Food for thought
Hating America key to Nobel prize - Scarborough Country - MSNBC.com
I oftentimes will bash Bush on various things; either here or with my friends and family. However, in all fairness, I felt putting this here should help balance my writings. Joe Scarborough quotes real figures, and compares these realities to the focus that people and the media seem to be bent on.
Truly, there is something peculiar about this.
We often bash Bush on his general smarmy attitude, his imperialistic approach to diplomacy, and so forth. But we fail to realize that everything he has done, has been--in his heart--for the best interest of Americans and the concepts of democracy. He's our fucking President, after all. Not President of Iraq, or President of Europe. So, of course he's going to take an imperial bent on world affairs.
And if all these numbers are true (4.5 million new jobs, double-digit increases in consumer confidence, one of the lowest unemployment rates in 30 years), then, like Jesus said (paraphrased), by a man's fruits, so shall he be known.
I still don't like Bush, but I think he has more marbles in his head than most people give him credit for. History will either condemn or vindicate him. Only time will tell.
I oftentimes will bash Bush on various things; either here or with my friends and family. However, in all fairness, I felt putting this here should help balance my writings. Joe Scarborough quotes real figures, and compares these realities to the focus that people and the media seem to be bent on.
Truly, there is something peculiar about this.
We often bash Bush on his general smarmy attitude, his imperialistic approach to diplomacy, and so forth. But we fail to realize that everything he has done, has been--in his heart--for the best interest of Americans and the concepts of democracy. He's our fucking President, after all. Not President of Iraq, or President of Europe. So, of course he's going to take an imperial bent on world affairs.
And if all these numbers are true (4.5 million new jobs, double-digit increases in consumer confidence, one of the lowest unemployment rates in 30 years), then, like Jesus said (paraphrased), by a man's fruits, so shall he be known.
I still don't like Bush, but I think he has more marbles in his head than most people give him credit for. History will either condemn or vindicate him. Only time will tell.
posted by xanadian at 10:54 AM
1 Comments:
Ya know, (first of all let me say I am a moderate conservative republican, who thinks that Joe Biden would be very electable..)
anyways, what I want to tell you is this.....you need to get the Democratic party to start using these talking points. If they had it in them to have your objectivity than perhaps they would get more traction with "middle America". We don't expect anyone to actually agree with or like George Bush, but he cannot be absolutely SO fucked up on EVERY SINGLE issue, as they try and make him out to be, day after day, news cycle after news cycle.
It is encouraging to see people from the "other side" of the aisle acknowledge that all is not doom and gloom. If only the good folks inside the beltway could could share your open mindedness. Both Dems and Republicans. Yes that is wishful thinking. Hey, if you can do it and I can do it, well thats a start.
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