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I Love Bush
By Matt Margolis | February 23, 2004
Bush went on the offenseive tonight with a fabulous speech at the Republican Governors Association reception in Washington. It’s hard to not quote the whole thing, but i’ll try and pick out a few of my favorite lines and the most most imoprtant ones in my opinion.
On John Kerry and his infamous strategy of being on both sides of an issue:
The other party’s nomination battle is still playing out. The candidates are an interesting group, with diverse opinions: For tax cuts, and against them. For NAFTA, and against NAFTA. For the Patriot Act, and against the Patriot Act. In favor of liberating Iraq, and opposed to it. And that’s just one senator from Massachusetts.
Bush spells it out plain and simple… The choice in November is going to be an easy one:
The other party is still not finished selecting its nominee. Yet this much is already certain: Come November, the voters are going to have a very clear choice. It’s a choice between keeping the tax relief that is moving the economy forward, or putting the burden of higher taxes back on the American people. It is a choice between an America that leads the world with strength and confidence, or an America that is uncertain in the face of danger.
Here, Bush clarifies what happened with our economy for the Democrats:
The last three years have brought serious challenges. We’ve given serious answers, and the strong leadership these times of extraordinary change demand. We came to office with an economy heading into recession. We delivered historic tax relief, and the consumer spending and investment that resulted helped lift our economy back to growth, so that people are getting hired again.
And for those who think that the Democrats are all about “the little guy” and Republicans are all about “big business”:
We had to confront corporate crimes that cost people jobs and savings. So we passed the strongest corporate reforms since Franklin Roosevelt, and made it clear that we will not tolerate dishonesty in the boardrooms of America.
That never happened under Clinton did it?
Then Bush talked about 9-11 and the aftermath:
We saw war and grief arrive on a quiet September morning — and from that day to this, we have pursued terrorists across the world. We’ve captured or killed many of the key leaders of the al Qaeda network, and the rest of them know we’re on their trail. There is no cave or hole deep enough to hide them.
The next two quotes are really suave jabs at Bill Clinton:
When Dick Cheney and I came to Washington, we found a military that was under-funded and under-appreciated. So we increased the defense budget to give our men and women the tools and training they need to win the war on terror. And today, no one in the world can question the skill, the strength, and the spirit of the United States military.
It’s the President’s job to confront problems, not to pass them on to future Presidents and future generations. It’s the President’s job to seize opportunities, and not let them slip away. A President needs to step up and make the hard decisions and keep his commitments. And that is how I will continue to lead our country.
Perhaps the most imporant issues this election are the war on terror and the economy. No Democrat can even touch Buhs on these:
Great events will turn on this election. The man who sits in the Oval Office will set the course of the war on terror, and the direction of our economy. The security and prosperity of America are at stake. Our course is clear.
As many people have already noticed, the Democrats have lots to bitch about, but have offered no ideas or solutions of their own. Bush took note of it publicly tonight:
Our opponents have not offered much in the way of strategies to win the war, or policies to expand our economy. So far, all we hear is a lot of old bitterness and partisan anger. Anger is not an agenda for the future of America.
Our opponents talk about job creation, but they’re against every one of these job-creating measures. Empty talk about jobs won’t get anybody hired. The way to create jobs is our pro-growth, pro-entrepreneur, pro-small business owner agenda.
I love it when Bush sticks it to them like that. Bush offers a plan, and gets it done. The Democrats bitch and moan, and make empty promises that mean nothing.
Our Commander-In-Chief then made some really bold statements on the war on terror:
Terrorists are testing our will in Afghanistan and Iraq. Regimes in North Korea and Iran are challenging the peace. The actions we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.
America and our allies gave an ultimatum to the terror regime in Afghanistan. The Taliban chose defiance, and the Taliban are no longer in power. America and our allies gave an ultimatum to the terror regime in Iraq. The dictator chose defiance, and now the dictator sits in a prison cell.
Bush then fought back against criticism he’s gotten for fighting the war on terror:
September the 11th, 2001 taught a lesson I have not forgotten. America must confront threats before they fully materialize. In Iraq, my administration looked at the intelligence and saw a danger. Members of Congress looked at the intelligence, and they saw a danger. The United Nations Security Council looked at the intelligence, and it saw a danger. The previous administration and Congress looked at the intelligence, and made regime change in Iraq the policy of our country. We all knew Saddam’s history well. He waged aggressive wars against neighboring countries, and aspired to dominate the Middle East. He cultivated ties to terrorists. He built weapons of mass destruction. He hid those weapons. He used chemical weapons against thousands of Iraqis and Iranians.
Attacking the liberal myth we went to war alone in Iraq:
Our opponents say they approve of bold action in the world, but only if no other government disagrees. I’m all for united action, and so are the 34 coalition partners we have in Iraq right now. But America must never out-source America’s national security decisions to the leaders of other governments.
Another issue near and dear to the state of our union is the despicable actions of renegade liberal activist judges, Bush attacked them and defended his record of nominating good judges:
We stand for the confirmation of judges who strictly and faithfully interpret the law. We will not stand for judges who undermine democracy by legislating from the bench, and try to remake the culture by court order.
While I’ve done my best to not quote the entire speech I’ve certainly quoted a lot. It was a great speech. I’ll quote one last part - which to me reflect the theme of Bush’s presidency since 9-11:
None of us will ever forget that week when one era ended and another began. On September 14, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. I remember a lot that day. Workers in hardhats were shouting, “Whatever it takes.” One man pointed at me and said, “Don’t let me down.” As we all did that day, these men and women searching through the rubble took it personally. I took it personally. I’ve a responsibility that goes on. I will never relent in bringing justice to our enemies. I will defend America, whatever it takes.
Whatever it takes… I myself will do whatever it takes to get Bush reelected. After reading this speech, I made another donation to the Bush/Cheney ‘04 campaign.
Bush is a proven leader. he will keep fighting the war on terror. He will keep our economy growing strong.
The contest ahead of us will be between a “9/10 Democrat” and a “9/12 Republican.”
The choice is clear, I am supporting the 9/12 Republican.
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February 24th, 2004 at 1:43 am
Hey! From what I’ve read, he got his way through an entire speech without a massive amount of grammatical errors and without making up new words. Quite impressive for Bush! Of course, this speech made use of cliche techniques (the old ‘its either this or that, black or white’, nationalism, etc)… overall though nothing that I wouldn’t expect from a Democrat as well.
February 24th, 2004 at 7:04 am
I see we’re graced with a snot-nosed, arrogant critique by one of the resident moonbats. I like the way you try to deflect criticism by claiming you’re not a democrat in your posts. Just another rabid, psychotic Bush-Hating lunatic. Your little e-mail slogan that “Bush is a terrorist” just paints you as another fringe asshat that cannot be taken seriously.
February 24th, 2004 at 12:27 pm
Bush Lovers
Some people love the president [Matt Margolis Blog » I Love Bush]. A reality check is needed when someone loves a president - any president - after a string of presidential affairs throughouth the history. To blindly trust a politician…
February 24th, 2004 at 3:58 pm
Matt Margolis once again proves that there is a sucker born every minute.
Also… does anyone find it a little strange that Matt is so vociferously against what he terms “pound me in the ass” relationships and yet he fawns over the president in such a way that would make Andrew Sullivan blush?
February 24th, 2004 at 5:14 pm
At this point in time, I don’t think Sullivan is fawning over the president in any way.
February 24th, 2004 at 5:20 pm
Jaws- no shit. Matt’s fawning. Andrew’s blushing.
February 24th, 2004 at 6:26 pm
Trollbaiter, I garauntee that I’m taken much more seriously than you are. Your blind nationalist tendencies are clear, because my actions put you on the offensive and you try to make things personal with your incredibly immature remarks. It’s rather pathetic. No, I am not a Democrat in any way shape or form. I do not support the Democratic party at all. Neither am I a Republican. I can also garauntee that I’m neither rabid, psychotic, or a lunatic. Next time you want to talk to me, try doing so in a manner that anyone out of preschool would have no problem accomplishing.
February 25th, 2004 at 12:03 am
Cole Whitaker proves again that he’s an idiot.
February 25th, 2004 at 5:43 am
No Gary, When you drop the arrogant snotty tone of your remarks, then I will treat you with a semblence of courtesy. I hate to break it to you, but you are not taken seriously (except in your own mind). You come across as just another moonbat troll, spouting condescending rhetoric in the usual asshat fashion. We’ve seen it a thousand times before. Here’s a tip, stop drinking the socialist Kool-Aid and come up with something original. I will give you points for the “nationalist” quip. Next thing you know, You’ll be calling me a “Corporatist” Instead of dropping allegedy clever hints, just drop the facade and start quoting Karl Marx. Then you can start with the real good commie insults like “yankee bourgiosie imperialist parasite”
February 25th, 2004 at 11:07 pm
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February 27th, 2004 at 6:22 pm
Our Top Story Tonight!
Bill Clinton is still NOT president of the United States!
Man, I never really liked the guy, but for a man three years out of office he has an amazing ability to control world events. Especially when they make George Dubya Bush look bad.
March 21st, 2004 at 3:34 pm
The disclaimer at the bottom of this site hardly surprizes me. It’s standard Bush republican operating procedure. If you can’t sway your opponent with canned rhethoric and jingoistic diatribe, then accuse them of being under the influence of the “liberal media”. If that fails, it’s time to deride Bill Clinton. If by this time they’re still confusing you with the facts - it’s time to brand them as unamerican and ignore them. Great for a surmon, but not an intelligent debate.
Free discourse and tolerance of unpopular opinions is fundamental to a free state. One CAN be a patriot without being a warmonger. One CAN support their troops without supporting Bush or his myopic policies. One can love his country without loving the Republican Party.
Unfortunately, it would seem that anyone who doesn’t see it the Republican way is suspect and needs to be chastised or censored.
George Bush could be caught picking his nose in public and the Republicans would call it “probing for answers”. That kind of cultlike adoration of a man and a party appalls and frightens me even more than Bush’s presidency or the possibility of his re-election.
To question the loyalty of your citizens and abridge their freedom; to start wars of aggression in the name of “national security”; to expect people to mindlessly follow or be cast as traitors if they don’t - These aren’t the hallmarks of a great democracy, they’re the symptoms of Fascism!
This country better quit napping or we may find ourselve’s waking up to a horrific future. Thurgood Marshall put it best: “Night never comes all at once. There’s always a twilight during which at first you don’t notice anything is different - only to find yourself surrounded by darkness.”
No doubt some unpatriotic, misguided souls must have expressed similar sentiments about a man and his party in early 1930’s Germany, and they must have been laughed at or worse. For then, as now, most reasonable people knew nothing like that could ever REALLY happen.
March 21st, 2004 at 3:45 pm
Abridge their freedom? This site is my property, and i have the right to control what goes on it. If someone acts disrespectful to me, they be gone.
Al, you might want to go to John Kerry’s blog and ask them to stop deleting comments by people who disagree with Kerry.
March 21st, 2004 at 8:56 pm
Matt - When I said “abridge their freedom” I was referring to the government (i.e. Patriot Act, etc), not you personally, and I do respect your leaving my comments up. BTW, if the Kerry camp is deleting intelligently voiced dissenting viewpoints on their sites, then I find that no less reprehensible. My gripe is that very few of the staunch republicans I’ve debated with ever seem to respond to specific issues with specific rebutals. They always seem to be to wrapped up in blanket rhetoric and quickly become dismissive and arrogant if you disagree. It’s as if only your party can see the light and save the country. The quotes in your site are all couched as if they were pronouncements from the “Holy One”. Judging from the way Bush speaks most of the time, I find it honestly hard to believe these are spontaneous statements, rather than carefully polished blurbs by his spin doctors. Regards, AL
August 24th, 2004 at 6:59 am
Very Interesting. I agree that what I read Bush’s speech quotes on this site I did not believe they came from the man himself. His responses to unexpected questions are worryingly weak compared to his pre written speeches.
October 26th, 2004 at 1:27 pm
Anyone who claims to love Bush is either mentally retarded, brainwashed by Christianity or just plain fucking evil. Come on! What is wrong with my country? Are we all just a bunch of idiots? I’m gonna move.
November 4th, 2004 at 8:02 am
God chooses Bush. God bless him.
April 3rd, 2005 at 12:26 am
I love Bush, he has done such great things for the good ol’ U S of A. Tax cuts taking down the weapons of mass destruction; er wait those didn’t exist, and now neither does that nice surplus we had. Fuck you guys Bush is an ass.
May 10th, 2006 at 9:58 am
hey there christina you fucking bitch I hope your anti president cock sucking mouth goes to hell…
Viva la Bush…..Fuck yall haters
May 10th, 2006 at 10:01 am
true that marcus… Those words are a very good depiction of the anti-christ
May 10th, 2006 at 10:21 am
all of you anti goverment hippies, are exactly the same. I hate the president, I hate the president, I hate the president, you did it with Nixon, Clinton bush, hell you hippies probaly hated lincoln and washington. you would find it much easier to smoke pot and talk about bush, than voting or doing something for your country. You probaly sitting at home right now watching the Comunist News Network (CNN). Listening to twisted liberal views. You should do something in stead of talking about it!!!
May 25th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Bush is such a moron. He acts like a retard, he thinks like a retard, and he is a retard.
Bush went to war and caused sooo many problems with soo many people. We shouldn’t have gone into Iraq. When we did, we were doing something so stupid. CIA has confirmed that they sent a report to good ol’ DubYa Bush that there were NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ 2 weeks before we went to war.
1000s of Americans dead for no reason. The national guard was pulled into the war which isn’t supposed to be!!! WTF! The national guard’s sole purpose is to protect the fucking USA not go to a different country and masterbate over there on how they got sent there in the first place.
Bush is a moron. Wake up America!
June 4th, 2006 at 7:02 am
Bushlover, you may be confused. Bush is a very liberal president. He is liberal with the budget, liberal with the military, liberal with his policies, liberal with the secrets privilege. So, next time you call liberals a bunch of pot-smoking hippies who won’t vote, remember, you’re talking about your current president. He may call himself a conservative, but trust me, that’s only to appeal to his voter base.
and just to let you know: I am a real conservative. I smoke weed (constitutional right!). and I voted for Al Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004 because they were both more conservative than Bush. Show me a true conservative candidate and I would vote for him in less than a heartbeat.
And I don’t hate the government at all. It deeply saddens me that the Constitution
November 8th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
I dont see how anyone can like bush after all hes done to ruin our country.iraqis arent even terroists.the only reason we took over iraq was to get their oil.not in anyway to protect our country.and how can u be pro-life and pro-war?you cant.it makes me laugh to think about how alot of people still love bush after the way he has ruined out country, even though he claims he is making it stronger.i truly feel bad for you guys.you dont even know what your talking about and you think bush is actually a savier.oh and god did not pick bush.all you frickin idiots did and when we have a world war III dont act like you didnt expect it.just take the blame.thats all.im done
December 5th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
I truly understand people’s dissapointment with the current president, but really, what’s the purpose of complaining your little hearts out on a website? Really, it’s not going to do you any good whatsoever - and trust me, I’m not saying this from a point of view any different from yours. Personally, I believe that Bush is definately not the ideal President, and I don’t believe that he has displayed the qualities or made the decisions of a good leader. However, having said this, I do believe that as the President of the United States, as the country as a whole has elected him, this man deserves sincere respect from all individuals, as opposed to insults and negative criticism.
I expect to get some interesting responses, so feel free to use your best rhetorical skills!