Poll Woes For Bush (CBS Poll) Kerry/Edwards 50% - W/Cheney 42%--W Approval@ 47%

In addition, California was made possible by government programs -- water projects (hydroelectricity, irrigation, drinking water), defense spending (bases, manufacturing), aerospace (including integrated circuits), nukes...

The attempt by the (non-)Democrats ru(i)nning the CA legislature to further **** the budget in order to shove a large tax increase down everyone's throat was exposed and led to the defeat of Gray Davis and possibly to CA's 2004 Electoral College votes going Republican.

Put Cheney in an advisory role, off the ticket he goes

I doubt this will happen, and I can think of good reasons it should not happen. Number one, the partisan media shills will state (as if a fact) that Bush is on the defensive due to slipping poll numbers, and that whomever he picks (Dennis Miller? We've seen worse choices. Henry Wallace comes to mind) will be pandering or some such crap.

Number two, Cheney would have to have a health crisis to avoid the problems in number one, or at least claim to have some, and everyone already knows that he's had plenty in the past. There's no way anyone would buy it, or worse yet, it will be made to appear that the true state of his poor health has been deliberately obscured.

Number three, Cheney will destroy anyone put against him in any VP candidate debate.

Number four, Cheney is a hawk. If GWB puts anyone else onto the ticket, chances are it will NOT be a hawk. Those who claim to believe that GWB is a RINO (and I figure all the folks who do are just DemocRATs throwing bricks through the windows) will be even less inclined to show up election day.

Once GWB has been reelected and sworn in, Cheney can step down for health reasons, Bush can appoint whomever he wants to replace him, and the Republican majority in congress will approve.

As for your comments about me being wrong, you are overlooking the fact that California alone carry's 50% of the weight of illegal immigrants. The rest are disbursed across 49 other states. You don't see an certain amount of inequity in that, a monetary exposure? While Californians were trying to explain that to the rest of the nation, and our leaders, they were told that illegals were not that big a problem and to live with it.
I'd love to see your state take five to six million freeloaders. Then we could see how your conservative leadership would pay the bills.

Oh,pain. How can this be explained to the foolish liberal attitude. Many immigrants come to California because of the self destructive policies enacted and maintained by hard line money loving,power loving,immature politicians (most all democrats) who spend taxpayers monies without moral or disciplined forethought of future generations.
The democrat party is much like a rich drunk thief having a night out and spending the cash he/she stole on the people he/she stole it from.
Near as I can tell.

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