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Thursday, May 31, 2007



The President Is Losing Me

I guess it's legacy time over at the White House.  The president is imitating Arnold Schwarzenegger now.  Does the president have any conservative domestic initiatives that he's actively pursuing?  If so, I'd like to know what they are.  Richard Nixon tried this when his ratings were low.  It didn't work. 

Mr. President, the Left hated you the day you walked into the Oval Office, if not before.  Their hate for you is frozen in time.  If you actually believe in what you are doing, then I and many others misjudged you.  You expanded the federal role in education, and we held our nose because of the war.  You signed McCain-Feingold in the dead of night, and we held our nose because of the war.  You expanded Medicare by adding prescription drugs, and we held our nose because of the war.  You increased farm subsidies, and we held our nose because of the war. 

Today you disparage us for opposing a massive amnesty program that endangers our economy and national security.  Today you even embrace the religion of global warming, a stunning shift from prior policy (your administration even went to the Supreme Court and argued correctly that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant). 
What's a conservative to do?












 

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