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fred says:snave wrote:a0 Had Bush focused on the srocue of the terrorism to begin with, maybe we wouldn’t be in any wars at all right now.Ye olde root causes argument.a0 The problem is that the root cause is a fractal thing.>>>>What did Bush do during his first four yearsa0in office that would have generated trust among people on the political left or center, enough trust for millions of people to believe he was actually looking out for their best interests?Bush did care about national security.a0 Just about his whole administration was devoted to protecting the country.a0 He could have done more/done some things differently, but this was his priority.a0 It was his priority to the point that he just about abandoned domestic policy to the Democrats.a0 Let's do a quick run down by department:Interior:a0 Nothing but continuation of Clinton era policies on wilderness areas, endangered species, dams, rivers, water rights, Indian policy.a0 I can't think of any Bush initiatives here.Ag:a0 Ag and forestry policy remained a big liberal love fest.Defense:a0 killed the crusader artillery system, my personal gripe.Energy:a0 gave the Democrats their way on off shore drilling, drilling in ANWR.Education:a0 Let the Democrats write policy.You can quibble here and there about things like taxes on oil companies, but as a right wing conservative, I see the other side getting a lot and my side getting little from Bush.a0 But we get trashed as if our policies were tried and found lacking.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
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