The New Orleans Saints are getting their butts kicked by the Chicago Bears right now. And a few days from now, a lot of people who rode the Saints bandwagon will jump off, climb on the wagon for one of the Superbowl teams and pretend they were there all along. That happens, of course - everyone knows what a "fair-weather" friend or supporter is. It occurs to me that we see the same thing in politics, as well, even more often. Deserters always make excuses, but in the end few people show loyalty under the test, no matter how much it is deserved by the man they desert.
History will vindicate George Walker Bush, not only as a good President, but as one of our best. Not only because of the tax cuts which reignited the economy, not only because he was the first President to seriously try to reform Social Security, not only because he saw us through the 9/11 crisis without either a rash or cowardly result, but because he stood by his people, especially listening to the military and making decisions by what was best in the long run. For everyone concerned.
Few people will agree now. It has become quite fashionable to show a backbone of butter, or worse to falsely insult the President if one can make points off it. I heard more than one Republican this past week try to pretend that President Bush did not know how hard the fight would be in Iraq, a baseless lie obvious to anyone who bothers to recall any of his State of the Union addresses or his response to early and constant whining from the press. It is those politicians who never found themselves willing to bear the burden or keep the commitment, who so falsely try to shift their own guilt onto the President. We've certainly seen that before. Such cowards blamed Ford for Vietnam, and Reagan for Lebanon, while they themselves never found it convenient to stand with the President when the nation itself required such a sacrifice.
I am writing today's piece as something of a bookmark. The day most certainly will come, when many pretend that they stood with President Bush. But only those who stand with him now can honestly claim that honor.
I stand with the President, as always, and support his efforts wholeheartedly. And so I condemn the desertion of pretenders and enemies who thought to fool the party and the nation.
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Kind of like the cowards th... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Scrapiron | January 21, 2007 7:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kind of like the cowards that won't serve in the military and then run around the country 'pretending' to be military hero's.
The left will never run out of 'pretend' hero's. Several pretend 'patroitic' Americans are lining up to run for president. Do nothings that see everything America does as wrong and the glass as always half empty.
1. Posted by Scrapiron | January 21, 2007 7:51 PM |
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Posted on January 21, 2007 19:51
2. Posted by bryanD | January 21, 2007 8:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's that bad at the dude ranch, huh? Do you "wholeheartedly" support the surrender of this nation's sovereignty to the CanAMex Chamber of Commerce? http://spp.gov/ (And No, I don't expect an answer on THAT one!)
2. Posted by bryanD | January 21, 2007 8:08 PM |
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Posted on January 21, 2007 20:08
3. Posted by JJ in Wisconsin | January 21, 2007 9:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
As always, DJ, you write EXACTLY what I am thinking and feeling. I, too, stand with the President and support his efforts wholeheartedly. I am willing to put my bookmark down.
3. Posted by JJ in Wisconsin | January 21, 2007 9:44 PM |
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Posted on January 21, 2007 21:44
4. Posted by Don | January 22, 2007 2:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Very well put DJ. But a great many Americans lost their honor when they started rejecting the moto "God, County and the American Flag" so what else do they have to lose, they have nothing left.
4. Posted by Don | January 22, 2007 2:24 AM |
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Posted on January 22, 2007 02:24
5. Posted by Big Mo | January 22, 2007 12:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
DJ - WELL STATED and I agree.
I stand with the president. I've been a Bush man since the 2000 convention, when he stated his intent to tackle Social Security, and have remained solidly in his camp since he began taking the fight to the enemy.
As a student of history, you might be interested in the project I just started. It's a year-long, 42-part series on the men who have held the office of the presidency. I began yesterday with George Washington, and will follow every two weeks with the next president in line. I'm looking at each in the context of his time to determine what kind of a president he was and whether he was a success or not.
Here's part one:
http://hangrightpolitics.com/2007/01/21/american-presidents-part-1-george-washington/
5. Posted by Big Mo | January 22, 2007 12:13 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2007 12:13
6. Posted by Rightmom | January 22, 2007 3:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I always tell people that 20 years from now history will say that President Bush was a great President just as 20 years from President Reagan's Presidency they said the same. It is hard to see the fruits of his labor now however it will not be that way in 20 years, growth is just that growth and it takes time.
6. Posted by Rightmom | January 22, 2007 3:12 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2007 15:12
7. Posted by Buckeye | January 22, 2007 3:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
DJ: Your comments are 'right on', and mirror ours. We have supported the President from day one, and find it criminal the way the Dems want to give in to terrorists.
Will the media elect the next President?
7. Posted by Buckeye | January 22, 2007 3:27 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2007 15:27
8. Posted by DrDeb | January 22, 2007 8:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
DJ:
Two thumbs WAY UP for another AWESOME commentary -- I could't agree more!
[FYI: I plan to post your comments on the DOSE at FreeRepublic!]
8. Posted by DrDeb | January 22, 2007 8:21 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2007 20:21
9. Posted by C. Cooper | January 22, 2007 8:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I am SO ashamed of those Republicans who have jumped ship in order to (so they believe) preserve their own skins. Disloyal weaklings, and I will not forget who they were (and a lot of pundits can be included in this as well as members of Congress.
Thank you so much for expressing what I am thinking. I might end up being the last person in the nation that supports President Bush, but I am proud to do so.
9. Posted by C. Cooper | January 22, 2007 8:57 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2007 20:57
10. Posted by Danny | January 25, 2007 11:44 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Coming from a jewish family that suffers from BDS I can tell you it has not been easy to stand with president while your family watches keith olberman every night. I have alot of issues with this president (spending, immigration etc). But i've come to understand that he gets most of the big things right. No person should have to go through sort of constant beating that he has had to. Im not sure that many could ; especially those in congress. Those who argue that Bush is a tyrnanical and devious politician just are not paying attention. I would go so far as to say he is one of the most honorable and honest presidents we've ever had. The fact is he doesn't play hard ball will these dems (and even members of his own party) in congress. Nevertheless, his steady leadership will be remembered long from now.
10. Posted by Danny | January 25, 2007 11:44 AM |
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Posted on January 25, 2007 11:44