Originally posted by Gunslinger
we can trade one idiot for a worse idiot...its only 4 years.....Bush only invaded Iraq....maybe Kerry can be worse?
thats an awful big and expensive (in cash, lives, and new enemies created) 'only'.
but in truth it's not really an only so much as an 'and a'.
the unwarranted and fraudulently represented war in Iraq, and
the suspension of workplace safety rules. (basically required that if you hire someone to do a certain job in a certain environment, you have a obligation to take reasonable care to make sure that the workplace doesn't kill, maim, cause illness or otherwise debilitate the workers). and
his inability to talk in complete sentences, or even string a series of words together in something remotely resembling a clear thought on virtually any subject. and
his criticism of other presidents reaction to terrorism, when in fact the intel about the perpetrators of the attack on the Cole came in on his watch and he did nothing. and
the appointment of some of the sleaziest and soulless members of any administration I've lived through. people that actually make me look back and think that Janet Reno might not have been completely evil. and
his constant vocal support of issues that he (or his administration on his behalf) in action torpedoes. talk about flip flop. "I'm for lower health-care costs. but you can't buy your drugs in Canada for half the price because my rich friends won't get richer", "I'm for states rights and less big gov't. unless the voters in your state overwhelmingly vote to allow the use of effective and affordable medical marijuana, or vote for the right of hopeless patients living out their final days in pain to choose to end their suffering" (as a side note both of these 'personal choice', 'less government interference' would also help lower health-care costs). and
he conflicts himself at every turn and the only time he is consistent and decisive is when he is screwing us (unless of course you are wealthy, then he's your bud). and
his tax cuts fell heavy for the very wealthy and virtually down the line became lower as the fell to lower income brackets. also the lower the income bracket the tax cut effected, the sooner it 'sunsets' or expires. the richer the benefiting group the more permanent these cuts are. and
screwing up a long trend of paying down our debt buy cutting taxes of people who by no means seemed to be struggling, starting an unnecessary and expensive war, and using this war to funnel our tax dollars into the pockets of his vice president and other wealth military contractors. all while preaching the republican line of responsible spending and less gov't. (flip flop) and
at his campaign appearances here in town he went to a public high school, he had a hand picked audience who asked him canned questions. even as the president of the US he couldn't fill the bleachers of a high school gym to more than 1/4 capacity. I guess it's hard to find that many people who you can be sure won't ask you anything that you might have to answer truthfully or back up later. meanwhile Kerry had 100 times or more the size of the audience, he welcomed any who came to hold their banners and say their piece, and he addressed many of these issues that the audience brought up, all with about 100th of the security (you'd think the Dem would need the security, the Reps have the guns right?) and
he has had more vacation time than any other president in our nations history. he freely admits and even boasts that he doesn't watch the news and relies on his advisor's to tell him whats going on. he's an isolationist president (not as a national policy but as a personal one) who is completely out of touch with the vast majority of American voters, and doesn't see the middle class or poor as part of 'his America' and
there's a start for you. you don't hear much of the other issues since it seems trivial to bring up, what with them all paling before Iraq. you can't get him to listen to the public on any issue (unless they pay the fees for a 'face to face'), so how in the hell would he hope to represent us.
