President Bush may just be the best thing that has happened to American liberalism since JFK.
And no, Im not happy to be typing these words. As a long time Republican, I figured liberalism was mostly dead. I have no desire to see it flower again intact with all its shortsighted policies.
But Bushs incompetent cluelessness is doing for liberalism what Carters disastrous presidency did for conservatism. The one thing that Im grateful to Carter for is showing exactly why we needed a president like Regean. In a strange way, Carters ineptitude actually ended up doing American a huge favor in the long run. Had Ford been elected in 1976, it is difficult to see how we would have ended up in a Regean presidency.
George Will, Bill Kristol, David Brooks and Robert Kagan are all well known conservative columnists and they are beginning to turn on Bush. Its not that they have any affinity for Kerry, but like many other conservatives out there they are starting to see just how appalling Bush is as a president.
Any exuberance for Bush from the conservative throngs is fading fast. It is increasingly difficult to justify anything Bush is doing. I have spent the last few months looking for anything that would suggest that Im wrong in this analysis. But the last couple of months have only served to prove something that many of us conservatives have been afraid of for a little while now namely that Bush doesnt have an idea what he is doing.
And no, Im not happy to be typing these words. As a long time Republican, I figured liberalism was mostly dead. I have no desire to see it flower again intact with all its shortsighted policies.
But Bushs incompetent cluelessness is doing for liberalism what Carters disastrous presidency did for conservatism. The one thing that Im grateful to Carter for is showing exactly why we needed a president like Regean. In a strange way, Carters ineptitude actually ended up doing American a huge favor in the long run. Had Ford been elected in 1976, it is difficult to see how we would have ended up in a Regean presidency.
George Will, Bill Kristol, David Brooks and Robert Kagan are all well known conservative columnists and they are beginning to turn on Bush. Its not that they have any affinity for Kerry, but like many other conservatives out there they are starting to see just how appalling Bush is as a president.
Any exuberance for Bush from the conservative throngs is fading fast. It is increasingly difficult to justify anything Bush is doing. I have spent the last few months looking for anything that would suggest that Im wrong in this analysis. But the last couple of months have only served to prove something that many of us conservatives have been afraid of for a little while now namely that Bush doesnt have an idea what he is doing.
