American Politics during the Bush Presidency

Going to Dick Morris for objective reliable information is about the same as going to gov Palin. He is closely related to the same brain trust the brought you such concepts as.

-Freedom fries.

-The swiftboaters.

-The 2000 survey: would your feelings about john mccain change if you became aware that he had a love child with a black woman.

-Colin powell lying to the united nationas is good public policy.

It's ok to dislike or even hate obama or clinton of ronald regan. Dick Morris is a political spin master and not a reliable souce of information. Verify with fact check who catch both sides in the untruths, half truths and spinning leads into horse shit--and both sides do it. Make your voting decisions on whatever basis you chose, but try to have some legitimate basis even "I just hate the guy" is superior to blindly following spinmasters.

Dick Morris is a worthless whoare. In fact, he probably doesn't believe in much of what he has to say. Like many talking heads, he is most interested in making inflammatory and controversial statements so that he keeps his face and name prominently displayed in the media. By doing so, he has more chance of selling a book, making a speech and making money. It is his pathetic little niche. He's a snake oil salesman.

[QUOTE=InArgentina] It is time the USA moved to the left with a real dose of socialism. [/quote] Sounds like a great campaign slogan for Obama, at least it would be honest.

[QUOTE=InArgentina]I hope - it is only a hope at the moment - that Obama becomes a sort Roosevelt and introduces a new deal. [/quote] He ’s got a “New Deal ” but I doubt most Americans will liken it to Roosevelt.

[QUOTE=InArgentina]1. The USA needs to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan asap. [/quote]Funny last I heard Obama is saying we need more troops in Afghanistan.

[QUOTE=InArgentina]2. The USA badly needs to introduce a universal healthcare system. Why is ok for every other country and not the USA? Americans spend alot more on healthcare and are less healthy than other wealthy nations. Americans accept government susidising the education system but not the health care system. Bizarre. In the USA you have people going bankrupt because of healthcare costs. Incredible. [/quote]In the countries I've visited that have free health care, people with money will not use the free system, what does that tell you?

[QUOTE=InArgentina]3. The USA needs to spend big on infrastructure. Bridges are falling down. [/quote]I only remember one bridge on I-35W in Minnesota collapsing, but perhaps we should give less to foreign countries that don ’t like us anyway and spend that money on “infrastructure.”

[QUOTE=InArgentina]3. The USA needs to subsidise housing. The caravan parks are full. Are you not ashamed at the number of homeless people living on the streets? [/quote]“Caravan parks ” interesting term and not one I would normally expect to hear an American say? Anyway we already have subsidized housing; Have you not heard of HUD programs?

[QUOTE=InArgentina]4. The USA needs to increase income taxes (particularly on high incomes) and on capital gains. The gap between the rich and the poor is growing and must be reversed. [/quote]To all my friends, foes, and acquaintances who think we need to raise taxes especially those who take advantage of the living in a foreign country exemption; please feel free to send extra money to the United States Treasury, they will be happy to receive it, and rest assured you are not required to take advantage of the living in a foreign country exemption.

Also remember paying more taxes is the “patriotic thing to do ”!

So come on boys dig deep, but please keep your hands out of my pockets.

[QUOTE=InArgentina] 5. Anybody who thinks you can deal with the real issues without running a budget deficit that well exceeds a Trillion dollars is dreaming. [/QUOTE]You can if you stop wasteful spending and handouts to the undeserving, but then that really would be dreaming!

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[I]“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”

“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”[/i]

[QUOTE=Doggboy]Dick Morris is a worthless whoare. In fact, he probably doesn't believe in much of what he has to say. Like many talking heads, he is most interested in making inflammatory and controversial statements so that he keeps his face and name prominently displayed in the media. By doing so, he has more chance of selling a book, making a speech and making money. It is his pathetic little niche. He's a snake oil salesman.[/QUOTE]I like Dick Morris's insight into the political scene.

BTW, care to compared the sales of his book [I]Fleeced[/i] (14 weeks on the NYT Best Seller list) vs Nancy Pelosi's book?

Apparently some people (and specifically those who are educated enough to read books and can afford $25 bucks) are interested in what Morris has to say.

Thanks,

Jackson

FYI, they're all whoares on both sides of the spectrum.

[QUOTE=InArgentina]It is time the USA moved to the left with a real dose of socialism.[/QUOTE]This statement reveals a deep ignorance of the history, values and institutions of the USA. Setting aside the issue of whether or not socialism is good or bad, it's simply not part of the American character in any meaningful way.

A more reasoned prescription would take this into account.

"How do you tell a communist? It's someone who reads Marx and Lenin."

"And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."

Ronald Reagan

[QUOTE=Jackson]FYI, they're all whoares on both sides of the spectrum.[/QUOTE]BTW. Reagan was a talking head who neither read nor understood Marx.

Regards,

BM.

I thought Reagan got a lot of his economic policies from Marx. I'm just not sure if it was Chico or Zeppo.

[QUOTE=Dickhead]I thought Reagan got a lot of his economic policies from Marx. I'm just not sure if it was Chico or Zeppo.[/QUOTE]I thought George Bush was the president you most hated?

I love the way Ronnie's name still pisses the liberals off. It is hard to run against his record. It's like he said "Facts are a stubborn thing"

Hate's a strong word but yeah, Bush II was / is worse than Reagan. Bush I vs. Reagan, I dunno. Call it a draw. Now Nixon was almost pure evil. Nixon vs Bush II for most hated? Can't say. Not sure. Nixon was smarter though. Bush II is just so mediocre in every regard. At least Bush I could play baseball. Bush II just could not pour piss out of a shoe if you wrote instructions on the heel. Scary fucking stupid and so listens to really dangerous people. Reagan was just sort of a benign dumb ass kind of like Walt Disney.

Ronnie never lost the common touch and I truly believe that he had a good heart. I read is diaries while president. I disagreed with his economic policies and thoughts on regulatory issues --like not regulating the savings and loans.

W is a pawn of his neoconservative handlers and must keep the alliance with the religious right. W has done heavy damage. My feeling about W are like sid's about Obama. Not really Bush, but his handlers disgust me. I wish that W was taking counsel from his dad. The neoconservatives have a radical agenda and have produced radical results.

Bush I or Poppy is the only one of the three that did not radically increase government debt while cutting services. I voted for him the first time.

I gotta say, Bush did a hell of a job in his eight years in office. Historians, looking back, will judge him as one of the most honest, foresighted, courageous leaders ever. They will look back on his legacy and see that he's made the world a safer place, improved the domestic economy, positively impacted the environment, and made huge inroads in problems such as poverty and teen-age pregnancy.

Historians will also look back at his adept handling of domestic crises such as Hurricane Katrina, the banking situation, and above all the war in Iraq, and they will say, "What an intelligent, innovative, and resourceful leader. Yes, he stole an entire election but that should be overlooked in light of his tremendous subsequent achievements."

Yep, that's pretty much what they will probably say.

And W's brother Don almost was criminally charged during the aftermath of the savings and loan crisis.

The Republican party has been taken over by the far right wing and lost it's balance.