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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (7313)	10/18/2006 9:07:09 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 224706

Bush let 9-11 happen. But did he orchestrate it? No way. He couldn't orchestrate a jug band. The realistic theory now is that Bush-cheney intentionally let down our guard hoping a terrorist attack would happen in the US, then they could blame Saddam and have no need of explaining themselves in invading and taking the Iraqi oilfields. The whole scheme was sleazy madness and dishonest as hell, and it was mainly for the benefit of a few oil companies and Halliburton. Invading Iraq had nothing to do with terrorism or 9-11. That is for certain now.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (7313)	10/18/2006 10:13:27 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 224706

... Most such scholarly polls have a strong liberal bias, reflecting academia's far-left tilt. ... Mr. Bush's rating thus reflects the same sharp partisan divide that gave him a shade under 51% of the popular vote last year. GOP-leaning scholars rated Mr. Bush the 6th-best president of all time, while Democratic ones rated him No. 35, or 6th-worst. Even Bill Clinton--13th among Democrats, 34th among Republicans--isn't as controversial. ... One thing that is sure to prove irrelevant to Mr. Bush's legacy is the intensity of today's Angry Left. FDR faced an Angry Right in his day, but Republicans in the survey rank him the 5th-best president. Even Ronald Reagan, out of office less than two decades, ranks a respectable 14th among Democrats. Mr. Bush is a polarizing figure today, but if his policies prove successful over time, even his detractors will grudgingly come around. ... 17 James Madison 3.07 18 Lyndon Johnson 3.05 19 George W. Bush 3.01 20 William Taft 2.97 21 George H.W. Bush 2.95 22 Bill Clinton 2.93