I think you put to much "faith" on that soft middle. After all, it got the last Bush elected 1 1/2 times. And look at the nut he turned out to be. Iraq, with Cheney blowing in his ear being one of his nuttier, aids vaccinations to Africa and NASA being his few lucid moments.
Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Feb 28, 2010, at 10:30 PM, mike wrote: > Yes the R's would have said he was soft on pick your poison, but I think > there is a vast middle who doesn't like the broad stroke control measures of > that specific law. And it would have been the right thing to do. > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Jeff Miles <jmile...@charter.net> wrote: > >> No he couldn't. And not have survived the criticism of anything else >> he wants to get done. "Soft on communism" comes to mind. It would have been >> echoed through the media had he repealed the Patriot Act. "He's nothing but >> a socialist soft on terrorism." >> Terrorism and socialism seem to be key words these days for people >> who only need a word or two when it comes to how they'll vote. Look at the >> issue and think, who needs that? We've got these couple of words that tell >> us all we need to know. >> I was thinking when the Patriot Act came in how handy it would be if >> I was every really mad at one of my neighbors. But try getting rid of it now >> and your considered soft on terrorism. What there a few comments on ideology >> vs reality? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
