Another George W. Bush disaster
June 25th, 2007 by 
Gerald Plessner
Posted in Dick Cheney, George Bush, Israel, Palestinians | 
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June 25th, 2007 by Gerald Plessner
I am going to tell you something that will probably make some of my friends very angry:
The administration of George W. Bush has been a disaster for Israel.
From the very beginning of his presidency, George W. Bush has taken a hands-off approach in trying to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Following a policy of not talking to supporters of terrorists, the president has had almost no influence on either Syria, Iran or any other player in the Middle East.
The neo-conservatives who controlled Bush foreign policy believed that it was in Israel’s and our best interests to let the Palestinians suffer and the Syrians and Iranians go their own way. The result has been that their own way included financing, training and arming groups like Hezbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine. Read the rest of this entry »
Republican candidates — Dan Quayle Redux?
June 9th, 2007 by Gerald Plessner
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani | Click here to comment »
Eight of the ten guys running for the Republican nomination for president make Dan Quayle, Clarence Thomas and George W. Bush look like geniuses. Only John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have any claim to national leadership and those claims are beginning to look increasingly weak.John McCain, though beloved and deserving of our thanks for his sacrifices and dedication, is beyond the job in years and gravitas. His submission to humiliation by the Bush White House and his advocacy of an increased war effort in Iraq make him look too weak on one hand and too wrong on the other.
Rudy Giuliani’s hard-boiled approach is appealing to many Republican voters but too many Americans don’t believe that the president’s war on terrorism has made us any safer. His unattractiveness to the Republican religious right may remain a real problem for Giuliani.
McCain and Giuliani may be up to the task but, when compared to the Democratic candidates, the rest of this group looks like a gang that can’t think straight. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s the economy stupid — Again!
June 3rd, 2007 by Gerald Plessner
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I am fed up to here with all the nativistic bigotry spewing forth over immigration. Critics of the congressional proposal on immigration reform need to understand one immutable fact: It’s the economy, stupid!”America is a wonderful and amazing country. Because of the American ethics of hard work and innovation, we are the most productive job creation machine in world history. And that has been the case since those first German immigrants began landing in Philadelphia and other colonial towns in the 1790s. Even to the consternation of Benjamin Franklin, they were just not English enough.
Immigrants have always been vital to our nation’s growth and they have almost always begun at the bottom of the economic ladder. New arrivals in cities have always done the most menial jobs, working in dangerous factories and as domestic servants. And over the years, many male immigrants’ first American jobs were as hired farm hands. Sound familiar? Read the rest of this entry »