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Politics : John EDWARDS for President -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (332)	2/20/2004 8:59:16 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1381

FLA: (another must win state for Bush): White House snow job Palm Beach Post Editorial Friday, February 20, 2004 Here's the headline that terrifies the president: "Bush first since Herbert Hoover to end term with fewer jobs." President Bush fears it because: 1) Jobs are the No. 1 domestic election issue; 2) So far, that headline is becoming true. During his first three years in office, America has lost 2.3 million jobs. But on Feb. 10, the real headlines were much better for President Bush. "White House predicts 2.6 million new jobs in '04," said one. "2.6 million jobs on the way," said another. The universal reaction was: Great, if true. But the prediction, from the president's Council of Economic Advisers, was being chuckled at within hours, laughed at within days and, about a week later, reluctantly repudiated by President Bush himself after his Treasury secretary disavowed it. The prediction of 2.6 million new jobs assumed that 217,000 new jobs would be created each month. At latest count, however, the economy has lost jobs in 24 of 37 months under the Bush administration. In January, the economy gained 112,000 jobs. What happened? How was the Council of Economic Advisers so wrong? The 2.6 million figure gave the administration just enough cover to claim that President Bush wouldn't lose jobs. The problem, as with the president's budget, is that analysts looked into the assumptions and noticed that they were ludicrous. The deficit will be much higher than the president claims, the creation of new jobs much lower. The trial balloon flopped. This week's headline: "President backs off new jobs forecast." Goodbye, phony numbers. Hello, Herbert Hoover. palmbeachpost.com

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (332)	2/20/2004 10:04:00 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 1381

In case you don't get C-span, few excerpts from Edwards speech: --"When Geo Bush says the economy is good he means everything is fine on Wall St & with CEOs." --We need more small businesses...they don't take jobs offshore. --We need 10% tax credit for those companies that keep jobs here. --Need to crack down on credit card cos that are fleecing the American people. --Prescription drug "reform" bill...billions going to drug cos instead of to seniors. --We're going to restore the power of this democracy back to you. --Every child in America will be safer if this country is once again looked up to instead of hated. --I ran against the Helms political machine & beat them. --You want a Pres who will wake up every morning in the White House fighting for you because I've been there, I know your concerns. He's closing up because as he said "it's hot in here"...he looks a little tired...which is understandable. --"You deserve a Pres who actually believes in you." Young man in audience with hand-made sign that says "Edwards is the most electable." Interview with Press outside hall: --"We need to participate in negotiations with No Korea." --Tax incentives in particular for those communities where most jobs have been lost. --If we have a candidate at top of ticket who appeals to Dems, Repubs, & Independents, Nader vote will mean nothing...I think I'm that kind of candidate. --He's very cool under barrage of questions from press...some very pushy...but Edwards controlling them with southern charm. THE END-- he was spirited off to next rally.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (332)	2/21/2004 2:48:56 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1381

From Maine: Bush's Numbers Racket It's apparent that, in the space of ten days, the fear of being held accountable for those numbers put the White House in panic mode. More realistic estimates conflict dramatically with the report from the White House; according to a report on ABC News, a Blue Chip Survey of private economists predicts job growth at only 1 million - 1.6 million less than the White House. On a broader note, you'd think the Bush administration would stick with meaningless rhetoric and abandon specific numbers altogether; numbers have not been kind to these people. Consider the highly publicized issue of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. In their build-up to war, the administration was not shy about giving us numbers. According to Colin Powell, "Our conservative estimate is that Iraq today has a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical-weapons agent." To date, these numbers constitute a 100% error rate, but - as with the job growth numbers - are considered of no importance. Mr. Powell insists: "The bottom line is this. The president made the right decision." Consider the estimated cost of the Medicare prescription drug program. During the promotion of this bill (which, as written, is a windfall for drug manufacturers and private insurance companies), the president relied on a price tag prepared by the Congressional Budget Office - $395 billion, over ten years. Less than two months later - and after the bill was passed - the White House jacked up that estimate by more than a third, to $534 billion. Mr. Duffy, as with Mr. Powell, is kind enough to provide us with "the bottom line" again: "The bottom line is, President Bush made a commitment to ... a prescription drug benefit ... and he delivered." The self-serving nature of these errors leads to an obvious conclusion: Mr. Bush is either consistently incompetent, or consistently lying. The bottom line is, there's no reason both can't be true. magic-city-news.com