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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (222397)	3/4/2007 1:41:57 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Please don't try to tell me that the Dem party wouldn't have had a different attitude if a Dem had been president, or that there isn't a very large contingient that regards George Bush as the true enemy, and have been rooting for any outcome that hurts him, regardless of what might happen to America. A big part of the problem may just be George W Bush. I am sure you can find a lot of Democrats who supported the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. I am sure that you could find a lot of Democrats who favor a strong pro Israeli foreign policy and you could even find generals in the military that actually believe the surge can be successful. I am also fairly certain you can increasingly find Republicans who think that George W Bush is bad for America. He has made America a lot weaker, economically, militarily, and in terms of global respect from other countries (former or current allies). All of us of a certain age have known people who should not be given a job of responsibility. We see it in our every day lives. We see bosses that should not have been given a position of power and authority. That happens all the time. We see heads of household that use their power as heads of household making life miserable for people in the family. It does not necessarily matter whether these people are Republicans, Democrats or whatever. I think George W. Bush is in this same category - only he is President of the United States. I think what he has done will come back to haunt us as there will be backlash that will hurt all the positions he has taken - even though many of them are not all that bad. I think because of George W. Bush we may see protectionism take hold of our economic policy and that will put us in jeopardy to see some smoot/Hawley-like protectionist legislation that could precipitate a world wide depression. And, possibly the worst scenario as far as you are concerned, the very widely held positive view of a pro-Israeli foreign policy can turn very negative. Ideology aside, the problem may just be George W. Bush.

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