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

To: Neocon who wrote (602841)	8/12/2004 2:26:11 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Interesting. The content is mostly about how he was elected, and reelected. But, the little on his 'accomplishments' again proves my point: After winning their backing, he successfully pushed plans to cut welfare rosters, lower punitive damages in lawsuits, and return control of schools to local municipalities. Critics said he neglected environmental concerns, children’s health insurance, and rising poverty... Throughout Bush’s second term, his critics contended that his plans to spur private-sector solutions to society’s problems were destroying the safety net that the government provided for poor people in Texas. His critics also said that, under his watch, Texas continued to rank near the bottom of statistical evaluations of the environment, children’s health insurance, and childhood hunger. Bush’s supporters lauded his efforts to raise teacher salaries, and studies indicated that educational test scores had improved under his administration. Throughout his second term, Bush stressed that one of his primary goals was to ensure that every child in Texas would know how to read. Why the Texas Demos supported him, I have no idea. Maybe they were taken in by his glib style; maybe they saw him as benign. I was hopeful that, after the 2000 election, he WOULD be a 'uniter, not a divider'. Unfortunately, he has been almost the opposite. Maybe it is because of the power of guys like DeLay, or maybe Bush is just not strong enough to stand up to his own party.