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

To: puborectalis who wrote (606732)	8/20/2004 11:49:32 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Respond to of 769670

Even were this true, it doesn't mean Bush is a fake. It just means he drank a lot about a gazillion years ago. Now John Kerry was a fake a gazillion years ago ("Christmas in Cambodia") and today ("I don't have an SUV. the family has it.")

To: puborectalis who wrote (606732)	8/20/2004 11:49:54 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I dont have to look anything up. In Bush's case we got his experience as Govenor and 4 years as President in one of our more difficult times. For me he has done well, thats why I support him. He has a RECORD, Kerry has one too but has chosen to be silent about it, ever wonder WHY? jdn

To: puborectalis who wrote (606732)	8/20/2004 11:50:06 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Even assuming you got the story of his college years straight ( a big assumption), how would that make him a fake? Did he pretend to being scholarly? I think not......

To: puborectalis who wrote (606732)	8/20/2004 11:51:05 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Respond to of 769670

US WON'T SWEAR OFF NATION BUILDING AS CHAOS ENGULFS HAITI, IRAQ, CALIFORNIA 03/04/04 WASHINGTON, DC American Secretary of State Colin Powell suggested today that the world's lone superpower should no longer engage in nation building in the wake of recent debacles in Haiti, Iraq, and California, belatedly echoing both liberal critics and conservative stalwarts Patrick J. Buchanan and William F. Buckley. Not for the first time, Powell's statement of limited American power flies in the face of President George Bush's policies and rhetoric. In a recent campaign ad, Bush proclaims, "I know exactly what to do to bring freedom and democracy to the rest of the world," knowledge he's apparently waiting for his second term to implement. (RealStory @ sydneymorningherald.com) But with escalating violence in Iraq pointing towards a bloody civil war, and with Haiti sinking into anarchy, many question the American government's ability to impose stability, much less democracy or freedom, outside its borders. Or within. The most telling failure of American nation building may be the state of California, where murder and other crimes are rampant, high-speed police chases are treated as entertainment, state coffers have fallen forty billion dollars in debt, the film and broadcast industries spew indecency and decadence, and Richard Gere is still allowed to purchase small rodents. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who apparently has his eyes set on the White House, scoffed at the suggestion that his state is in any way comparable to Iraq or Haiti. "For one ting, deir chaos iss imposed from on high by dictators," Schwarzenegger noted, "while Caleefohnia's chaos comes directly from da people, ass it should." "Also, deir violence iss brutal and primitive," the action star added. "Caleefohnia's violence iss stylish and dynamic and ultramodern. And fun! Jusst like in da movies!" President Bush is reportedly seeking an earthy, masculine executive with experience using futuristic weapons of mass destruction to impose order in Iraq and Haiti, preferably someone who can also pull off wearing military garb, like a flight suit. Asked if he's concerned that America's military might and moral authority may be overextended under his leadership, and whether he fears a backlash against what many perceive as US imperialism, Mr. Bush smiled simply and answered the question with a question: "What. Me, worry?" ©2004 RealStupidNews.com