Friday, May 27, 2005
GOP Getting Wimpy?
Boo-Hoo
Geesh. Used to be that you'd criticize us Republicans and we'd simply sit by with smug righteousness knowing we were on the side of angels...so to speak. Now it seems that just about every cultural phenomena is somehow some secret conspiracy out to get us, or more accurately, our infallible leader, George W. Bush.
Take the latest Star Wars Movie as an example. Everyone is up in arms about some comments make by Anakin Skywalker as he morphs into Darth Vader. "You're either with me, or your are my enemy." he supposedly states. Apparently this is hitting too close to home for some partisans who decry it as an unfair attack on our Dear Leader. But is it unfair? Is it really about Bush?
If President Bush's post 9/11 "with us or against us" comments were applied only to the terrorists, then yes, the criticism would be unfounded. But Bush has governed as a with me or against me politician on just about every issue. This blog has talked at length about how the AARP, which supported Bush's Medicare Drug Program, became enemy number 1 when they opposed his social security plan. (Remember the ads that implied the AARP was for gay marriage and against U.S. soldiers?). And lets not forget the battle over judges....the compromise offered by the Majority Leader and the current position of the White House is that ALL nominees should be brought to the floor. In short, this administration has governed to the narrowest of majorities...pushing policies for the 51% (at most) of the electorate that got him in office.
It just seems that all of the sudden, the GOP has become a bunch of defensive wimps....
Darth Bush? Echoes of post-9/11 America in a galaxy far, far away
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.page27may27,1,1230455.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines
Geesh. Used to be that you'd criticize us Republicans and we'd simply sit by with smug righteousness knowing we were on the side of angels...so to speak. Now it seems that just about every cultural phenomena is somehow some secret conspiracy out to get us, or more accurately, our infallible leader, George W. Bush.
Take the latest Star Wars Movie as an example. Everyone is up in arms about some comments make by Anakin Skywalker as he morphs into Darth Vader. "You're either with me, or your are my enemy." he supposedly states. Apparently this is hitting too close to home for some partisans who decry it as an unfair attack on our Dear Leader. But is it unfair? Is it really about Bush?
If President Bush's post 9/11 "with us or against us" comments were applied only to the terrorists, then yes, the criticism would be unfounded. But Bush has governed as a with me or against me politician on just about every issue. This blog has talked at length about how the AARP, which supported Bush's Medicare Drug Program, became enemy number 1 when they opposed his social security plan. (Remember the ads that implied the AARP was for gay marriage and against U.S. soldiers?). And lets not forget the battle over judges....the compromise offered by the Majority Leader and the current position of the White House is that ALL nominees should be brought to the floor. In short, this administration has governed to the narrowest of majorities...pushing policies for the 51% (at most) of the electorate that got him in office.
It just seems that all of the sudden, the GOP has become a bunch of defensive wimps....
Darth Bush? Echoes of post-9/11 America in a galaxy far, far away
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.page27may27,1,1230455.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines
