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Jack Greene on May 18, 2006 - 10:20pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Leanan,

I was going to say aren't you being "a little black and white, aren't we?" But the last line made me think black and black or maybe black and gray.

Just three off the top of my head.

  1. the first President to recognize the Palestine state.

  2. the first President to start a meaningful AIDS program in Africa, albeit with weak teeth.

  3. "addicted to oil" will be one of the defining lines from his regime.

I am a progressive Jacksonian Democrat, and would not lump all as bad and no good.
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Leanan on May 19, 2006 - 8:08am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
the first President to recognize the Palestine state.

I don't think it was his idea.  Israel took the lead there.  Behind the scenes, maybe, but they were clearly ready to deal.  Sharon promised an iron fist, came through...and it didn't work.  They had to do something different.

the first President to start a meaningful AIDS program in Africa, albeit with weak teeth.

I don't buy it at all.  All talk, very little money.  And he's removed info on condom use to prevent HIV from the CDC Web site.  He's been a big step backwards in the fight against AIDS.

"addicted to oil" will be one of the defining lines from his regime.

I disagree.  Again, it's been all talk, little action.  "Weapons of mass destruction" is the defining line from his regime.

I am a progressive Jacksonian Democrat, and would not lump all as bad and no good.

I am not lumping all Republicans as bad.  I am saying the Bush administration is.  

As for the Democrats...what I like about them is that they're too incompetent to do much damage.  It took them 40 years to build the culture of corruption that the GOP built in only ten.

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fallout on May 19, 2006 - 8:31am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Well said, Leanan.  
And this from a prior Republican, turned Independent.
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Jack Greene on May 19, 2006 - 6:29pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Leanan,

You are a purist (and a cynic). If you stay on this line much farther, Sainthood is in the offering. Saint Leanan might be a good moniker for you!

The other thought I had was, boy, "Leanan does not cut anybody any slack."

  1. I do not care whose idea it was, President Bush did it first.
  2. Just because he is hobbled by his 19th century Party, he still wanted to do this before 9/11.
  3. An oil guru/stooge buys into stuff after the last 30 years that says oil is on the decline, for a whole lot of reasons, that is something.

Saint Leanan, are you really trying to say he has not done anything right ever in the last 6 years? That is both silly and patent-ably absurd!
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Donal on May 21, 2006 - 3:57pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
That's about the lamest ad hom I've ever seen.
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fallout on May 22, 2006 - 10:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Totally agree.
Jack, go back to silent mode. It served you better.
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Joseph Palmer on May 19, 2006 - 10:50am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
"addicted to oil" will be one of the defining lines from his regime.

That was certainly the take-away line from the SOTU, it was certainly the headline in the main stream media. It even gave my sceptical self an ember of hope.

The hope was extinguished days later when one of the Bush photo-ops was with a hulking SUV being fueled with "alternative fuels".

The image it brought to mind was the deck of the Titanic, with Captain George directing the loading of the lifeboats - with Escalades.

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