Posted on 02/04/2004 10:39:26 PM PST by jmstein7
Blame Clinton!
If you're like me, then you're sick and tired of Kerry and his Democrat cohorts lying out of their pie-holes, blaming President Bush for a recession (and the consequential job losses) that CLINTON caused. The polls that show Kerry ahead cite the reason as "Bush cost us too many jobs." So, we can reverse that perception by merely getting the truth out -- and impeaching the Democrats' credibility in the process.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1071821/posts
The death-drop of the stock market did not begin with the Bush administration in January 2001, says the congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC), but in March 2000 under the Clinton administration when it began its all-out attack on the entrepreneurs of the booming U.S. high-tech industry. Indeed, The Economist reports that this poisoning of the economic stream even may have begun in the late 1990s. According to JEC Chairman Rep. Jim Saxton, "The 2000 NASDAQ collapse also corroborates a variety of other data indicating that a sharp economic slowdown was under way by the middle of 2000."
The JEC also found that job losses began under Clinton as well:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1071825/posts
Virtually all of the net payroll job loss in recent years is accounted for by the manufacturing sector, and this decline in factory jobs began before the current Administration took office, Vice Chairman Jim Saxton said today. Opponents of the Administration have repeatedly claimed that its policies have caused the decline in manufacturing employment, but fail to explain how this trend began long before any changes in policy took place. The facts show that manufacturing employment reached a cyclical peak in 1998, trending downward thereafter. Consecutive monthly declines in manufacturing employment began in 2000. Moreover, manufacturing employment has been trending downward over a much longer period.
Despite the facts, Kerry and the Democrats continue to lie to the public -- and the media dutifully repeats their lies. Well, in the age of the internet, this will not stand!
Here is what YOU can do to get the word out:
1) Write A letter to the editor
Open the "Write for W" window by clicking HERE.
Write a letter to your editor denouncing Kerry and the Democrats for lying to the American people, blaming Bush for Clinton's sins and failures. For some more ideas, click here. Otherwise, here is a sample letter that you can use, edit, etc.
John Kerry and the Democrats have lied to the American people for too long. It has now been firmly established that the economic recession, and job loss, began while Bill Clinton was still in office -- but despite the facts, Kerry and the Democrats lie and blame Bush. This is outrageous.
On December 10, 2003, the congressional Joint Economic Committee released its official study showing that the recession began in the third quarter of 2000. Bill Clinton was still in office.
On January of 2004, the congressional Joint Economic Committee released it official study showing that the job loss that Democrats would like to pin on Bush began in July of 2000. Bill Clinton was still in office.
The fact is, the recession and job loss began on Bill Clinton's watch. President Bush inherited an economy that Bill Clinton destroyed. It is grossly disingenuous -- a flat-out lie -- for Kerry and the Democrats to blame Bush.
Make sure to put your ZIP CODE in the box at the top; then go ahead and SEND your letter!
Also, email the above sample to Brit Hume (he likes to get to the bottom of these things). Email Brit at:
2) Contact the RNC NRSC and Talk Radio and demand that they get the word out.
Email the RNC this story (or call or write them) and tell them to get this important fact out!
Republican National Committee | 310 First Street, SE | Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202.863.8500 | Fax: 202.863.8820 | E-mail: info@gop.com
NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee)
| Ronald Reagan Republican Center | 425 2nd Street NE | Washington DC 20002 | 202.675.6000
http://www.nrsc.org/nrscweb/feedback/
Also, email Rush ( rush@eibnet.com ) and Hannity ( Hannity@foxnews.com ) and get the word out!
Call Rush at 1-800-282-2882
Call Hannity at 1-800-941-7326
4) Email O'Reilly the above story - he's wishy/washy these days, but he still likes to run stories like this about LIES.
Send the following (or your own letter) to oreilly@foxnews.com
Dear Bill,
John Kerry and the Democrats have lied to the American people for too long. It has now been firmly established that the economic recession, and job loss, began while Bill Clinton was still in office -- but despite the facts, Kerry and the Democrats lie and blame Bush. This is outrageous.
On December 10, 2003, the congressional Joint Economic Committee released its official study showing that the recession began in the third quarter of 2000. Bill Clinton was still in office.
On January of 2004, the congressional Joint Economic Committee released it official study showing that the job loss that Democrats would like to pin on Bush began in July of 2000. Bill Clinton was still in office.
The fact is, the recession and job loss began on Bill Clinton's watch. President Bush inherited an economy that Bill Clinton destroyed. It is grossly disingenuous -- a flat-out lie -- for Kerry and the Democrats to blame Bush.
Please go over the heads of the pinheads in the media and get the truth out to the people!
Thank you!
YOUR NAME
YOUR CITY, STATE
5) Email ALL your friends this page and tell them to write, call, fax, etc. This is too important an issue to remain silent on any longer.
If you think of any other action that FReepers can take, please post it to this thread.
Thanks!
Even if the Bush haters admitted that economic downturn began under Clinton, they would be even MORE happy knowing Bush got screwed.
Looks like more people working to me. What am I missing?
He's a Republican. It's O.K. if a Republican does it.
It would also help to point out all the things Bush and the Republican Congress have done to bring the jobs back to our shores, defeat the balance of trade deficit and restore America as the unchallenged industrial leader of the world.
For people to blame this on President Bush is really absurd since he wasn't even thought of in 1998. Remember Ross Perot's warning of a "giant sucking sound"?
And giving real value to our money.
I offer you my condolences. It must be tough walking around with 270 million chimpanzees bothering you all day long.
Yeah, upon recollection, all the following were doomed:
all casualties ...
</sarcasm>
Granted, taking a realistic look, venture capital did take some risks that didn't pan out paid for it, but, the 'tech bubble' has resulted in a paradigm shift in some industry/technology segements, the internet has survived and continues to grow, wideband delivery mediums have continued to be implemented in that last mile to the customer - just not at the rate that was first forecast!
True. You cannot export the fruits of a service industry job. Service industries only redistribute the wealth that is already here, they do not create wealth.
How is this president Bush's fault though. Most agree that the taxcuts have stimulated the manufacturing job growth in the U.S., so I would say that he is fixing a problem that was started in 1998.
I think you are right on the money, unfortunately most economists and even Conservative political commentators don't acknowledge this. Everyone knows how strong the psychological component is in the stock markets. The one positive thing that Clinton/Gore did for the economy, something for which they uncharacteristically didn't claim the full credit they were due, was their promotion/hyping of technology/computers. By the same token, when they turned the Bull Dyke General against Microsoft, which had the unintended "blowback" of driving down all tech stocks, people began looking around for other areas of the market that might be overvalued. Hence the recession, Enron, Global Crossing, etc. That having been said, I don't believe that bashing Clinton over the recession will fly with the American people. Mr. Bush will not be running against a Clinton this year, and talking too much about "who shot John" economically reinforces the idea that the economy isn't really in a recovery (the DNC "jobless recovery" ploy). I think the themes that the President needs to emphasize are, 1) the President's leadership in the War on Terrorism: Kerry/the Democrats think the terrorist threat is "exagerated" (even as they prepare to politically exploit the consequences of another major terrorist act), they won't act to defend America without UN and French permission; 2) the economy is going up, not down ("morning in America", anyone? 3)the totally unpolled and (to date) under-reported social issues such as homosexual marriage, Pledge of Allegiance bans, Boy Scout bans and other by-products of Left-Wing ideology and the activist Liberal judges who promote them.
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