently, for the Ruling Class. Their wealth will be handed down, generation to generation, untouched by taxes, becoming ever and ever larger. -BnF
so how DID the wealthy get that way BEFORE the tax cuts?
what was the rate for those “robber barons”?
and they even had money left over for libraries and museums and such…
February 5th, 2008 at 10:23 pmAnd we will not rest until the ghost of Ronald Reagan is finally buried. McCain is old, he’s over. Romney is a greedy rich guy who’s tried to buy his way into office. Whoever wins the Democratic race, we will win in November. War is not the answer. Rove has shot himself in the foot. Too damn bad. For them.
February 5th, 2008 at 11:13 pmI wouldn’t prefer Hillary, except to McCranefly, Rumnuts and the Huckster.
February 6th, 2008 at 12:54 amOh, and Wrong Paul.
Another term of criminal war and this country risks ending up
February 6th, 2008 at 1:11 amlike Germany when the Nazis were crushed by the Russians. What Bush gives is what we’ll get!! Fate always catches up to war criminals!
How do you know when a Republican is lying?
When its still breathing.
Comment by Wayne — February 5, 2008 @ 10:15 pm
That’s progressive.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — February 6, 2008 @ 12:56 am
Yep. Another humor-impaired conservative…
February 6th, 2008 at 1:13 amComment by CaptainMantastic — February 6, 2008 @ 12:56 am
Hes breathing..what does that mean? =)
February 6th, 2008 at 1:21 amTheir going to run on Gen Petreaus ?
Invoking Ronald Reagan didn’t work ?
Romney, ” I won’t leave Iraq until the job is done”.
For one thing, he isn’t in Iraq, our troops are. Notice his sons are not in Iraq to finish the job ! It is an occupation on an invading force. Not just a job.
Republicans never. I mean never talk about exempting my overtime from taxes. I mean never……….
You notice it is always the wealthiest that needs that tax break.?
When I hear them talk about sealing the border and putting more people there to enforce the border. What I hear is ” A no contract bid to Blackwater to keep their profits up during peace time. It can be like a training gig. Could you imagine how many immigrants blackwater could eliminate and have no law governing them. Hmmm?
February 6th, 2008 at 2:43 amTaxes: “[M]ake the tax relief permanent.â€
As well as the recession.
Immigration: “America needs to secure our borders.â€
…from brown people.
Iraq Surge: “[S]ome may deny the surge is working, but among the terrorists there is no doubt.â€
January 2008 deadliest month for US troops in Iraq since September
Iraq Withdrawal: “We will not rest until this enemy has been defeated.â€
And if we do defeat them all, we’ll just make more in countries where they didn’t even exist in the first place!
Health Care: “The best way to achieve that goal is by expanding consumer choice, not government control.â€
Because it’s important that parents have a choice when it comes to how their children acquire lead poisoning.
It’s rather funny though, that despite agreeing with his entire agenda, none of the Republican candidates will actually deign to mention Bush’ name on the campaign trail.
February 6th, 2008 at 3:40 amThe years 2000-2006 were a botched fascist takeover by the Republican Party. America is in a state of civil war.
February 6th, 2008 at 6:27 am” The years 2000-2006 were a botched fascist takeover by the Republican Party. America is in a state of civil war.”
Which is why we need a warrior and not a “bipartisanizer”! We need to pull the country on the opposite path from which Bush has taken it and not some minor vector off the Neo-con path. Gumbayah won’t get us back from the brink of full-blown Fascism. We are in a class war as the coming Depression will bring home to many.
February 6th, 2008 at 6:35 amMcCain wants to send more troops to secure Kuwait/Iraq borders, Syrian/iraq borders…the two Koreans borders…but not Arizona/Mexican borders…
February 6th, 2008 at 7:43 amPersonally, I think there is zero chance of this taking place. There are too many 2nd amendment believers to allow that to happen. Even if they tried it.
Comment by Merlin — February 5, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
Waco, Ruby Ridge, The Browns Tax situation, etc. Gun Owners are out gunned, and if the government wanted to, just shoot everyone. But if everyone was disarmed, it would be easy pickins for them.
Of course it is a bad idea to destroy the 2nd Amendment, but personally, I think there is a 25% chance Bush will do a false flag operation, much like all of the other false flags in history…..Sinking of Maine, Lusitania, Reichstag, Gulf Of Tonkin, Murrah Building, Kuwati Incubator, 9/11, USS Liberty, and Iraq War.
We should NEVER let our guard down as to what this insane administration is capable of.
February 6th, 2008 at 8:08 amMcBush
February 6th, 2008 at 9:37 amWhat is “marshall” law? I know what “martial” law is.
February 6th, 2008 at 9:56 amI hope GG is reich,People are fed up with BUSHCO crime INC.we`ve had enough reaganomics to last the mellinia when we finally pay off the bushco bills.The dems have to pull together and knock 100years McCain out ,stomp him into the ground come November.
February 6th, 2008 at 9:58 amCan you imagine John Edwards as att general going after bushco and family.Can you imagine Hillary or Barack in the white house kicking some butt against poverty,health care,taxes and getting our manufacturing jobs back in AMERICA.J. 100years McCain says those things will not happen under him.I`ll be the same old neocon bootlicking in the white house.Exxon Mobil will continue it`s strangle hold on america as it Hits the 75BILLION $$$ mark!!!!!!
I would rather migrate to Canada or something. Dont really want to be in the US if its going to be a third Bush terms. Two terms itself have made so many enemies for this nation, I dont even want to hazard a guess what the third term is goin to do! better run, when you still can :D
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February 6th, 2008 at 10:53 amhttp://www.faceoftruth.com
GG, term limits will never happen in our lifetime.Politicians are not going to leave a job where you can give yourself a pay raise .
February 6th, 2008 at 12:34 pmBush doesn’t need to stay in office anymore, someone else will and continue the trend.
He already vacations a lot so he can retire, or he can start a mercenary firm or something and fly over to shoot handcuffed “terrorists”.
February 6th, 2008 at 2:20 pmPersonally, I think there is zero chance of this taking place. There are too many 2nd amendment believers to allow that to happen. Even if they tried it.
More realistic, is the corporate thugs behind this neocon, neo fascist push will step back, lick their wounds, and try again at a later date. Like the PNAC thing which asus s5000 battery
October 15th, 2008 at 3:40 amasus m5n battery took shape right after 41 lost and Clinton’s 8 years. That’s when they snuck the sock puppet Bush by the snoozing country.