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


To: lorne who wrote (59274)2/13/2009 8:34:26 AM
From: Peter Dierks4 Recommendations  Respond to of 224750
 
They're Just Not That Into You
by Monica Crowley

02/13/2009

In 2001, when President Bush’s chief political strategist Karl Rove moved from the campaign into a senior position in the White House, the Left went mad: how dare they "politicize" the White House, they yelled. During the 2004 presidential campaign, they went wild with accusations that Rove (and by extension, Bush and Cheney) were working hand-in-glove with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to try to sink John Kerry's candidacy.
That was not true, of course, but that hasn't stopped them from making the accusation to this very day.

In 2006, when President Bush’s Justice Department exercised its prerogative to dismiss seven U.S. attorneys, the Left screamed bloody murder. They yelped that it was the obscene politicization of the presidency. Rove and his evil band of conservative operatives had to be stopped, they implored, mainly to each other.

And yet.

Nobody has said a word when Barack Obama's chief political strategist, David Axelrod, was brought into the White House in a senior position.

Nobody has said much when The Bama moved the U.S. Census from the Commerce Department to the White House, to be overseen by partisan attack terrier Rahm Emanuel. ...

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To: lorne who wrote (59274)2/13/2009 9:03:24 AM
From: Little Joe3 Recommendations  Respond to of 224750
 
No Lorne, Ken only believes in polls that support his position, which is the position he is instructed by the Dems.

lj



To: lorne who wrote (59274)2/13/2009 10:28:03 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 224750
 
lorne, please answer this question. Do you remember what the Republicans said about Clinton's deficit reduction plan in 1993? I will refresh your memory. They said it would cause a recession. They were wrong then and they are wrong now.