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aceventura3 · 01-19-2008, 05:45 AM

Congressional leaders who do not support President Bush for partisan reasons have put themselves in a very difficult position. It is politically popular to admonish Bush's policies, but from a practical point of view Bush's policies have not been that far out of line with what has been the right thing to do. Hence, you have votes for war, votes for funding the war, votes for tax cuts, etc., and basically Congress giving Bush almost everything he asks for in the name of fighting terrorism - all while being very vocal against Bush on those policy positions.

The leading Democratic Party Presidential candidates will do and say what needs to be done to get the party nomination, but once in office you will find their basic approach to being Commander in Chief will not be much different than Bush. Torture, spying, violations of civil liberties happened before Bush and they will happen after Bush. I am not saying it is right, but it is what it is, and sometimes you have to have the attitude of doing what needs to be done and risking the consequences. If the next President shows weakness and terrorists take advantage of that, the Bush Presidency will serve as a model on how to handle this new form of warfare.

01-19-2008, 05:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
aceventura3 Junkie Location: Ventura County	Congressional leaders who do not support President Bush for partisan reasons have put themselves in a very difficult position. It is politically popular to admonish Bush's policies, but from a practical point of view Bush's policies have not been that far out of line with what has been the right thing to do. Hence, you have votes for war, votes for funding the war, votes for tax cuts, etc., and basically Congress giving Bush almost everything he asks for in the name of fighting terrorism - all while being very vocal against Bush on those policy positions. The leading Democratic Party Presidential candidates will do and say what needs to be done to get the party nomination, but once in office you will find their basic approach to being Commander in Chief will not be much different than Bush. Torture, spying, violations of civil liberties happened before Bush and they will happen after Bush. I am not saying it is right, but it is what it is, and sometimes you have to have the attitude of doing what needs to be done and risking the consequences. If the next President shows weakness and terrorists take advantage of that, the Bush Presidency will serve as a model on how to handle this new form of warfare. __________________ "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch." "It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions on vegetarianism while the wolf is of a different opinion." "If you live among wolves you have to act like one." "A lady screams at the mouse but smiles at the wolf. A gentleman is a wolf who sends flowers."