The Annoited One's Acceptance Speech....

[alskahawk]

I felt the same way when Dubya was nominated
 I predicted skyrocketing national debt, a debt our grandchildren's grandchildren will be paying off, that Haliburton would get most of the contracts for any work in the middle east - and at enormous no bid contract levels - that we would most likely have a stock market volatility equal to 1929 levels - including bank failures ...


I was right

Boy I hope we can be lucky enough to have 4 more wonderful years of it - heck why not eight -



 

I predicted that the war would last 5 years or more. My republican friends said no way! We'll be in and out of there in 3 months! Cheney said so! The economic pitfalls were obvious. A slowing economy(in 2000) and then adding tax cuts, while spending 9-10 million(billion?) a month in Iraq. In 2000 I said "Bush is not a leader". He proved it. Cheney and Rumsfeld set their own agenda's.
  What happened? For 30 years I've heard about how the republicans would fix things if they had control. They had TOTAL control for 6 years(8 if you count the ineffective Dem's for last 2 years). Did they pass any of their great ideas of the past 30 years? Prayer in schools? NO! Are our schools better? Guns? (repealed the assault gun ban?) Strengthen the 2ND amendment? NO! Make our streets safer? NO! How many mass murders have we had in the last several years. (both parties to blame here) We seem to average one or two a year. Mass murders have become so common we don't pay attention until the numbers get over 20.
 Energy plan to make us independent of foreign oil? Mmm NO! Check out the T. Boone Pickens energy plan. Good stuff. Not a chance that either party will go for it tho. Oil companies aren't spending all that lobby money for nothing. 
 Stopped the drugs coming from Canada. Oh wait that was prescription drugs. More lobby money well spent.

 

[Donzo]

For 30 years I've heard about how the republicans would fix things if they had control.

 

Skip over Reagan?

[FrodeMk3]

Skip over Reagan?

To go back to Reagan's term...That's when the outward migration of our core industries' started to really snowball, and Reagan catered to oriental business interests. Why do you think they were giving Ronald such large sums of money for his post-presidency speaking tours?

[Eagler]

Pssss < looks around...  >> Dubya was president in early 2000's - actually market dumped when he was nominated ...

Psst look again .. the market dumped way BEFORE Jan 2001. Clinton handed off a used and abused bubble that had popped.
Bush had turned it around before 9/11 with his tax cuts. But please continue to ignore the facts that do not fit your hate bush agenda....

[Holden McGroin]

I predicted that the war would last 5 years or more. My republican friends said no way! We'll be in and out of there in 3 months! Cheney said so!

excerpt from GW Bush, USS Lincoln speech
We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We're bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. We're pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime who will be held to account for their crimes. We've begun the search for hidden chemical and biological weapons, and already know of hundreds of sites that will be investigated.

We are helping to rebuild Iraq where the dictator built palaces for himself instead of hospitals and schools.

And we will stand with the new leaders of Iraq as they establish a government of, by and for the Iraqi people.

The transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time, but it is worth every effort. Our coalition will stay until our work is done and then we will leave and we will leave behind a free Iraq.  

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Why is it people listen to what politicians SAY, instead of seeing how they ACTUALLY VOTED? They'll SAY ANYTHING to get elected, it's what they've DONE and what they'll DO that matters. And what they've DONE is what will give the best idea of what they'll DO, and NOT what they SAY.

[Ripsnort]

Pssss < looks around...  >> Dubya was president in early 2000's - actually market dumped when he was nominated ....

Psst look again .. the market dumped way BEFORE Jan 2001. Clinton handed off a used and abused bubble that had popped.
Bush had turned it around before 9/11 with his tax cuts. But please continue to ignore the facts that do not fit your hate bush agenda....

Eagler is correct, the market began slumping March 2000 and began a natural trend downward. Bush wasn't elected until Nov of 2000 and wasn't in office until Jan. 2001

Another thing to keep in mind is that we had a predominent Republican congress and Senate during the "Golden years" of the tech boom, from 1994 through 2004.

Here is the DOW Jones historical chart. Note the effect of 9/11/2001

http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/djia1900.html

[Donzo]

Why do you think they were giving Ronald such large sums of money for his post-presidency speaking tours?

How much did Clinton make for his post-presidency speaking tours?

[Mojava]

 It was a great speech, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.  He's going to make a great president!

[alskahawk]

"I predicted that the war would last 5 years or more. My republican friends said no way! We'll be in and out of there in 3 months! Cheney said so!" 
 Said that before first shots were fired. Wasn't that original tho, lot of people were saying same thing at the time. 

[WWhiskey]

?

 your kidding right?

What the h does your portfolio have to do with the economy?
How many of those collapsing bank shares do you own?

And lol - nice try - http://www.world netdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56177

you don't actually research your "I'm a quick draw McGraw ..walk the party line... do you?

If you think I'm impressed you own A stocks - yes i am... how many ? Too rich for my blood and probably 98% of the Americans who are dealing with dubya's using the national debt like a non refundable credit card -

H - i don't even like Obama - but jeez - auto smacking him down because he isn't republican is hilarious - especially after dealing with dubya these last terms

so tell us why congress has a 9 % approval rating or why gas prices were steady till the Dem.s took it over?
the debt of the people I.E. credit cards is there own fault! not the Dem's or the rep. party.
and by the way i doubt you make less than i do from working, yet i own quite a bit of stock, i didn't buy or sell any of it because of who was going to be president i bought and sold because it was a good opportunity for me and my daughter, and yes they will pay large amounts within the next 8 years if all goes well, so i don't want Oboma as pres. because i don't think he should be able to take 30% or more of that profit! he didn't work his rear off too buy it, nor did he have many a sleepless night wondering if he did the right thing holding on to it! now you explain why i should be happy to give it too him?

[Speed55]

Why is it people listen to what politicians SAY, instead of seeing how they ACTUALLY VOTED? They'll SAY ANYTHING to get elected, it's what they've DONE and what they'll DO that matters. And what they've DONE is what will give the best idea of what they'll DO, and NOT what they SAY.

 

[Eagler]

It was a great speech, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.  He's going to make a great president!

please pass the kool-aid if you have not drank it all ....

or is it puff-puff-pass LOL

[crockett]

Haliburton has been used by every administration of both parties dating back to Kennedy.

Not to get off topic but I get tired of seeing that line. Yes Halliburton has been around a long time and been used by many presidents.. Yet "NEVER" have they been used at the levels they are today with so many massive no bid contracts.

[Donzo]

Not to get off topic but I get tired of seeing that line. Yes Halliburton has been around a long time and been used by many presidents.. Yet "NEVER" have they been used at the levels they are today with so many massive no bid contracts.

Well, at least George Soros is making money off of them!