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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (11256)	4/1/2004 10:26:43 AM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Bush = Failure + Excuses. Bush lied, good men died. Sad. 600 good men have died (and thousands wounded) for Bush's lies. Bush is the worst President in history. There are 2.9 million fewer jobs since Bush took office. The National debt has increased $671 Billion over the last 12 months alone. Why is all of this important? Because no matter what you post about Kerry, he looks GREAT compared to Bush!

To: JakeStraw who wrote (11256)	4/1/2004 10:51:27 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Right after September 11 Bush urged America to go about its business as usual and to "take trips" and "buy stocks." Those were his words. I was puzzled by this strange advice. Shortly thereafter the American stock market tumbled as Enron, Arthur Anderson, WorldCom, Global Crossing etc., etc., disintegrated. Now George Bush has a masters degree in accounting. What am I to make of someone, a specialist in the field of finances, advising on the value of stock purchases, only to see the stock market evaporate within weeks of his advice. When asked about the market dive and Enron, Bush countered, "I too have been affected by the stock market plunge because my mother-in-law lost money." What? What does this detrimental advice by Bush say about his intelligence? counterpunch.org Bush relative lost money in Enron collapse Staff and agencies Wednesday January 23, 2002 President George Bush has expressed outrage over the Enron scandal as Congress prepares to question key figures on the destruction of thousands of documents. Seeking to distance himself from the company that contributed generously to his political campaigns, Mr Bush said he was "outraged" that employees did not know all the facts about Enron. The president disclosed that his mother-in-law, Jenna Welch, lost $8,100 (£5,700) after a financial meltdown forced the energy company into the biggest bankruptcy case in US history. "Employees didn't know all the facts about Enron. My own mother-in-law bought stock last summer and it's not worth anything now," Mr Bush said. "A lot of the stockholders didn't know all of the facts. And that's wrong." www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,11337,638115,00.html - 33k