June 05, 2007
Peggy Noonan:
[Conservatives] would normally look at the Bush Administration, they would've looked at it five years ago and said "This is TERRIBLE!"But one huge and important and key thing happened.
It was 9-11.
And conservatives and Republicans and Democrats and moderates were so eager to give the President as much room as he needed, as many breaks as possible, to understand everything that he did, but they supported him in a way that, at the end of the day, I can't help but believe that the White House took advantage of, well-meaning people trying to back their President, trying to be really good with him, really supportive of him, and trying to show the world: "Hey, America's here, and we're backing our guy."...
I can't help but think that those good and decent impulses on the part of regular, on the ground people were somewhat taken advantage of while these people went off on their own ideological...tour.
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Here's another recent convert (Andrew Sullivan) on this recent effort by Republicans to distance themselves from Bush:
The Right's Repudiation of Bush
Greenwald is having none of it:
The media's function is not merely to pass on self-serving conservative propaganda but to report actual historical fact, to point out when such propaganda deviates from objective truth. The "conservative movement" now desperately trying to depict Bush as an anti-conservative vigorously argued the exact opposite for the last six years. No account of the conservative movement's chicanery can be remotely accurate without prominently highlighting that fact. George Bush is tied irrevocably around the neck of the right-wing movement because they tied themselves to him when they thought doing so would be politically beneficial.
What about those of us who complained about spending in 2002? Who backed Kerry in 2004 because of Bush's unconservative record? Who opposed torture as soon as the evidence emerged? Who dissented from the FMA and Schiavo? Who opposed compassionate conservatism from the start? Who wrote books explaining how Bush was not a conservative? I guess there weren't many of us in public. Give Bruce Bartlett some props. But our existence is also part of the objective truth of the past six years.
Posted by: Bo at June 05, 2007 02:41 PM (Ywo+X)
Posted by: Cruiser at June 05, 2007 02:42 PM (Pl6jA)
Posted by: greyrooster at June 05, 2007 02:57 PM (1h1Tb)
Fitzgerald, Judge Walton and Ambassador Wilson - take a bow gentlemen.
Posted by: Bo at June 05, 2007 03:14 PM (Ywo+X)
and i accept that, Scotter Libby got time for not remembering which week he heard something a year before while DemoCraps can't remember which week they buried dead bodies last year but they do get a complete pass and are never tried for their murders.
Posted by: Rubin at June 05, 2007 10:59 PM (1DM7b)
As for President Bush: because of the WOT, I cut Our President just about as much slack as I could also. ...
I overlooked ... Harriet Meyers, Spending like my ex-wife, Increasing the number of Federal entitlements, Using our folks in Iraq as Iraqi Policemen instead of American Warriors at War, Nation building etc. BUT the Last Straw is this latest corruption of our Citizen Status and the dis-Honor to every American who ever served and was willing to shed blood for our Flag. Yes the wholesale granting of citizen status to illegal immigrants breaks the sacred bond between We The People and the United States.
Posted by: Rubin at June 05, 2007 11:13 PM (1DM7b)
And last night, almost every Republican candidate defended an indicted man and belittled the treason he performed. This is what the "law and order" Republican party has become. Contrast that with the immediate and swift isolation that the Democratic leadership gave Cunningham - and you can begin to see the choice being offered voters.
I ain't no Democrat, but I sure as hell cannot support the den of thieves and con artists that the Republican party has become (except Ron Paul that is).
Posted by: Bo at June 06, 2007 08:11 AM (euN4c)
Uh yeah the sock puppet speaks and dimwit Bo parrots him, Glenn is that you? The media passing conservative propaganda? OMG what friggin drug is he using I need an escape from reallity myself.
What about those of us who complained about spending in 2002? Who backed Kerry in 2004 because of Bush's unconservative record?
The sock puppet did'nt complain as I recall and where are the complaints now that the Dhimmi's are in charge and spending like two of Rubins Ex-wives HMMM? And I get it John Kerry is a conservative right BWHAHAHA like I said the sock puppet is doing some good SH$T and sharedd it with Bo. I would vote for Bush anytime over the traitor even now!
Who opposed torture as soon as the evidence emerged?
What torture? Show me some evidence or STFU!
The crime is intentionally outing an operative CIA agent - one who happened to be working on the Iran nuke file.
Really show me in the indictment or the conviction where it says that. Or could it be GASP! You are a lieing sack of sock puppet and whackjob Ron Paul supporting Sh$t who blew their credibility when they started qouting Glenn the sock boy? Or how about when you state you support that fool tin foil hat wearing imbecile Ron Paul. Take it back to KOS we ain't buying any of your crazy here today. And yes Bush has blown it for me but the other choices were far far worse and reamin so to this day, think about it President Kerry or President Al Gore my GOD what a nightmare that thought is!
Posted by: Oldcrow at June 06, 2007 10:46 AM (q7b5Y)
Despite his political leanings, I am sure Kerry (who actually fought in a war) would have been an improvement over the Bush the deserter.
And as for Libby - they don't hand out sentences like that for nothing. The convicted felon known as Libby is the traitor - in case it was not clear to you.
Posted by: Bo at June 06, 2007 11:40 AM (euN4c)
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