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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (508980)	12/13/2003 7:13:38 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

well, this is a far right wing site, so what can I say? I don't agree with much on here. But these statistics speak for themselves. Contrary to common lore, FDR was not the "great socialist" many would have you believe. As this chart shows in a striking fashion, FDR practically eliminated social spending during the war. This enormous drop shows 1940 at 43.70% all the way down to 2.00% in 1945. Ronald Reagan was the only other president that cut social spending to any meaningful degree. Jimmy Carter's term showed a small drop, but Jimmy Carter also trashed the military during his term. In contrast, even though we are now in a more dangerous situation than during WW II with terrorist nations possessing nukes, George Bush is taking social spending to uncharted heights. Not shown here is global welfare (HR is domestic) and George Bush is the greatest global welfare spender in the history of mankind. sentryoveramerica.com

To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (508980)	12/13/2003 11:05:43 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

A new ad for Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) touts the Democratic presidential candidate's work against Bush's Medicare legislation. "There's a special interest feeding frenzy going on in Washington: a $139 billion giveaway to drug companies," it begins, showing images of pill bottles. "John Kerry led in the fight against it." Discreetly omitted from the spot is the fact that Kerry missed the final vote on the legislation because he was campaigning. In other Kerry news, ABC News's Web site reports that potential first lady Teresa Heinz Kerry would not divulge what she was planning to give the candidate for his 60th birthday. Her only hint: "It's something he wants but doesn't know he's going to get." "The White House?" one reporter guessed.