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To: Dale Baker who wrote (12248)	2/16/2006 9:45:13 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541759

Let's be balanced about it... I agree, let's be balanced about it. PRO Tax cuts spur economy No terror attacks since 9/11 CON No real growth in wages Presided over 9/11 attacks after ignoring Clinton warning that bin Laden was Job #1 Did not convene Security Council at all in 2001 Ignored Bin Laden Determined To Attack in US briefing; in fact went on 30 day vacation following this briefing Unprovoked invasion of unaffiliated country Torture Abu Ghraib Rendition Suspend habeus corpus (Padilla) Secret prisons Cherry picking pre-war intel Built intel around policy Medicare bill is sop to Big Pharma Energy bill is sop to Big Oil Secret energy council to ostensibly carve up world's oil supply between Big Oil Out undercover CIA agent for political gain Unclassify classified intel for political gain $8B unaccounted for Political patronage appointments in key security positions Inadequate armor for infantry No post-war planning Allowed sacking of Baghdad, other than Oil Ministry Created Iraqi National Congress as propaganda outlet Close Call No Child Left Behind; not a bad bill, but unfunded I try to be as fair-minded and impartial as possible, but this is how I see the results of five years of Bush rule. If anyone else can do better, I welcome the input.