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1 posted on 12/10/2003 11:33:12 AM PST by Stew Padasso
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GOP values? Good one. LOL

Richard W.

2 posted on 12/10/2003 11:35:10 AM PST by arete (Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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Has Bush betrayed GOP values?

No, he seems to be sticking with the values of todays GOP....record pork barrel spending, suppression of free speech before elections, bigger, more intrusive government....

3 posted on 12/10/2003 11:35:51 AM PST by Orangedog (difference between a hamster & a gerbil?..there's more dark-meat on a hamster!)
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Has Bush betrayed GOP values?

yes he has, we cannot wait for next november so as to vote for the Dean\Hitlery ticket to save us

5 posted on 12/10/2003 11:37:07 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo
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Now we know what it is like to be a black Democrat
6 posted on 12/10/2003 11:38:40 AM PST by thoughtomator (The U.N. is a terrorist organization)
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I am hoping that Bush's "less than conservative" policies are a result of his very narrow victory to the White House. In his efforts to keep republicans in power for at least eight years, he has reached so far across the aisle that he is indistinguishable from a moderate democrat.

A good portion of the deficit spending can be attributed to losses suffered throughout the business community after 9-11, and the resulting war on terror.

The medicare, however, is a farce, as is the excessive pork spending that he refuses to veto.

9 posted on 12/10/2003 11:43:02 AM PST by bjcintennessee (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff)
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Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 34 months

 

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

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

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.

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


Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

 

Pushed through THREE raises for our military.

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

 

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

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)

Successfully executed 2 wars: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom

 

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)

 

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.

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


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.

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

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.

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.


Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signs 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 will extend 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.


10 posted on 12/10/2003 11:44:09 AM 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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If we reelect Bush and Give him a better Senate that is the only way to really find out.

Remember he really did not have a mandate and Jump Jim of course.
14 posted on 12/10/2003 11:47:10 AM PST by funkywbr
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Hi Todd!
19 posted on 12/10/2003 11:49:33 AM PST by TomServo ("That felt good... Now I'm going to turn my daughter into a woodchuck.")
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27 posted on 12/10/2003 11:53:47 AM PST by putupon (Dubya, the RINOs, and SCOTUS have trashed the Constitution! I'm deeply saddened, and POed too!)
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"The spending is out of control and somebody’s going to have to pay for it, and it’s my children. And I don’t think that’s right

The Federal Debt was on the way to being paid off until the Fed and OBL screwed things up. But it's improving and will be on the way to being paid off once more. Probably there will be a hint of black in a couple years. Next time there won't be an OBL and the Fed is out of ammo, so it looks pretty good in the crystal ball.

32 posted on 12/10/2003 12:07:10 PM PST by RightWhale (Close your tag lines)
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Bush-bots are back!
35 posted on 12/10/2003 12:10:37 PM PST by FirstPrinciple
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Rep. Mark Souder, a conservative Indiana Republican who voted for the Medicare bill, said that small-government Republicans have been stirred up by conservative talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. But when the election comes, the libertarian faction’s anger will be "almost irrelevant," he said.

"Are they going to vote for Howard Dean?" Souder asked.

"Libertarian"? Cutting spending is classic conservatism.

I suppose we could vote for (gasp) Buchanan.

40 posted on 12/10/2003 12:19:26 PM PST by MegaSilver
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You obviously don't remember Ronald Reagan. We heard the same criticism of Reagan during his first term. (that was when Ron Paul was running on a pro-abortion; legalization of drugs platform)
41 posted on 12/10/2003 12:21:32 PM PST by bayourod (Don't start no shit won't be no shit.)
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"Are they going to vote for Howard Dean?" Souder asked."

No. But they can stay home election night. And they certainly can skip volunteering, donating funds and supporting Bush's relection bid.

44 posted on 12/10/2003 12:27:16 PM PST by KantianBurke (Don't Tread on Me)
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What qualifies as a "GOP value" besides winning the next election?

It's all so fuzzy these days...

47 posted on 12/10/2003 12:37:07 PM PST by k2blader (Haruspex, beware.)
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to pay for drug bill each family..."pay an additional $1,125 in taxes per year by 2030." Figures don't lie but liars can figure is an old phrase that might work here. At the present time fewer than 13% of all people over 65 have an annual prescription bill over $300. It takes a lot to get that number to triple. and that would mean that one tax payer is paying the drug bill of that elderly person.

By the way who knows what will be happening in 2030? Any number of new drug treatments could knock down drug and medical costs. Like fluoride in the water reduced cavities and dentists had to learn to be orthodontists, doctors in 30 years may be practicing a different kind of medicine.

49 posted on 12/10/2003 1:07:58 PM PST by q_an_a
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The last Republican to serve in the White House was this man . .

(Unfortunately, the U.S.A. is unable or unwilling to produce another leader such as Ronald Reagan.)

51 posted on 12/10/2003 1:12:25 PM PST by Happy2BMe (2004 - Who WILL the TERRORISTS vote for? - - Not George W. Bush, THAT'S for sure!)
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Has Bush betrayed GOP values?

Well, by failing to veto an unconstitutional campaign finance reform bill he's betrayed the Constitution.
59 posted on 12/10/2003 1:42:48 PM PST by aruanan
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When liberals attack from the right. what a flamin
Stew-Padd-aso
68 posted on 12/10/2003 1:59:40 PM PST by Tempest
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YES
76 posted on 12/10/2003 2:23:22 PM PST by Kay Soze (As society must bear huge medical costs of ones "recreational activities", it must exert influence)
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