The Bush hatefest
What is the source of the vitriolic hatred of George Bush? He can scarcely be called a conservative; witness his orgy of federal spending, and his mild-mannered accommodation of abortion, borders, and other items dear to conservatives. Sure, he went to war and took out Sadddam Hussein, but even this by itself couldn't give rise to the mantra of "Worst president ever" that is quickly gaining acceptance among the cognoscenti.There's something deeper, and it can't be just his Christianity; both Clinton and Kerry were careful to display their churchin'-up creds, so what could it be? "Miserable failure", "Bush is worse than Hitler" (not even an acknowledgement of the word "Hyperbole", here), and others too numerous to specify have been adopted by the national discourse, no matter how many zillions of dollars Bush pledges to spend on the AIDS lobby.
Those who say there's no difference between the two parties are probably onto something a bit more substantial than those who wake up and start shaking with anger at the realization that Bush is president instead of John Kerry - but even this position is somewhat bankrupt, as it fails to acknowledge the very different voting records of the House and Senate.
A quick scan of events reveals that Bush is to blame for failing to prevent 9/11, although the Clinton administration apparently had absolutely nothing to do with the build-up of preceding events. Bush also is 'responsible' for the ravages of hurricane Katrina, and for alienating Europe, as well. To the vast majority of those on the shrill spectrum, Bush can do absolutely nothing right, and will get credit for nothing when he leaves office.
But why? Sure, he cut taxes, but not by all that much, and not even permanently. He's met scarcely any government programs he disliked enough to try to cut funding for, and can hardly be accused of putting his weight behind truly conservative causes.
The answer is most likely that the Democratic party has succeeded in defining the Republican party as "Evil", and put way more effort into indoctrinating youth with this view, such that a legion of robots has grown up repeating this lie, and believing it wholeheartedly.
Whatever happened to the "Think for yourself" movement? Free speech is a wonderful accomplishment of our constitution, but there appears to be no way to legislate free minds. Oh, well.
posted by ET @ 11:49 AM
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