What major issues now pose a problem for the Bush Administration? The question seems simple to answer, but the response is not. For those of us who are Monday morning quarterbacks, we can easily spout off a response. But the problem with our response is that we aren't the ones walking in the President's shoes.
A President of the United States, unlike his counterparts in most other nations, has been given numerous roles to play at the same time. Often these roles are in conflict with one another to the point that they totally derail one another. For example, we expect the President to be the Commander in Chief while at the same time we expect him to be the Chief Diplomat.
Mr. Bush is also expected to be the Chief Legislator who has to work with a bicameral, bipartisan legislature that views itself as a co-equal branch of the government. ( At times, Congress reflects an inflated ego and hubris that reveals a Congress that believes it is the dominant branch of goverment.)
Mr. Bush is presumed to be the leader of his party who must work with the opposing party which of late has assumed the characteristics of an extremist radical liberal obstructionist party that seeks to destroy and demonize its political opposition.
So, what do we list as the President's most challenging issues? 1. To promote the common defense: stop terrorism--wherever it is. 2. To provide for the general welfare: social security, healthcare, and education reform. 3. To insure domestic tranquility: stop illegal immigration by shoring up our national borders.
Are these issues easily solved? No, and certainly not if the extremist radical liberal obstructionists in Congress (Kennedy, Schumer, Reid, Durban, Leahy, Boxer, Pelosi, and Murtha) continue to stall, insult, pitch hissy fits, and simply act as domestic insurgents. The only option remaining for the Bush Administration is to attack these political hacks for what they are: extremist radical liberal obstructionists who seek one thing: power instead of solutions to very serious political, economic, and social issues.
Sunday, November 27, 2005
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