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

To: Rarebird who wrote (522411)	1/11/2004 10:14:42 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769670

Do you feel somewhat relieved that hundreds of assembly line bomber vests were discovered in IRAQ? Possibly you aren't in Israel at all.

To: Rarebird who wrote (522411)	1/11/2004 10:27:12 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 769670

You forgot to mention the aluminum tubes thing, an issue that Bush was so fond of referring during his many pro-war rally speeches. Of course, Bush had to mention this because it was almost always on his teleprompter. Indeed, the only lie he didn't have to read from his teleprompter was when he'd so angrily denounce, "Saddam kicked out the weapons inspectors!" Of course, even the GOPwingers today know--but still won't accept--the fact that it was Clinton who pulled the weapons inspectors out of Iraq, that Saddam didn't "kick" them out. I think were one to do a comparative of Bush's poll ratings in support of the war, that new lies were found and delivered each and every time the war poll ratings began sliding into disapproval.

To: Rarebird who wrote (522411)	1/11/2004 3:59:19 PM
From: jmhollen	Respond to of 769670

It's a shame you chickened out, and failed to show up at the Jame Fonda rally at Kent State..... Vote for Wes Clarke, he sounds like your kinda guy. :-0 .

To: Rarebird who wrote (522411)	1/11/2004 4:01:02 PM
From: jmhollen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

October 19, 2003 More Bad News for Democrat Candidates Even the NY Times can no longer pretend the economy is tanking: After a recession, a long period of sluggishness and growing concern about swelling budget and trade deficits, the economy is now getting back into high gear, a little more than a year before Election Day. Just last week, consumer confidence ticked up, new claims for unemployment insurance edged down, housing construction surged and industrial production increased. Stock prices hovered near 16-month highs. Analysts increased their estimates of economic growth over the summer and for the last three months of the year. Although that doesn't mean that the NY Times has given up yet, as the title of the story indicates ("A Bright Economy? Only the Voters Know for Sure"): Statistics are one thing; voter perception is another. That perception is shaped more than anything by jobs, or the lack thereof. Defying traditional patterns, this recovery has yet to generate sustained improvement in employment, after two and a half years of steady losses — 2.8 million jobs, as the Democrats point out at every opportunity, the worst record since Herbert Hoover. Among members of both parties, there is a strong sense that Mr. Bush's political fortunes could turn largely on whether the labor market finally begins showing marked gains over the next nine to 12 months, a question on which economists remain divided. Bring out the Krugman/Dowd pessimism brigade, we got some distorting to do. Ignore all positive signs, focus on jobs. Filed under Domestic Affairs by John Cole at 05:44 PM [ TrackBack ]