December 01, 2007

IMPEACH BUSH

IMPEACH CHENEY

A MEAN-SPIRITED BUNCH

When he ran for president George W. Bush advertised himself as a "compassionate conservative." That alone should have set off alarm bells because "compassion" and "conservative" are contradictory. Bush has run one of the most heartless and corrupt administrations in our history and the current crop of GOP candidates would like to continue the tradition. This editorial is from The Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com:

Even without a question from a talking snowman, Wednesday's CNN/YouTube Republican debate made for lively viewing. It also left an unsettling aftertaste. Eight years ago, George W. Bush began his first presidential campaign by proudly identifying himself as a "compassionate conservative." But on Wednesday, many of the Republicans who aspire to succeed Bush seemed to be competing for the title of "meanest candidate."

In pursuit of that goal, the candidates' hearts were especially hardened toward illegal immigrants, including children. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon) boasted that "I built that border fence in San Diego" and promised that, as president, he would fence off the entire border in six months. Mitt Romney professed dismay at the fact that Mike Huckabee, his fellow former GOP governor, had "fought for giving scholarships to illegal aliens." Rudy Giuliani, on the defensive over charges that New York City was a "sanctuary city" during his administration as mayor, conceded he allowed undocumented children to attend public schools -- but insisted he wasn't interested in giving them an education as much as trying to keep them off the streets "at a time in which New York City was going through a massive crime wave."