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

To: gerard mangiardi who wrote (279914)	7/24/2002 12:57:34 PM
From: moby_dick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

NEVER in the minds of the right - it's always blame someone else for your problems. Take credit for the successes and blame others for the problems - the American way, right? Feeble people.

To: gerard mangiardi who wrote (279914)	7/24/2002 1:23:07 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

W doesn't sit alone in a vacuum controlling every string attached to America's success or failure. The American people are far more responsible for the success or failure of our "state of affairs" then any one President ever will be. A 10 trillion dollar economy doesn't take it's marching orders from one person. A 10 trillion dollar economy doesn't wait for what words come out of W's mouth to act. A million decisions are made every second which effect our state of affairs by average Americans. That's what makes America work. The radical left may dream of a day when a King will rule from the mountain top and ordain this or that to happen. But, that vision isn't shared by many Americans.

To: gerard mangiardi who wrote (279914)	7/24/2002 6:04:18 PM
From: Bob White	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Gerard, Consider this. If I asked you take a walkie-talkie and talk to the conductor of a train that is sitting outside on a railroad siding and make arrangements for him to start the train down the tracks and then stop at some predetermined point, you could probably do that. You would have started the train in motion and made some plan to keep it under control and to bring the train to a stop. You would have maintained control, with the cooperation of the conductor, for the entire procedure and could be seen to be 'responsible' for a nice, clean end to the scenario. If, on the other hand, I asked you to stand in the railroad tracks in front of a runaway train and stop it using only your forehead, do you think you would stop the train within 1 inch, 1 foot, half a mile or perhaps not stop the train at all? At what point would you become responsible for your inability to stop the train with your forehead? While these are not exactly accurate analogies, they illustrate the concept that you and others who argue the 'responsibility' issue are trying to make. On the one hand, yes, Bush is in the White House and he has the ultimate authority to address all issues that need to be addressed as well as being ultimately responsible for all of the results of his actions. But to ignore the spiteful destruction of the economy by the outgoing administration and say that Bush caused it, is just irresponsible and non-productive. Bush has to make decisions on the fly using the best information he has available at the time. Just like you do. Just like I do. By the way, just how far would the train travel after contacting your forehead? If Bush can't get the stock market under control by the end of his first term, maybe you and he will have some common ground with respect to runaway trains.