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Sanity -> RE: The Double Standard rears it's head (3/9/2007 12:38:40 PM)
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Leadership is the exact opposite of governing by public opinion polls, and we elect leaders - not pollsters.
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ORIGINAL: caitlyn
I would have been interested in hearing what similarities you found between what Democrats have to say and what terror groups had to say, but when you mentioned left wing blogs, I became much less interested. You can find a blog that says anything, if you look hard enough. It proves nothing, in my view.
We will have to agree to not agree on the "governing by opinion polls", "doing what he thinks it right" issue. I fall solidly in the camp that we should be electing people to do what the American people tell them to do. What President Bush believes is right, is worth roughly 1/276,000,000th, in my view. He is one citizen, and we didn't elect him king. This by the way, goes for all leaders, not just Republicans. I have no idea how governing by polls got to be a bad thing.
The ability to work with the other party in Texas, is perhaps a point President Bush made, that should have been looked at more closely. I suppose you have noticed that I live in Texas, and as such, tend to know a lot of Texans. My foster parents are extremely politically active, one in each party (which makes evening meals a lot of fun), and both agree that when President Bush made this claim, he was very much seeing things the way he wanted to see them. The reality is that he tended to gravitate towards issues that already had wide support from both parties, and then claim to have been the broker of the deal. You might also note that powerful Republicans in Texas, have tended to put distance between themselves and the White House, long before that became all the rage. Sen. Kay, Ron Paul and Gov. Perry are far from strong Bush supporters, and as a Texan, I assure you that all three are so popular here that they didn't need to distance from the President to get stay in office. President Bush may claim to have worked with both parties in texas, but certainly isn't getting wide support from his own party, in this state.
President Bush is a very skilled politician, in my view. I don't share the opinion of most other liberals, that Presient Bush is somehow stupid or inept. I think he is smart ... very smart, and knows how to fool people.
My thinking is you should look carefully at your arguments above, and consider what percentage of them have real facts behind them ... not opinion, but actual, clear, unquestioned facts. If the answer is none, you might consider if you are really following the man you think you are.
Respectfully Submitted ...
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