Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A Little Too Middle
I mentioned before that I generally agreed with Bush's speech on the immigration situation, and what he intends to try and do about it according to said speech.
When I said that, I thought I was being pretty conservative, but apparently I was writing in the middle of the road again.
For I certainly do not agree with the speech as much as this man and his fellow conservative bloggers (who, in what I dub an ironic show of contempt, actually didn't care much for the speech at all as it did not take an aggressive enough stance on their agenda).
So now Bush has the conservative wing of the blogosphere throwing a tantrum, while the Dems are probably sitting back to enjoy the show.
I agree with Jim on one thing here, the conservatives are now guilty of that which they accuse the left of constantly. Which probably wouldn't make any difference at all except for the fact that in six months time, the democrats, much as they do now, will have nothing to lose.
Though these little outbreaks by the republicans may serve as entertaining, by poking good fun at the democrats who spend most of their time way out in left field anyway, really do nothing to effectively hinder their present, or future efforts to regain seats.
Much in the way the democrats have really got it backwards by mounting their entire political offense behind anti-Bush sentiments (as Bush cannot constitutionally win another term), I fear the right may be pushing the same envelope by doing nothing but name calling and finger pointing at the democrats.
Again, the houses aren't the theirs to lose.
The right may want to focus on rallying behind the president and his decisions. He may not be pushing their agenda to the radical extent they would like to see, but at least he's pushing it.
I am not advocating either side by any means, I just think it's kind of funny that both major political parties think they can gain control of the majority of this country using the same tactics that my friends and I used when we were in the fourth grade.
So in conclusion I guess I have to realize, that even though I made a valiant effort to develop a partisan opinion on this issue, so far I remain still insipidly chained to the middle.
(Link pulled from Instapundit).
When I said that, I thought I was being pretty conservative, but apparently I was writing in the middle of the road again.
For I certainly do not agree with the speech as much as this man and his fellow conservative bloggers (who, in what I dub an ironic show of contempt, actually didn't care much for the speech at all as it did not take an aggressive enough stance on their agenda).
So now Bush has the conservative wing of the blogosphere throwing a tantrum, while the Dems are probably sitting back to enjoy the show.
I agree with Jim on one thing here, the conservatives are now guilty of that which they accuse the left of constantly. Which probably wouldn't make any difference at all except for the fact that in six months time, the democrats, much as they do now, will have nothing to lose.
Though these little outbreaks by the republicans may serve as entertaining, by poking good fun at the democrats who spend most of their time way out in left field anyway, really do nothing to effectively hinder their present, or future efforts to regain seats.
Much in the way the democrats have really got it backwards by mounting their entire political offense behind anti-Bush sentiments (as Bush cannot constitutionally win another term), I fear the right may be pushing the same envelope by doing nothing but name calling and finger pointing at the democrats.
Again, the houses aren't the theirs to lose.
The right may want to focus on rallying behind the president and his decisions. He may not be pushing their agenda to the radical extent they would like to see, but at least he's pushing it.
I am not advocating either side by any means, I just think it's kind of funny that both major political parties think they can gain control of the majority of this country using the same tactics that my friends and I used when we were in the fourth grade.
So in conclusion I guess I have to realize, that even though I made a valiant effort to develop a partisan opinion on this issue, so far I remain still insipidly chained to the middle.
(Link pulled from Instapundit).
