fbpx
Politics Foreign Affairs Culture Fellows Program

How Are Those Results Coming?

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the president is not focused on polls but “on achieving results for the American people.” ~USA Today If I had a 34% approval rating, I’d be focused on achieving some results, too. But given Mr. Bush’s track record of results, do we want him being highly motivated to achieve […]

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the president is not focused on polls but “on achieving results for the American people.” ~USA Today

If I had a 34% approval rating, I’d be focused on achieving some results, too. But given Mr. Bush’s track record of results, do we want him being highly motivated to achieve still more? Taken another way, why should we expect the President to “achieve results” for us? I didn’t ask him to achieve any results. I would rather that he restrain his enthusiasm in this area. I’d be fairly satisfied if he enforced the laws and didn’t violate his oath to uphold the Constitution–that is my definition of a successful President (according to which, Coolidge remains the most successful President of the last 100 years). Since Mr. Bush believes there is a whole raft of laws and regulations he does not need to abide by, and still others he is not very interested in enforcing (and let’s not even bring up the Constitution), he’s not doing very well by my measure.

Advertisement

Comments

The American Conservative Memberships
Become a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.
Join here!
Join here