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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (9140)	1/20/2004 12:50:07 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10965

Very-very smart decision by Iowans, and I predict Kerry will also come from behind to either win or tie in New Hampshire. Either way that may ironically put an end to the Dean campaign. Lieberman will fall out making this a three man race. I think John Kerry has just proven what I have been saying all along. Also, a Kerry-Clark or Kerry-Edwards team can and would beat Bush IMHO. DEan deserves credit for one thing, getting the people pumped up and angry. But now we need a mature experienced candidate. DEan's tirade last night was embarrassing. I believe he's lost it.

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (9140)	1/20/2004 1:06:16 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 10965

Kerry has already caught Clark in NH and DEan falling more. From today's Boston Globe even BEFORE the results were in: With just one week left until the critical New Hampshire test, Kerry must now translate his success here into meaningful gains in a state where Democrats have generally been more opposed to the war in Iraq. A new Boston Globe/WBZ tracking poll showed that Kerry's surge in Iowa appeared to be capturing the attention of voters in the Granite State. Kerry moved up 6 percentage points to 20 percentage points yesterday, while Dean continued to slip, down to 28 percent, and retired General Wesley K. Clark was down slightly to 21 percent. The survey of 400 likely Democratic primary voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. Probably by now Kerry 30%, Dean 24% and Clark 20% with Edwards coming up with 15% or so and Lieberman dropping down to single digits.

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (9140)	1/20/2004 1:57:54 PM
From: MrLucky	Respond to of 10965

You won't hear any workable or common sense solutions from the democrats. But you will hear an extended list of "ain't it awfuls".

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (9140)	1/20/2004 9:33:33 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 10965

Bush lied about WMDs and an 'imminent threat' that was driving us to go into Iraq...He took our country into an elective war and we have wasted over $100 Billion and more than 500 soldiers have died...IMO, he never made a strong and honest case for war - he also never convinced most of our allies to work with us to solve international problems...Bush has failed this country in so many ways...His environmental record is one of the worst in decades. I would trust GW Bush about as much as I would trust his good friend Kenny Boy Lay. It's time for regime change in Washington. This county deserves a higher standard of leadership. -s2@ClarkOrKerryWillTakeOutBushIn2004.com

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (9140)	1/20/2004 9:43:04 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 10965

BUSHES' AMERICAN NIGHTMARE "The Insider" mailing list article, 20 January 2004. theinsider.org State of the nation - highlights from Bush's presidential career: 501: Number of American servicemen to die in Iraq from the beginning of the war - so far 9.2: Average number of American soldiers wounded in Iraq each day since the invasion in March last year 29,000: Number of American troops - which is close to the total of a whole army division - to have either been killed, wounded, injured or become so ill as to require evacuation from Iraq, according to the Pentagon 0: Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender to the Allies in May 1945 100: Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2003 0: Number of funerals or memorials that President Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq 0: Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home from Iraq that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed 10 million: Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, setting an all-time record for simultaneous protest 16,000: Approximate number of Iraqis killed since the start of war 10,000: Approximate number of Iraqi civilians killed since the beginning of the conflict 80%: Percentage of the Iraqi workforce now unemployed $100 billion: Estimated cost of the war in Iraq to American citizens by the end of 2003 36%: Increase in the number of desertions from the US army since 1999 92%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that had access to drinkable water a year ago 60%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that have access to drinkable water today 45%: Percentage of Americans who believed in early March 2003 that Saddam Hussein was involved in the 11 September attacks on the US 1983: The year in which Donald Rumsfeld gave Saddam Hussein a pair of golden spurs $127 billion: Amount of US budget surplus in the year that Bush became President in 2001 $374 billion: Amount of US budget deficit in the fiscal year for 2003 1st: This year's deficit is on course to be the biggest in United States history $1.58 billion: Average amount by which the US national debt increases each day $23,920: Amount of each US citizen's share of the national debt as of 19 January 2004 1st: The record for the most bankruptcies filed in a single year (1.57 million) was set in 2002 1st: Rank of the US worldwide in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per capita 10: Number of solo press conferences that Bush has held since beginning his term. His father had managed 61 at this point in his administration, and Bill Clinton 33 $113 million: Total sum raised by the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, setting a record in American electoral history $200m: Amount that the Bush-Cheney campaign is expected to raise in 2004 $40m: Amount that Howard Dean, the top fund-raiser among the nine Democratic presidential hopefuls, amassed in 2003 88%: Percentage of American citizens who will save less than $100 on their 2006 federal taxes as a result of 2003 cut in capital gains and dividends taxes $42,000: Average savings members of Bush's cabinet are expected to enjoy this year as a result in the cuts in capital gains and dividends taxes $116,000: Amount Vice-President Cheney is expected to save each year in taxes 9: Number of members of Bush's defence policy board who also sit on the corporate board of, or advise, at least one defence contractor $10.9 million: Average wealth of the members of Bush's original 16-person cabinet $300 million: Amount cut from the federal programme that provides subsidies to poor families so they can heat their homes 2.4 million: Number of Americans who have lost their jobs during the three years of the Bush administration 1,000: Number of new jobs created in the entire country in December. Analysts had expected a gain of 130,000 +6%: Percentage change since 2001 in the number of US families in poverty 28: Number of days holiday that Bush took last August, the second longest holiday of any president in US history (Record holder: Richard Nixon) 13: Number of vacation days the average American worker receives each year 1st: This administration is on its way to becoming the first since 1929 (Herbert Hoover) to preside over an overall loss of jobs during its complete term in office 9 million: Number of US workers unemployed in September 2003 43.6 million: Number of Americans without health insurance in 2002 $1 billion: Amount of new US military aid promised Israel in April 2003 to offset the "burdens" of the US war on Iraq 58 million: Number of acres of public lands Bush has opened to road building, logging and drilling 200: Number of public-health and environmental laws Bush has attempted to downgrade or weaken 3: Number of children convicted of capital offences executed in the US in 2002. America is only country that officially allows the execution of children 1st: First president to execute a federal prisoner in the past 40 years. Executions are typically ordered by separate states and not at federal level 1st: As Governor of Texas, George Bush executed more prisoners (152) than any governor in modern US history 1st: George W Bush became the first American president to ignore the Geneva Conventions by refusing to allow inspectors access to US-held prisoners of war 700: Number of Muslims from around the world the US has incarcerated in the concentration camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 40%: Percentage of the world's military spending for which the US is responsible 35: Number of countries to which US has suspended military assistance after they failed to sign agreements giving Americans immunity from prosecution before the International Criminal Court 130: Number of countries (out of total of 191 recognised by the United Nations) with an American military presence 54%: Percentage of US citizens who believe Bush was legitimately elected to his post 44%: Percentage of Americans who believe the President's economic growth plan will mostly benefit the wealthy 90%: Percentage of American citizens who said they approved of the way George Bush was handling his job as president when asked on 26 September, 2001 53%: Percentage of American citizens who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president when asked on 16 January, 2004 SOURCE: The Independent, "George W Bush and the real state of the Union", front-page, 20 January 2004. [ news.independent.co.uk ]