Republicans Increasingly Critical of Bush

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - From Iraq to deficits, from immigration to port security, some of the most pointed criticism leveled at President Bush is coming from within his own party. Republicans these days are almost sounding like perennially divided Democrats.

The rising GOP angst stems from Bush's deep slump in the polls and the growing unpopularity of the Iraq war.

But it also reflects a political reawakening as Republicans follow their own political interests in this midterm election year and as would-be 2008 presidential contenders seek ways to set themselves apart — from each other and from Bush.

"It's open season on him. George Bush has lost trust on too many issues," said presidential historian Thomas E. Cronin of Colorado College. "We saw it happen with Johnson, we saw it with Nixon. And now, sadly, we're seeing it with Bush."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403/ap_on_el_ge/republican_angst

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Sadly?

Hardly.

[rodeodance]

10. i think the historian is refering more to the office of presidency

[saigon68]

12. Not from this Guy He thinks the Rapture has already arrived

[Carla in Ca]

25. God, every time I see that photo...

...I'm reminded how far and how low a person will go to achieve their political ambitions. He is no longer a maverick or a hero. He has sold his soul to the devil. Pathetic.

[Deja Q]

2. Why be "sadly" for Bush? He's learned from the best.

Johnson, Nixon... where's Reagan?

Or, rather, I still can't fathom why Reagan was so great. I've read plenty of negative points to his Presidential era, and some of those are considerable... of course, he may not have realized what was going on either. And that I do say with genuine sadness.

[hippiechick]

5. I think you're misconstruing the comment ...

.... I don't think the commentator is sad for lil George, but more like he's sad that yes, here's yet another President who's lost the peoples' trust.

And to me, that is sad.


:shrug:

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

8. Nixon Administratin...

... was the training ground for this bunch of crooks behind the crooks.... Rummy, Cheney, Lay (at the old FERC)... and then they trained a new bunch of crooks, ie.... Bolton, Hadley, Negroponte ad nauseum.

[Tight_rope]

22. Exactly...And let's not forget KKKarl Rove! n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. The Cons "suddenly waking up" is a sham

Once they get re-elected in their 'safe seats' it will be business as usual.

[KansDem]

7. I agree...they entire party is complicit in this madness...

As long as Bush was "high" in the polls, thanks to the Corporate Media, the GOP had nothing but praise and accolades for George the Torturer. Now Republicans want us to believe they are growing disenchanted with him? What has he done to deserve this? I mean, after the bogus elections, LIHOP/MIHOP, Plame, "Where's Osama?", wiretapping, Iraq invasion based on lies, etc. etc., what was the tipping point? The polls???

[Inland]

16. They get too much mileage out of "shut up and follow the Great Leader"

to give it up as a M.O. They get money, they get talking points, they get to bash their partisan opponents as evil......They are going to dance with the guys who fund them and provide cover, no matter what head fakes they are giving us now. If it wasn't the case, THERE WOULD BE A SINGLE ACT OF OVERSIGHT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

[tabasco]

20. You got that right.

Business as usual is full support of the corporate agenda and calling anyone who opposes it a traitor.

I will never forget the republicans calling people like me traitors for opposing the neocon/corporatist agenda.

[underpants]

4. Yeah uh-huh I saw another piece like this this weekend

it was about how the Republicans are afraid that they are becoming (being seen as) TOO religous TOO faith based.

Yeah yeah yeah whatever I see this article as the exact same. They roll this out so the moderate Republicans can think they are having some sort of impact and the Dems can think that THEY are going to turn on W.

I think both of these articles (I looked and the local paper that featured the other article in a front page above the headline teaser doesn't have it on their website) are just printed so they can run intraparty tests on them to see how they are accepted.

Grain of salt.

[EVDebs]

6. "Never speak ill of a fellow Republican" ... and learn to two-step

or was that goose-step ?

[salin]

9. Not listening to Mehlman, eh?

Guess some are rejecting the idea of being a "Brand W" Republican.

[zbdent]

11. This, too, shall pass . . .

They're hiding their rubber stamps until after the 2006 election . . .

[Inland]

17. It's a head fake.

And not one that has me looking, either.

[democrat_patriot]

13. Hey repubs - you broke it you bought it.

He's your man, snuggle up close.

[musical_soul]

27. I love to tell Republicans....

don't blame me. :D

[cliss]

14. Not ALL of them hate him....

Just take a look at the Wall Street Journal one of these days. Go to the Editorial section, at the back of the front section. You'll see the L-O-V-E for Bush...editorials like "We will win in Iraq", and "Those Liberals", and "They're tearing this country apart" (meaning, those evil Liberals).

I finally discovered a good use for the WSJ. I started using it as a liner in the Kitty Litter box. I turned the editorials page facing up, and the cat proceeded to pee on it.

I must admit, it's high-quality paper because it completely eliminates the odor. Perfect use for the rag.

[Mz Pip]

15. I don't feel sorry for them

What did they think was going to happen? 4 years of incompetence and they voted for him again. So now some of them feel disgruntled. BFD. Where are these Repugs? I hardly hear anything but the tired old talking points THere is occasional criticism but it is so subdued that one hardly notices it.

Where is the outrage? Muffled behind the scenes whining just doesn't cut it for me. Speak out! March in the street! Call in Rush and Hannity and complain like you really really mean it.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[cantstandbush]

18. Cowardly, bastard, chickenhawks! Being critical of the captain when

the ship is sinking because you helped drill holes in the deck doesn't mean shit to me!!

[gratuitous]

19. Not going to wash with me

We've been screaming in their monkey faces for five years what an unmitigated disaster this corrupt administration and its policies are. For our efforts, we've been called traitors or soft on terrorism, advised to leave the country if we don't like seeing the constitution gang-raped, and other stuff that wasn't as polite as this.

Of course, Yahoo can't run a story about the GOP splintering without a dig at Democrats in the lede, can it?

I believe Mrs. Kerry said it best, for GOP politicians as well as Yahoo: Shove it.

[Tight_rope]

21. Damn...Could the sheeply be waking up....Naaah! I doubt it!

[AX10]

23. BULLSHIT! A Republican is a Republican.

They ALL aided and abeted the criminals in the White House. OUST THEM THIS FALL!!!

[annabanana]

24. Ha! Look a line line-up of "News Stories" at Yahoo

(right after the above link)

News Stories
Republicans Increasingly Critical of Bush AP via Yahoo! News, Apr 03
Katherine Harris Campaign Loses Core Staff AP via Yahoo! News, Apr 02
Harris Campaign Leaking Staff at The Washington Post (reg. req'd), Apr 02
Frist's Senate Leadership Faulted as Self-Serving at The Los Angeles Times

[musical_soul]

26. Thing is Bush isn't always considered to be right wing enough.

Some of them fear Arabs, so they hate the port issue. Ditto with immigration. Some of them think Bush spends too much even though he hurt medicare in some ways. Some from the religious right believe it or not think he's not pushing their agenda enough.

Disliking Bush doesn't equate taking a walk on the left. I wish it did.