Replies to post #4295 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[sylvester80]

Inherited???? He's been more than 2+ years on the job (more than half of his term). Other than the bubble economy, all the rest happened during his time and have been escalating during his time which has seen some of the biggest tax cuts for the rich and the biggest rise in deficit. When does this clueless chimp gets responsibility? I bet you if the economy was doing well he would be all over the air waves taking responsibility for it. So don't give this B.S. after more than 2+ years on the job. Even a new CEO for a company gets less than that...

[AndrewL]

"bush has inherited more issues than any president in recent memory - 9/11, worldwide terrorism, a bubble economy, high unemployment, and a space shuttle disaster, etc, etc"

It's the terrorism & the tragedies that provide a convenient smokescreen for Mr. Bush to dodge the more tenable issues such as the economy, unemployment, etc, etc. He says a few consoling words, or gets a mean (practically cross-eyed) look and gestures menacingly towards the unseeable assailants: "Gonna gitcha, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but we're gonna gitcha by golly." Where's the policy; what's the man actually doing? Dividend tax exemption? Gimme a break.
As far as handling Saddam, what do you think, threatening a madman will cause him to back down, to concede? No, it will only strengthen his resolve to be defiant . If that is the point, so be it.
In the end, Mr. Bush might be said to be a basically decent, regular guy reared under extraordinary circumstances, and thrust into a position for which he is vastly unprepared and overmatched. His presidency will be remembered more for the historic events surrounding it, rather than the man and his actions. Hopefully, he will do less harm than good, and his legacy will be left to slowly fade into the fabric of history, but that remains to be seen.

[JMKel]

Bush, Ashcroft and Rumsfeld are busy undermining the constitution of the United States and its Bill of Rights.
They are justifying it with their particular brand of religion.
Bush with his premptive strikes against potential threats and bad guys. Ashcroft with his "total information awareness" about every american citizen and his attempt to incarcerate now Americans whom he deams disloyal. Rumsfeld with his arrogance and desire to use American power to achieve the new world order with the US at the apex. Rumsfeld is on the verge of wrecking NATO and the alienating our allies. These people are drunk with power.

After, Iraq we can look forward to the takeover of Iran and North Korea because that is the rest of the "axis of Evil" in the bibilical sense.

There will be only wars and rumors of wars while Bush is in office.