presidential bluffs
Seriously, our president has to be one of the best liars I’ve ever seen. The other night, he completely let everyone think that the US is doing a great job in Iraq, and that we’ll be out soon… But, Donald Rumsfeld says it will be at least 12 years before we completely get out. What a difference in information.
I’m alarmed that the country and the GOPs are so happy with his speech the other night. He didn’t really say anything about Iraq. All he kept talking about was 9/11. Seriously, it was almost 4 years ago… we’re not stupid. We know that you went into Iraq for reasons of your own, W. Stop trying to connect it… it doesn’t work. And besides, where is Bin Laden these days? I’m sure we have no clue…
Today on NPR, I heard a story about how the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is trying to claim that NPR and PBS are too liberal. The chairman (see: Republican) hired a guy to research the situation (see: another Republican). He found more than 60% of the guests on selected shows as liberals. And then, he found most of the conservatives opposing Bush. He claims it is a left-wing invasion. I mean, obviously this couldn’t mean that the president is doing a bad job, right? I mean, come on… those numbers mean nothing… especially to Bush.
I’ll never understand how a president could even more ignore his constituents. The last time a president completely ignored the requests of the people, he ended up not running for reelection because of the pressures of the quagmire of Vietnam (see: LBJ). So, tell me how this administration is different? Well, LBJ obviously had the better party, with better reforms. But, if Bush doesn’t pay attention, all of his policies that he is wishing up with be completely rejected by the American people because they don’t trust them to work… the same thing happened to LBJ and Wilson.
If only things could be a perfect society, it would be such a great place… no fights, opposition, war, injustices. But, as long as a president carries his own agenda, and not that of the people, there is no way to succeed.
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