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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I have a hard time understanding how anyone, particularly conservatives, can be so cavalier about Bush policies and actions: * to spy on Americans without a warrant (Congress has held firm on a more accountable FISA bill)
* that allow torture (they call it "enhanced interrogation") of suspects held in US custody despite existing laws and treaty obligations(Congress has enacted new legislation to prevent it - Bush vetoed)
* enable the government to be more secretive than ever (the Dem Congress introduced several "open government bills" - FOIA, PRA, Contract Reform, etc" that have been blocked by Republicans or vetoed by Bush)
* spend more recklessly than any recent Administration and attempt to shield the spending through off-budget "special appropriations"
* politicize the Dept of Justice then refuse to respond to Congressional subpoenas.
* manipulate government scientific data to further a political agenda
* use signing statements and EOs to overturn the will of Congress and former Presidents
* use the RNC as its political arm to skirt election laws through programs of voter caging
Fortunately, those Bush apologists and sycophants have become increasingly marginalized.
ace..what you call "bias", I call an expectation that a president will abide by the rule of law and the Constitution. |
On each of the issues DC references above there are legitimate opposing views and in some cases historic patterns of behaviors by many if not all past Presidents who have acted in a manner similar or in some cases worse than what they accuse Bush of. Again, Bush has had his problems, I am not aware of a "perfect" Presidency, but he has done a few things worthy of merit. To those who dislike Bush - they can not seem to get past the emotion of their dislike to give the man any credit.