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Cheers,
Meresa

There will be no second-class citizens in this society.
-- Chuck Panozzo

Hey, Mersesa. Your Yahoo! link had expired, but I vaguely remember the story. I see that you are from Texas.

Without restating the obvious (we all know he's no rock star like Slick Willie) what do most Texans really think of Dubya?

I ask this, because as you can probably guess, he will be reelected.

Love or hate the clod, he's in for four more...

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"May those who love us, love us. As for those who don't love us, may God turn their ankles, so we may know them by their limping." -- Ancient Irish proverb

Actually I live right in the heart of Bush country in the Bryan/College Station area. George Bush 41 is all but worshipped here in my opinion. Only Ronald Reagan is held in higher esteem. There is a major thoroughfare here named "George Bush Blvd", and there is multibillion dollar Bush Library and School of Government here. (his monument to himself). I never liked Bush 41 I think he is a very bad man.

As for 'W', I personally have no real opinion on him. I voted libertarian because I wasn't comfortable voting for him and there was no way in hell I was going to vote for that idiot Al Gore.

I agree, like it or not he will probably be re-elected. On the brighter side I have faith that there are enough checks and balances to prevent him from doing any real damage. He was overruled on his Jose Padilla "enemy combatant" declaration and rightly so. And the Dems have managed to fillibuster every Supreme Court Justice appointee he has selected so far. Hopefully that will continue for the next 4 years.

I think Cheney is the real "bad seed" in the administration. Hopefully if his legal woes do not force him to resign, his health will. I personally would like to see Condoleezza Rice Step in as the VP candidate this year and be a presidential hopeful in '08. She'd have my vote for sure.

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Cheers,
Meresa

There will be no second-class citizens in this society.
-- Chuck Panozzo

Doesn't W have a ranch somewhere in Texas? Is it close to your area? I guess, like you say, it really is Bush Country.

"I have faith that there are enough checks and balances to prevent him from doing any real damage."

I hope you are right, Meresa. We don't know what goes on behind White House closed doors, though.

Dana

Thanks for the reply. I agree with your voting choice -- I did the same thing. I disagree with Cheney as the bad seed, though. I believe Ashcroft is. Please remind of what Cheney is facing, legally?

I love Condo Rice -- thinks she's brilliant and personable, but in no way presidential. She's in a great position now to do much good, and hopefully that will continue the next go-round.

PS I thought the "Iraq War" was supposed to lower gas prices -- what happened?

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"May those who love us, love us. As for those who don't love us, may God turn their ankles, so we may know them by their limping." -- Ancient Irish proverb

Well now, DG, we know a little don't we? We know in the Oval Office for instance that both government business and personal business are conducted, routinely. At least in some administrations...

We also know that behind closed WH doors, some can't chew pretzels and watch TV at the same time...

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"May those who love us, love us. As for those who don't love us, may God turn their ankles, so we may know them by their limping." -- Ancient Irish proverb

Does anyone else here agree that it is far too early to consider a Bush re-election inevitable? The Democrats have some strong candidates and Bush has a terrible record. As IS individuals, we better get behind someone more tolerant of individual differences than W is.

You're right Ann, it is too early to say it will happen for sure.

But, Saddam was a slam-dunk. The same way Reagan was credited with tearing down the Berlin Wall (he didn't), and the same way Slick Willie was credited with following in Kennedy's footsteps (he didn't), George W. will be seen as the man who nabbed Saddam (he didn't).

Who looks strong for the Democrats, and why?

Thanks.

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"May those who love us, love us. As for those who don't love us, may God turn their ankles, so we may know them by their limping." -- Ancient Irish proverb

Thanks for posting, BillieQ. True, Sadam has been captured, but hopefully more and more people will realize that we've lost 500 young people and spent untold billions based on a series of this administration's exaggerations, half truths and outright lies. Paul O'Neil verified that they started planning the invasion - and even which companies would get which oil fields - almost as soon as Bush got into office (and I won't go into the election here).
As far as the strong democrats, I believe Wesley Clark is one. Here we have a West Point valedictorian, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, opponent of the Iraq war, commander of a successful campaign in Kosovo where none of our soldiers were lost, a southerner when democrats have a diffficult time winning in the south, an advocate of progressive ideals, and someone with innovative ideas (such as his income tax plan).
I look forward to e-chatting with you - and anyone else - again soon.