Comments on: End of the Road http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/ For girls with pearls... Since 2004 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:53:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: matt http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4382 matt Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:25:31 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4382 The "thrill" of taking out Saddam? Well I hope for your sake that all the dead and displaced Iraqi's were worth your giddy little "thrill". One who looks to George Bush for strength must have a few wires crossed. Bye George! Your lapses of memory, stuttering and inability to chew food will be sorely missed! The “thrill” of taking out Saddam? Well I hope for your sake that all the dead and displaced Iraqi’s were worth your giddy little “thrill”. One who looks to George Bush for strength must have a few wires crossed.

Bye George! Your lapses of memory, stuttering and inability to chew food will be sorely missed!

]]> By: RM http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4356 RM Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:31:30 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4356 INP, Your post got me thinking. I see a rise of a phenomenon which has been described as “compassionate conservatism”. Mike Huckabee talked of it and I believe GW implemented it with his policies. As I see it, this new brand or branch of conservatism uses the state to implement Christian values of charity (read government charity), compassion and forgiveness while maintaining traditional social values of family, anti-abortion, etc. Its liberalism light except its motivated by sincere Christian concern for the less fortunate as opposed to liberalism which doesn’t give a wit for the poor and seeks power and the poor is the vehicle. Is this GW’s legacy that he pioneered this school of thought within conservatism? Thoughts anyone? INP,
Your post got me thinking. I see a rise of a phenomenon which has been described as “compassionate conservatism”. Mike Huckabee talked of it and I believe GW implemented it with his policies.

As I see it, this new brand or branch of conservatism uses the state to implement Christian values of charity (read government charity), compassion and forgiveness while maintaining traditional social values of family, anti-abortion, etc. Its liberalism light except its motivated by sincere Christian concern for the less fortunate as opposed to liberalism which doesn’t give a wit for the poor and seeks power and the poor is the vehicle.

Is this GW’s legacy that he pioneered this school of thought within conservatism?

Thoughts anyone?

]]> By: INP http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4353 INP Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:03:23 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4353 And the lesson here, ladies and gents, is: .....if you are a conservative and you happen to be elected to an office where you can promote connservative principles and enact conservative laws .....and you fail to act in an aggressive and forthright manner to implement your conservative agenda, because you have a soft heart and you want to be liked by everyone, several things will happen: ....the left will keep hating you no matter what because you do not share their wretched whacko pathology ....the right will start hating you because you became weak and rudderless and abandoned many of your principles ....most people of all political stripes will view you as a failure. And you know what? it's because you are a failure. George Bush launched a couple wars and killed some islamists. Good for him. Every other aspect of his presidency is an unmitigated disaster - from immigration to the economy. Even Wendy is at a loss to come up with a substantive list of his conservative accomplishmants. All I can say is - If this is the best the right can do, we are all in big trouble. And the lesson here, ladies and gents, is:

…..if you are a conservative and you happen to be elected to an office where you can promote connservative principles and enact conservative laws

…..and you fail to act in an aggressive and forthright manner to implement your conservative agenda, because you have a soft heart and you want to be liked by everyone,

several things will happen:

….the left will keep hating you no matter what because you do not share their wretched whacko pathology

….the right will start hating you because you became weak and rudderless and abandoned many of your principles

….most people of all political stripes will view you as a failure.

And you know what?

it’s because you are a failure.

George Bush launched a couple wars and killed some islamists. Good for him. Every other aspect of his presidency is an unmitigated disaster - from immigration to the economy.

Even Wendy is at a loss to come up with a substantive list of his conservative accomplishmants.

All I can say is - If this is the best the right can do, we are all in big trouble.

]]> By: INP http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4352 INP Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:02:43 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4352 And the lesson here, ladies and gents, is: .....if you are a conservative and you happen to be elected to an office where you can promote connservative principles and enact conservative laws .....and you fail to act in an aggressive and forthright manner to implement your conservative agenda, because you have a soft heart and you want to be liked by everyone, several things will happen: ....the left will keep hating you no matter what because you do not share their wretched whacko pathology ....the right will start hating you because you became weak and rudderless and abandoned many of your principles ....most people of all political stripes will view you as a failure. And you know what? it's because you are a failure. George Bush launched a couple wars and killed some islaimsts. Good for him. Every other aspect of his presidency is an unmitigated disaster - from immigration to the economy. Even Wendy is at a loss to come up with a substantive list of his conservative accomplishmants. All I can say is - If this is the best the right can do, we are all in big trouble. And the lesson here, ladies and gents, is:

…..if you are a conservative and you happen to be elected to an office where you can promote connservative principles and enact conservative laws

…..and you fail to act in an aggressive and forthright manner to implement your conservative agenda, because you have a soft heart and you want to be liked by everyone,

several things will happen:

….the left will keep hating you no matter what because you do not share their wretched whacko pathology

….the right will start hating you because you became weak and rudderless and abandoned many of your principles

….most people of all political stripes will view you as a failure.

And you know what?

it’s because you are a failure.

George Bush launched a couple wars and killed some islaimsts. Good for him. Every other aspect of his presidency is an unmitigated disaster - from immigration to the economy.

Even Wendy is at a loss to come up with a substantive list of his conservative accomplishmants.

All I can say is - If this is the best the right can do, we are all in big trouble.

]]> By: RM http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4351 RM Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:28:27 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4351 With GW leaving I have mixed feelings. His fiscal polices and expansion of government put him left of Bill Clinton. I’ll leave it at that. On the other hand, with the war on terror, he was a true leader. He ran the war as he thought best. He did not react to every poll and when things got messy he stuck to his guns (contrast with Clinton who could get out of Somalia fast enough after a few causalities). A true leader makes the hard decisions in the face to tough opposition, whether it comes from the enemy or your own congress. BO scares me. His conciliatory approach may sound good to the great unwashed here in North America but the world is hard and cruel and is run by terrible people who eat do-good guys like BO all the time. A time will come when we look back and wish we had GW Bush back in the White House. With GW leaving I have mixed feelings. His fiscal polices and expansion of government put him left of Bill Clinton. I’ll leave it at that.

On the other hand, with the war on terror, he was a true leader. He ran the war as he thought best. He did not react to every poll and when things got messy he stuck to his guns (contrast with Clinton who could get out of Somalia fast enough after a few causalities). A true leader makes the hard decisions in the face to tough opposition, whether it comes from the enemy or your own congress.

BO scares me. His conciliatory approach may sound good to the great unwashed here in North America but the world is hard and cruel and is run by terrible people who eat do-good guys like BO all the time. A time will come when we look back and wish we had GW Bush back in the White House.

]]> By: L. Samy http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4350 L. Samy Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:25:19 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4350 As an African, and South Sudanese, I will miss President G.W. Bush. He has been a best friend to South Sudan and Africa eventhough the media did not credited him with his great work in Africa. May God Bless him and his family. As an African, and South Sudanese, I will miss President G.W. Bush. He has been a best friend to South Sudan and Africa eventhough the media did not credited him with his great work in Africa.

May God Bless him and his family.

]]> By: Steynian 312 « Free Canuckistan! http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4347 Steynian 312 « Free Canuckistan! Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:04:29 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4347 [...] FAREWELL Mr. President; End of the Road …. (dailybayonet.blog, [...] [...] FAREWELL Mr. President; End of the Road …. (dailybayonet.blog, [...]

]]> By: SR http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4345 SR Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:29:00 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4345 He failed to use veto power against the anti-Israel resolution in the UN which (obviously, what else does the UN exist for?) condemned Israel. He handed Obama a foreign policy on a silver platter that will be very dangerous and detrimental to Israel's right to self-defense. He failed to use veto power against the anti-Israel resolution in the UN which (obviously, what else does the UN exist for?) condemned Israel. He handed Obama a foreign policy on a silver platter that will be very dangerous and detrimental to Israel’s right to self-defense.

]]> By: Big Al http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4343 Big Al Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:26:42 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4343 I think he will be much missed. He has been defined by 'bad press' and a mistrust and hate from the very beginning of his first term. It became fasionable to diss him and that grew into a whole industry of blameing Bush for everything. Perhaps one of the worst tragadies to come from 9-11 was that we didn't get to experiance that "compassionate conservatism" that he so wanted to bring to us. He started with such promise, and we had so much to gain. Terrorism took that away. Not so much for his sake, but for ours is that loss so great. Bush is but a man. I'll miss him. I think he will be much missed. He has been defined by ‘bad press’ and a mistrust and hate from the very beginning of his first term. It became fasionable to diss him and that grew into a whole industry of blameing Bush for everything. Perhaps one of the worst tragadies to come from 9-11 was that we didn’t get to experiance that “compassionate conservatism” that he so wanted to bring to us. He started with such promise, and we had so much to gain. Terrorism took that away. Not so much for his sake, but for ours is that loss so great. Bush is but a man.

I’ll miss him.

]]> By: T. LaDuke http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4333 T. LaDuke Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:58:57 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4333 I also will miss G.W. Bush. He drove me NUTS domestically but Foreign policy wise he took the rod and shoved it right up the asses of those people who needed the cattle prod. He is soooo undervalued in this regard. There is not a soul who was alive on Sept 12, 2001 who would have said 7 yrs later we would have not had another attack on our soil. That is directly due to the policy's he put in place with those dedicated individuals to carry it out and for that he has my eternal gratitude! I also will miss G.W. Bush. He drove me NUTS domestically but Foreign policy wise he took the rod and shoved it right up the asses of those people who needed the cattle prod. He is soooo undervalued in this regard. There is not a soul who was alive on Sept 12, 2001 who would have said 7 yrs later we would have not had another attack on our soil.

That is directly due to the policy’s he put in place with those dedicated individuals to carry it out and for that he has my eternal gratitude!

]]> By: WL Mackenzie Redux http://girlontheright.com/2009/01/19/end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-4331 WL Mackenzie Redux Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:02:04 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2697#comment-4331 Sorry RG..I can't get nostalgic. I see Bush as a "failed conservative" not an Icon...we'll leave that to tougher resolves....like Maggie T. Sorry RG..I can’t get nostalgic. I see Bush as a “failed conservative” not an Icon…we’ll leave that to tougher resolves….like Maggie T.

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