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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (210872)	12/18/2001 11:54:43 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

And that poll was taken by the Democrats! And, Bush is just getting started. Next up, SS. The last remaining stronghold of the Dems. The amazing George W. Bush December 17, 2001 9:00 a.m. know the news is several days old now, but can we just pause for a second to acknowledge the amazing fact that President George W. Bush has pulled out of the ABM Treaty? I mean, he just said, “See ya.” He said, “We’re leavin’. Thanks, guys. Been a great 30 years (actually not). But we have to defend this country, and we can’t let a piece of paper that was always flawed — and that just happens to have been signed with a state that no longer exists — get in our way.” Candidate Bush had talked about giving our six months’ notice to Moscow. He’d said, “When and if we bump up against that treaty, we’re going to have to give our notice, because the protection of this country from missile attack is the main thing.” He also said that we’d reform Social Security. But sayin’ and doin’ are two separate things, and many of us feared that the ABM Treaty would be with us as long as death, taxes, and Mary Frances Berry’s rule of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. But Bush went ahead and did it — said, “See ya.” Before we move on with life — and Lord knows we’ve got a lot to deal with — we should just acknowledge that awesome, head-shaking fact. I mean, not even Reagan did it — and he could have. Bush is, indeed, “A Different Kind of Leader,” as the old political slogan goes. One cool thing now is that the Democrats have to come off as more pro-Russian than the Russians. Does it occur to you that Sen. Biden, Sen. Levin, and the like appear more pro-Russian than Vladimir Putin and his government? And if you were a Democrat, wouldn’t you be kinda-sorta embarrassed? It’s a little like “bombing during Ramadan”: Look, the Muslims do it; have for years. Why should the American government be more pro-Muslim than the Muslims? Why should the foreign-policy leaders of the Democratic party be more concerned about the feelings of the Russians than the Russians? If we are to be allies — and I’m talking about the U.S. and Russia, not the Republican party and the Democratic party — we should by no means fear a defensive system. It is time — “past time,” as political speechwriters for some reason love to say — to build. Good to see that Bush has retained his sense of humor — that he remains himself. Did you catch what he said to Terry McAuliffe — “The Mac,” as he calls himself (really) — when McAuliffe went through a reception line at the White House? (“The Mac,” remember, is the old Clinton money-man and sidekick, and now chairman of the Democratic National Committee.) Bush said, “Welcome back to the White House. Try not to steal the silverware.” Really, you gotta love him. You don’t, of course. But I do, put it that way. Last week, Sen. Chuck Schumer argued for ever-bigger government, calling for a “new New Deal.” Sorry, babe, but that line’s been taken — by (among others, presumably) George W. Bush. When he was a candidate — going down the stretch before November 7, ’00 — he described his Social Security reform as a “new New Deal for America’s workers.” One of FDR’s grandsons stood with him in support of that reform. Which, by the way, where is it? Come on, Captain Courageous: If you can pull out of the ABM Treaty, you can do this. Posterity, with their prosperity, will thank you. nationalreview.com