tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post4097048652727373700..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: The Real Ghost of George W. BushJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-81564126385540581852011-06-14T22:42:43.808-05:002011-06-14T22:42:43.808-05:00The "serious" policies of the Bush admin...The "serious" policies of the Bush administration were also dessert. Along with tax cuts and monetary expansion, they comprised half of Bush's "Guns and Butter" conservatism. Wishful thinking is different -- if you can't sink your fork into it, it's not dessert.<br /><br />Gary Johnson and Ron Paul would come closest to making a clean break from the Bush/Obama years.Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-24799602647953762792011-06-14T18:36:51.319-05:002011-06-14T18:36:51.319-05:00So the new GOP argument is that eating your vegeta...So the new GOP argument is that eating your vegetables will taste BETTER than your dessert?JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-30140399912773748982011-06-14T16:05:58.968-05:002011-06-14T16:05:58.968-05:00" On respect for American Muslims, it's a..." On respect for American Muslims, it's a harder call...one could say that his policy in late 2001 was very much forced on him by events"<br /><br />It predated 9/11. <br /><br />"televised debate on Oct. 11, 2000, Mr. Bush said: 'Arab-Americans are racially profiled in what's called secret evidence .... We've got to do something about that.' …<br />"Twice during the debate, Mr. Norquist says, Mr. Rove phoned him at home to draw his attention to the remark and urge him to "put the word out" among Muslims. "<br /><br />It should be hard to believe that Islam is a religion of peace when the US is at war with Muslims in several countries. Only someone who is blinded by political correctness would define Islam in terms that makes Muslims sound like Quakers after the events of the last decade.Mercernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-44805933358736991132011-06-14T13:59:11.685-05:002011-06-14T13:59:11.685-05:00It's not even desert. It's a big bowl of ...It's not even desert. It's a big bowl of cheese puffs - expensive, caloric, devoid of nutrition, and you end up with your fingers all messy.<br /><br />Alas,<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.com