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To: tejek who wrote (196401)	7/31/2004 4:21:29 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1580543

Bush Battles for Key States Despite Slower Growth Sat Jul 31, 2004 01:50 PM ET (Page 1 of 2) By Jeremy Pelofsky CANTON, Ohio (Reuters) - Despite slower-than-expected economic growth and a record budget deficit, President Bush on Saturday insisted that the nation's economic prospects were improving as he campaigned in two battleground states hit hard by job losses. Ohio, seen as a bellwether for the Nov. 2 election, has been battling to recover after losing more than 200,000 jobs since Bush took office and only adding about 30,000 in recent months. No Republican has been elected without winning the state. Winding through rain-soaked Ohio, which he narrowly won in 2000, Bush said the U.S. economy was "strong and getting stronger" but he acknowledged that the state was not performing as well as the rest of the country. "It lags in places like eastern Ohio, I know that," Bush told cheering supporters in a Canton civic center while protestors denounced him as a "Liar!" outside. "We must have a president who understands that in order to keep jobs at home, America must be the best place to do business." Bush touted his administration's effort to get China to level the playing field by bolstering its currency, a step that could reduce the number jobs moving overseas. "We understand what currency valuations can do to manufacturing" particularly in Ohio, he said. "Just give us a chance to compete is all we're asking." His opponents, Democratic Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards, have criticized him for not taking steps to protect American jobs from going overseas and failing to adopt policies that would create better paying jobs. "It seems he's finally said something that's dead right -- 'results matter', and the results of his presidency have been devastating for the American people," Kerry spokesman David Wade said referring to job losses, higher health costs and a record deficit. Before the rally, Bush met with 10 steelworkers from Timken Co., the world's largest maker of steel tubing and roller bearings, which in May said it would close three plants in Canton, affecting 1,300 employees. "They're concerned, I am too," he said. Bush had pushed for his tax cut package as a way to boost job growth at one of the company's facilities about 15 months ago. Continued ... reuters.com

To: tejek who wrote (196401)	7/31/2004 5:49:54 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580543

Ted, Why don't you let go of your anger and really hear what he is saying? I shared my life's experiences because I wanted you and others to see where I'm coming from and why I think the way I do. To have that thrown back at me as "fulfilling a Korean stereotype" and "proof that I'm unworthy to be an American" is quite offensive to say the least. And I haven't even shared everything because (a) I don't want it to be any more personal than it has to be, and (b) I think I shared enough for people to give me the benefit of the doubt. Like I said, I consider myself quite frugal and generous, but these days I've held off on my charitable donations in order to focus on my wife and our family's future. Hopefully later on we can resume being generous and charitable to society. In any case, I've done enough to try and hear what the other side is saying. I even give you the benefit of the doubt more often than not, even though there are a lot of "Yahooligans" who don't. But I've had enough of hypocrites who won't show me even a fraction of that benefit just because they somehow can't tolerate what I say. This coming from those who pride themselves on being tolerant. Uh huh. Tenchusatsu