President Tripped Up By 3rd-Year Jinx

[CShine]

One of the hallmarks of a White House under siege is the absence of good answers to important questions. Where, for example, are the weapons of mass destruction upon which President Bush built his case for war against Iraq? Why were 35 million Americans living in poverty last year -- about 1.4 million more than the year before? Why, in the same period, did the number of people without health insurance rise by 2.4 million to reach 44 million? What exactly is the plan for confronting the massive federal budget deficit? Where is Saddam Hussein? Where is Osama bin Laden?

And who in the administration might have blown the cover of a CIA agent after her husband publicly criticized Bush? And why should the public trust Attorney General John Ashcroft, a Bush appointee, to conduct an impartial criminal inquiry into the CIA matter? When Ashcroft was asked that at a news conference last week, he stomped out of the room. Absent clear answers, it appears the weight of the questions themselves is becoming increasingly hard for some to bear.

"If there isn't a good answer given, then there isn't a good answer to give," said Larry Sabato, director of the nonpartisan Center for Politics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. "It means the White House is in tough shape," Sabato said. "It is not just backed into one corner. They're backed into several corners, and they're going to have to figure a way out of all these corners if Bush is going to recover and win the next election."

The third year of presidencies is historically difficult. Promises and rhetoric begin to wear thin, replaced by the hard realities of what can be the most difficult job in the world. If mistakes, or enemies, have been made, all are amplified by the onset of the long campaign season.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/1003/05bush.html

[diplomats]

1. Interesting quote from Sabato

[bahrbearian]

2. President ? Who made Chimmpy resident ?

[VolcanoJen]

3. There ain't no stinkin' jinx.

Chimpy and his kind brought this upon themselves. Their arrogance, their misguided policies, their blind allegiance to gutter politics, and their disregard for working people everywhere brought us to this point. I'm only surprised that it took so long.

Feh, say I!! Oh, yeh... and suck it up, Chimpy Apologists.

:-) :-) :-)

Good post and article, CShine!

[suegeo]

4. Rigged election machines

They will get out of all the corners they are backed into by using rigged election machines.

[loudsue]

6. I hope people start to wake up about those machines

before another election cycle comes around.

I'm already concerned that Tuesday's Calif. election is going to be a repeat of 2002.

:puke:


:kick:

[peterh]

5. What jinx???

For three years, shrub has been a prime example of the Peter Principle. In terms of power, he went from what can be best described as, a ceremonial post as gov. of Tx. to the most powerful position in the world. There’s no 3-year jinx here, just down right incompetence from the git-go.

[Malva Zebrina]

7. Agreed

everything he has done is a scam. Treating him as though he is ligitimate, ie right up there with the rest of the American presidents throughout history is an attempt to force him down our throat as a legitimately elected president. He is not--he knows it--he is a scam, a sham and a man without any morals, conscience or honor. Besides that he is dumb as doorknobs. Get him out o' there in 04!