06-12-2005, 01:51 PM
whyBish,Jun 11 2005, 11:54 PM Wrote:Funny, reminds me of a Pete statement back prior to the war on (in? :P ) Iraq "If he is lying about WMD then he will have hell to pay from the American public". Hell = getting more votes? :blink:
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I said something similar, and have been confounded by the outcome. Pete's comments were more cynical than that, in that he thought that Pres Bush would get away with it. Looks like he was right.
It didn't help that the Dems refused to re-evaluate their core platform and accentuated the urbanization gap. For what it's worth, I had quite a few friends who voted for Bush in 2000 who were vehemently anti Bush in 2004. Their dissatisfaction was that he had betrayed Conservatism. Their grievances included the border issue, failure to be strong on illegal immigration, the Patriot Act, the deficit problem, and a few others elements of Buchananist Conservatism. Their disgust with the "men behind the curtain" was palpable.
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete