keep your eye on the ball, ted.
My comments from the outset have dealt
with the issue of rhetoric. Remember?
The "rich vs. poor" class rhetoric we discussed
at length?
In the last series of posts, I was
referring to the rhetoric
of the left which is to blame America first,
suck up to the Europeans, and tout socialist
policy.
I'm not, and have not been, an apologist for
the Bush administration spending policies.
In fact, I've been critical.
I've also been consistent in my opinion that
spending cuts is where the focus should be
rather than increasing taxes.
The current administration has swung too far
left in the spending area in an effort to
steal the thunder of the Democrats much the
like the way Clinton adopted/stole
much of the Republican agenda during his tenure.
The reality is that, in many areas, the Dems
want to outspend where we are now. Kennedy wanted
a prescription drug bill, which I would bet is
more expensive than the one enacted. Pelosi wants to give
automatic citizenship to all undocumented workers
in the country and fling open the gates to more.
The bottom line is that you can't trust any
of these politicians from either side of the aisle.
What has been my common theme
here is that I object to certain tired old rhetoric
like the class warfare nonsense, and the
left's persistence in denigrating all things American.
The underpinning is their preference for socialism,
which is a system that really doesn't work.
At bottom, socialist policies are aimed at
buying votes and keeping the politicians in power.
The most ardent advocates of these policies are those
who would be relatively unaffected, like the rich
Hollywood types and multi-millionaires like Kerry,
Kennedy, etc.
Don't let your blind hatred for Bush dazzle your
thinking so much that you lose the ability to
objectively evaluate.
If the way you respond to my posts is any indication,
it may already be too late. |
