Advantage Bush

The Weekly Standard ^ | February 2, 2004 | Fred Barnes

[Texasforever]

Well let's see. I made a killing in the 90's market because I was smart enough to sell high. I spent 8 years in the Middle East making more money than you will see in a lifetime. I retired at 54 and am not eligble for SS for 6 more years. I have no debt and a 3 thousand square foot house completely paid for. All of my kids are out of college and doing well and are not whining little brats like some around here. Any other questions?

[Gunslingr3]

Any other questions?

yes - the one I asked. Which largesse do you collect, or plan to collect, from the federal government?

[Texasforever]

Which largesse do you collect, or plan to collect, from the federal government?

LOL. Did you see what I posted? Damn kid did you even go to school? I made too much for student loans for my kids, I am not even old enough for Social; Security or other" largesse and I don't need it anyway. I paid the maximum withholding tax for SS for 30 years and I never begrudged it going to my parent’s generation. You on the other hand are a whining Gen Xer.

[MEG33]

I am reading this and notice you came to the same conclusion I did about lack of vetoes.The Pork was added to things that were necessary and urgent to pass.

That is what we should hold our representatives feet to the fire for..but it's always the other guy's expenditure that's Pork.Our Pork is worthy and admirable.

[MEG33]

I wonder sometimes if people read the posts they are basing their questions on..or read the answers!

[onyx]

Here you go. Educate yourself, and while you're at it, get down on your kness and thank God for President Bush.

http://www.freerepublic.com/~mo1/

[Mo1]

Educate yourself, and while you're at it, get down on your kness and thank God for President Bush.

I'm sitting here listening to Wes Clark on c-span and he just said if he is president .. he's going pass a law to force all parents to pay for their kids insurance till they are 21 and if they can't pay for it ... the government will

[onyx]

OMG! Turn that thing off. It'll ruin your day.

You know, Mo, I think Weasley is deranged. Seriously.

[Mo1]

What and miss all the fun ... They are now saying they'll have Kerry on later playing an Ice Hockey game

[EllaMinnow]

Don't ya'll EVER sleep?

[onyx]

LOL! Whenever I can. How about you, Mo?

[Mo1]

Sleep?? HA! .. what's that?

I have 3 kids and won't get my life back till the year 2018 .. so I figure I'm gonna sleep right thru 2019

[PISANO]

The Bushies should not feel confident. Many conservatives will stay home, count on it

Many may stay at home but I WILL NOT COUNT on it. I will do my duty and vote for GW the ONLY person in the race that has ANY conservative leanings at all.

[onyx]

Sleep?? HA! .. what's that?

I have 3 kids and won't get my life back till the year 2018 .. so I figure I'm gonna sleep right thru 2019

LMAO! Pssssst. Your problems ain't over when the children leave home. Trust me on this. I'm raising grandchildren.

The other day, I added it up and I've been raising babies non-stop for 35 years, and I see no end in sight since the little one is only four years old. IF, she's the last I'll be raising, my life will begin in 2018 also. Where do you want to go to celebrate? Nearest bar?

[Mo1]

Where do you want to go to celebrate? Nearest bar?

Son't care .. but it has to be near a warm sunny beach ..

It's snowing here ... I'm soooooo sick of snow *L*

[Southack]

"Surely between the 3-4 of you, you can come up with 28 more examples of Conservative moves from this Admin."

That's easy. President Bush has *accomplished* more Conservative things in the last 3 years than any other President, starting with banning at least one form of abortion, cutting taxes, signing the first ever repeal of federal gun control, and killing globalist treaties like Kyoto and the U.S. - CCCP ABM treaty. See below.

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 36 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)

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

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 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.

[justshe]

****I don't know. The level of silliness I have seen around here for the last 2 weeks dwarfs anything I have seen on FR to date. This is approaching Olympic proportions of idiocy.****

Perhaps there is a direct correlation between our age and our tolerance for stupidity? I know MY bull pucky tolerance quotient has been pinging higher and higher.....every year.

[alnick]

You think AQ would fold it's tent without OBL? You missed the WH memo, OBL isn't important, we don't mention him anymore...

Under GWB's leadership, we've diminished Al Qaeda by 70%.

I guarantee you, that no democrat presidential candidate could have or would have accomplished that, and I DO NOT want any democrat to be given the opportunity to reverse that trend.

[Gunslingr3]

You on the other hand are a whining Gen Xer.

Opposition to welfare/socialism is 'whining'. Noted for future reference.

[alnick]

Folks born after ~1971

Just as I thought.