Once We Had A Real President
Aug 30th, 2005 at 6:50 am by Susie
Good post over at Kevin’s in which he compares and contrasts the policy styles of Bush and Clinton. Great quote from Jon Chait:
Bush’s [domestic] political successes all have three main elements in common….The first is massive partisan discipline…. Element No. 2 is massive giveaways to well-organized lobbies…. The third element is — how should I put it? — lying.
….Alas, none of these tools work as well in Baghdad as they do in Washington. Promising to build a bridge in Muqtada Sadr’s district or funnel cash to his campaign is unlikely to mollify the Shiite strongman. Iraqi democracy, in its primitive state, has yet to develop the equivalent of K Street.
Once the American public comes to the realization that we hired them and we COULD FIRE THEM, we will truely have a democratic society.
I just wish we had a prez who was smarter then my turtle. At least the turtle does not think its in charge. Or pass out eating while eating pretzels.