"... never a knee-jerk Republican."

[Bigmack]

Mr. Bush, have I got an exit strategy for you

GUS R. STELZER GUEST COLUMNIST Monday, December 5, 2005

Despite much talk about an exit strategy from the Iraq quagmire in which our nation is embroiled, the No. 1 exit strategy has not been proposed. Let me fill that void. .....

I continued voting Republican through 1980, when I founded a PAC in San Diego with my own money to help Ronald Reagan defeat Jimmy Carter.

Any CEO of a corporation who screwed up as many things as George W. Bush would have been fired by its board of directors. Here's a few of the ways:

Immoral and unconstitutional trade policies that caused $2.824 trillion in trade deficits in just five years.....The worst fiscal performance in our history, piling up $2.472 trillion in added federal debt in five years en route to a major economic collapse.....Tax policies that are an insult to working people who make dividends possible but who are required to pay a higher marginal tax rate than those who collect dividends without working......Foreign policies that have alienated most of the rest of the world......A misguided attempt to turn future Social Security pensions over to Wall Street.

....President Bush (and Vice President Dick Cheney) should be shown the exit door with a proviso to never darken the Oval Office again.

I was a Republican, but never a knee-jerk Republican.

Gus R. Stelzer lives in Mill Creek.

[Toots]

1. Well they can't run again but the GOP Congress now that's another story

Remember they were in constant contact with the Administration and worked hand and foot to accomplish those marvelous results mentioned in the letter. GOP has total control and must accept total responsibility whether for good or bad. Are they doing so???????