{"id":1524,"date":"2005-01-30T21:36:51","date_gmt":"2005-01-31T04:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/criticism-from-conservatives-signals-troubles-for-bushs-agenda\/"},"modified":"2005-01-30T21:36:51","modified_gmt":"2005-01-31T04:36:51","slug":"criticism-from-conservatives-signals-troubles-for-bushs-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/criticism-from-conservatives-signals-troubles-for-bushs-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Criticism from conservatives signals troubles for Bush’s agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Criticism from conservatives signals troubles for Bush’s agenda<\/a> BY DICK POLMAN, Knight Ridder Newspapers<\/p>\n

The pro-war conservatives, however, denounce the dissenters as out to lunch and on the fringes of power; by contrast, conservative hawks crafted Bush’s war policy and dominate much of the conservative opinion empire – the National Review and Weekly Standard magazines, the Rush Limbaugh radio show, the top Washington think tanks. …<\/p>\n

Some pro-war conservatives who admire the president are nevertheless worried about his political standing. Peter Robinson, a speechwriter in the Reagan White House, says Bush “will have a real problem holding everyone together, because, believe me, all those conservative congressmen are increasingly going to hear about the heightened level of anxiety when they show up in their districts.” …<\/p>\n

And other conservatives are openly deriding Bush’s aspirations for global democratization; commentator Peggy Noonan, the Reagan special assistant, writes that Bush may be suffering “mission inebriation,” and that he risks exposing himself abroad to accusations of “conceit, immaturity or impetuousness.” …<\/p>\n

Marshall Wittmann, former lobbyist for the Christian Coalition and a close observer of conservative politics, says: “This debate had been suppressed within the ranks, because of support for a Republican president. Now, with no weapons of mass destruction found, and with the war more difficult than anticipated, all the tensions are coming to the fore.”<\/p>\n

But even pro-war conservatives are faulting Bush for a failure to communicate; amid the grim war news, they say, it’s not enough for him to simply keep insisting that “we’re making progress” and that “freedom is on the march.” …<\/p>\n

But Christopher Preble, a Navy veteran of the 1991 Gulf War who directs foreign policy at the conservative Cato Institute, cites the ongoing downside – an average of two slain soldiers a day, and $2 billion a week – and offers this warning to the president:<\/p>\n

“Conservatives were sold on the assumption that it wouldn’t be long and costly. Now we’re paying for it in taxpayer dollars and paying with our lives. … He can talk about doing other things – (curbing) abortion, reforming Social Security – but the war is where the rubber meets the road. If he truly feels he has a mandate for this, he’s in for a rude awakening.”<\/p>\n

I would say the Conservatives kept quiet last year because they wanted Duhbya re-elected more than anything and at any cost.<\/i> Now that they have what they want, they can try to reclaim their party — good luck.<\/p>\n

BTW, if you read this article in the Albuquerque Journal, you have no way of knowing that it was cut by more than 50%, with almost all of the evidence of conservatives against<\/i> Bush conveniently dropped. Gotta make room for those ads, you know. mjh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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