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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (553734)	3/19/2004 2:48:29 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

John Kerry, the Democratic rival to President Bush, issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. "Today marks the one year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. It is an important day to recognize the courage and enormous skill of the United States military. Our men and women in uniform are the best and the brightest the nation has to offer, and their efforts to defend Democracy should be honored each and every day. We also must remember those that have given their lives in the fight for freedom. "Before the war started, I repeatedly called on the President to build a genuine coalition to reduce the military and financial burden on the United States, to go to war only as a last resort, and to have a plan to win the peace. I voted to give him the authority to go to war only when he promised me and other members in Congress that he would do these things. He broke those promises. "He misled the American people in his own State of the Union Address about Saddam's nuclear program and WMD's, and refused - and continues to refuse - to level with the American people about the cost of the war. Simply put, this President didn't tell the truth about the war for the beginning. And our country is paying the price. "It's time for George Bush to start being consistent on Iraq. It's time for him to finally find the right policy for Iraq. It's time to take the target's off the backs of U.S. soldiers, reduce the burden on America's taxpayers, and finish the job in Iraq."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (553734)	3/19/2004 2:59:55 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Clinton/Rubin were not far behind-but they had a higher base to screw up, thanks to RONALDVS MAGNVS...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (553734)	3/20/2004 1:44:25 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Respond to of 769670

The stock market data doesn't indicate that is true. Hoover's agreement to protectionist policies (Smoot-Hawley tariff increases of 1930, which is eerily similar to what the "outsourcing" critics advocate today) is a more likely suspect. When Hoover signed that bill into law in June 1930, the stock market had actually recovered quite a bit of its loss from 1929, and business conditions were improving. After June 1930, the stock market decline accelerated sharply and continued unabated for 2 more years. 1929 Dow Jones: theoptiontrader.com 1930 Dow Jones: theoptiontrader.com