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

To: Neocon who wrote (407227)	5/19/2003 11:13:33 AM
From: JEB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Who bears their cross and who refuses to acknowledge they own one? The difference is striking between the parties.

To: Neocon who wrote (407227)	5/19/2003 12:23:04 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

What you said and why it looks stupid to me. "Democrats act in a purely partisan fashion sometimes, and, I happen to believe, more often than Republicans, at this point in time. But it is not as if either party has been that pure, historically. After all, we have to bear the cross of Watergate." DUHHHH why a cross to bear???? I'd say calling the actions of Republicans in watergate partisan compared to mr. bill and his dems is very funny at best and mostly stupid and the worse is for others to decide. Republicans gave President Nixon the benefit of the doubt. He was guilty of allowing really stupid and illegal activity to occur. Consider that the need to do it was non existant. He was going to win the next election and nothing he got in info had the bug succeeded could reasonably improved his chances. The dems was going to get creamed. So taking the President at his word seemed rational to me. But in the end when the truth came out Republicans told him he had to go and being a man of honor who had acted badly he left. Now tell us how President Nixon's actions and the actions Republicans when the truth was out is 1/10 as partisan as the dems and Mr. bill.

To: Neocon who wrote (407227)	5/19/2003 3:23:13 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

You know, I lived through the Watergate era myself and to be honest NEVER DID UNDERSTAND the big deal of it. At the time their were riots and everything and everyone was spying on everyone. Watergate didnt seem so bad to me but I guess I was certainly in the minority in that opinion. jdn

To: Neocon who wrote (407227)	5/19/2003 3:41:34 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

<<Democrats act in a purely partisan fashion sometimes, and, I happen to believe, more often than Republicans, at this point in time. >> My bet is that you hold that view because the right has done a better job recently of connecting their actions to their ideals. Democrats have their ideals, but they have been poorly enunciated as of late, and many times the reasons for actions taken has not been clearly connected to the ideals. Your point about fringe fits for the right also. Bush ran as a "compassionate conservative".