George W. Bush Flashback: Listen to his words three years ago

Those that refuse to vote, or go third party, will be giving the finger to our brave soldiers, abandoning them in the middle of of a war.

"Those that refuse to vote, or go third party, will be giving the finger to our brave soldiers, abandoning them in the middle of of a war."

That's very sad and very true.

They aren't as American as they profess, are they?

Fact of the matter is, the soldier fights for what he believes in. Those that vote, vote for what they believe in.

Whether one fights or not, and whether one votes or not, all get the rewards or penalties from the result .

No one said life was fair.

"Like I said ........ delusional. They can do the same thing the druggies, homeless, criminals, mental defectives, illegal aliens, and furry creatures of the forest do on election day. Don't vote."

You think that illegal aliens don't vote and you call others 'delusional'. That's like Barbara Streisand calling Mother Theresa a 'bitch'.

"You think that illegal aliens don't vote and you call others 'delusional'. That's like Barbara Streisand calling Mother Theresa a 'bitch'."

Look at you! You're shaking with rage.

How will you ever shoot straight in the coming revolution?

"Look at you! You're shaking with rage. How will you ever shoot straight in the coming revolution?"

You don't have to hold a belly gun steady.

Keep sucking up like a good 'conservative' dork.

I do not like or agree with every single decision the President has made, but I will say this: I honor a man who honors his own word. Dubya has shown, time after time, that wherever possible he will do exactly what he said he'd do. I admire that.

Knock it off.

"Knock it off."

Dear Moderator: FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!

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Thanks for posting this reminder that President Bush is a man who honors his campaign promises. I voted for him in 2000, knowing exactly what he was promising. Perhaps I didn't like the possibility of increased spending or the prescription drug thingy, but I voted for him. So many of his good qualities were apparent from the way he had governed in Texas. He united and led. His wife didn't try to be co-governor. He promised to restore dignity to the White House. He was courageous enough in one debate to state that Jesus Christ is his favorite philosopher even though he knew he would be ridiculed by the secularists and it could even cost him the election.

Many here who are trying to divide us probably didn't even vote for him in 2000 and won't be convinced to vote for him in 2004. I remember 1992. I heard that snake named Ross Perot whispering that his new party of the people could win and believed him just because I read about his arranging the dramatic rescue of the hostages in Iran. I admired the way he supposedly ran his company. I will never forgive myself for voting for that sneaky so-called presidential candidate and thus allowing Bill Clinton to take the oath of office. I won't be fooled again. I'm voting to re-elect Dubya in 2004.

>> I think that there's a very good chance of Republicans gaining a good net gain in the Senate. Thinking about 60 seats is a little crazy, but I think there's a reasonable chance of getting as high as 57 seats under Republican control. That's not so bad when you think about Democrats like Evan Bayh and a few others that you could possibly get on your side on some issues. <<

They will get some gains, no doubt. The seats at issue practically assure that. The important thing is to make obstructionist Democrats a major issue in the election so Dems see it as a factor in Repub. gains. This will strike some fear in the hearts of what would otherwise be reasonable Dems who are currently more afraid of offending their party.

I agree with what you said. I also believe that if a person does not vote he loses any right to complain. If you do not participate in the process, do not expect to sit at the table or for anyone to listen to your concerns. Besides it is just poor citizenship and taking a privilege we have for granted.

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 signed 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.

Zot!

""I just hope his conservative base does not shoot itself in the foot again like it did with Ross Perot."" Where are they going to go?
No president can please everyone, but we would be delusional to even consider anyone else.

Going nowhere. I'll vote for lower offices but sit out the Presidential. No way I can vote, again, for a man who expanded government more than anyone since LBJ.

I said: You can see that he's followed through on a lot of things...
You said: Yes, including gutting the First Amendment. What a great conservative president.

I have my issues with the President. Spending is through the roof, and campaign finance reform is a complete joke; he should never have passed off his constitutional responsibilities to the Supreme Court.

My point is, take the other things into context. The prescription drug benefit and a lot of other issues were laid out in plain sight in Campaign 2000. Now, a lot of people might think that he's doing certain things just to buy votes, but Bush is largely a plain-spoken direct guy who has done probably 80% or more exactly as he laid out in his campaign 3 years ago. For better or for worse, we got what we voted for.

Jim, how exactly does the post by 'Are You Kidding Me' warrant a Zot?

What a great conservative president.

Where did he say that he was going to be a great conservative president?

"They can do the same thing the druggies, homeless, criminals, mental defectives, illegal aliens, and furry creatures of the forest do on election day. Don't vote"

They all vote they just vote democrat. The dead too.

More quotes from another debate....

Presidential Debate 2000

October 11, 2000

Governor George W. Bush

“The coalition against Saddam [Hussein] has fallen apart or its unraveling, let's put it that way. The sanctions are being violated. We don't know whether he's developing weapons of mass destruction. He better not be or there's going to be a consequence should I be the president.”

“I would like to [get Saddam Hussein out of Iraq], of course, and I presume this administration would as well. We don't know – there are no inspectors now in Iraq, the coalition that was in place isn't as strong as it used to be. He is a danger. We don't want him fishing in troubled waters in the Middle East. And it's going to be hard, it's going to be important to rebuild that coalition to the keep the pressure on him.”

“I'm not for gay marriage. I think marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. And I appreciated the way the administration signed the Defense of Marriage Act... I'm going to be respectful for people who may disagree with me. I've had a record of doing so in the State of Texas. I've been a person that had been called a uniter, not a divider, because I accept other people's points of view. But I feel strongly that marriage should be between a man and a woman.”

Moderator: Do you believe in general terms that gays and lesbians should have the same rights as other Americans? “Yes. I don't think they ought to have special rights, but I think they ought to have the same rights.”

“I think we ought to raise the age at which a juvenile can carry a handgun from 18 to 21. I disagree with the vice president on this issue. He is for the registration of guns. I think the only people that are going to show up to register or get a license... are law-abiding citizens. The criminal is not going to show up and say hey, give me my I.D. card. It's the law-abiding citizen who will do that. And I don't think that is going to be an effective tool to... keep our society safe.”

“Some of the healthy folks, healthy young kids say I'll never get sick, therefore I don't need health care right now. For those what I think we need is to develop an investment-type vehicle that would be an incentive for them to invest, like medical savings accounts with rollover capacity.”

“[L]et's talk about my tax plan. The top 1% will pay one-third of all the federal income taxes. And in return, get one-fifth of the benefits, because most of the tax reductions go to the people at the bottom end of the economic ladder. That stands in stark contrast, by the way, to a man who is going to leave 50 million – 50 million Americans out of tax relief... He believes only the right people ought to get tax relief. I believe everybody who pays taxes ought to get tax relief.”

“I tell you one thing I'm not going to let the United States carry the burden for cleaning up the world's air. Like Kyoto Treaty would have done. China and India were exempted from that treaty.”

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