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To: MAKnight
"And at the end of it all, what does your administration have to show for it?"

Most state governorships, most state legislatures, most registered voters, control of the House, control of the Senate, a new Supreme Court makeup, control of the Presidency for 8+ years, a decline in liberal newspaper circulation, and the following:

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 48 months

 


President Bush signing a federal ban on Partial Birth Abortion

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy

Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America


First Missile is Installed For NMD on July 23, 2004

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses


Built ten ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

Killed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty so that the U.S. can once again test our nuclear weapons

The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act (less romantically known as H.R. 5382) ultimately allows average Americans to hitch a ride on a civilian space craft at their own risk. The federal ban on such citizen travel was repealed by HR 5382 in 2004. The President signed that bill into law two days before Christmas.

President Bush pledged to Israel on 4/14/2004 that it could keep parts of the West Bank, giving international legitimacy to Jewish settlements there

Denied Palestinian refugees any right of return to what is now Israel, saying they should be resettled in a future Palestinian state instead

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Pushed through THREE raises for our military

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years

President Bush's Grand Strategy (click here)

President Bush's Environmental Record - 2004 (click here)

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right


Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Signed the 2004 Omnibus Budget 1/26/2004 that now MANDATES that gun buyers' background check information be fully and permanently destroyed within 24 hours of the completion of the check, no matter what.

Repealed Gun Controls Against Active, Retired, and Off-Duty Law Enforcement Personnel Carrying Weapons Into Local and State Prohibited Zones (7/28/2004)

Enacted powerful tort reform legislation that moves many class action lawsuits from state to federal courts. Requires federal courts to hear cases where the amount of the dispute is more than $5 million, and when the defendant and any of the plaintiffs live in different states.


Disarmed Libya of its Chemical, Nuclear, and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed

Won an agreement that U.S. Navy sailors may now freely board thousands of commercial ships in international waters to search for weapons of mass destruction under a landmark pact between the United States and Liberia, the world's No. 2 shipping registry (signed Feb 11, 2004), and Panama 5/10/2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/international/americas/11ship.html).

Approves The First U.S. Counter-Intel Plan

Successfully executed 2 wars and rebuilt 2 nations: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50+ million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom...epitomized by their own free and democratic elections.

Provided Billions in aid, machines, and manpower to tsunami victims.

 

Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)

Bush Administration diplomacy led to the 5/25/2004 peace accord that ended a massive 20-year civil war between Sudan's Islamic north and Christian south after two million deaths Click Here

  Delivered vital emergency aid to millions of survivors on multiple continents (e.g. Africa, SE Asia) of a devastating Tsunami caused by a 9.1 earthquake near Sumatra.

Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.
Created NATO's Rapid Response Force

Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar-value tax cut in world history

Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people

Eliminated the Estate Tax (AKA "Death Tax") that was taking small farms and businesses from families


Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims


Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.


President Bush opened up an additional part of Alaska for domestic oil drilling. In 2004, the National Petroleum Reserve, an area west of the existing Prudhoe Bay field, was approved for new energy exploration and production.

Increased U.S. Oil Drilling Permits 70% Above Clinton-era

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.
New Forest Rules Gives States Power Over Federal Forests Inside Their Borders
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.


U.S. Forces In Baghdad


2nd Term Supplimental (incomplete)


Broke the Chinese Yuan to Dollar currency peg

CAFTA - President Bush signing CAFTA

Bolton to the UN

Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the second group of eight ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a land-based defense (in addition to our sea-based SM-3 and AEGIS systems) of 18 ABM's against North Korean nukes (note: China itself currently only has 24 -out of several hundred- nuclear ICBM's capable of reaching the U.S.)

Energy Bill (new tax cuts...after 5 years of opposition)

Immunity For Gun Manufacturers From Crime-Related Lawsuits

5% unemployment
3.4% annual (after inflation, 5.5% actual) reported GDP Growth

Syrian Troops forced to withdraw from Lebanon

Russians Troops Peacefully Withdraw From Georgia

Brought North Korea to the Negotiating Table and won their agreement to dismantle their Nuclear Weapons Program

Chief Justice John Roberts

Dramatically improved U.S.-India relations via a breakthrough nuclear agreement

Signed Bankruptcy Reform Into Law

Waived Make-Work Enviro Studies For New Oil Drilling

Full Immunity From Frivolous Lawsuits For Our Domestic Gun Industry
Click Here

Fed Chairman Bernanke

4 posted on 11/09/2005 2:15:22 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack

Sweeeeeet!


7 posted on 11/09/2005 2:18:09 PM PST by RedCell
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To: Southack
But, But, I DIDN'T GET WHAT I WANT!!!

Free Ice Cream with every tax form turned in before 15 April.
8 posted on 11/09/2005 2:18:23 PM PST by msnimje ("People for the American Way have issued a Fatwah against Alito" --- John Cornyn)
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To: Southack

Don't let facts get in the way of an emotional rant.


9 posted on 11/09/2005 2:18:39 PM PST by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: Southack

Cool!!


10 posted on 11/09/2005 2:19:35 PM PST by Eagles Talon IV (Still waiting for the)
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To: Southack

good stuff man =)


14 posted on 11/09/2005 2:21:32 PM PST by Cinnamon
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To: Southack
Yeah, sure he did all that, but what about ________________.

Fill in the blank for the pet peeve of your choice.

Great post.

21 posted on 11/09/2005 2:22:20 PM PST by 11Bush
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To: Southack

Thank you for that list. I will bookmark that.


23 posted on 11/09/2005 2:22:51 PM PST by JFC (W, I am with YA)
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To: Southack

You need to update that list with one of these :)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518385/posts
Iraqi's Thank America (Wow, this is moving!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1518791/posts
KURDS SAY THANK YOU--AWESOME AD ON FOXNEWS!!!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1518877/posts
Iraqi Kurds thank the United States for liberation in New T.V ads (From MoveAmericaForward)


26 posted on 11/09/2005 2:24:30 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Southack

Great Post, Southack!!!!

Facts versus my-way-or-the-highway.

I'm leaving this post before the rest of 'true conservatives' start their schtick/baiting.

Your sane, reasoned post has been copied and saved elsewhere (with proper credit given) so I don't have to return to this thread.


31 posted on 11/09/2005 2:26:22 PM PST by Kitten1 (12/23/1898; 12/25/1901; 3/6/36; 6/25/39; 9/11/55; -- Your sacrifice is not forgotten.)
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To: Southack

Thank you, thank you.

Actions speak louder than words.


34 posted on 11/09/2005 2:27:21 PM PST by Jedidah
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To: Southack
That is a mighty fine list of accomplishments but I think the point of the letter was to quit taking $hit from the Dems. I actually agree with the point of the letter, it may be harsh, but sometimes you need to be blunt (he's a Texan, he can handle it).

As for your list, I wish we could add "closing the southern border, and deporting illegal aliens". That would make me happy, that and terrorist heads on stakes on the south lawn of the White House.
36 posted on 11/09/2005 2:28:10 PM PST by A Texan (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Southack

Yeah, but he ain't got his flying car, and cheese is still very expensive.


56 posted on 11/09/2005 2:40:12 PM PST by r9etb
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To: Southack

You need to work in the WH PR office.

You did a far better job of highlighting Bush's success than any of his minions to date!

Congrats and hope your job offer comes soon!


63 posted on 11/09/2005 2:44:33 PM PST by Prost1 (If the dems want to unite the country then they should join in our federal democracy.)
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To: Southack

That was a lot. I hope I can ping this for later.

Bush Accomplishments ping


67 posted on 11/09/2005 2:47:49 PM PST by Sensei Ern (Now, IB4Z! http://trss.blogspot.com/)
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To: Southack
Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed.

No bloodshed, no bribes. He just paid room & board for the crew and had to chop the plane up and take it out on a ship.

The other stuff is what the Dems would have done.What is the point of voting for the Rs?

71 posted on 11/09/2005 2:49:48 PM PST by carenot (Proud member of The Flying Skillet Brigade)
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To: Southack

Wow


72 posted on 11/09/2005 2:50:00 PM PST by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: Southack

And after all that, to not fight back? To allow the possibility of Hitlery as our next president, by not fighting back.
Sorry. You make excellent points of progress. But he needs to fight back, not that I'm saying you're not imploring the fight.


73 posted on 11/09/2005 2:50:49 PM PST by CommieCutter
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To: Southack

Thanks for the post. It's hard to remember the good stuff when the bad is so glaringly bad.


74 posted on 11/09/2005 2:51:01 PM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Southack

Nice compilation. Very heartening-even I was starting to go a little wobbly.


84 posted on 11/09/2005 2:57:31 PM PST by MattinNJ (Allen/Pawlenty in 08-play the map.)
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To: Southack
Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Has the ban been upheld?

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Neither of those had a prayer of passing the Senate. Maybe you should do some fact checking before posting such a barrage of pap designed to appeal more to emotion than to thought.

97 posted on 11/09/2005 3:07:09 PM PST by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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