White House Meltdown

White House Meltdown

John LeBoutillier
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006

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If Vice President Dick Cheney shot himself in the foot last week when he shot poor old Harry Whittington down on the Armstrong Ranch, President Bush is in the process of machine gunning both his legs off over this Dubai Ports World deal.

What a total disaster this is!

The President - just four and one half years after 9/11 - is now defending an Arab government against both political parties and the overwhelming majority of the American people.

This latest incident is further proof that George W. Bush inherited the same political "tin ear" that his out-of-touch father had.

Neither Bush has a clue what the American people are thinking.

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And since the beginning of his last term - won in 2004 only because the Democrats are even more out of touch than the Republicans - G.W. Bush has repeatedly shown that he is missing his audience completely:

His 6-month campaign last year on Social Security Reform proved to be a total waste of time. The more President Bush campaigned for it - the less support it got. Why? Because it was not the biggest issue to most people.

Illegal immigration is a huge issue - and Team Bush has screwed it up for five years.

The choice of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court was another political screw-up that alienated his own voters and took valuable time and energy away from a positive agenda.

Hurricane Katrina remains symbolic of the total incompetence of government - from the White House all the way down to the state and local hacks in Louisiana.

The disastrous Medicare Prescription Drug Program is seemingly driving many seniors into mental institutions. It is an example of government screwing up a pretty good situation.

The Dick Cheney shooting incident just further illustrates W's inability to take control of an issue and fix it before it overtakes him.

And, of course, Iraq continually eats away at his presidency. Is there no end to this morass? It is clear that total incompetence and fraud dominates this administration.

Now comes this Dubai Port World arrangement. What has happened to Karl Rove's oft-praised political acumen? Didn't he see the opposition to this coming? Didn't he or the president or someone confer with GOP Congressional leaders before this became public?

What a mess they have created for themselves. You know it's bad when Jimmy Carter supports you!

Let's face it: We can't trust Arab governments. Period! They play both sides. Sure, they can claim to help us in the war on terror. But at the same time all these governments finance terrorism if only to pay "protection money."

Prediction: The famous Bush stubborness and arrogance is going to prevent him from deftly dropping this arrangement with Dubai. He is instead going to dig in his heels and try to win over enough public support for this. And the more he tries, the lower in the polls he will sink. Just like his dad, this George Bush is out of touch with the American people - but thinks he is a man of the people.

In truth, he will end up a man of very few people.

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