tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post113077421213114303..comments2023-10-18T07:02:57.612-04:00Comments on The Barking Dingo: Bush Never Misses an Opportunity...Dingohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04386587646469853172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post-1130781384111321472005-10-31T12:56:00.000-05:002005-10-31T12:56:00.000-05:00were the people less divided, or were the leaders ...were the people less divided, or were the leaders less divisive? I don't think the people are really any more divided than we were 10, 20, 30 years ago, on the substantive issues, but I think the leaders (both Dems and Repubs) are much more divisive. It is the chiken and the egg.<BR/><BR/>It takes a very strong leader to be able to unite. Bush may be strong in his convictions, but he is not a strong leader or else he would not have to constantly fall back to the far right for support. <BR/><BR/>Lieberman is a moderate leader that can reach out to both sides. So is McCain. I think there will be much more desire for these types of leaders in the next presidential election.<BR/><BR/>As always Tommy, thanks for the good debate.Dingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386587646469853172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post-1130777979375354552005-10-31T11:59:00.000-05:002005-10-31T11:59:00.000-05:00I disagree with that Tommy. There have been many c...I disagree with that Tommy. There have been many conservative and liberal presidents that, while leading from their side, at least made attempts to make the other side feel included in the process. Bush does not make those overtures. He just leads from his side and the rest be damned for not following him. And, it is the party in power that has to make those overtures. It cannot be done in vise-versa.<BR/><BR/>The American people are not so far divided that a good leader could not bring both sides to a level of at least reasoned discourse. There are leaders on the right who can and do do this. Bush is just not one of them. A real leader must be able to unite even those who do not follow lock-step. I don't know how he worked in Texas, but on a notional level, he doesn't seem to know how to be a real leader of a multi-ideological country.<BR/><BR/>He ask Iraqis to shed their Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish ideological differences in order to unify the nation, but Bush is unwilling or unable to do it himself.<BR/><BR/>I didn't like Reagan, but he was a good leader. I didn't like Bush Sr., but he was an honorable leader. There is just nothing redeemable about Jr's leadership that I can find to say, I dislike him, but...Dingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386587646469853172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post-1130775096809433962005-10-31T11:11:00.000-05:002005-10-31T11:11:00.000-05:00It's not the President it's the American people th...It's not the President it's the American people that are divided and they have been for some time. If anyone else had been elected, we would not magically have been united. <BR/><BR/>The only thing that changes is you feel that the country is more united when the side you agree with is in power. Because you feel that the right things are being done, even if the other side doesn't understand or acknowledge it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com