The new White House Press Secretary, writing in 2000:
Never in recent history have two major presidential candidates seemed so dispensable. Little in the character of demeanor of Al Gore or George Bush makes us say to ourselves: Now, this man is truly special! Little in our present peace and prosperity impels us to say: Give us a great man!
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George W. Bush, meanwhile, talks of a pillowy America, full of niceness and goodwill. Bush has inherited his mother's attractive feistiness, but he also got his father's syntax. At one point last week, he stunned a friendly audience by barking out absurd and inappropriate words, like a soul tortured with Tourette's. He vowed to rip into "terrors" -- his shorthand for "tariffs and barriers" -- in order to secure our economic well-being. He predicted victory, "because we speak in a language people understand." We thus find ourselves having to choose between two men who are searching for gravity -- not "gravitas," which has come to mean "intellectual pretension," but actual anchorage on the Planet Earth.
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Bush has a different sort of problem. He has to persuade people he's smart. He recently tried to dazzle reporters by discussing the vagaries of Congressional Budget Office economic forecasts, but his recitation of numbers proved so bewildering that not even his aides could produce a comprehensible translation. The English Language has become a minefield for the man, whose malaprops make him the political heir not of Ronald Reagan, but Norm Crosby. Who can forget the time he vowed defiantly not to let the opposition put him in cufflinks? (He meant "handcuffs.") On the policy side, he has become a classical dime-store Democrat. He gladly will shovel money into programs that enjoy undeserved prestige, such as Head Start. He seems to consider it mean-spirited to shut down programs that rip-off taxpayers and mislead supposed beneficiaries.
Many more examples of Snow's discontent with Bush can be found here.
For all the talk of Republicans being a well organized political machine I can't imagine a Democrat tolerating such dissent.
BE A MAN AND LEAVE THIS POST INTACT.
The Second Amendment serves absolutely no purpose. Most gun owners are far right. The government is now far right. The only time a far right constituency would ever take up arms would be in the event of a left wing takeover. But a left wing takeover will never happen because the far right beat them to it.
You all say you believe in the right to bear arms but when push comes to shove you'll be turning them in like good little acquiescent citizens. Of course, the amerinazi government will allow you to keep your small-caliber rifles and shotguns for deer hunting and small game, and that'll be enough for you because that's all you care about anyway. You'd never have courage enough to actually defend the United States of America against a military takeover from within.
The automatic and semi-automatic weapons that give you parity with the military will be confiscated. I'm sorry. I meant, your automatic and semi-automatic weapons will be turned in. Out of fear. You won't resist. You'll make every excuse in the book why it's your citizenly duty to abide by the law -- just like the Germans did 70 years ago.
I'd bet money on it. Besides they're far right. And you're far right. They're your friends. They'd never do anything bad to you. Or your family.
As long as you comply.
In Jesus' Glorious and Holy name,
Dean Berry - Real American
http://www.deanberryministries.org/index3.html
dinoberry@frontiernet.net
Oh no, I'm leaving that post up as a perfect example of how to be an annoying nutcase on the internet. I'll probably delete your next comment, though. This kind of thing gets old really fast.
And if you haven't taken your meds lately, now would be a really good time.
Geez Walter, you're so EXTREME. You could at least listen to a voice of reason. I mean, didn't you see his website. It didn't use scare tactics or hate speech at all.