So you think that there is no difference between Bush and Kerry?

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[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

 

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Party		Democrat	Republican
Has Held Elected Office		Yes	Yes
Served in the Military		Yes		Yes
Issues
Abortion
Appoint Judges Who Will Outlaw Abortions		Strongly Opposes		Strongly Favor
Outlaw "Partial Birth" Abortions		Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Outlaw Abortions Except for Rape/Incest			Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Parental Notification for Minors Under 18		Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Gay Rights
Constitutional Gay Marriage Ban		Somewhat Opposes	Strongly Favor
Equal Rights for Civil Unions			Strongly Favor	Somewhat Opposes
Allow Gays to Openly Serve in the Military		Strongly Favor	Strongly Opposes
Religion in Government
Organized Prayer in Public Schools		Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Commandments Displayed in Federal Buildings			Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Federal Funding of Religious Charities		Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Gun Control
Safety Devices on All New Guns		Strongly Favor	Strongly Opposes
Background Checks on Gun Show Purchases			Strongly Favor	Somewhat Opposes
Require Safety Course, License Before Gun Purchase		Somewhat Favor	Strongly Opposes
Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers		Somewhat Favor	Strongly Opposes
Death Penalty
Abolish the Death Penalty			Strongly Opposes	Strongly Opposes
National Review of Death Penalty Fairness		Strongly Favor	Strongly Opposes
Education
No Child Left Behind Act		Somewhat Favor	Strongly Favor
Vouchers for Public, Private or Religious Schools			Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Increase Federal Funding for Higher Education		Somewhat Favor	Somewhat Opposes
Homeland Security
The Patriot Act		Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Tighter Immigration Controls			Strongly Favor	Strongly Favor
Iraq
The War in Iraq		Somewhat Opposes		Strongly Favor
Turning Over More Political Authority to U.N.		Somewhat Favor	Strongly Opposes
Immediate Withdrawal of U.S. Troops			Strongly Opposes	Strongly Opposes
Foreign Trade
Embargo on Cuba		Somewhat Favor		Strongly Favor
U.S. Involvement in NAFTA		Strongly Favor	Strongly Favor
Mandatory Labor/Environment Standards in Trade Agreements			Somewhat Favor	Strongly Opposes
Health Care
Universal Government-Supervised Health Care		Somewhat Opposes		Strongly Opposes
Medicare Prescription Drugs Coverage By Private Insurers		Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Expand Medicaid to Cover More Uninsured Americans			Strongly Favor	No Opinion
Limit Malpractice Suits Against Doctors, Insurers		Somewhat Favor	Strongly Favor
Welfare Reform
Hiring Welfare Workers Tax Incentive		No Opinion	Somewhat Opposes
Welfare Benefits for Legal Immigrants			Strongly Favor	Somewhat Opposes
Child Care Services for Getting Off Welfare		No Opinion	Somewhat Opposes
Social Security
Raise Retirement Age		Strongly Opposes	No Opinion
Privatize Social Security			Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Cap Payments to Wealthy		Somewhat Favor	Strongly Opposes
Tax Cuts
Roll Back the Bush Administration Tax Cuts		Somewhat Opposes	Strongly Opposes
Roll Back Cuts for People Making Over $100,000			Strongly Favor	Strongly Opposes
Additional Tax Cuts for Businesses		Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favor
Jobs
Raise the Minimum Wage		Strongly Favor	Strongly Opposes
Extend Unemployment Benefits			Strongly Favor	Strongly Opposes
Environment
Oil Drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge		Strongly Opposes		Strongly Favor
Mandatory Clean Air Emissions Standards		Strongly Favor	Somewhat Opposes
Tougher Fuel Efficiency Standards			Strongly Favor	Strongly Opposes

[piasa]

* Jorge Cabrera. : Cabrera is a convicted drug runner with connections to the Castro regime. Also known but not made public is that Cabrera was cooperating in 1995 with Castro’s DGI (Direccion General de Inteligencia or the General Directorate of Intelligence). The DGI was formed along the lines of the KGB and was once under the control of KGB General Viktor Simenov. Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union the DGI maintains close links with Russian and Chinese intelligence services. - "The Democrats’ drug running links," by Gerard Jackson , The New Australian News with Commentary, Friday 1 June 2001

* Senator John Kerry: Massachussetts senator. Accepted campaign funds from Vivian Mannerud, a Democratic campaign donor linked to cocaine trafficker Jorge Cabrera. Even when other Democrats returned such donations, he opted to keep them. Mannerud hosted an $18,000 Kerry fund-raiser, gave $1,000 in donations and arranged foreign travel for Kerry's staff as recently as April 2000. Though Kerry's advisors warned him that Mannerud's drug connection could prove troublesome, Kerry wasn't swayed. "We accept her word she had no knowledge of Mr. Cabrera's illicit activities," the Herald quoted Kerry spokesman David Wade as saying.- Boston Herald

* Jerome Berlin, a lawyer who was indicted in 1990, and later acquitted, of federal conspiracy charges of bribing public officials. He hosted a fund-raising dinner on December 3, 1995? in Coral Gables, FL at his home, which was also attended by Ms. Mannerud, Marvin S. Rosen and Cabrera..

* Marvin S. Rosen, finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Attended a fund-raising dinner on December 3, 1995? in Coral Gables, FL at Jerome Berlin's home, which was also attneded by Ms. Mannerud, Jerome Berlin, and Cabrera...

1983 : (CABRERA PLEADS GUILTY OF OBSTUCTION FOR CONSPIRING TO BRIBE A WITNESS) In 1983, he [Cabrera] pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for conspiring to bribe a grand jury witness and served 42 months in prison. In 1988, he [Cabrera] pleaded guilty to filing a false income-tax return and served one year in prison.

NOVEMBER 1995 : (CABRERA WRITES CHACK TO DEMOCRATS) On his return to the US several days after that meeting [with Democrat fundraiser Vivian Mannerud in Havana's Copacabana Hotel] , in November 1995, Cabrera wrote a check for $20,000 to the DNC from an account that included the proceeds from smuggling cocaine from Colombia to the US, said the investigators, who spoke on condition of anonymity. - "Drug Smuggler Made Clinton Donation in Cuba, Investigators Say, " By DON VAN NATTA Jr., New York Times, April 4, 1997 MIAMI

1995 : (CABRERA MEETS GORE) Within two weeks of the contribution, Cabrera met Gore at the dinner in Miami. At the event, Gore posed for photographs with Cabrera, who has two felony convictions dating from the 1980s and is now in a prison here on a drug-smuggling conviction.- "Drug Smuggler Made Clinton Donation in Cuba, Investigators Say, " By DON VAN NATTA Jr., New York Times, April 4, 1997 MIAMI

DECEMBER 1995 : (CABRERA ATTENDS WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION HOSTED BY HILLARY CLINTON) Ten days later, Cabrera attended a Christmas reception at the White House hosted by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Mrs. Clinton posed for photographs with Cabrera, who has two felony convictions dating from the 1980s and is now in a prison here on a drug-smuggling conviction. - "Drug Smuggler Made Clinton Donation in Cuba, Investigators Say, " By DON VAN NATTA Jr., New York Times, April 4, 1997 MIAMI

JANUARY 1996 : (CABRERA ARRESTED) In early January 1996, three weeks after having attended the Christmas reception at the White House, Cabrera was arrested and charged with importing 6,000 pounds of cocaine into the US on boats through the Florida Keys.

1996 late : (CABRERA PLEADS GUILTY) Late last year, he [Cabrera] pleaded guilty to those charges and was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison and fined $1.5 million. The new details about the location for the solicitation of Cabrera's contribution and the source of the money have come to light in congressional investigators' interviews here with Cabrera. The investigators, who are looking into possible abuses of campaign fund-raising, are trying to determine whether Cabrera "laundered" drug money when making his $20,000 "soft money" contribution to the campaign.

[McGavin999]

Oh, I would STRONGLY advise you to never go into business for yourself. You'll never make it. You see, in order to go into business for yourself you have to be able to plan ahead. You've already shown us that you are incapable of that. No, it's best that you stay working for someone else, who can do the thinking and planning for you.

[Huck]

Last I checked the GOP is spending more than Clinton did.

[Huck]

, the funny thing about personal greed

Oh, so now if I want a tax cut I'm greedy? LOL!

[Huck]

So when the President recently proposed 15 billion for low income marriage counselling, that was a reform? Is that your spin? As far as blaming the right people, at this point, BUsh supporters are going to come in for their share unless they are willing to criticize and pressure their idol president from time to time. It's the "head in the sanders" putting the pressure on now, while people like you suck up and apologize and rationalize any new spending the president can come up with. I actually saw Bush supporters here defending the largest NEA funding increase in 20 years. Nice use of tax dollars during wartime! And nice so called conservative base applauding him for it.

[Huck]

So I take it you're self employed?

[Huck]

You see, Dubya's tax cut didn't really impact on me. The marriage penalty remission didn't apply to me, the child credit didn't apply to me, but I know good and well that it's important to the economy and that DOES apply to me.

THe question WAS NOT would you support or oppose a tax cut that didn't apply to YOU. The question was given a choice between two tax INCREASES, one that increases YOUR taxes, and one that doesn't, which would you pick? If you tell me you would pick yours, you are either a liar or a sucker.

[KC Burke]

THe question WAS NOT would you support or oppose a tax cut that didn't apply to YOU. The question was given a choice between two tax INCREASES, one that increases YOUR taxes, and one that doesn't, which would you pick? If you tell me you would pick yours, you are either a liar or a sucker.

Whoa! I'm late to this discussion and I don't really have a side in your interchange here, but I want to interject a thought for the purpose of clarity.

And, Lord help me, I'm going to use a term of A. Rand for the purposes of simplicity. (Oh, the list of people that will get a kick out of this is fairly long.)

Ayn used a concept about self interest being a factor in making decisions. But she always called it "enlightened self interest". Now that qualifier is what we need here.

Enlightened implies looking ahead, judging the whole, looking at secondary effects and the similar detailed analysis.

I may oppose things that seem to be in my initial interest, not out of altruism, or principle alone, but often out of taking the long view.

Efforts to place the tax burden on the ten percent making the most money as an interest group that had little ability to prevent that burden have always been opposed by me on principle, but also on "enlightened self interest"...I always expected to eventually be amongst that group.

Now, I have spent a few years, with the exception of this past year, happily falling in that category. This year hasn't been all that nice to me.

But does that change the long view for me? Nope.

So let's keep the disagreement away from first effects. And let's not assume that looking at simple answers will give us simple truths.

[Minuteman23]

Terrorism isn't the only thing that threatens to destroy this country. Creeping socialism can destroy it just as effectively.

[Minuteman23]

Better yet. Let me ask you what you think of the long term effects of the Patriot Act. If you think about it, maybe you can figure out why Bush's support of it is not a reason to support him.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

between Bush and Kerry?, DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet wrote: LOL! I'm stealing that, FYI. (Hope it's okay.)

It's not stealing, it's sharing.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

: ) (Thanks, HLL!!)

[EllaMinnow]

It's not stealing, it's sharing.

Good, because I just "shared" it.

[hershey]

Doesn't serving in the national guard count as military service even a little bit? And considering where our national guard is right this minute, that part of the poll seems insulting.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I think it acknowledges his ANG service - the formatting is just a little off-center or something there, and what looks like a blank space is really a "Yes" - it's just off to the right a little.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Comparison of Bush Budget (FY’04) with Past Budget Averages

	FY’04 Proposal	Post-WWII Average (FY’46 - FY’02)	Clinton Budgets (FY’94 – FY’01)	G.H.W. Bush Budgets (FY’90 - FY’93)	Reagan Budgets (FY’82 - FY’89)
Total Receipts as percent of GDP	17.0%	17.9%	19.4%	17.7%	18.0%
Total outlays as percent of GDP	19.7%	19.5%	19.6%	22.0%	22.3%
Deficit (-)/Surplus as percent of GDP	-2.7%	-1.6%	-0.1%	-4.3%	-4.3%
Annual growth in total receipts (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $)	2.7%	2.9%	4.9%	0.5%	2.5%
Annual growth in total outlays (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $)	2.2%	2.3%	1.5%	1.9%	2.7%
Defense spending as a percent of total outlays	17.5%	35.5%	17.1%	21.7%	26.7%
Non-defense discretionary spending as a percent of total outlays	19.2%	19.4%*	17.6%	16.6%	17.1%
Net interest costs as percent of total outlays	7.9%	10.5%*	13.9%	14.5%	13.2%
Other mandatory spending as a percent of total outlays	55.4%	41.6%*	51.4%	46.2%	42.9%
Debt held by public at end of fiscal year as percent of GDP	36.9%	44.0%	43.0%	46.3%	36.7%
Gross Debt at end of fiscal year as percentof GDP	64.8%	56.2%	63.4%	61.8%	45.4%
* includes only data back to 1962 since the distinction between discretionary and mandatory began only in that year.

 

 

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Comparison of Bush Budget (FY’04) with Past Budget Averages

	FY’04 Proposal	Post-WWII Average (FY’46 - FY’02)	Clinton Budgets (FY’94 – FY’01)	G.H.W. Bush Budgets (FY’90 - FY’93)	Reagan Budgets (FY’82 - FY’89)
Total Receipts as percent of GDP	17.0%	17.9%	19.4%	17.7%	18.0%
Total outlays as percent of GDP	19.7%	19.5%	19.6%	22.0%	22.3%
Deficit (-)/Surplus as percent of GDP	-2.7%	-1.6%	-0.1%	-4.3%	-4.3%
Annual growth in total receipts (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $)	2.7%	2.9%	4.9%	0.5%	2.5%
Annual growth in total outlays (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $)	2.2%	2.3%	1.5%	1.9%	2.7%
Defense spending as a percent of total outlays	17.5%	35.5%	17.1%	21.7%	26.7%
Non-defense discretionary spending as a percent of total outlays	19.2%	19.4%*	17.6%	16.6%	17.1%
Net interest costs as percent of total outlays	7.9%	10.5%*	13.9%	14.5%	13.2%
Other mandatory spending as a percent of total outlays	55.4%	41.6%*	51.4%	46.2%	42.9%
Debt held by public at end of fiscal year as percent of GDP	36.9%	44.0%	43.0%	46.3%	36.7%
Gross Debt at end of fiscal year as percentof GDP	64.8%	56.2%	63.4%	61.8%	45.4%
* includes only data back to 1962 since the distinction between discretionary and mandatory began only in that year.

 

 

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e-mail the Tax Foundation at , or
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©2004 Tax Foundation

 

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I could not got the graph to post correctly in the opening flash, so if you look at post one it is all properly aligned.

[hershey]

Sorry, I didn't get to look at the entire list, and am computer handicapped, that side of the brain only works when I'm asleep, so I'm totally at fault...didn't mean my original post to sound harsh.

[hershey]

The RATs have to keep lying about everything about Bush even remotely connected with his national guard service. It's their ZOT strategy to keep us from running those aircraft carrier shots come November. Boy, if we run those ads along with shots of Osama bin Laden being frogmarched off in chains between two burly special ops guys,(I'm smiling ear to ear), it's all over for Kerry.

[petercooper]

"Roll back" tax cuts is a tax INCREASE. Rove will pound away at this little item for months and months.