Yes, I did happen to see the state of the union, or at least enough to get the general picture. You want us to support "The Surge" with another 30,000 troops. I had to wonder what the 120,000 guys who are already there are doing. Oh, that's right. They're school bus drivers, sanitation engineers, and embassy clerks. Sheesh. No wonder 35% of the people think you're doing a poor job. Out of the other 65%, I believe most of us still would like to win the damn war. It's just that you don't seem to be fighting to win the war. You are spending our resources apparently to broker some kind of legacy deal so we can pull the strings later. It's misguided and wasteful to conduct a war like that. Do you mean to tell me that our 120,000 troops are too busy to root out the last of the terrorists? Even the Republicans aren't dumb enough to buy that. Even Lugar, who loves the whole notion of creating one homogeneous world isn't going for the plan.
Dammit George. Let's win this war and come home. What happens after that is going to be Europe's problem, not ours.
Let's see...on the domestic side....hmmm. That's a non-starter....So's that... That too.
Use 20% less gasoline? Next ten years? Driving what, George? Ethanol cars? I don't care how much of our money you want to spend subsidizing the Ethanol cartel, people will not buy it while gas is a buck eighty. This ear-candy is pure pandering, enriches only corn farmers and ADM, and has nothing to do with energy security.
What else you got? Ah, so you dropped the notion of amnesty. That was smart. At least now you can get the Republicans back on your side. The Democrats? No, they wouldn't want law abiding immigrants. That would work against their "immigrants as victims" strategy. Only half of legally registered immigrants are likely to vote for them once their freedoms are guaranteed. Until then (and until they learn English) the dems have their way with the illegal votes. So, you're not likely to get any help there, George. Just make sure the plan fixes the problem. The political fallout is way too hard to predict in any scenario. Just fix the problem and let the votes fall where they may.
While I got the calculator out, I want to give you a little lesson in election math. about a third of the republicans stayed home in the last election leaving the democrats to win 41-39. Of those, 21% to 20% or a 1 % plurality are pretty much running things now. The loud 21%. They want a lot of changes that the rest of us 79% don't want. What that means is that you need to do several things to ensure that we are not irreversibly harmed. One, don't ever let go of your veto pen. Two, keep appointing judges who understand and respect the constitution (that being OUR constitution, not Denmark's). Three, restore all lost property and liberty rights that have come under fire since you came into office. You need to fix everything from Kelo to Gitmo, and while you are at it, take another close look at the Patriot Act. I bet we have another 120,000 people there who are miscast, and have nothing better to do but follow their own pet conspiracy theories.
Fix these things George. Then and only then will there be a legacy you can still be proud of.
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