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February 07, 2004
The Terrible Towel
DeLong posts three in a row on the growing volume of nays to Bush's fiscal 'policy'. For a mediocre president, he's treading on thin ice and I believe he's about to fall through. I for one will not be throwing him a rope.
We had a good war, and now our home is crumbling.
While GW plays 'Commander in Chief' it's about time to take some potshots at his financial shenanegans. Yeah I think it makes for good politics to raise the character issue regarding his service in the National Guard, but that's not worth much to me. What continues to concern me is what Asian central banks are doing with all of the American securities they are scooping up, and what we are all going to have to pay for them.
You see, here in California, we understand very well what it's like to have the government go broke. It's not a pretty sight. All it takes is one good sized crisis and things are in shambles for years. Firing politicians is not quite enough, because that's what we're supposed to do (if we wern't so lazy and hadn't enacted all that term limit nonsense.) So it is no comfort to throw the bums out, the damned thing has to be fixed while the bums are in office. They'll always be bums but at least they can be frugal bums.
Now I'll be hogtied if the Democrats start behaving like the party of fiscal responsibility. So let me stand up and be one of those who throws in the towel for Bush and throws the book at him to boot.
What we have here is voodoo economics, all over again. Can somebody please start the straight talk? Calling Senator McCain, come in Senator McCain. Oh wait. Let me predict that it will be Greenspan who says the Emporer has no money in the bank. Apres lui, le deluge.
Posted by mbowen at February 7, 2004 07:36 PM
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Speaking mainly from the left, I think it would do Republicans good to give Bush the boot. IMO, he's not a conservative at all, but a pretender. Dole was a conservative. McCain is a conservative. Bush is just part of a family that feels their privlege should entitle them to the highest office without any real need to present a vision for America. On Meet the Press, Bush kept repeating that "I am a war president." Well, duh. That's a matter of circumstances, not because you had a plan or a vision to make this country better. What little vision he did have, (no child left behind) he's squaundered. Now it's all "tax cut and spend." I just wonder when conservatives will realize that a Bush in the White House leads to nothing but 8 years of Democratic party rule? (which by the way, is just fine with me!)
Posted by: don at February 10, 2004 11:36 AM