What should Bush do to be a better president?

I am not much into politics but I voted in the election and my choice lost. I was even further angered when I found out that so many of Bush's associates are getting key positions but then I guessed that perhaps this is a common practice. Is Bush doing more back scratching then previous presidents or is this about par for the course? Plus how come no one has mentioned Karl Rove. I think that Karl Rove is the Wizard behind the curtain choreographing the whole administration. My opinion about the president is that he has done what he has set out to do but he has not anticipated the consequences. Plus I am not to happy with the opening of Alaska to oil drilling. And what is the exact plan he has for Social Security? He makes a tour to promote his changes but I am uninformed as to what his changes exactly are. Am I not reading enough or has he never really stated a set plan? Okay I know I am not answering the question. So I think the president should stand for the environment as he claims to, help to straighten out the deception in the U.N. oil for food agreement, stop politicking for corporate america and stop looking so damn smug.

Here's my $0.02:

a) Stop the corruption in the current iteration of the GOP. All politicians are corrupt, but, please, Tom Delay makes Al Capne look like a saint (sans-ordered-killing)

b) Adopt a foreign policy that embraces diplomacy before military action. if you find yourself looking at war, chances are you haven't exhausted all your options first.

c) Stop trying to make it seem like Republicans are being persecuted. You hold a majority in both houses of congress and you hold the white house. You're not being persecuted, you're feeling the proverbial windiness at the proverbial top.

d) Read the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and try to grasp what the nation's founders had in mind. They fled England because they were being persecuted by a powerful religious group for their beliefs. The GOP is now persecuting people who don't fit in with THEIR religious beliefs.

e) FFS, when the PM of Israel gives you an ancient mesopotamian artifact and a metal statue carved by his own daughter, as a gift, do not return the favor by giving him a pair of Ostrich ranchers' boots with US and Israeli flags on them.

f) Repeal the PATRIOT act and actually think of ways to improve nat'l security without infringing upon every American's constitutional rights.

g) Stop Lying. Period.

h) Realize your family is from New England, originally, and you're the only Bush son with a twang. Your "Folksy, Aw-Shucks demeanor" is getting worn out.

i) Fire Rumsfeld. That man has done worse things for the reputation of the US than the rest of you combined. "Old Europe," my ass.

j) Say what you mean, and mean what you say. If you claim to support the troops, then don't cut veterans' benefits, don't send them out to war ill-equpped.

k) Drop the preemptive Warfare doctrine. That shit starts fights, and someone's going to get hu-- oh wait, ~1600 US soldiers are dead, thousands upon thousands are injured, and god knows how many "brown people" have gotten killed because of that horrendous screwball concoction.

l) Don't Lie. I'm serious about this. I know you're a politician, and you have to lie to fit in, but please, can't you just throttle back on the BS for just a little while?

m) Social Security Privatization is a farce. Few Republicans support it now. Drop the issue while you still can.

n) Take "cool" lessons from Clinton. I'm not saying that you need to get a hummer in the oval office, but Clinton knew how to bend his words and make people like him.

o) Rein in federal spending, or make plans to generate more revenue. it's hurting the US Dollar, and most of us don't have the finds saved up to survive a crash.

p) Don't count your "Mission Accomplished" banners before they hatch. I mean, don't count your eggs before they hatch.

q) You used to be the party of small government. So far you've done a lot of usurping power from the states by way of federal mandates. Let the states decide what they want to do, don't push constitutional amendments banning something you think is a "sin."

r) The media is not "lib'rul." If anything, the US media is far to the right of almost every other national news network around the world.

s) Don't rule with a bible in one hand and a gavel in the other.

t) Apologize to the world for all the FUD you've been spreading. That stuff never gets anything done.

u) Stop paying journalists (cough -- Armstrong William) to be nice to the horsesh*t legislation you're trying to ram thgouh congress.

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Why? Because she agrees with a majority of the posts of people who DON'T think for themselves?

Step outside the box.

She has a slight understanding of what it truely means to think for herself. She sounds like a soundbite. A conservative voice among many, who don't seek representation. She makes an ass of herself and everyone she speaks for when she opens her mouth. Let alone the fact that she opens her mouth in a manner accustomed to a social retard. If I felt she was speaking from an imformed position, I wouldn't have half the problems with her that I do. As it is, shes a twit...who thinks she has a voice. But she doesn't. Even among those who believe what she does..she's only a source of ridicule.

she should learn to keep her mouth shut. But, none the less she doesn't. She keeps spitting in the wind and making an ass of herself, and everyone that agrees with her, inadvertantly.

It's immaturity that would lead someone to point that out to everyone else who may or may not know that. Especially in the way it was done.
Thank you very much!

^ as long as you don't consider yourself as "persecuted" because of your political views, I'll kindly walk on by.

Originally posted by FeceMan
Jackie.

I try and respect your posts. I really do. I know you are quite young and have trouble with your grammar. However, this crosses the line. This goes from knee-jerk post and blanket-statement attitude to completely idiotic.

Have you not read any of my posts? Do you just sift through the boards, posting whatever pops into your head while a strong sedative drips into your blood, dulling your thoughts? Or do you lack the ability to read and comprehend the English language aside from basic sentence structure?

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH?

(Man, don't nobody understand the words that are comin' outta your mouth!)

Seriously, I get this picture of a girl sitting at her computer, a glazed expression on her face. She stares at the screen in a drugged stupor, a bit of drool sliding out of the corner of her mouth which is twisted into a slanted smile. Other than making nonsense sounds while she reads, she is silent.

Rawr. Rawrawrawrawrawrawr. RAWR!

Sheesh.

Hahahahah, oh that was class. Hilarious. It had to be said though, and I am glad a man named FeceMan did it. Hahaha that was great. 😆

Guys, lets watch the member bashing and stick to the topic at hand.

Originally posted by BackFire
Guys, lets watch the member bashing and stick to the topic at hand.

Politics always gets folks riled up like this. It'd be like trying to remove a tumor that has replaced the functions of the heart.

some people seee politicans as good people, then the others say there are ling bastards. Usually the 2nd group complains the most and does not vote.

I still vote, even though I consider politicians lying bastards. Voting hardly changes anything, but baby steps are still steps.

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Why? Because she agrees with a majority of the posts of people who DON'T think for themselves?

What do people's opinions have to do with the inability to think for themselves? Maybe one day when 100.0% of the world shares your views you will rejoice because that will be the day you have determined that all humans have been utilizing their brains.

Back to the topic. I don't care to follow petroleum issues on a daily basis for obvious reasons, so I may be missing something here. I really wish there was more action taken to lower gas prices in this country. I drive 55 miles each way to work and am forking over $8.50 per day to go there. Also that, but everything from products shipped by trucks, airline tickets, and you name it have seen significant increases recently.

I realize it's a much, much larger issue than that that stems from overseas, but it's still an issue that I wish saw more attention from our President.

The only "attention" it's getting from Bush is the desire to start popping holes in the ground up in a wildlife reserve that has been protected since Eisenhower's administration. Let's hear it for nothing being sacred.

he shouldn't have sent us his army to iraq and dragged britain into it. but then again that is in the past. 👇
🙂he should listen to his government ie:when that one guy changed his mind about the weapons of mass destruction 2 weeks before they went in to iraq 🙁

Oh, don't worry, they're back to feeding him the same spoon-fes BS he's used to receiving. Sure, they're falling apart, Tom Delay is in deep sh*t with his own cronies, but they're still powerful.

As the great James Carville said: When your opponent is drowning, throw the SOB an anvil.

we're heavin' anvils every which way in their direction.

Originally posted by Clovie
i was being sarcastic bag

poor logic equals 'you;re stupid' ? 🙁

noooooo...you're not stupid clovers!!! hug

It's just that like 49% of the country voted against Bush because he is THAT bad.

of the 51% some odd percentage that voted for him....I'm sure most of them only voted for him because John Kerry was actually THAT much worst.

Originally posted by FeceMan
Jackie.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH?

I don't think she even saw your post because I think you're on her ignore list. If you click her ID and look at her bio, she has a list of about 20 people who "made the list." You're on there, even though she misspelled your name.

She misspelled his name on her ignore list? That's frickin' classic! 😂 😂

Quit.

Originally posted by botankus
What do people's opinions have to do with the inability to think for themselves? Maybe one day when 100.0% of the world shares your views you will rejoice because that will be the day you have determined that all humans have been utilizing their brains.

Back to the topic. I don't care to follow petroleum issues on a daily basis for obvious reasons, so I may be missing something here. I really wish there was more action taken to lower gas prices in this country. I drive 55 miles each way to work and am forking over $8.50 per day to go there. Also that, but everything from products shipped by trucks, airline tickets, and you name it have seen significant increases recently.

I realize it's a much, much larger issue than that that stems from overseas, but it's still an issue that I wish saw more attention from our President.

Back up my friend. There is a huge difference between the words "DON'T" , "WON'T" , and CAN'T". I have no problem with people reaching a contrary point of view. Maybe you agree with her politics. That's fine. This is America and I will always agree with someone's right to have another opinion. My mother disagrees with me on almost every political point we've ever discussed. In fact, judging by the length of your posts, you put rational thought into your responses and the opinions you've reached. That's cool. Jackie's posts are always seven thoughts crammed, inncorrectly, into one sentance. That's why she reminds me of a fox news soundbite. Anyone who put any rational thought into their opnion would have more to say than she does. One sentence? 90% of the threads she responds in merrit more than a one line, an IGNORANT one line answer. And this isn't member bashing or name calling. At least not any more than calling an entire thread "ignorant DEms". Christ, it's like she sat down to dinner with her father and just comes into political threads and pukes up the highlights of what he told her to think. I don't care if she is 14, she should still be able to think. If not, then I would imagine she rides the short bus to school. Besides, I've been on her ignore list since day one. It hardly matters what I think of her. Maybe that makes her the bigger person in this situation, I just can't get over it.

cool

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Back up my friend. There is a huge difference between the ..................................
........................Besides, I've been on her ignore list since day one. It hardly matters what I think of her. Maybe that makes her the bigger person in this situation, I just can't get over it.

I agree with your post.

Also, I wonder what it must be like for her to read threads like this because, due to her large ignore list, only about half of the posts are even visible to her.

It's like reading with blinders on. Uh,oh. There I go, setting her up by having a comment like that.