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40 ways to Prove that George "Dubya" Bush is a "good" president
1. THE NATIONAL DEBT UNDER BUSH JR. HAS INCREASED SO DRASTICALLY THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN’S ESTIMATED SHARE OF NATIONAL DEBT WILL BE AN ASTRONOMICAL $24,000— COMPARED TO $500 WHEN DUBYA FIRST TOOK OFFICE. 2. UNDER BUSH JR. THERE ARE NOW 43 MILLION AMERICANS WITH NO HEALTH INSURANCE. 3. RESPONSIBLE FOR AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 6%. THERE ARE NOW 9 MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF WORK IN AMERICA—3.3 MILLION MORE THAN WHEN BUSH TOOK OFFICE. 4. HE CUT HEALTHCARE BENEFITS FOR WAR VETERANS. 5. BUSH JR. DESERTED HIS UNIT DURING VIETNAM AND WAS REPORTEDLY AWOL FOR OVER A YEAR FROM HIS ASSIGNED UNIT: THE TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD, OR AS IT’S REFERRED TO BY OTHER MILITARY OUTFITS, THE “CHAMPAGNE DIVISION”. 6. DESPITE A 13% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AMONG THOSE AGED 16-24, BUSH JR. PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE YOUTH OPPORTUNITY GRANTS—A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES JOB TRAINING TO THE NATION'S YOUTH. A $225M PROGRAM IN 2002 IS NOW BEING DONE AWAY WITH SO BUSH CAN HAVE MORE MONEY FOR IRAQ. 7. HE CUT FUNDING FOR 375,000 LOW INCOME COLLEGE STUDENTS AND REDUCED PELL GRANT AMOUNTS TO SUCH A SEVERE DEGREE THAT IT EFFECTIVELY CAUSED 84,000 STUDENTS TO NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE FOR PELL GRANTS. PELL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN OVERALL REDUCED FOR 1.5 MILLION STUDENTS…IT’S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE BUSH DAUGHTERS AREN’T ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID, SO THIS WON’T AFFECT THE OPULENT LIVES OF ANYONE BUSH JR. MAY KNOW. 8. WITHDREW FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. 9. FIRST PRESIDENT IN US HISTORY O REFUSE UNITED NATIONS ELECTION INSPECTORS DURING THE 2002 U.S. ELECTIONS). 10. ALL-TIME U.S. (AND WORLD) RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST CORPORATE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS. 11. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAD TWICE AS MANY FBI AGENTS FIGHTING THE DRUG WAR HAN FIGHTING TERRORISM PRIOR TO 9/11. EVEN AFTER 9/11, MORE THAN 2,000 FBI AGENTS ARE WASTING THEIR VALUABLE TIME ASSIGNED TO THE WAR ON DRUGS. 12. HIS PROPOSED “FREE TRADE” AGREEMENTS WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF U.S. JOBS TO OREIGN MARKETS AND THE EXPLOITATION OF THIRD WORLD WORKERS. 13. JOHN ASHCROFT. 14. HE HAS TAKEN 11 OFFICIALXECUTIVE ACTIONS TO UNDERMINE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS…HOW LONG WILL iT BE BEFORE A WOMAN IS STRIPPED OF HER RIGHT TO CHOOSE? 15. FAILED TO FULFILL PLEDGE TO GET OSAMA BIN LADEN “DEAD OR ALIVE”. 16. WASTED FEDERAL RESOURCES ON A PR TRIP TO BAGHDAD WHERE HE STAGED A THANKSGIVING MEAL AT 6 AM WITH TROOPS THAT WERE SCREENED BASED ON THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATION. AND THE TURKEY? IT WAS A PROP. 17. HIS REFUSAL TO FIRE—OR EVEN REPRIMAND—LT. GENERAL JERRY "OUR GOD IS BIGGER THAN THEIR GOD" BOYKIN. PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE BOYKIN SAID OF THE PRESIDENT, "GEORGE BUSH WAS NOT ELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS APPOINTED BY GOD. HE'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE GOD PUT HIM THERE." 18. AFTER SENDING TROOPS OFF TO DIE IN AN UNJUST AND UNPROVOKED WAR, HE STILL HAS YET TO ATTEND ANY SOLDIERS’ FUNERALS. 19. HIS SHAMELESS NEPOTISM FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL. ELIZABETH CHENEY (DAUGHTER OF OL’ doink) GOT HOOKED UP WITH A COOL GIG AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE $129 MILLION MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE AND THEN WAS MOVED OVER TO DADDY AND UNCLE DUBYA’S CAMPAIGN PAYROLL. 20. HE DROPPED HIS DOG ON ITS HEAD. 21. BUSH JR. IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY TO ENTER OFFICE WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD. 22. BUSH JR. HAS SET THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE WORLDWIDE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY PROTEST A LEADER (10 MILLION PEOPLE), SHATTERING THE RECORD FOR PROTESTS AGAINST ANY PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. 23. HE SLASHED FUNDING TO THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. 24. HE HAS INVADED AND OCCUPIED TWO COUNTRIES AT A CONTINUING COST OF ONE BILLION DOLLARS PER WEEK. 25. HE APPOINTED CHARLES PICKERING, A NOTORIOUS SEGREGATIONIST FROM MISSISSIPPI, AS A FEDERAL JUDGE AND SUSPICIOUSLY DID SO ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. 26. BUSH HAS SPENT OVER 100 BILLION ON IRAQ, LEAVING STATES TO FACE THE LARGEST BUDGET CRISES IN DECADES AND FORCED TO CUT OFF PUBLIC SERVICES; NOW WITH THE FEDERAL DEFICIT AT A NEW HIGH BUSH JR. WANTS TO AWARD MORE TAX BREAKS TO THE WEALTHY. 27. UNDER NEW BUSH LEGISLATION (THE CLEAR SKIES INITIATIVE), POWER PLANTS ARE ALLOWED TO EMIT TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF HIGHLY-TOXIC MERCURY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. 28. BUSH JR. FAILED TO PROTECT 3 MILLION ACRES OF THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST FROM LOGGING. THE TONGASS HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF BALD EAGLES ON EARTH AND HAS ALREADY LOST 700 SQUARE MILES TO LOGGING WITH 33 MORE LOGGING PERMITS PENDING. NOT EVEN THE SANCTITY OF OUR ENDANGERED NATIONAL BIRD CAN COMPETE WITH BUSH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS PROVIDED BY THE FOREST INDUSTRY. 29. HE IS ON PACE TO HAVE TAKEN MORE VACATION THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY, INCLUDING A 28-DAY VACATION RIGHT BEFORE 9/11. BUSH JR. HAS TAKEN 6 MONTHS OF VACATION IN TOTAL…DO YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT GETS 6 MONTHS OF VACATION? 30. HE PULLED OUT OF THE KYOTO AGREEMENT ON GLOBAL WARMING, WHICH HAD BEEN AGREED UPON BY 178 OTHER 22. BUSH JR. HAS SET THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE WORLDWIDE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY PROTEST A LEADER (10 MILLION PEOPLE), SHATTERING THE RECORD FOR PROTESTS AGAINST ANY PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. 31. BUSH JR. IS ENDORSED BY FUNDAMENTALIST PAT ROBERTSON WHO CLAIMS THAT GOD TOLD HIM BUSH WILL WIN RE-ELECTION AND THAT “IT DOESN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHAT BUSH DOES BECAUSE GOD IS BLESSING HIM”. BUSH KEEPS SOME GREAT COMPANY, BUT KEEP IN MIND ROBERSTON WAS ALSO THE NITWIT THAT BLAMED THE 9/11 ATTACKS ON GAYS AND SUGGESTED THAT WE “NUKE” THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT. 32. HE SET THE RECORD FOR THE MOST EXECUTIONS BY ANY GOVERNOR IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 152 IN TOTAL; SOME OF WHOM WERE MENTALLY DISABLED. 33. HAS REPEATEDLY STONEWALLED THE PUBLIC INVESTIGATION INTO 9/11. 34. BUSH JR. DECLINED TO FULLY FUND THE AIDS INITIATIVE AFTER PROMISING TO DO SO. THE FINAL CUTS THAT RESULTED WERE OVER $2 BILLION. 35. HE STILL SUGGESTS THAT HOMOSEXUALS ARE “SINNERS” AND IS PUSHING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FORBID GAY PARTNERSHIPS AND DENY FUNDAMENTAL CIVIL RIGHTS ON A NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL. 36. CHOKED ON A PRETZEL AND NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE WHILE SEATED IN FRONT OF A TV. 37. BUSH JR. HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PREVENT INVESTIGATIONS OF HIS FRIENDS AT ENRON AND HALLIBURTON. MORE TIME AND MONEY WAS SPENT INVESTIGATING THE MONICA LEWINSKY AFFAIR THAN HAS BEEN SPENT INVESTIGATING ONE OF THE BIGGEST CORPORATE RIP-OFFS IN HISTORY. 38. BUSH JR. HAS SET THE RECORD FOR THE FEWEST AMOUNT OF PRESS CONFERENCES BY A PRESIDENT SINCE THE ADVENT OF TELEVISION. 39. RESPONSIBLE FOR A 521 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT—LESS THAN 4 YEARS AFTER INHERITING A 200 BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS. 40. HE HAS MADE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO LEGALIZE OIL DRILLING IN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. |
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www.punkvoter.com?
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I've never even heard of "George Dubya"...lols
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QUOTE(CrackedRearView @ Sep 3 2004, 9:44 PM) That info. is ![]() you're ![]() |
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Shall someone made a list of 40 things he f**ked up at?
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at least we know what Bush stands for. seems like Kerry just cant decide on what he wants to do. he flip flops on issues too much.
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http://www.angelfire.com/ok/funwithunclejim/bush.html
people tend to overlook the good that he's done. |
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You guys are dumb. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 1,252 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 25,094 ![]() |
QUOTE(JessJR1022 @ Sep 3 2004, 11:05 PM) you're ![]() Take down suddam hussein. |
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QUOTE(th5418 @ Sep 4 2004, 10:11 AM) Take down suddam hussein. so we have a 1:40 ratio? |
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[quote]1. THE NATIONAL DEBT UNDER BUSH JR. HAS INCREASED SO DRASTICALLY THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN’S ESTIMATED SHARE OF NATIONAL DEBT WILL BE AN ASTRONOMICAL $24,000— COMPARED TO $500 WHEN DUBYA FIRST TOOK OFFICE.[/quote]
That's not true... Bush only increased it by 40% (that would be from $20,000 to $28,000 roughly). That's still an UNACCEPTABLY high amount, but not nearly as much as you said. [quote]2. UNDER BUSH JR. THERE ARE NOW 43 MILLION AMERICANS WITH NO HEALTH INSURANCE.[/quote] The percentage of Americans without health insurance has been the same since Jimmy Carter (around 20%). HOWEVER, before the government actually started PROVIDING insurance (before the 60s), only about 12% of Americans were uninsured -- this is due to simple supply and demand. [quote]3. RESPONSIBLE FOR AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 6%. THERE ARE NOW 9 MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF WORK IN AMERICA—3.3 MILLION MORE THAN WHEN BUSH TOOK OFFICE.[/quote] Presidents aren't responsible for the economy. Any economist will tell you that. [quote]4. HE CUT HEALTHCARE BENEFITS FOR WAR VETERANS.[/quote] So what? Look up Horatio Bunce on Google. It's a story about Davy Crockett, where Crockett (who used to be a Representative in the US Congress) explained why providing charity for certain groups (the case in question is the family of a deceased veteran) is inherently Unconstitutional and thus bad. [quote]5. BUSH JR. DESERTED HIS UNIT DURING VIETNAM AND WAS REPORTEDLY AWOL FOR OVER A YEAR FROM HIS ASSIGNED UNIT: THE TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD, OR AS IT’S REFERRED TO BY OTHER MILITARY OUTFITS, THE “CHAMPAGNE DIVISION”.[/quote] He dodged the draft. Completely justified. The draft is an unconstitutional form of involuntary servitude -- I have the highest respect for the people who fought against our own government -- which at the time was a MUCH bigger threat to the American people and their liberty than North Vietnam could ever be. [quote]6. DESPITE A 13% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AMONG THOSE AGED 16-24, BUSH JR. PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE YOUTH OPPORTUNITY GRANTS—A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES JOB TRAINING TO THE NATION'S YOUTH. A $225M PROGRAM IN 2002 IS NOW BEING DONE AWAY WITH SO BUSH CAN HAVE MORE MONEY FOR IRAQ.[/quote] That unemployment rate is due to the minimum wage, not training programs. This has been proven over and over again -- even by the socialsit economist Alan Krueger. [quote]7. HE CUT FUNDING FOR 375,000 LOW INCOME COLLEGE STUDENTS AND REDUCED PELL GRANT AMOUNTS TO SUCH A SEVERE DEGREE THAT IT EFFECTIVELY CAUSED 84,000 STUDENTS TO NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE FOR PELL GRANTS. PELL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN OVERALL REDUCED FOR 1.5 MILLION STUDENTS…IT’S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE BUSH DAUGHTERS AREN’T ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID, SO THIS WON’T AFFECT THE OPULENT LIVES OF ANYONE BUSH JR. MAY KNOW.[/quote] Things like Pell grants are the reason why college is so expensive in the first place. The average comprehensive price of a private school (inflation-adjusted) BEFORE the advent of governmental financial aid was only $15,000, easily affordable by most families -- now it is $40,000, out of reach for most families. This is also due to simple supply and demand. Look up the Cato Institute report. President Bush did the right thing. [quote]8. WITHDREW FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.[/quote] The ICC goes against our Constitution. It's a Criminal court. The government has no legal authority to be involved in it. [quote]9. FIRST PRESIDENT IN US HISTORY O REFUSE UNITED NATIONS ELECTION INSPECTORS DURING THE 2002 U.S. ELECTIONS).[/quote] Since when does the United Nationas have the right to inspect our elections? That is a right only of Congress. It says so in the Constitution, which is our highest law. [quote]10. ALL-TIME U.S. (AND WORLD) RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST CORPORATE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS.[/quote] So? That shows he has a strong support base. It's called free speech. [quote]11. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAD TWICE AS MANY FBI AGENTS FIGHTING THE DRUG WAR HAN FIGHTING TERRORISM PRIOR TO 9/11. EVEN AFTER 9/11, MORE THAN 2,000 FBI AGENTS ARE WASTING THEIR VALUABLE TIME ASSIGNED TO THE WAR ON DRUGS.[/quote] Blame Clinton. Clinton was the one who really stepped up the Drug War. Reagan was all talk and no action... THREE times more DEA agents and FOUR times more arrests were active in 2000 than 1988. But I agree -- drugs should be legal. [quote]12. HIS PROPOSED “FREE TRADE” AGREEMENTS WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF U.S. JOBS TO OREIGN MARKETS AND THE EXPLOITATION OF THIRD WORLD WORKERS.[/quote] Agreed. I strongly believe in free trade, but not NAFTA. Our trade policy should only have four words: WE HAVE FREE TRADE! [quote]13. JOHN ASHCROFT. 14. HE HAS TAKEN 11 OFFICIALXECUTIVE ACTIONS TO UNDERMINE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS…HOW LONG WILL iT BE BEFORE A WOMAN IS STRIPPED OF HER RIGHT TO CHOOSE? 15. FAILED TO FULFILL PLEDGE TO GET OSAMA BIN LADEN “DEAD OR ALIVE”. 16. WASTED FEDERAL RESOURCES ON A PR TRIP TO BAGHDAD WHERE HE STAGED A THANKSGIVING MEAL AT 6 AM WITH TROOPS THAT WERE SCREENED BASED ON THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATION. AND THE TURKEY? IT WAS A PROP. 17. HIS REFUSAL TO FIRE—OR EVEN REPRIMAND—LT. GENERAL JERRY "OUR GOD IS BIGGER THAN THEIR GOD" BOYKIN. PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE BOYKIN SAID OF THE PRESIDENT, "GEORGE BUSH WAS NOT ELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS APPOINTED BY GOD. HE'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE GOD PUT HIM THERE."[/quote] Agreed. [quote]18. AFTER SENDING TROOPS OFF TO DIE IN AN UNJUST AND UNPROVOKED WAR, HE STILL HAS YET TO ATTEND ANY SOLDIERS’ FUNERALS.[/quote] He was wrong to start the war in the first place -- funerals don't have anything to do with it. [quote]19. HIS SHAMELESS NEPOTISM FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL. ELIZABETH CHENEY (DAUGHTER OF OL’ doink) GOT HOOKED UP WITH A COOL GIG AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE $129 MILLION MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE AND THEN WAS MOVED OVER TO DADDY AND UNCLE DUBYA’S CAMPAIGN PAYROLL.[/quote] Nepotism implies your OWN family -- that is Cheney's fault, not Bush's. [quote]20. HE DROPPED HIS DOG ON ITS HEAD. 21. BUSH JR. IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY TO ENTER OFFICE WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD.[/quote] Amusing ... but irrelevant. Bush was convicted of drunk driving, which shouldn't even be a crime. [quote]22. BUSH JR. HAS SET THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE WORLDWIDE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY PROTEST A LEADER (10 MILLION PEOPLE), SHATTERING THE RECORD FOR PROTESTS AGAINST ANY PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.[/quote] Hahaha... that is kinda sad. But once again, foreigners are overrated. [quote]23. HE SLASHED FUNDING TO THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT.[/quote] Which was Unconstitutional in the first place. Women and men should get equal protection against violence. [quote]24. HE HAS INVADED AND OCCUPIED TWO COUNTRIES AT A CONTINUING COST OF ONE BILLION DOLLARS PER WEEK.[/quote] Definitely his worst mistake. Well, at least Iraq. Afghanistan was kinda necssary. [quote]25. HE APPOINTED CHARLES PICKERING, A NOTORIOUS SEGREGATIONIST FROM MISSISSIPPI, AS A FEDERAL JUDGE AND SUSPICIOUSLY DID SO ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.[/quote] That's a conspiracy theory... [quote]26. BUSH HAS SPENT OVER 100 BILLION ON IRAQ, LEAVING STATES TO FACE THE LARGEST BUDGET CRISES IN DECADES AND FORCED TO CUT OFF PUBLIC SERVICES; NOW WITH THE FEDERAL DEFICIT AT A NEW HIGH BUSH JR. WANTS TO AWARD MORE TAX BREAKS TO THE WEALTHY.[/quote] That's not true... Bush has RAISED spending on social programs more than any other President than LBJ -- his second worst mistake, next to the Iraq War. [quote]27. UNDER NEW BUSH LEGISLATION (THE CLEAR SKIES INITIATIVE), POWER PLANTS ARE ALLOWED TO EMIT TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF HIGHLY-TOXIC MERCURY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. 28. BUSH JR. FAILED TO PROTECT 3 MILLION ACRES OF THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST FROM LOGGING. THE TONGASS HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF BALD EAGLES ON EARTH AND HAS ALREADY LOST 700 SQUARE MILES TO LOGGING WITH 33 MORE LOGGING PERMITS PENDING. NOT EVEN THE SANCTITY OF OUR ENDANGERED NATIONAL BIRD CAN COMPETE WITH BUSH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS PROVIDED BY THE FOREST INDUSTRY. 30. HE PULLED OUT OF THE KYOTO AGREEMENT ON GLOBAL WARMING, WHICH HAD BEEN AGREED UPON BY 178 OTHER 22. BUSH JR. HAS SET THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE WORLDWIDE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY PROTEST A LEADER (10 MILLION PEOPLE), SHATTERING THE RECORD FOR PROTESTS AGAINST ANY PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.[/quote] Nature is a commons. We should all be allowed to use it as we please. [quote]29. HE IS ON PACE TO HAVE TAKEN MORE VACATION THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY, INCLUDING A 28-DAY VACATION RIGHT BEFORE 9/11. BUSH JR. HAS TAKEN 6 MONTHS OF VACATION IN TOTAL…DO YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT GETS 6 MONTHS OF VACATION?[/quote] Bush should spend MORE time on vacation... After all, time spent on vacation is time NOT spent invading other countries or stacking up massive deficits. We should require our Presidnets to take at least 9 months of vacation per year. After all, Al-Qaeda didn't attack us because we did too little -- they attacked us because we did too much. [quote]31. BUSH JR. IS ENDORSED BY FUNDAMENTALIST PAT ROBERTSON WHO CLAIMS THAT GOD TOLD HIM BUSH WILL WIN RE-ELECTION AND THAT “IT DOESN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHAT BUSH DOES BECAUSE GOD IS BLESSING HIM”. BUSH KEEPS SOME GREAT COMPANY, BUT KEEP IN MIND ROBERSTON WAS ALSO THE NITWIT THAT BLAMED THE 9/11 ATTACKS ON GAYS AND SUGGESTED THAT WE “NUKE” THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT.[/quote] Fundamentalists are crazy ... but it's not Bush's fault Robertson endorsed him. [quote]32. HE SET THE RECORD FOR THE MOST EXECUTIONS BY ANY GOVERNOR IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 152 IN TOTAL; SOME OF WHOM WERE MENTALLY DISABLED.[/quote] The punishment ought to fit the crime... When you steal, you should pay restitution. When you kill, you should be killed. By the same principle, when you do drugs, you should force others to use drugs -- now you can see why the War on Drugs is totally ludicrous. [quote]33. HAS REPEATEDLY STONEWALLED THE PUBLIC INVESTIGATION INTO 9/11.[/quoted] Agreed... Bush is really screwing up on security policy. [quote]34. BUSH JR. DECLINED TO FULLY FUND THE AIDS INITIATIVE AFTER PROMISING TO DO SO. THE FINAL CUTS THAT RESULTED WERE OVER $2 BILLION.[/quote] AIDS isn't the government's business. I do not see "healthcare" mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. [quote]35. HE STILL SUGGESTS THAT HOMOSEXUALS ARE “SINNERS” AND IS PUSHING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FORBID GAY PARTNERSHIPS AND DENY FUNDAMENTAL CIVIL RIGHTS ON A NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL.[/quote] Agreed. The government should get out of marriage. [quote]36. CHOKED ON A PRETZEL AND NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE WHILE SEATED IN FRONT OF A TV.[/quote] Haha... why is that a bad thing? Read my post on his vacation... time spent dead is time not spent bombing other countries. [quote]37. BUSH JR. HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PREVENT INVESTIGATIONS OF HIS FRIENDS AT ENRON AND HALLIBURTON. MORE TIME AND MONEY WAS SPENT INVESTIGATING THE MONICA LEWINSKY AFFAIR THAN HAS BEEN SPENT INVESTIGATING ONE OF THE BIGGEST CORPORATE RIP-OFFS IN HISTORY.[/quote] Yes... the Military-Industrial Complex, also known as Fascism, is Bush's third biggest mistake (I already listed the first two) -- Enron isn't exactly his fault, but Halliburton definitely is. [quote]38. BUSH JR. HAS SET THE RECORD FOR THE FEWEST AMOUNT OF PRESS CONFERENCES BY A PRESIDENT SINCE THE ADVENT OF TELEVISION.[/quote] Yes he should spend more time doing that as well. [quote]39. RESPONSIBLE FOR A 521 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT—LESS THAN 4 YEARS AFTER INHERITING A 200 BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS.[/quote] We never had a surplus -- the surplus is caluclated based on fiscal year projections that make them misleading. Our debt has increased every year since JFK. [quote]40. HE HAS MADE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO LEGALIZE OIL DRILLING IN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.[/quote] ANWR belongs to all of us ... We should all be allowed to use it for what we want. Hence "commons". |
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ComradeRed,
how do you do it? you have my applause. |
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Wow.
So many Bush topics lately. -_- Props to you, ComradeRed.. your responses never cease to amuse me and intrigue me. =D =D |
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