Advice to GW: Time to Play Offense
GW's presidency has stumbled. Not because of what the liberals are saying: that he causes all hurricanes and then refuses to respond to them, and in the process, thrusts them upon all people of color; not because his VP's aide told the truth and was later found out in exposing the fraud of Joe Wilson; and not because his latest supreme court nominee has bowed out of the process.
His presidency has stumbled over the past 6 months because he's extended an olive branch to Democrats. We can see an example of his attempt a reconciliation by appointing Clinton to the tsumani cause, and then to the Katrina cause. No one has been a bigger critic of Bush and his father than slick Willie. This is an awfully nice gesture by Bush, but guess what? The Clintons are still going to hate your guts and criticize you every chance they get no matter what you give them. So please - stop trying!
We see the olive branch again in Bush's Supreme Court nominations. Judge Roberts was appointed after leading Senate Democrats said they would find him acceptable. Miers was appointed after leading Democrats said they preferred her. Additionally we've seen Social Security reform all but dropped, and come to think of it, I haven't heard anything about making tax cuts permanent which should have been numero uno on his agenda after the Republican sweep through the 04 elections. I have no problem with trying to reach out to others and in compromising a little, but Bush is compromising his core beliefs too much. His last 6 months have been more similar to Clinton's 8 years in the sense that, he wants and needs to be liked by everyone. GW was doing just fine before this sudden need for popularity.
But all is not lost. The economy is still strong, there is a democracy developing through parts of the world that have never seen it, and I have confidence that the new Supreme Court nominee can get the presidency back on track. Victor David Hansen has more on what GW needs to do to take the offensive.
His presidency has stumbled over the past 6 months because he's extended an olive branch to Democrats. We can see an example of his attempt a reconciliation by appointing Clinton to the tsumani cause, and then to the Katrina cause. No one has been a bigger critic of Bush and his father than slick Willie. This is an awfully nice gesture by Bush, but guess what? The Clintons are still going to hate your guts and criticize you every chance they get no matter what you give them. So please - stop trying!
We see the olive branch again in Bush's Supreme Court nominations. Judge Roberts was appointed after leading Senate Democrats said they would find him acceptable. Miers was appointed after leading Democrats said they preferred her. Additionally we've seen Social Security reform all but dropped, and come to think of it, I haven't heard anything about making tax cuts permanent which should have been numero uno on his agenda after the Republican sweep through the 04 elections. I have no problem with trying to reach out to others and in compromising a little, but Bush is compromising his core beliefs too much. His last 6 months have been more similar to Clinton's 8 years in the sense that, he wants and needs to be liked by everyone. GW was doing just fine before this sudden need for popularity.
But all is not lost. The economy is still strong, there is a democracy developing through parts of the world that have never seen it, and I have confidence that the new Supreme Court nominee can get the presidency back on track. Victor David Hansen has more on what GW needs to do to take the offensive.
posted by pistolpete | 4:49 PM
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