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Politics : Vote Bush out - here are the reasons why -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kvkkc1 who wrote (80)	8/1/2004 12:04:00 PM
From: zonkie	Respond to of 383

The terrorists were in Afghanistan. Junior pulled troops and equipment out of there to fight his war for oil, big companies and Israel in Iraq. Iraq was always more important to junior than the war against terror, before and after 9-11. How well do you think the war against terrorists would be going now if junior had fought the right war, if he had 100,000 troops in Afghanistan instead of less than 20,000? He shot his wad in Iraq. Not that he ever had much of a wad to shoot.

To: kvkkc1 who wrote (80)	8/2/2004 2:58:46 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 383

We finally have the upper hand on fighting terror. Say what? With the terror alert in effect and the Govt. has no clue what, when and where the attack is likely to happen on their own soil?

To: kvkkc1 who wrote (80)	8/3/2004 9:19:27 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 383

Is this what Bushies call economic recovery? To change the economy, we need to change our President. Reuters CORRECTED: Consumer Spending Dives Tuesday August 3, 8:44 am ET (Corrects figure in sixth paragraph) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending took a much deeper dive than expected in June as shoppers cut back on purchases of expensive items like autos amid slowing income growth, a government report showed on Tuesday. Personal spending dropped 0.7 percent in June after climbing 1 percent in May, the Commerce Department said. Adjusted for inflation, spending plunged 0.9 percent. Incomes rose a tepid 0.2 percent, a slowdown from May's 0.6 percent gain. Wall Street economists had forecast a 0.1 percent drop in spending with income up 0.2 percent, and many have expressed confidence the soft spot for spending has already been left behind. Coupled with inflation and taxes, the meager income gain in June left consumers no better off than they had been a month earlier. The department said disposable income rose 0.2 percent, but was unchanged when inflation was taken into account. Wages were unchanged, the weakest reading since December. In figures released on Friday that incorporated Tuesday's data, the department had said consumer spending advanced at a 1 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the slowest pace since the 2001 recession. Economists said the spending slowdown, which put the brakes on overall economic growth, largely reflected weak auto sales. Economists think auto sales rebounded smartly last month. U.S. automakers are set to report on July sales later on Tuesday, which could provide a clearer picture of the degree to which consumer spending has snapped back. The report showed inflation moderated in June, with the price index for consumer purchases up just 0.2 percent after a 0.4 percent increase in May. Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy costs, rose a scant 0.1 percent for the second month in a row. Federal Reserve officials are set to meet next Tuesday and are widely expected to raise overnight interest rates by a quarter-percentage point to 1.5 percent, the second step in a rate-rise campaign they kicked off a little over a month ago. Officials have said the campaign should be able to move forward at a "measured" pace -- language markets generally view as signaling a steady diet of quarter-point moves -- as long as inflationary pressures are subdued. biz.yahoo.com

To: kvkkc1 who wrote (80)	8/5/2004 10:29:52 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 383

Bush and his people is not willing to talk about his record. he does not feel for the pain of the jobless factory worker in Ohio, or the jobless mill worker in South Carolina. And a candidate for President, John Kerry who is going to restore their family life with good jobs for them is someone Bush is attacking with lies and innuendoes. He needs to get booted for his destructive behavior. Here is an instance of his false advertising: Message 20380458