Column:Bush flip-flopped on all but taxes by Nathan Cobb, Daily Lobo columnist
Promise: In 2001, Bush trumpeted that finding Osama bin Laden was his administration’s “number one priority. We will not rest until we’ve found him.”
How Bush backed it up: In 2002, when asked about the whereabouts of Osama, he replied, “I don’t know where he is. I have no idea, and I really don’t care. It’s not that important.”
Read that one over a few times and really let it sink in.
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Note this entry is nearly 20 years old. The GOP is much worse today.
Moderate Republicans decide to take back their party just 29 days before the election. Good luck. The Radical Right calls you “RINO” — “Republican In Name Only” — and seeks to purge you from the party. The Radical Right would rather lose than compromise. mjh
[A real response to one of the moderate comments on the website:]
Proud to be Republican for George W. Bush
If you consider going to a far left Democratic party that exist today don’t let the door hit you in the ——. Shame on you for saying your a Republican. At least we are not socialist pretending to be Americans. If the Republicans are so bad, why do the Democrats have to slant their campaign to seem like they are more conservative. They can’t run on their true beliefs because mainstream America would never elect them.
“Socialists pretending to be Americans” — another diversity-loving Republican speaks up. mjh
[And another:]
With all due respect wimpy “moderates” are just another name for liberals/socialists like Mcain.
Transcript of Thursday’s presidential debate
KERRY: Well, you know, when I talked about the $87 billion, I made a mistake in how I talk about the war. But the president made a mistake in invading Iraq. Which is worse?
I believe that when you know something’s going wrong, you make it right. …
KERRY: [W]e do have differences. I’m not going to talk about a difference of character. I don’t think that’s my job or my business.
But let me talk about something that the president just sort of finished up with. Maybe someone would call it a character trait, maybe somebody wouldn’t.
But this issue of certainty. It’s one thing to be certain, but you can be certain and be wrong.
It’s another to be certain and be right, or to be certain and be moving in the right direction, or be certain about a principle and then learn new facts and take those new facts and put them to use in order to change and get your policy right.
What I worry about with the president is that he’s not acknowledging what’s on the ground, he’s not acknowledging the realities of North Korea, he’s not acknowledging the truth of the science of stem-cell research or of global warming and other issues.
And certainty sometimes can get you in trouble.
baltimoresun.com – As Kerry hits domestic front, Bush drums security
“Time and again, George Bush has proven that he’s just plain stubborn, out of touch, and unwilling to change course,” Kerry said. To those who would say voters “shouldn’t change horses in midstream,” Kerry retorted: “If your horse is heading downstream towards a waterfall, it’s time to change horses in midstream.”
mjh’s Blog: Can’t Change a Horse in Mid-stream
Well, if the horse ignores your rein and drags you into a raging torrent that is well over his head, maybe you should. mjh [two weeks before]
The American Dream Is at Risk, Kerry Says (washingtonpost.com) By Jim VandeHei
“Time and time again, George Bush has proven that he’s stubborn, out of touch and unwilling to change course,” Kerry said.
