Anyone see the latest issue in the magazine "The American Conservative"?

[La_Serpiente]

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Here is the link:

The American Conservative

[ima_sinnic]

1. something is wrong with their site right now

any link to it comes up "file not found"

[La_Serpiente]

2. Yeah

maybe they are having bandwith issues

[RC]

4. It's working now.

[Nomad559]

3. Working ok for me

:evilgrin:

[drewb]

5. Me too...

Everything seems a-ok.

[Orrin_73]

6. Buchanan is not better then shrub and his henchmen

Pat is a filthy fascist pig.

[La_Serpiente]

7. True

but hopefully, he can undercut Bush's support.

[Jacobin]

8. Gee, they finally noticed that Smirk is NOT a conservative

He's a fricking fascist.

[T_i_B]

9. The offending article

some good points, some utter cack but there ya go.

http://www.amconmag.com/12_1_03/cover.html

But this president deserves to be criticized. Sharply. By anyone who believes in limited, constitutional government.

First, George W. Bush, despite laudable personal and family characteristics, is remarkably incurious and ill read. Gut instincts can carry even a gifted politician only so far. And a lack of knowledge leaves him vulnerable to simplistic remedies to complex problems, especially when it comes to turning America into the globe’s governess.

Second, despite occasional exceptions, the Bush administration, backed by the Republican-controlled Congress, has been promoting larger government at almost every turn. Its spending policies have been irresponsible, and its trade strategies have been destructive. The president has been quite willing to sell out the national interest for perceived political gain, whether the votes sought are from seniors or farmers. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 encouraged the administration to push into law civil-liberties restrictions that should worry anyone, whether they are wielded by a Bush or a Clinton administration.

The president and his aides have given imperiousness new meaning. Officials are apparently incapable of acknowledging that their pre-war assertions about Iraq’s WMD capabilities were incorrect; indeed, they resent that the president is being questioned about his administration’s claims before the war. They are unwilling to accept a role for Congress in deciding how much aid money to spend.

Some of Bush’s supporters have been even worse, charging critics with a lack of patriotism. Not to genuflect at the president’s every decision is treason. In two decades of criticizing liberal politicians and positions, I have rarely endured the vitriol that was routinely spewed by conservatives when I argued against war with Iraq over the last year. Conservative papers stopped running my column; conservative Web sites removed it from their archives. That was their right, of course, but they demonstrated that it was not just the Clintons who were fair-weather friends.

[begeegs]

10. Truly misguided article

"Complaints about Bush’s fabled inarticulateness and privileged background are superficial."

W has claimed in an interview that he received 'unfiltered' news from his aides. His privileged background is well-documented. He was and is a failed businessman with major connections who saved his businesses or stole public land (Texas Rangers).

"This is the Republican Party that has embraced as its own every liberal initiative, from Lyndon Johnson’s Medicare to Jimmy Carter’s Department of Education to Bill Clinton’s AmeriCorps."

A joke from start to finish. This is simply (another) case of lazy reporting.

However, the article then goes on to some fine points. Conviently ignoring when Democrats were completely shut out of negotiations over the "new and improved" energy bill.

Technically, you could say that the Republicans have expanded the size of government, but it won't please the liberals to see where the money is going - New Federal Agencies created to spy on Americans, oops, I mean terrorists. Iraq, the miliraty industrial complex, and pork barrel spending as far as the eye can see at the expense of funding for things that most Americans hold dear, education, social services, Medicare, and at some point, Social Security. In the process of this "government expansion", raising up cripling debts that could end up crippling the economy if investors keep fleeing the dollar like they are now....

Basically, you can sum up the Bush Presidency in one word, which pretty much sums up his life: irresponsible