perfidy

Buckethead, John Cole posted recently about how stupid the Democrats are (actually, he posts on that like twice every ten minutes, but when you strike gold, you mine it, right?), and came up with a loooong list of things he is angry with the President over. I think he and you (and well, I) have some things in common.

There are so many damned things I am pissed off at this administration for that if it were not for the never-ending sniping on the left, I probably wouldn't even think about voting for Bush if there was a credible alternative. In no short order, these issues piss me off royally-

• the stand on stem cell research
• faith based initiatives
• continuing the war on drugs
• the fact that the WMD are probably in terrorist hands or in the hands of other unsavory regimes
• not placing enough pressure on Iran
• failing to increase domestic oil production
• the deficit
• caving on the education bill
• failing to push social security privatization
• caving to Democrats and trying to get the House to pass tax cuts for people who only pay payroll taxes
• putting too much pressure on Israel
• the deficit
• even toying with the notion of a prescription drug plan
• Ashcroft's intervention into state affairs regarding the death penalty and medical marijuana
• the ridiculous Homeland Security Department
• Norm Mineta
• not publicly addressing the failures of Clinton foreign policy, thus providing Democrats with an opportunity to blame Bush for everything
• the deficit and the bloated budgets

I can't say as I agree with all these-- I never do with John Cole-- but man! If a President can do all these things in direct contradiction of the principles he was elected to uphold and the opposition is still more odious to him...