President Stupid
So, Bush goes on the TV last week and tries selling America on a 200 billion recovery plan for a city that's A. In the most corrupt state in the Union (we haven't seen any real looting until those LA politicos get their hands on Federal funds), B. Probably going to sink again sometime in the next century, and, C. Had the misfortune of being destroyed at a time when we're busy spending hundreds of billions to teach religious monsters in the Middle East how to vote and enjoy the finer points of TiVo.
Anyway, Bush's predictable, backed-into-a-corner speech had predictable results. It didn't turn the 49% of this country that voted against him into fans, and it more or less turned off a GOP base that's slowly realizing Mr. Conservative is a pretty shitty conservative.
Oh, and Bush's LBJ II positioning is so pointless I'm almost at a loss. Um, LBJ's "Great Society" may have ended segregation (good), but it created a massive, unaccountable welfare state that we're still paying for and continues to enjoy only piecemeal fixes. Hell, even The New Deal was hit and miss. And that's considered a "success!"
Bush has made only two positive moves in his second term. Appointing Mike Griffin to head NASA, and nominating John Roberts (an actual honest-to-goodness *competent* conservative) to the SCOTUS.
Other than those two things, he's ignored Medicare, Medicaid, and Tax Reform in favor of fixing an only-sorta-maybe-kinda-could-be broke Social Security; he's failed to nab any top terrorists in Iraq; and he's failed to tackle gas prices in any long-term, proactive way.
Anyway, Bush's predictable, backed-into-a-corner speech had predictable results. It didn't turn the 49% of this country that voted against him into fans, and it more or less turned off a GOP base that's slowly realizing Mr. Conservative is a pretty shitty conservative.
Oh, and Bush's LBJ II positioning is so pointless I'm almost at a loss. Um, LBJ's "Great Society" may have ended segregation (good), but it created a massive, unaccountable welfare state that we're still paying for and continues to enjoy only piecemeal fixes. Hell, even The New Deal was hit and miss. And that's considered a "success!"
Bush has made only two positive moves in his second term. Appointing Mike Griffin to head NASA, and nominating John Roberts (an actual honest-to-goodness *competent* conservative) to the SCOTUS.
Other than those two things, he's ignored Medicare, Medicaid, and Tax Reform in favor of fixing an only-sorta-maybe-kinda-could-be broke Social Security; he's failed to nab any top terrorists in Iraq; and he's failed to tackle gas prices in any long-term, proactive way.
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"Other than those two things, he's ignored Medicare, Medicaid, and Tax Reform in favor of fixing an only-sorta-maybe-kinda-could-be broke Social Security; he's failed to nab any top terrorists in Iraq; and he's failed to tackle gas prices in any long-term, proactive way."
What's motivating him? The election is in the past.
I'm right with you on LBJ's "Great Society." I remember learning about in during government class in high school and thinking, "Hey, wait... this is full of holes. Hmm..."
There are two things that should be motivating him -- one political, one egotistical.
1. To preserve momentum toward "permanent" GOP majorities across all levels of American politics.
2. To gain a lofty spot in the history books.
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