There are a number of ways of being untruthful. One is to outright lie like President Clinton did about having sex with Monica Lewinsky. Another way is to mask your true intentions. It is clear from the choices President Bush has made in his new budget that he has chosen to lie to the American people by hiding his real intentions.
First, the farm subsidy cuts are going over in the red states like a “lead balloon”. Group after group of farmers, who are responsible for reelecting George W. Bush, feel betrayed by his proposal to cut subsidies. Cotton and corn and wheat growers plan to fight the President.
His cuts in education, police, funding for the poor to heat their homes and pay for medical care have alienated other groups. His cuts in prescription drug funding for our veterans and his proposed changes in Social Security are opposed by veterans and many other groups across America. The most recent poll shows 54% disapprove of the president's job performance. There is an old saying, “be careful what you ask for”. Such is clearly the case in the election of 2004. As time passes, more and more Americans are going to realize what they got by re-electing Bush is not what they WANTED!
If George W. Bush had been honest during the election of 2004, he would be in Crawford, Texas today working on the ranch.