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9-11 Proved Bush Legitimate Leader 

By WILL LESTER (Direct descendent of Karl Marx! - tha malcontent)
 Associated Press Writer DECEMBER 28, 08:33 ET 

WASHINGTON (AP) � Sept. 11 dramatically transformed a political year that began with uncertainty about George W. Bush's legitimacy as president after his contested election.

 

(The 43rd (P)resident of the United States of America, George W. Bush and his "legitimacy", were only in question by those who believe we live in a pure Democracy as a Nation... We do NOT!  For those of you who had the misfortune of spending all of your educational years in the Government's Schools, we live in a Representative REPUBLIC!  Fifty independent States submit their (P)residential choice in the form of electoral votes that are directly reflective of the population of each of those states.  There is NO "popular vote" for President, it's a fairy tale the "Free Press" created to make themselves feel good when the DemocRAT loses!  This REPUBLICan system of government was designed by the Founders as to have true "representation" of all of the people when electing the country's leader.  Otherwise, the Presidential election would be decided by a handful of major cities, that due to their population concentration, are Government largess oriented in nature, therefore those who promise Marxism as their path would almost always be elected as they are regularly in the large cities.  For my critics, I know that was a run-on sentence, I do it to annoy you! - tha malcontent)

The president and his foreign policy team became clear winners in 2001 in a political world turned on its head, analysts say. Much of the year's politics before the attacks became irrelevant. 

``He lost the popular vote and ended the year with stratospheric poll ratings. He began the year as Clark Kent and ended up as Superman,'' said conservative analyst Marshall Wittmann of the Hudson Institute.

 

(This "conservative" needs to read my opening rant and learn something! - tha malcontent)

Public concerns about terrorist attacks, homeland defense and the anti-terror war overseas rearranged political priorities across the board. And that came on top of a political year that was already remarkable. 

``It was a truly extraordinary period,'' said Thomas Mann a political scholar at the Brookings Institution. ``We had four mega-events over the last year.''

 

(Mr. Mann is a Liberal.  I come to this conclusion because the "Free Press" chose not to qualify him with a pejorative like they did with Mr. Wittmann, the "conservative analyst". - tha malcontent)


Mann described the events this way: 

�``The most controversial presidential election in history."

 

(It wasn't controversial in 1992 when William the Liar "won" the throne with 7% less of the "popular vote" than Bush (43) won with in 2000? - tha malcontent)

�``A change in party control of the U.S. Senate in mid-session."

 

(Ah, the "Coup of One"... This theft, in return for a Committee Chair for the traitor, Jim Jeffords (i), from his new found DemocRAT friend Uncle Tom, should be investigated by the "Free Press"... I am such a dreamer! - tha malcontent)

�``A sudden shift from a decade of prosperity to recession and the reappearance of deficits."

 

(The "decade of prosperity" FACTUALLY started in March of 1991 while Bush (41) had a year and half remaining in his term and began to decline in March of 2000, while William the Liar was still at the reigns, and officially ended in March of 2001... TWO MONTHS AFTER THE INAUGURATION OF BUSH (43)!  For those of you who are blind to reality, these are the historical facts, DEAL WITH IT! - tha malcontent)

�``And we had September 11th."

 

("Oh, that!" - tha malcontent)

Three of those four events have helped shape today's political reality. The fourth � the contested presidential election � has faded into the background.

 

(Much to the chagrin of the American Marxist Left... Also known as the DemocRAT party and their Ministry of Propaganda (The "Free Press")! - tha malcontent)

Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the Senate majority leader, became the most prominent Democrat when Vermont Republican Jim Jeffords became an independent in May. Then-Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi and Senate Republicans were pushed from power.

 

(Correction, Uncle Tom Dashole (D) is the (s)enate (p)lurality (l)eader and an obvious "OBSTRUCTIONIST"! - tha malcontent)

Talk of balanced budgets, changes in Social Security and social programs requiring substantial new money faded as the economy tanked. 

Issues like national security, missile defense and international coalition building moved to the forefront for the first time in a decade.

 

(I hear that fat murdering drunk over in the Senate crying as this ink dries! - tha malcontent)

``A new seriousness overtook American politics,'' said Mann. ``It was a radical change from the 1990s when politics was so nasty and trivial because the stakes were low. Now there is a real threat."

 

(No fault of William the Liar's of course! - tha malcontent)

Beneficiaries were the members of the experienced foreign affairs team put together by Bush � especially Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Vice President Dick Cheney, a former defense secretary.

 

(This is a noted change in tone from September 10th, I will give them that! - tha malcontent)

Another politician whose fortunes soared after Sept. 11 was New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. His health problems and an embarrassing divorce were dominant images of the mayor before the attacks. But his steady, calm manner afterward earned him widespread respect.

 

(Why not bring up the AG's Senate loss to a "dead man" again while you are at it "Free Press"! - tha malcontent)

The intense focus on the anti-terror campaign pushed news about most politics � especially the 2004 presidential race � far from view. 

Democrats who needed to build their national profiles found they got almost no public attention for political activities.

 

(It's a blessing for them in disguise... Their only focus was last years loser, the Uni-bomber, I mean Algore-ligula Caesar! - tha malcontent)

Al Gore, the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee won the popular vote in the 2000 election. He was evenly matched against Bush in polls before Sept. 11. After the attacks, Bush led Gore in a hypothetical matchup by a 2-1 margin.

 

(Refer to the opening rant please! - tha malcontent)

The public had a favorable view of almost everyone serving in government and for government in general. The attacks had reminded them they need government to keep them safe.

 

(I don't "need the government to keep me safe", thank you very much!  What "we" need is a proactive government, not a reactive one! - tha malcontent)

``By suspending politics for two months, everybody's evaluations went up � of state legislators, governors and the president,'' said Bruce Cain, a political scientist from the University of California-Berkeley. ``It was an interesting national experiment � the less politicians attacked one another, the higher the public's estimation of government and politics.'' 

But Democrats have decided they can fight politically about domestic issues, while supporting Bush on the war. And by year's end, both parties had resumed the partisan political fight.

 

(With a little help from their cheerleading team, the "Free Press"! - tha malcontent)

Democrats are betting a slumping economy and an easing of terrorism fears could give them an opening on their top domestic issues in the 2002 congressional elections.

 

(Only if the "Free Press" allows them to continue lying! - tha malcontent)

But any hopes they had of challenging Bush's claim to the presidency are gone.

 

(We'll see about that one! - tha malcontent)

``Whatever happens in the future, questions about George Bush's legitimacy have completely disappeared,'' said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. 

And the question about who can lead a sharply divided nation has been answered. 

``It was an awful way to get there,'' said political scientist Merle Black of Emory University, ``but Americans did find a leader."

 

(And in the end, Dan Rather (D) will never read this far! - tha malcontent)

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EDITOR'S NOTE � Will Lester covers politics and polling for The Associated Press.

 

(ap Editor's note - Will Lester spins history as it happens in favor of his party, the DemocRATS, and frames polls in a way in which it solicits the best results for the DemocRATS and his own Liberal agenda! - tha malcontent)

 


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