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

To: tejek who wrote (426397)	7/13/2003 10:40:37 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush didn't invent the phrase "Freedom Fry" regular Americans did........liberals hate that. If France thinks we are going in to Liberia without their assistance in Iraq I have a bridge I can sell them. Heard the latest dem slogan? No blood for oil but lots for Liberia. A Deomocratic voter in Seattle said, "If we have to have our soldiers killed daily in Iraq in order to get rid of Bush, it is a small sacrifice to make." Message 19104647 What a disgusting representative. The dems are toast. M

To: tejek who wrote (426397)	7/14/2003 2:37:23 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Why do you think he's hemming and hawing over Liberia? First, we can't afford it; secondly, he knows Americans have had enough. That's a good question...I don't think money is the issue. There's no particular frugality demonstrated by this Administration. $2 Trillion budget; $400 Billion plus deficit; haven't heard this Administration complaining a lot about the national debt...this guy isn't on the cheap side. From a political perspective, it should be an easy sell as humanitarian; the Pres of Liberia has extended an invitation. Outside of the US, I haven't heard any international objection to a peace keeping force. The one thing it's missing....you can't bomb the shit out of Liberia before sending in a peace keeping force; we've been invited in! The one thing that is missing out of Liberia is you can't declare a victory in the same sense that you can claim a victory in a war. Without that, there's little political mileage to be gained. Why bother, it's only people? If you can't get a pump in the polls, it isn't much worth it. I think the question they are asking themselves is whether there is a political liability by not going. Have to look at the polls to decide that one. jttmab