Which Hat?
Topic: Iraq
The other day, after seeing it a couple of times, I finally broke down and read this article on CBSNews.com: A Traitor To His Class

In the article, the author, Victor Davis Hanson, tries to make the point that "liberals" hate Bush because he was one of them and now he acts like a cowboy, I'm sorry, I meant to say neo-conservative. He assumes that "much of the invective is irrational, fueled by emotion rather than reason". He's basically says "liberals" hate the man and could care less about his policies. He's absolutely right!

If "liberals" would only open their eyes to the actions of the man they might learn to love him. That statement would be true if the connotative meaning of "liberal" were actually the true meaning of the word and not what conservatives have been trying to turn the word into.

Everybody thinks they know what "liberal" means. It means a spendthrift, a weakling and a sympathizer of convicted pedophiles. Come on admit it, this is what YOU think of when you think about the word "liberal". You think someone who wants to dismantle the military, someone who would like to raise your taxes and give it all to the crack-whoring mothers who have foster children and go on welfare just for the money. "Liberals" are a bunch of fancy pants from the northeast or West coast, who drive expensive imported cars, buy their coffee at Starbucks and have privilege and power because of their family status and education.

If this is what it meant to be a "liberal" then George W. Bush would definitely have the "liberal" vote.

Not unlike many conservative mental masturbation opinion pieces, this one make a lot of fatal presumptions. Among the many is that all "liberals" go to Universities like Yale and Harvard, and they all come out with the same mindset, courtesy of the vast left wing conspiracy to brainwash the elite.

An interesting tidbit about this article's author, is that he is a member of the academic elite, having received a Ph.D from Stanford University.


I'm just wondering when I get to see the article, written by a conservative, that praises Bush for standing up for all the things that they believe. The points made in this article only go to show why "liberals" should love Bush, and they only wind up showing why conservatives should hate him.

"...no other president has selected an African-American secretary of State and national-security adviser or pledged so many billions for AIDS relief in Africa. Liberals talk of social programs starved, but domestic spending under Bush increased at annual rates greater than during any Democratic administration in recent history. Just read howls of conservatives who worry about Bush's Great Society-like programs."

But why stop there? Why not talk about his pre-emptive war foreign policy, his inability to balance a budget, "no child left behind" that he didn't fully fund, the prescription medicare plan that cost $150 billion more than advertised, slashing health benefits for veterans, and his immigration policies? Why not mention his politicizing, and flip-flopping, on making a constitutional amendment to limit rights?

With policies like these "liberals" don't have to mention a President sitting in the classroom for 27 minutes after learning the "nation is under attack". Or "Mission Accomplished". Or the fact that he wanted to invade Iraq from day one. Or that he mislead the country about a connection between Iraq and Al-Queda. Or "record vacation time". Or weakened alliances and reputation. Or thousands dead. Or many more terrorists. Or no end in sight. This is not an invective, this is the facts.

The problem is that no one hears the howls because there are none. The conservative Republicans have lined up behind Bush and to steal a line from Ron Reagan "Bush could show up on video canoodling with Paris Hilton and still bank their vote".

The real problem is that this is not a matter of "conservative" versus "liberal". It's a matter of what's best for this country. George W. Bush does not ACT in the best interest of the United States. Liberals don't like him because they DO look at his actions not his rhetoric and conservatives shouldn't like him because of both his actions and his rhetoric.

The Independent Voice's First Post
Topic: Personal
I figured that in my first post I'd be diplomatic. Unlike the original "Independent Voice", where I came right out of the box swinging, this time, and probably only this time, I'm going to be nice. This will be the only time that someone won't find a problem with the content of my writing.

Well I've got a lot to say, and statistically speaking I probably have only 43 years left to live, so let me get to it because I don't have much time.

Thanks for visiting and visit often because things are going to get interesting.

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