A Few Bush Truths for today By: COL Gene Posted: Friday, October 01, 2004 on Bush Truth Message Board: Politics He converted an "Evil Dictatorship" to the worlds worst "terrorist haven" in Iraq! He has turned a budget surplus to the largest deficit in our history! His economic policy and tax cuts have failed to produce jobs for the 5 Million new workers that entetred the work force since he bacame president! Five million Americans have lost their health coverage since he took office! Prescription drug prices have gone up more than his "prescription Discount Card" will save! He has turned off world leaders- Look at his reception at the UN last week! He has over committed our military and is creating serious problems with retention in the Reserve and Guard Forces because of their extended active duty He was planning the Iraq War at his first cabinet meeting long before 9/11!!

Look we ALL know that you *hate* Bush! And that is your right to do so. But could you back off just a *little?

Reply to drmiller

I do not hate ANYONE. Everything I have said is the truth. It may not reflect well on George W. but that is because of the results from the choices he has made! That is what we need to be looking at. Bush is like someone that is up for a performance review. His results need to be looked at with clarity not through rose colored glasses.

Reply #2 By: COL Gene - 10/1/2004 1:59:59 PM Reply to drmiller I do not hate ANYONE. Everything I have said is the truth. It may not reflect well on George W. but that is because of the results from the choices he has made! That is what we need to be looking at. Bush is like someone that is up for a performance review. His results need to be looked at with clarity not through rose colored glasses

In *your* eyes it's probably true, but not in mine, And if what your saying isn't hateful, then I don't know what is.

Truth in not hateful. People like you see waht they want not waht is and in that you are like George W.

Reply #4 By: COL Gene - 10/1/2004 2:16:55 PM Truth in not hateful. People like you see waht they want not waht is and in that you are like George W.

And the same goes for you also sir. You *see* what *you* want and nothing else matters.

He was planning the Iraq War at his first cabinet meeting long before 9/11!!

ya know I thought this might be more than extreme left garbage until i read this

Reply #6 By: Mitch21 - 10/1/2004 2:22:18 PM He was planning the Iraq War at his first cabinet meeting long before 9/11!! ya know I thought this might be more than extreme left garbage until i read this

In case you haven't realized it yet after all his posts.....Is that the *col* really doesn't care for GW!

"Nuff Said"

It is not GW but his policies I do not like. I do not like them because they are harming this nation and the vast majority of our people. If you do not understand why running America into Debt is bad for us or why creating a terrorist operation in Iraq is not bad for us, I feel sorry for you.

America has been in debt for many damn years...do you realize that *col*, we have had this deficit for years, yell at clinton,bush sr.,reagon,etc....they didn't do anything different about it, do you realize that it doesn't matter much what the president does, if the companies are not going to open places and create jobs in the usa, they won't....trust me on this i have been working in polotics and economics for over five decades....

Sorry to interup this lovers quarrel but Clinton balanced the budghet and ran up a SURPLUS so the buck stops with Bush

Reply #10 By: tugger1967 - 10/1/2004 3:16:33 PM Sorry to interup this lovers quarrel but Clinton balanced the budghet and ran up a SURPLUS so the buck stops with Bush

Wrong answer sir! Check the link below from US Treasury Dept. And PLEASE pay attention to the years Clinton was in 1992-2000
Link

I stand corrected

Man Clinton was a piece of ......

Reply #10 By: Citizen tugger1967 - 10/1/2004 3:16:33 PM Sorry to interup this lovers quarrel but Clinton balanced the budghet and ran up a SURPLUS so the buck stops with Bush

Clinton was president while the Republicans that made a Contract with America balanced the budget, passed welfare reform, and accomplished several other goals.

Giving Clinton credit for a balanced budget is being overly generous, just as blaming Bush for not holding back spending by the current congress is being ignorant of the facts.

Congress allocates the money. A president's control of the budget is relatively small unless they choose to veto every spending package that ever crosses their desk.

You may be able to argue that Bush's tax cuts have helped push more deficit spending, but even that is ignorant of the facts that most of "the Bush tax cuts" have not even gone into effect yet. Most especially not the parts that would "be most beneficial to the rich and well off". Because of accounting tricks, sunset provisions, and delays in implementing the cuts that Bush asked for, most of the actual cuts have not been implemented yet. Instead, we've had implementation of most of what would be termed "middle class" tax cuts, and those are the same cuts THAT BOTH PARTIES LOBBIED FOR AND KERRY CONTINUES TO CAMPAIGN ON.


As to the original poster, he deserves to be ignored as he continues to tilt at windmills.

The information about the planning of a war against Iraq prior to 9/11 is from the book
"The Price of Loyalty" by former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neil. Mr. O'Neil was
appointed by George W. Bush and was present at the cabinet meetings in which the planning
occured. Mr. O'Neil has been a lifelong Republican, so I was surprised to learn on this site
that he has become a purveyor of "extreme left garbage". Is it so much easier to dismiss any
statement that disagrees with what you already think than to actually consider that there
might be some substance behind it? Or would investigating new information and possibly
adjusting your opinion place you in grave danger of becoming a "flip-flopper"?