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Sanity 102 on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:24:12 AM
I used to listen to Dr. Laura on the way home from work. I found her hugely entertaining because she was rude and yet her listeners kept coming back for more. Yet for all her caustic riposte, there were times she came up with some insightful bits of wisdom.
One caller spent what little time impatient Dr. Laura gave her complaining about her father. The talk show psychiatrist told the woman she was like someone who had bought a Labrador but really wanted a German Shepherd; no matter how hard the dog tried or how much she wished for a German Shepherd, the dog was going to act exactly like who he was: a Lab.
This is what people who complain about Bush remind me of. No matter how hard Bush tries, or how much you may want him to be Ronald Reagan, he is and always will be George W. Bush.
We knew in 2000 and in 2004 that he didn’t have Reagan’s Hollywood glamour, Clinton’s suave charisma, or Jimmy Carter’s elite degrees. We knew he was a plain spoken man that appealed to the average voter…the ones that lived in the heartland and small towns on both coasts. We knew that he liked working with instead of lording over Congress. His position on illegal immigration was as well known as his unfailing pro-life stand.
We also knew that he was a man of his word. That he surrounded himself with the best and brightest even if they made him look less than brilliant. We knew he was fiercely loyal and friendship meant everything to him. We also knew he took his Christianity seriously and while he may try to turn the other cheek, he would stand his ground until he11 froze if need be.
By 2004, we knew everything there was to know about Bush and still we put him back into office.
We re-bought the Lab…and now we’re screaming that he’s not a German Shepherd?
No Dave, I don’t like everything that Bush does but the things that seem to bother Conservatives don’t upset me.
I KNOW the lost of 10% of our work force will tank our economy, so while I’d like to see the immigration laws enforced, I really wouldn’t like to see a repeat of the ghost towns of post 9/11.
I KNOW that America is in real danger of losing her financial superiority—if she cannot compete on the international scale, she will also her military dominance. That means she HAS to maintain her competitive edge; something impossible with high union wages squeezing her on one end and high taxes and regulations from the other.
I KNOW that the vitriolic talk about the Southern NOT the easier to cross Northern border makes the GOP look racist –and this will cost Conservatives Congress, the White House, and the Courts for generations, while the Hispanics join the Blacks in voting Democrat.
I KNOW that “pork” funds political campaigns and as long as there is no term limits, no one is going to get rid of that no matter how much he says he wants to.
I KNOW that we are at war and in time of war, government cannot be expected to shrink—and you may not appreciate smaller government if your spouse’s/brother/daughter’s position is one of the jobs that gets cut.
When I first became politically aware, I thought that Liberals reminded me of rebellious teenagers who made all kinds of impossible demands without ever considering the cost.
Now, I don’t think it applies only to Liberals…the absolutes, real RINOs, 3rd party wannabes are like adult children who STILL look to Daddy (Bush) to solve all their problems. That’s why they’re so angry at him.
And why I’m not.
I stopped expecting Daddy to take care of everything and make it all right—a long time ago.