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

To: JDN who wrote (364527)	2/28/2003 12:08:33 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Dont be brainwashed that America is moving to the right. They may have given Bush their fleeting loyalty after 9-11, and for good reason, any president would have gotten full support, even I supported Bush then, but the advantage the GOP got from that and the Monica Lewinsky smear campaign, is being replaced by massive malaise and economic depression/recession/uncertainty. You see today's list of top billionaires. Even they have been hit hard. Everyone has been hit and once Bush has a noble opponent standing toe to toe with him many-many people which realize we can do a lot better. Kerry will be running as far to the middle as he can. And Bush is certainly not conservative about financial matters, nor even morality when it comes to his sleazy politics, follow slogans, partisanship at all costs and phony promises. George Bush Sr. had even higher approval ratings at this point in his one term. In the end it's the economy stupid, and if you think Bush's policies will fix are economy you'll be sorely disappointed. Bush also has alienated most of our allies and the world. They dont vote but they have great influence. Already the right is attacking every country that doesn't vote to give Bush 100% power. That is an irrational, harmful and isolationist attitude. And if Bush does get re-elected we could have a global DEPRESSION. Except the military sector of course. All in the name of fighting back against 9-11, a band of terrorists mainly from Saudi Arabia, Bush's favorite ally.

To: JDN who wrote (364527)	2/28/2003 12:11:04 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Moving to the right? Why did Bush fall below 50% in the latest poll? Only 47% said they planned to vote for Bush. Seems like America is moving back to the middle.

To: JDN who wrote (364527)	2/28/2003 1:10:49 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I wouldn't put too much stock in what has happened in the past. True, America most certainly did move to the right throughout the 1990s with the Republican takeover of Congress and of many state legislatures. But, the political pendulum has a funny way of swinging back and forth. The GOP's political fortunes might be peaking here and we might be looking at a more centered-based or even leftward drift going forward. Who knows what issues will catch fire with the American people in 2004 and which party those issues will benefit? Who knows? Who would have predicted that Bush would be defeated in the fall of 1992 with his 90% approval ratings after the Gulf War just a year earlier? Who knows how this new Gulf War is going to play out? It could become a quagmire and cause the ruin of Bush's presidency or it could be a quick victory and give Bush enough of a bump in the polls to make it through to 2004.