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Monday, September 06, 2004
You want to fight back? HERE'S how to fight back
This is absolutely friggin brilliant. It's from a site called FreewayBlogger.com, and the guy who runs it puts up protest signs above freeways. Just think of how many people see these signs. We need to coordinate something like this around the country - or not coordinate it, just start doing it, then report in with your photos.
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New CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll: Bush Convention Bounce 2 Points
In a previous post on August 29th, I said:
I've checked out all of the other polls that were taken during the convention, and none of them are anything like this. I'm going to stand by my 3-5% ahead for Bush because anything more than that would have to be a move of almost 10 points - that seems to me more than is likely.There were the two news magazine polls that were breathless in their Bush Bounce coverage. Here's a more realistic one from today's CNN/USA Today/Gallup:
Last week's GOP convention in New York City appears to have given President Bush a modest bounce and a small lead among likely voters, according to a poll released Monday.So what does this mean? This is a seven point race in the poll, 52% Bush, 45% Kerry. The lead is not outside the margin of error. To be clear, Bush is ahead, no doubt. There is also no doubt that this election is totally up for grabs. Read the rest of this post...
The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of 1,018 adult Americans, including 778 likely voters and 926 registered voters, was conducted by telephone September 3-5.
Bush's convention bounce appeared to be 2 percentage points....
Still, the 2 percentage point bounce could be illusory, since the poll's margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
FLASHBACK: Bush refuses to say whether he used cocaine
We call this a coke waffle. From CNN, August 20, 1999:
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Since Wednesday, Bush has been peppered with questions about drug use after he was asked in an interview with the Dallas Morning News whether he could pass a background check for federal employees.It's time to bring all of this back into high gear. Either the candidates' actions in the 1970s matter or they don't. Laura Bush and daddy Bush and Karl Rove all seem to think that the 1970s matter, so Bush needs to answer the question. What illegal drugs has he ever used, and how often and for how long did he use them? I don't care what the polls say, his religious right base - not to mention, a lot of other people - are NOT going to be happy if they find out Bush was a coke head.
That check has a question asking prospective appointees if they have used illegal drugs within the past seven years. Bush said he could pass that exam. On Thursday, he said he could have passed a background check when his father began serving as president in 1989.
Later, an aide clarified the remarks, saying Bush has not used illegal drugs in at least the last 25 years....
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No Jews or Muslims Need Apply
"We need to turn this into a personal crusade where each and every one of us makes a list of people we can affect and make personal commitments to ask people to support this president. That is how we are going to win."Read the rest of this post...
-- White House adviser Karl Rove talking to Republican convention delegates last week from West Virginia, Washington and Vermont.
BUSH 'TOOK COCAINE AT CAMP DAVID'
Doh! Think we need another 527 to puruse this one, gang :-) God bless Kitty Kelly.
From the Mirror:
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From the Mirror:
GEORGE W Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David, a new book claims.
His wife Laura also allegedly tried cannabis in her youth.
Author Kitty Kelley says in her biography The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, that the US President first used coke at university in the mid-1960s.
She quotes his former sister-in-law Sharon Bush who claims: "Bush did coke at Camp David when his father was President, and not just once either."
Other acquaintances allege that as a 26-year-old National Guard, Bush "liked to sneak out back for a joint or into the bathroom for a line of cocaine".
Bush has admitted being an alcoholic but, asked during the 1999 election if he did drugs, he said: "I've told the American people that years ago I made some mistakes.
"I've learned from my mistakes and should I be fortunate enough to become president I will bring dignity and honour to the office."
Later an aide clarified his remarks saying Bush hadn't taken illegal drugs in the past 25 years.
Kelley says that the Bush family covered up scandals because of their wealth and influence. She claims George W started drinking at school and continued at Yale university to overcome shyness.
Former student Torbery George says in the book: "Poor Georgie. He couldn't relate to women unless he was loaded."
Another says: "He went out of his way to act crude. It's amazing someone you held in such low esteem later became president."
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30 really good Bush flip-flops
Just found out where this came from: Center for American Progress
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George W. Bush is right about one thing, the credibility of the president is a very important issue.
On 10/11/00, then-Gov. Bush said: "I think credibility is important. It is going to be important for the president to be credible with Congress, important for the president to be credible with foreign nations."
Let's examine how credible Bush is on the issues....
1. Social Security Surplus
BUSH PLEDGES NOT TO TOUCH SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS.
"We're going to keep the promise of Social Security and keep the government from raiding the Social Security surplus." [President Bush, 3/3/01]
…less than one year later…
BUSH SPENDS SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS.
The NY Times reported that "the president's new budget uses Social Security surpluses to pay for other programs every year through 2013, ultimately diverting more than $1.4 trillion in Social Security funds to other purposes." [The New York Times, 2/6/02]
2. Patient's Right to Sue
GOVERNOR BUSH VETOES PATIENTS' RIGHT TO SUE.
"Despite his campaign rhetoric in favor of a patients' bill of rights, Bush fought such a bill tooth and nail as Texas governor, vetoing a bill coauthored by Republican state Rep. John Smithee in 1995." [Salon, 2/7/01]
…about 5 years later…
CANDIDATE BUSH PRAISES TEXAS PATIENTS' RIGHT TO SUE.
"We're one of the first states that said you can sue an HMO for denying you proper coverage... It's time for our nation to come together and do what's right for the people. And I think this is right for the people. You know, I support a national patients' bill of rights, Mr. Vice President." [Candidate Bush, during a debate with Vice President Gore 10/17/00]
…less than 4 years later…
PRESIDENT BUSH'S ADMINISTRATION ARGUES AGAINST RIGHT TO SUE.
"To let two Texas consumers, Juan Davila and Ruby R. Calad, sue their managed-care companies for wrongful denials of medical benefits ‘would be to completely undermine' federal law regulating employee benefits, Assistant Solicitor General James A. Feldman said at oral argument March 23. Moreover, the administration's brief attacked the policy rationale for Texas's law, which is similar to statutes on the books in nine other states." [Washington Post, 4/5/04]
3. Medical Records
Bush says medical records must remain private.
"I believe that we must protect…the right of every American to have confidence that his or her personal medical records will remain private." [President Bush, 4/12/01]
…3 years later….
Bush Administration says patients' histories are not confidential.
The Justice Department asserts that patients "no longer possess a reasonable expectation that their histories will remain completely confidential." [BusinessWeek, 4/30/04]
4. Department of Homeland Security
BUSH OPPOSES CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELANDSECURITY.
"So, creating a Cabinet office doesn't solve the problem. You still will have agencies within the federal government that have to be coordinated. So the answer is that creating a Cabinet post doesn't solve anything." [White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, 3/19/02]
…less than 3 months later…
BUSH SUPPORTS CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
"So tonight, I ask the Congress to join me in creating a single, permanent department with an overriding and urgent mission: securing the homeland of America and protecting the American people." [President Bush, Address to the Nation, 6/6/02]
5. Weapons of Mass Destruction
BUSH DECLARES WE FOUND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
"We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories...for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, WE FOUND THEM." [President Bush, Interview in Poland, 5/29/03]
…8 months later…
BUSH SAYS WE HAVEN'T FOUND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
"David Kay has found the capacity to produce weapons. And when David Kay goes in and says we haven't found stockpiles yet, and there's theories as to where the weapons went. They could have been destroyed during the war. Saddam and his henchmen could have destroyed them as we entered into Iraq. They could be hidden. They could have been transported to another country, and we'll find out." [President Bush, Meet the Press, 2/7/04]
6. Saddam / al Qaeda Link
BUSH SAYS YOU CAN’T DISTINGUISH BETWEEEN AL QAEDA AND SADDAM.
"You can't distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror." [President Bush, 9/25/02]
…one year later…
BUSH SAYS SADDAM HAD NO ROLE IN AL QAEDA PLOT.
"We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in Sept. 11." [President Bush, 9/17/03]
7. Osama Bin Laden
BUSH WANTS OSAMA DEAD OR ALIVE.
"I want justice. And there's an old poster out West, I recall, that says, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive.'" [President Bush, on Osama Bin Laden, 09/17/01]
…6 months later…
BUSH SAYS HE IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT OSAMA.
"I don't know where he is.You know, I just don't spend that much time on him. I truly am not that concerned about him."[President Bush, Press Conference, 3/13/02]
8. Timelines For Dictators
Bush sets timeline for Saddam.
"If Iraq does not accept the terms within a week of passage or fails to disclose required information within 30 days, the resolution authorizes 'all necessary means' to force compliance--in other words, a military attack." [LA Times, 10/3/02]
…less than 2 years later…
Bush says he's against timelines.
"I don't think you give timelines to dictators." [President Bush, 8/27/04]
9. WMD Commission and the Intelligence Failure of the CIA
BUSH RESISTS AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION ON WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURE.
"The White House immediately turned aside the calls from Kay and many Democrats for an immediate outside investigation, seeking to head off any new wide-ranging election-year inquiry that might go beyond reports already being assembled by congressional committees and the Central Intelligence Agency." [NY Times, 1/29/04]
…8 days later…
BUSH SUPPORTS AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION ON WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURE.
"Today, by executive order, I am creating an independent commission, chaired by Governor and former Senator Chuck Robb, Judge Laurence Silberman, to look at American intelligence capabilities, especially our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction." [President Bush, 2/6/04]
10. Creation of the 9/11 Commission
BUSH OPPOSES CREATION OF INDEPENDENT 9/11 COMMISSION.
"President Bush took a few minutes during his trip to Europe Thursday to voice his opposition to establishing a special commission to probe how the government dealt with terror warnings before Sept. 11." [CBS News, 5/23/02]
…4 months later…
BUSH SUPPORTS CREATION OF INDEPENDENT 9/11 COMMISSION.
"President Bush said today he now supports establishing an independent commission to investigate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks." [ABC News, 09/20/02]
11. Time Extension for 9/11 Commission
BUSH OPPOSES TIME EXTENSION FOR 9/11 COMMISSION."President Bush and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) have decided to oppose granting more time to an independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks." [Washington Post, 1/19/04]
…2 weeks later…
BUSH SUPPORTS TIME EXTENSION FOR 9/11 COMMISSION.
"The White House announced Wednesday its support for a request from the commission investigating the September 11, 2001 attacks for more time to complete its work." [CNN, 2/4/04]
12. Bush’s 9/11 Commission Testimony
BUSH LIMITS TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF 9/11 COMMISSION TO ONE HOUR.
"President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have placed strict limits on the private interviews they will grant to the federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that they will meet only with the panel's top two officials and that Mr. Bush will submit to only a single hour of questioning, commission members said Wednesday." [NY Times, 2/26/04]
…2 weeks later…
BUSH SETS NO TIMELIMIT FOR TESTIMONY.
"The president's going to answer all of the questions they want to raise. Nobody's watching the clock." [White House spokesman Scott McClellan, 3/10/04]
13. Condoleeza Rice Testimony
BUSH SPOKESMAN SAYS RICE WON'T TESTIFY AS 'A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE
"Again, this is not her personal preference; this goes back to a matter of principle. There is a separation of powers issue involved here. Historically, White House staffers do not testify before legislative bodies. So it's a matter of principle, not a matter of preference." [White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, 3/9/04
…just 3 weeks later…
BUSH ORDERS RICE TO TESTIFY.
"Today I have informed the Commission on Terrorist Attacks Against the United States that my National Security Advisor, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, will provide public testimony." [President Bush, 3/30/04]
14. Nation Building
CANDIDATE BUSH OPPOSES NATION BUILDING.
"If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road." [Gov. George W. Bush, 10/3/00]
…3 years later as president…
BUSH SUPPORTS NATION BUILDING.
"We will be changing the regime of Iraq, for the good of the Iraqi people." [President Bush, 3/6/03]
15. Iraq Funding
BUSH SPOKESMAN DENIES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE REST OF 2004.
"We do not anticipate requesting supplemental funding for 04" [White House Budget Director Joshua Bolton, 2/2/04]
…3 months later…
BUSH REQUESTS ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR IRAQ FOR 2004.
"I am requesting that Congress establish a $25 billion contingency reserve fund for the coming fiscal year to meet all commitments to our troops." [President Bush’s Statement, 5/5/04]
16. U.N. Resolution
BUSH VOWS TO HAVE A U.N. VOTE NO MATTER WHAT.
"No matter what the whip count is, we're calling for the vote. We want to see people stand up and say what their opinion is about Saddam Hussein and the utility of the United Nations Security Council. And so, you bet. It's time for people to show their cards, to let the world know where they stand when it comes to Saddam." [President Bush 3/6/03]
…only 12 days later…
BUSH WITHDRAWS REQUEST FOR U.N. VOTE.
"At a National Security Council meeting convened at the White House at 8:55 a.m., Bush finalized the decision to withdraw the resolution from consideration and prepared to deliver an address to the nation." [Washington Post, 3/18/03]
17. North Korea
BUSH WILL NOT OFFER NORTH KOREA INCENTIVES TO DISARM.
"We developed a bold approach under which, if the North addressed our long-standing concerns, the United States was prepared to take important steps that would have significantly improved the lives of the North Korean people. Now that North Korea's covert nuclear weapons program has come to light, we are unable to pursue this approach." [President's Statement, 11/15/02]
…a year and a half later…
BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFERS NORTH KOREA INCENTIVES TO DISARM.
"Well, we will work to take steps to ease their political and economic isolation. So there would be -- what you would see would be some provisional or temporary proposals that would only lead to lasting benefit after North Korea dismantles its nuclear programs. So there would be some provisional or temporary efforts of that nature." [White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, 6/23/04]
18. OPEC
CANDIDATE BUSH WANTS TO FORCE OPEC TO LOWER PRICES.
"What I think the president ought to do [when gas prices spike] is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots...and the President of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price." [Governor Bush, 1/26/00]
…4 years later as president…
PRESIDENT BUSH REFUSES TO LOBBY OPEC LEADERS.
With gas prices soaring in the United States at the beginning of 2004, the Miami Herald reported the president refused to "personally lobby oil cartel leaders to change their minds." [Miami Herald, 4/1/04]
19. Involvement in the Palestinian Conflict
BUSH OPPOSES SUMMITS.
"Well, we've tried summits in the past, as you may remember. It wasn't all that long ago where a summit was called and nothing happened, and as a result we had significant intifada in the area." [President Bush, 04/05/02]
…about a year later…
BUSH SUPPORTS SUMMITS.
"If a meeting advances progress toward two states living side by side in peace, I will strongly consider such a meeting. I'm committed to working toward peace in the Middle East." [President Bush, 5/23/03]
20. Gay Marriage
CANDIDATE BUSH SAYS GAY MARRIAGE IS A STATE ISSUE.
"The state can do what they want to do. Don't try to trap me in this state's issue like you're trying to get me into." [Gov. George W. Bush on Gay Marriage, Larry King Live, 2/15/00]
…4 years later as president…
BUSH SUPPORTS A FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING GAY MARRIAGE.
"Today I call upon the Congress to promptly pass, and to send to the states for ratification, an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of man and woman as husband and wife." [President Bush, 2/24/04]
21. Science
CANDIDATE BUSH ADVOCATES FOR STANDARDS BASED ON SCIENCE.
"I think we ought to have high standards set by agencies that rely upon science, not by what may feel good or what sounds good." [Governor George W. Bush, 1/15/00]
…4 years later as president…
BUSH ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS IGNORE SCIENCE.
"60 leading scientists—including Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors and university chairs and presidents—issued a statement calling for regulatory and legislative action to restore scientific integrity to federal policy making. According to the scientists, the Bush administration has, among other abuses, suppressed and distorted scientific analysis from federal agencies, and taken actions that have undermined the quality of scientific advisory panels." [Union of Concerned Scientists, 2/18/04]
22. The Environment
CANDIDATE BUSH SUPPORTS REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE.
"[If elected], Governor Bush will work to establish mandatory reduction targets for emissions of four main pollutants: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury and carbon dioxide." [Bush Environmental Plan, 9/29/00]
…2 ½ years later as president…
BUSH OPPOSES MANDATORY CAPS ON CARBON DIOXIDE.
"I do not believe, however, that the government should impose on power plants mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide, which is not a 'pollutant' under the Clean Air Act." [President Bush, Letter to Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), 3/13/03]
23. Tobacco Buyout
BUSH SUPPORTS CURRENT TOBACCO FARMERS' QUOTA SYSTEM.
"They've got the quota system in place, the allotment system, and I don't think that needs to be changed." [President Bush, 5/04]
…one month later…
BUSH ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS FEDERAL BUYOUT OF TOBACCO QUOTAS.
"The administration is open to a buyout." [White House spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo, 6/18/04]
24. Abortion
CITIZEN BUSH SUPPORTS A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
"Bush said he favors leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question." [The Nation, 6/15/00, quoting the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 5/78]
…more than 20 years later…
CANDIDATE BUSH OPPOSES A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
"I am pro-life." [Governor Bush, 10/3/00]
25. Campaign Finance
CANDIDATE BUSH OPPOSES MCCAIN-FEINGOLD.
"George W. Bush opposes McCain-Feingold...as an infringement on free _expression." [Washington Post, 3/28/2000]
…2 years later as president…
BUSH SIGNS MCCAIN-FEINGOLD INTO LAW.
"[T]his bill improves the current system of financing for Federal campaigns, and therefore I have signed it into law." [President Bush, at the McCain-Feingold signing ceremony, 03/27/02]
26. 527s
BUSH OPPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON 527s.
"I also have reservations about the constitutionality of the broad ban on issue advertising, which restrains the speech of a wide variety of groups on issues of public import." [President Bush, 3/27/02]
…2 years later…
BUSH SAYS 527s ARE BAD FOR THE SYSTEM.
"I don't think we ought to have 527s. I can't be more plain about it…I think they're bad for the system. That's why I signed the bill, McCain-Feingold." [President Bush, 8/23/04]
27. Free Trade
BUSH SUPPORTS FREE TRADE.
"I believe strongly that if we promote trade, and when we promote trade, it will help workers on both sides of this issue." [President Bush in Peru, 3/23/02]
…a year and a half later…
BUSH SUPPORTS RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE.
"In a decision largely driven by his political advisers, President Bush set aside his free-trade principles last year and imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel to help out struggling mills in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, two states crucial for his re-election.” (sic) [Washington Post, 9/19/03]
28. The Great Lakes
Bush wants to divert great lakes.
"Even though experts say 'diverting any water from the Great Lakes region sets a bad precedent,' Bush said he wants ‘to talk to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien about piping water to parched states in the west and southwest.” [AP, 7/19/01]
…3 years later…
Bush says he'll never divert Great Lakes.
"We've got to use our resources wisely, like water. It starts with keeping the Great Lakes water in the Great Lakes Basin...My position is clear: We're never going to allow diversion of Great Lakes water." [President Bush, 8/16/04]
29. Winning The War On Terror
Bush claims he can win the war on terror.
"One of the interesting things people ask me, now that we're asking questions, is, can you ever win the war on terror? Of course, you can." [President Bush, 4/13/04]
…just 4 months later…
Bush says war on terror is unwinnable.
"I don't think you can win [the war on terror]." [President Bush, 8/30/04]
…the very next day…
Bush says he will win the war on terror.
"Make no mistake about it, we are winning and we will win [the war on terror]." [President Bush, 8/31/04]
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George W. Bush is right about one thing, the credibility of the president is a very important issue.
On 10/11/00, then-Gov. Bush said: "I think credibility is important. It is going to be important for the president to be credible with Congress, important for the president to be credible with foreign nations."
Let's examine how credible Bush is on the issues....
1. Social Security Surplus
BUSH PLEDGES NOT TO TOUCH SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS.
"We're going to keep the promise of Social Security and keep the government from raiding the Social Security surplus." [President Bush, 3/3/01]
…less than one year later…
BUSH SPENDS SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS.
The NY Times reported that "the president's new budget uses Social Security surpluses to pay for other programs every year through 2013, ultimately diverting more than $1.4 trillion in Social Security funds to other purposes." [The New York Times, 2/6/02]
2. Patient's Right to Sue
GOVERNOR BUSH VETOES PATIENTS' RIGHT TO SUE.
"Despite his campaign rhetoric in favor of a patients' bill of rights, Bush fought such a bill tooth and nail as Texas governor, vetoing a bill coauthored by Republican state Rep. John Smithee in 1995." [Salon, 2/7/01]
…about 5 years later…
CANDIDATE BUSH PRAISES TEXAS PATIENTS' RIGHT TO SUE.
"We're one of the first states that said you can sue an HMO for denying you proper coverage... It's time for our nation to come together and do what's right for the people. And I think this is right for the people. You know, I support a national patients' bill of rights, Mr. Vice President." [Candidate Bush, during a debate with Vice President Gore 10/17/00]
…less than 4 years later…
PRESIDENT BUSH'S ADMINISTRATION ARGUES AGAINST RIGHT TO SUE.
"To let two Texas consumers, Juan Davila and Ruby R. Calad, sue their managed-care companies for wrongful denials of medical benefits ‘would be to completely undermine' federal law regulating employee benefits, Assistant Solicitor General James A. Feldman said at oral argument March 23. Moreover, the administration's brief attacked the policy rationale for Texas's law, which is similar to statutes on the books in nine other states." [Washington Post, 4/5/04]
3. Medical Records
Bush says medical records must remain private.
"I believe that we must protect…the right of every American to have confidence that his or her personal medical records will remain private." [President Bush, 4/12/01]
…3 years later….
Bush Administration says patients' histories are not confidential.
The Justice Department asserts that patients "no longer possess a reasonable expectation that their histories will remain completely confidential." [BusinessWeek, 4/30/04]
4. Department of Homeland Security
BUSH OPPOSES CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELANDSECURITY.
"So, creating a Cabinet office doesn't solve the problem. You still will have agencies within the federal government that have to be coordinated. So the answer is that creating a Cabinet post doesn't solve anything." [White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, 3/19/02]
…less than 3 months later…
BUSH SUPPORTS CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
"So tonight, I ask the Congress to join me in creating a single, permanent department with an overriding and urgent mission: securing the homeland of America and protecting the American people." [President Bush, Address to the Nation, 6/6/02]
5. Weapons of Mass Destruction
BUSH DECLARES WE FOUND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
"We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories...for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, WE FOUND THEM." [President Bush, Interview in Poland, 5/29/03]
…8 months later…
BUSH SAYS WE HAVEN'T FOUND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
"David Kay has found the capacity to produce weapons. And when David Kay goes in and says we haven't found stockpiles yet, and there's theories as to where the weapons went. They could have been destroyed during the war. Saddam and his henchmen could have destroyed them as we entered into Iraq. They could be hidden. They could have been transported to another country, and we'll find out." [President Bush, Meet the Press, 2/7/04]
6. Saddam / al Qaeda Link
BUSH SAYS YOU CAN’T DISTINGUISH BETWEEEN AL QAEDA AND SADDAM.
"You can't distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror." [President Bush, 9/25/02]
…one year later…
BUSH SAYS SADDAM HAD NO ROLE IN AL QAEDA PLOT.
"We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in Sept. 11." [President Bush, 9/17/03]
7. Osama Bin Laden
BUSH WANTS OSAMA DEAD OR ALIVE.
"I want justice. And there's an old poster out West, I recall, that says, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive.'" [President Bush, on Osama Bin Laden, 09/17/01]
…6 months later…
BUSH SAYS HE IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT OSAMA.
"I don't know where he is.You know, I just don't spend that much time on him. I truly am not that concerned about him."[President Bush, Press Conference, 3/13/02]
8. Timelines For Dictators
Bush sets timeline for Saddam.
"If Iraq does not accept the terms within a week of passage or fails to disclose required information within 30 days, the resolution authorizes 'all necessary means' to force compliance--in other words, a military attack." [LA Times, 10/3/02]
…less than 2 years later…
Bush says he's against timelines.
"I don't think you give timelines to dictators." [President Bush, 8/27/04]
9. WMD Commission and the Intelligence Failure of the CIA
BUSH RESISTS AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION ON WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURE.
"The White House immediately turned aside the calls from Kay and many Democrats for an immediate outside investigation, seeking to head off any new wide-ranging election-year inquiry that might go beyond reports already being assembled by congressional committees and the Central Intelligence Agency." [NY Times, 1/29/04]
…8 days later…
BUSH SUPPORTS AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION ON WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURE.
"Today, by executive order, I am creating an independent commission, chaired by Governor and former Senator Chuck Robb, Judge Laurence Silberman, to look at American intelligence capabilities, especially our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction." [President Bush, 2/6/04]
10. Creation of the 9/11 Commission
BUSH OPPOSES CREATION OF INDEPENDENT 9/11 COMMISSION.
"President Bush took a few minutes during his trip to Europe Thursday to voice his opposition to establishing a special commission to probe how the government dealt with terror warnings before Sept. 11." [CBS News, 5/23/02]
…4 months later…
BUSH SUPPORTS CREATION OF INDEPENDENT 9/11 COMMISSION.
"President Bush said today he now supports establishing an independent commission to investigate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks." [ABC News, 09/20/02]
11. Time Extension for 9/11 Commission
BUSH OPPOSES TIME EXTENSION FOR 9/11 COMMISSION."President Bush and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) have decided to oppose granting more time to an independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks." [Washington Post, 1/19/04]
…2 weeks later…
BUSH SUPPORTS TIME EXTENSION FOR 9/11 COMMISSION.
"The White House announced Wednesday its support for a request from the commission investigating the September 11, 2001 attacks for more time to complete its work." [CNN, 2/4/04]
12. Bush’s 9/11 Commission Testimony
BUSH LIMITS TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF 9/11 COMMISSION TO ONE HOUR.
"President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have placed strict limits on the private interviews they will grant to the federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that they will meet only with the panel's top two officials and that Mr. Bush will submit to only a single hour of questioning, commission members said Wednesday." [NY Times, 2/26/04]
…2 weeks later…
BUSH SETS NO TIMELIMIT FOR TESTIMONY.
"The president's going to answer all of the questions they want to raise. Nobody's watching the clock." [White House spokesman Scott McClellan, 3/10/04]
13. Condoleeza Rice Testimony
BUSH SPOKESMAN SAYS RICE WON'T TESTIFY AS 'A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE
"Again, this is not her personal preference; this goes back to a matter of principle. There is a separation of powers issue involved here. Historically, White House staffers do not testify before legislative bodies. So it's a matter of principle, not a matter of preference." [White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, 3/9/04
…just 3 weeks later…
BUSH ORDERS RICE TO TESTIFY.
"Today I have informed the Commission on Terrorist Attacks Against the United States that my National Security Advisor, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, will provide public testimony." [President Bush, 3/30/04]
14. Nation Building
CANDIDATE BUSH OPPOSES NATION BUILDING.
"If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road." [Gov. George W. Bush, 10/3/00]
…3 years later as president…
BUSH SUPPORTS NATION BUILDING.
"We will be changing the regime of Iraq, for the good of the Iraqi people." [President Bush, 3/6/03]
15. Iraq Funding
BUSH SPOKESMAN DENIES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE REST OF 2004.
"We do not anticipate requesting supplemental funding for 04" [White House Budget Director Joshua Bolton, 2/2/04]
…3 months later…
BUSH REQUESTS ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR IRAQ FOR 2004.
"I am requesting that Congress establish a $25 billion contingency reserve fund for the coming fiscal year to meet all commitments to our troops." [President Bush’s Statement, 5/5/04]
16. U.N. Resolution
BUSH VOWS TO HAVE A U.N. VOTE NO MATTER WHAT.
"No matter what the whip count is, we're calling for the vote. We want to see people stand up and say what their opinion is about Saddam Hussein and the utility of the United Nations Security Council. And so, you bet. It's time for people to show their cards, to let the world know where they stand when it comes to Saddam." [President Bush 3/6/03]
…only 12 days later…
BUSH WITHDRAWS REQUEST FOR U.N. VOTE.
"At a National Security Council meeting convened at the White House at 8:55 a.m., Bush finalized the decision to withdraw the resolution from consideration and prepared to deliver an address to the nation." [Washington Post, 3/18/03]
17. North Korea
BUSH WILL NOT OFFER NORTH KOREA INCENTIVES TO DISARM.
"We developed a bold approach under which, if the North addressed our long-standing concerns, the United States was prepared to take important steps that would have significantly improved the lives of the North Korean people. Now that North Korea's covert nuclear weapons program has come to light, we are unable to pursue this approach." [President's Statement, 11/15/02]
…a year and a half later…
BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFERS NORTH KOREA INCENTIVES TO DISARM.
"Well, we will work to take steps to ease their political and economic isolation. So there would be -- what you would see would be some provisional or temporary proposals that would only lead to lasting benefit after North Korea dismantles its nuclear programs. So there would be some provisional or temporary efforts of that nature." [White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, 6/23/04]
18. OPEC
CANDIDATE BUSH WANTS TO FORCE OPEC TO LOWER PRICES.
"What I think the president ought to do [when gas prices spike] is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots...and the President of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price." [Governor Bush, 1/26/00]
…4 years later as president…
PRESIDENT BUSH REFUSES TO LOBBY OPEC LEADERS.
With gas prices soaring in the United States at the beginning of 2004, the Miami Herald reported the president refused to "personally lobby oil cartel leaders to change their minds." [Miami Herald, 4/1/04]
19. Involvement in the Palestinian Conflict
BUSH OPPOSES SUMMITS.
"Well, we've tried summits in the past, as you may remember. It wasn't all that long ago where a summit was called and nothing happened, and as a result we had significant intifada in the area." [President Bush, 04/05/02]
…about a year later…
BUSH SUPPORTS SUMMITS.
"If a meeting advances progress toward two states living side by side in peace, I will strongly consider such a meeting. I'm committed to working toward peace in the Middle East." [President Bush, 5/23/03]
20. Gay Marriage
CANDIDATE BUSH SAYS GAY MARRIAGE IS A STATE ISSUE.
"The state can do what they want to do. Don't try to trap me in this state's issue like you're trying to get me into." [Gov. George W. Bush on Gay Marriage, Larry King Live, 2/15/00]
…4 years later as president…
BUSH SUPPORTS A FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING GAY MARRIAGE.
"Today I call upon the Congress to promptly pass, and to send to the states for ratification, an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of man and woman as husband and wife." [President Bush, 2/24/04]
21. Science
CANDIDATE BUSH ADVOCATES FOR STANDARDS BASED ON SCIENCE.
"I think we ought to have high standards set by agencies that rely upon science, not by what may feel good or what sounds good." [Governor George W. Bush, 1/15/00]
…4 years later as president…
BUSH ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS IGNORE SCIENCE.
"60 leading scientists—including Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors and university chairs and presidents—issued a statement calling for regulatory and legislative action to restore scientific integrity to federal policy making. According to the scientists, the Bush administration has, among other abuses, suppressed and distorted scientific analysis from federal agencies, and taken actions that have undermined the quality of scientific advisory panels." [Union of Concerned Scientists, 2/18/04]
22. The Environment
CANDIDATE BUSH SUPPORTS REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE.
"[If elected], Governor Bush will work to establish mandatory reduction targets for emissions of four main pollutants: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury and carbon dioxide." [Bush Environmental Plan, 9/29/00]
…2 ½ years later as president…
BUSH OPPOSES MANDATORY CAPS ON CARBON DIOXIDE.
"I do not believe, however, that the government should impose on power plants mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide, which is not a 'pollutant' under the Clean Air Act." [President Bush, Letter to Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), 3/13/03]
23. Tobacco Buyout
BUSH SUPPORTS CURRENT TOBACCO FARMERS' QUOTA SYSTEM.
"They've got the quota system in place, the allotment system, and I don't think that needs to be changed." [President Bush, 5/04]
…one month later…
BUSH ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS FEDERAL BUYOUT OF TOBACCO QUOTAS.
"The administration is open to a buyout." [White House spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo, 6/18/04]
24. Abortion
CITIZEN BUSH SUPPORTS A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
"Bush said he favors leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question." [The Nation, 6/15/00, quoting the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 5/78]
…more than 20 years later…
CANDIDATE BUSH OPPOSES A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
"I am pro-life." [Governor Bush, 10/3/00]
25. Campaign Finance
CANDIDATE BUSH OPPOSES MCCAIN-FEINGOLD.
"George W. Bush opposes McCain-Feingold...as an infringement on free _expression." [Washington Post, 3/28/2000]
…2 years later as president…
BUSH SIGNS MCCAIN-FEINGOLD INTO LAW.
"[T]his bill improves the current system of financing for Federal campaigns, and therefore I have signed it into law." [President Bush, at the McCain-Feingold signing ceremony, 03/27/02]
26. 527s
BUSH OPPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON 527s.
"I also have reservations about the constitutionality of the broad ban on issue advertising, which restrains the speech of a wide variety of groups on issues of public import." [President Bush, 3/27/02]
…2 years later…
BUSH SAYS 527s ARE BAD FOR THE SYSTEM.
"I don't think we ought to have 527s. I can't be more plain about it…I think they're bad for the system. That's why I signed the bill, McCain-Feingold." [President Bush, 8/23/04]
27. Free Trade
BUSH SUPPORTS FREE TRADE.
"I believe strongly that if we promote trade, and when we promote trade, it will help workers on both sides of this issue." [President Bush in Peru, 3/23/02]
…a year and a half later…
BUSH SUPPORTS RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE.
"In a decision largely driven by his political advisers, President Bush set aside his free-trade principles last year and imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel to help out struggling mills in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, two states crucial for his re-election.” (sic) [Washington Post, 9/19/03]
28. The Great Lakes
Bush wants to divert great lakes.
"Even though experts say 'diverting any water from the Great Lakes region sets a bad precedent,' Bush said he wants ‘to talk to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien about piping water to parched states in the west and southwest.” [AP, 7/19/01]
…3 years later…
Bush says he'll never divert Great Lakes.
"We've got to use our resources wisely, like water. It starts with keeping the Great Lakes water in the Great Lakes Basin...My position is clear: We're never going to allow diversion of Great Lakes water." [President Bush, 8/16/04]
29. Winning The War On Terror
Bush claims he can win the war on terror.
"One of the interesting things people ask me, now that we're asking questions, is, can you ever win the war on terror? Of course, you can." [President Bush, 4/13/04]
…just 4 months later…
Bush says war on terror is unwinnable.
"I don't think you can win [the war on terror]." [President Bush, 8/30/04]
…the very next day…
Bush says he will win the war on terror.
"Make no mistake about it, we are winning and we will win [the war on terror]." [President Bush, 8/31/04]
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And we get letters...
From: "John Grogan" mail4john@bellsouth.net
Subject: ATTN: Mr. John Aravosis
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004
Dear Mr. Aravosis,
I have little hope that this email will actually get to you directly but I felt compelled to try to communication with you.
Following a CNN report tonight, I ran across your "dear mary" website. First I want to thank you because just this type of activity continues to build the conservative gay political movement!
Mary Cheney has no responsibility to the gay community or anyone else, other than herself. Why an organization such as yours think you have are in some position to tell people how they should act is beyond my comprehension. This woman is a member of society that just happens to be gay. Yes her Father is Vice President but why does an organization like yours feel you have the right to tell her how to conduct her life?
One point that I believe is important to make is that it doesn't matter if the Republican administration likes me, as a gay man, or anyone else. That is just the point that liberals seem to miss! Republicans believe in a government OF the people, not for the people. I've never had anyone from the federal government show up at my door to ask me what I do in the privacy of my home. They don't care! Unlike the liberals who seek to control society, Republicans do not think the federal government has any business involved in the day to day life of citizens. Although the Democrats have spent years trying to create socialism in this country, it just isn't going to happen. The United States is a Republic with a capitalist economy - just that simple.
My partner and I have been together 10 years. We have jobs, a mortgage and the normal responsibilities that go with that. Although we've lived in the "heart of the south" all our lives, we've never had problems with others in regards to our relationship. Just the opposite. Most heterosexuals find us just normal everyday neighbors. The heterosexual community is never going to be FORCED to accept homosexuals as equal. That acceptance has to come from their observations of our community.
This latest media exploitation, "gay marriage" is absolutely a joke. First and foremost, the gay community better be ready for the expense and process of divorce if they want marriage. Hell, most of the homosexuals I know will have to keep a divorce lawyer on retainer. I would be willing to guess that there are many more long term heterosexual (not married) relationship, than homosexuals. Why not give them some type of marriage category. I honestly believe the entire gay marriage issue has been created in the media by the liberals as a way to polarize the gay community against the Republicans.
The gay community has spent years blindly following the liberals. What has it gotten us? Look at the Clinton administration. More gay military were discharged after "don't ask, don't tell" than any time in history. I spent 10 years in the military. I knew a great number of homosexuals. We were always discrete and I NEVER had any problems. But, our friend President Clinton, helped bring about the greatest witch-hunt of homosexuals in the history of the military.
Lob Cabin Republican and other conservative gay organizations are growing fast in size and political activism. I hope to see the day when crap like "dear mary" is the exception and not the rule. You only add fuel to those extremist organization that use people like you as an example of the normal gay person. Thank God you are not.
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Subject: ATTN: Mr. John Aravosis
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004
Dear Mr. Aravosis,
I have little hope that this email will actually get to you directly but I felt compelled to try to communication with you.
Following a CNN report tonight, I ran across your "dear mary" website. First I want to thank you because just this type of activity continues to build the conservative gay political movement!
Mary Cheney has no responsibility to the gay community or anyone else, other than herself. Why an organization such as yours think you have are in some position to tell people how they should act is beyond my comprehension. This woman is a member of society that just happens to be gay. Yes her Father is Vice President but why does an organization like yours feel you have the right to tell her how to conduct her life?
One point that I believe is important to make is that it doesn't matter if the Republican administration likes me, as a gay man, or anyone else. That is just the point that liberals seem to miss! Republicans believe in a government OF the people, not for the people. I've never had anyone from the federal government show up at my door to ask me what I do in the privacy of my home. They don't care! Unlike the liberals who seek to control society, Republicans do not think the federal government has any business involved in the day to day life of citizens. Although the Democrats have spent years trying to create socialism in this country, it just isn't going to happen. The United States is a Republic with a capitalist economy - just that simple.
My partner and I have been together 10 years. We have jobs, a mortgage and the normal responsibilities that go with that. Although we've lived in the "heart of the south" all our lives, we've never had problems with others in regards to our relationship. Just the opposite. Most heterosexuals find us just normal everyday neighbors. The heterosexual community is never going to be FORCED to accept homosexuals as equal. That acceptance has to come from their observations of our community.
This latest media exploitation, "gay marriage" is absolutely a joke. First and foremost, the gay community better be ready for the expense and process of divorce if they want marriage. Hell, most of the homosexuals I know will have to keep a divorce lawyer on retainer. I would be willing to guess that there are many more long term heterosexual (not married) relationship, than homosexuals. Why not give them some type of marriage category. I honestly believe the entire gay marriage issue has been created in the media by the liberals as a way to polarize the gay community against the Republicans.
The gay community has spent years blindly following the liberals. What has it gotten us? Look at the Clinton administration. More gay military were discharged after "don't ask, don't tell" than any time in history. I spent 10 years in the military. I knew a great number of homosexuals. We were always discrete and I NEVER had any problems. But, our friend President Clinton, helped bring about the greatest witch-hunt of homosexuals in the history of the military.
Lob Cabin Republican and other conservative gay organizations are growing fast in size and political activism. I hope to see the day when crap like "dear mary" is the exception and not the rule. You only add fuel to those extremist organization that use people like you as an example of the normal gay person. Thank God you are not.
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Is our children learning?
From Bush-Cheney '04, this guy is a MAJOR anti-gay activist (how odd, finding a bigot who can't write English correctly):
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Radical right leader's son is Bush-Cheney '04 youth director
From Bush-Cheney '04 Web site
Right, and they're trying to reach the moderates by using the son of Pat Robertson's lawyer to run their entire youth outreach. Jay Sekulow, you may recall, is the lawyer Pat Robertson has heading his American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Pat Robertson's answer to the ACLU. So not only do we have nepotism here, we have nepotism intended to suck up to one of the most radical anti-gay, anti-women, anti-everything leaders of the religious right.
And perhaps most importantly, this little twit will likely get a job in the next administration if Bush is re-elected. Yes, we will now have the children of the religious right (children of the corn?) pulling the strings in the bowels of the government. This is what you get when you elect people like Bush as president - all sorts of scary scary SCARY people working in all sorts of places you NEVER HEAR ABOUT but in jobs where they have a hell of an impact on your lives.
Just lovely. You can find Jay Sekulow's praise for Bush on the Bush-Cheney '04 Web site - it's on the page with all the other homophobes for Bush. Read the rest of this post...
Right, and they're trying to reach the moderates by using the son of Pat Robertson's lawyer to run their entire youth outreach. Jay Sekulow, you may recall, is the lawyer Pat Robertson has heading his American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Pat Robertson's answer to the ACLU. So not only do we have nepotism here, we have nepotism intended to suck up to one of the most radical anti-gay, anti-women, anti-everything leaders of the religious right.
And perhaps most importantly, this little twit will likely get a job in the next administration if Bush is re-elected. Yes, we will now have the children of the religious right (children of the corn?) pulling the strings in the bowels of the government. This is what you get when you elect people like Bush as president - all sorts of scary scary SCARY people working in all sorts of places you NEVER HEAR ABOUT but in jobs where they have a hell of an impact on your lives.
Just lovely. You can find Jay Sekulow's praise for Bush on the Bush-Cheney '04 Web site - it's on the page with all the other homophobes for Bush. Read the rest of this post...
The Andrew Sullivan quote you should send to EVERY GAY REPUBLICAN YOU KNOW
From AndrewSullivan.com:
The Republicans talk about family values; but they believe in disappearing their loved ones when politics demands it....Read the rest of this post...
I CANNOT SUPPORT HIM IN NOVEMBER: I will add one thing more. And that is the personal sadness I feel that this president who praises freedom wishes to take it away from a whole group of Americans who might otherwise support many parts of his agenda. To see the second family tableau with one family member missing because of her sexual orientation pains me to the core. And the president made it clear that discriminating against gay people, keeping them from full civic dignity and equality, is now a core value for him and his party. The opposite is a core value for me. Some things you can trade away. Some things you can compromise on. Some things you can give any politician a pass on. But there are other values - of basic human dignity and equality - that cannot be sacrificed without losing your integrity itself. That's why, despite my deep admiration for some of what this president has done to defeat terror, and my affection for him as a human being, I cannot support his candidacy. Not only would I be abandoning the small government conservatism I hold dear, and the hope of freedom at home as well as abroad, I would be betraying the people I love. And that I won't do.
Bush wants simpler tax code
Do we really want to trust these guys to make changes to the tax code? I'm not saying that it's perfect but these guys throw a monkey wrench into everything they touch. I wouldn't trust them to feed my cats or water my plants. Now when they talk about removing loopholes and deductions, does this mean that the house loan interest will be removed? How does that fit in with the ownership society?
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In arguing for a rewrite of tax laws, Bush said that they are "a complicated mess" and "full of special-interest loopholes."
Sen. John F. Kerry's campaign contends that because many such proposals do not tax investment income like interest, capital gains and dividends, such a move would have the effect of shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to the working class. "This is the ultimate embodiment of what they've done the last four years," said Jason Furman, Kerry's economic policy director.
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US General: Iraqi elections might be selective voters. Is that an example of freedom?
Selective elections, hmmm. I guess there's a reason why we prefer seperating the military from the government in the US. The issue in Iraq is that the US troops are unable to control certain regions such as Fallouja and provide security so voters in those troubled regions will either not take part or have to travel outside of their region to vote. I guess those voters will be on their own if they try leaving the area to vote but that will be there problem. That will surely go down well with those wanting to vote. With the election in the US approaching I hardly see Bush pressing for a more aggressive campaign in Iraq to eliminate hotspots such as Fallouja.
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Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Metz, operations chief of more than 150,000 mostly U.S. troops, said in an interview that the "cancer" of anti-American militancy in places such as Fallouja would not derail national elections.
Although bypassing some cities could allow officials to stick to their planned January timetable, doing so could detract from the election's credibility, foment discontent in Iraq and leave other countries reluctant to acknowledge any government chosen in the vote.
Ideally, experts say, voters should feel free from intimidation and candidates should be able to move freely — elusive goals in a country where assassinations, abductions and ambushes have become commonplace. No candidates have begun campaigning publicly, and there are few signs of electoral activity. No plan has been announced for voter registration or what documents will be needed.
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HOLY SHIT: The Pentagon is now trying to influence the US elections by smearing Kerry (in banana republics we call this a coup)
Ok folks, this is wrong in so many ways.
In a nutshell, the Pentagon is now spending taxpayer money to investigate John Kerry to see whether he was wrongly given his medals for his Vietnam service. Let's list the problems here.
1. When the Pentagon gets involved in a partisan manner in order to influence a US election that's called a coup d'etat. We don't do things like that in this country. At least not until today. This is horrifying.
2. It is very likely illegal for the Pentagon to spend taxpayer money for partisan political activities.
3. Where's the investigation of Bush's medals that are now being questioned? If all it takes is a letter, has someone copied Judicial Watch's letter about Kerry and sent one about Bush to the Pentagon?
This is beyond outrageous. THE FUCKING PENTAGON is getting involved in our election. People, I can't emphasize this nearly enough. The fucking US military is spending our money in order to influence our election. People ought to call their members of Congress FIRST THING TUESDAY MORNING (Monday is a holiday) and DEMAND an IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION of the Pentagon's actions, and if the Pentagon insists on continuing with its investigation, then they'd better immediately start investigating the president.
- Contact Congress here: 202-224-3121 (then ask for your rep)
- Or find your House member here to email them.
- Or find your Senator here. Read the rest of this post...
In a nutshell, the Pentagon is now spending taxpayer money to investigate John Kerry to see whether he was wrongly given his medals for his Vietnam service. Let's list the problems here.
1. When the Pentagon gets involved in a partisan manner in order to influence a US election that's called a coup d'etat. We don't do things like that in this country. At least not until today. This is horrifying.
2. It is very likely illegal for the Pentagon to spend taxpayer money for partisan political activities.
3. Where's the investigation of Bush's medals that are now being questioned? If all it takes is a letter, has someone copied Judicial Watch's letter about Kerry and sent one about Bush to the Pentagon?
This is beyond outrageous. THE FUCKING PENTAGON is getting involved in our election. People, I can't emphasize this nearly enough. The fucking US military is spending our money in order to influence our election. People ought to call their members of Congress FIRST THING TUESDAY MORNING (Monday is a holiday) and DEMAND an IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION of the Pentagon's actions, and if the Pentagon insists on continuing with its investigation, then they'd better immediately start investigating the president.
- Contact Congress here: 202-224-3121 (then ask for your rep)
- Or find your House member here to email them.
- Or find your Senator here. Read the rest of this post...
Does anyone know this guy?
He allegedly kicked an anti-Bush protester who was lying on the ground at the GOP Convention, and was caught on film doing it. I had the video up earlier on the blog, but there's now an all-out search for this guy's identity so that perhaps someone can press charges.
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