Is Bush the best thing that ever happened to the left?

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I think Lew Rockwell hit the nail on the head about 3 years ago when he wrote about how Bush was helping the left by associating Capitalism with warmongering and making Socialism politically viable again.  As I'm sure everybody has noticed by now, the Democrats are leading in the polls and the American people are more willing to support nationalizing entire industries and further persecuting businessmen.  We also will soon see tax increases because Bush has discredited lowering taxes.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/left-president.html

Is Bush the best thing that ever happened to the left and should the GOP rebuke Bush at its 08 Convention and nominate Ron Paul to stave off the revitalized Socialist threat?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

If bush wore red you would swear he was a communist.
If he was in the middle east he would be a dictator.
If he was in a plane he would be a terrorist.
But in that big white house he is the most powerful man in the world fighting for our freedom.
God bless America

rollmanjmg · Answer

America is still the country all other countries model themselves after, with regards to economics and democracy.  We led the way and we still do, its just that the rest of the world is and in some cases caught up in almost all areas.  Now most of the world is in a position to stand up to us and say no.  It isn't Bush that caused this, Clinton got a bloody nose from terrorists too with the USS Cole and the Embassy in Africa and had chances to take out bin Laden.  If Clinton had acted and done it with purpose then 9/11 might never have happened.  The first serious terrorist act happened under Carter, democrat, when Iran held Americans hostage and our president did nothing.  Reagan came along and tried but got caught trying to trade for hostages but that didn't work either.  Now Bush is face to face with the same thing and he gets villified for taking the fight to the bad guys.  I can't even imagine how Gore would have handled this.  Talk about good ideas for Saturday Night Live.

David M · Answer

The choice isn't between Bush and socialism.  Socialism is a discredited system of government and no one in this country wants it.  The choice is between a government that favors the super-rich and a government that simply wants them to be equal to the rest of us.    George Bush has been the worst President in the history of this country.  That will help whoever happens to oppose his party in the next election.

Anonymous · Answer

The left can't stick their finger in their own eye without
the right helping them....in a tough time it takes both
hands to get the job done, besides this is America and 
we'll GIT-R-DONE !

Anonymous · Answer

I think George Bush is the worst thing to happen to the Republicans.  He is liar and an idiot.  He is worst than President Nixon.

Anonymous · Answer

well theres nothing good about him and his regime, but yes, he has provided the miserable failure the left needed to energize themselves.

hamoh10 · Answer

Our REAL concern is what he is doing to our IMAGE abroad,  remember "THE UGLY AMERICAN?

MIKE F. · Answer

A beautiful piece by Rockwell. Thanks for the post.

Eric Inri · Answer

Ron Paul is the only Republican who can defeat Hillary Clinton.

Ron Paul is not a pacifist.
At the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Paul, defining them as an act of "air piracy", introduced the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001, which would have granted Letters of Marque and Reprisal, as authorized by Article One, Section Eight, against the specific terrorists, instead of warring against a foreign state.[17] He has also reproposed this legislation recently under the new title of Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#Letters_of_Marque_and_Reprisal

Among all candidates, Dr. Paul is now first in total donations from military personnel and veterans. 
Obama and McCain were second and third in donations from military and veterans.
http://phreadom.blogspot.com/2007/07/ron-paul-is-most-financially-military.html
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/

1  Paul
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_EMPLOYER_C00432914.html
2  Obama
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431445/A_EMPLOYER_C00431445.html
3  McCain
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00430470/A_EMPLOYER_C00430470.html
4  Clinton
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431569/A_EMPLOYER_C00431569.html
5  Richardson
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431577/A_EMPLOYER_C00431577.html
6  Romney
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431171/A_EMPLOYER_C00431171.html
7  Edwards
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431205/A_ELECTION_C00431205.html
8 Giuliani
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00430512/A_EMPLOYER_C00430512.html

Tancredo, Ron Paul, and Hunter have the most conservative voting records on immigration.
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop2.html
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop1.html

Tancredo and Ron Paul have the best voting records for reducing government spending according to the National Taxpayers Union.
They were the only candidates to score 100 percent "A" Grades from 1992 to 2005.
http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=97#

Sportsbook.com rates both Paul and Romney at 8 to 1 odds which is approximately an 11 percent chance of becoming the next President.

Mitt Romney's campaign only had 35 percent more cash than Ron Paul after subtracting debts on 06/30/2007.
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80000748
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003353
Paul's campaign has almost 5 times as much money to spend as Tancredo.
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003429

Romney's contributions from individuals dropped by a third from the first quarter to the second quarter.
Paul's contributions almost quadrupled from Q1 to Q2.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/?nid=roll_08campaign

Ron Paul received more than 10 times as much in donations in the last week of June as he received in the first week of April.
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_DATE_C00432914.html

Ron Paul's $2.4 million in fundraising after the second quarter placed him: 
4th in total receipts to date 
3rd in total current assets (ahead of former front-runner John McCain, and just $800,000 behind Mitt Romney) 

Ron Paul has more friends in MySpace and more subscribers in YouTube than any other Republican.

As of September 4, Ron Paul has won 9 of 23 straw polls.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/straw-poll-results/

Thus far, 47% of the contributions made to Ron Paul's campaign are donations of under $200 from individuals (John McCain's 17% is the second-highest percentage). 
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/ron-paul-small-donors-love-him.html
This is a telling statistic, as it highlights the fact that most other candidates rely heavily upon donations from corporate interests and political action committees (PACs) (i.e. moneyed, influence-seeking sources who can readily afford to contribute large sums). Since Congressman Paul has always voted against special favors and privileges for anyone, special interests know they have nothing to gain by stuffing Ron Paul's campaign coffers. As one member of my local Meetup group put it on a home-made sign, "Ron Paul is thin because he won't let special interests buy him lunch."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/sutton1.html

Anonymous · Answer

He's the worst thing to happen to America...........

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