I recall reading recently that Bush was rejected by the University of Texas law school many years ago. So it could just be sour grapes. Any truth to that or just more crap floating around the internet? Also I’m not so sure that they are the pro-small business team. They are definitely the pro-big business team.
“The enemy declared war on us,” he told a re-election rally. “Nobody wants to be the war president. I want to be the peace president.”
Bush has called himself a “war president” in leading the United States in a battle against terrorism brought about by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America.
“I’m a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign policy matters with war on my mind,” he said in February.
Kudos to whoever wrote the article. ;j
Funny stuff, considering there are dark mutterings about Iran being next.
Siege
July 20, 2004, 10:48pm
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You know, after this morning, I though nothing about Bush could shock me. I stand corrected and dumbfounded. I may as well say it, since I’ve been thinking it – I do believe the man will say anything to be re-elected! :rolleyes:
How long until election day again?!
Shayna
July 20, 2004, 10:51pm
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Too bad Iraq isn’t .
When U.S. forces overthrew Saddam Hussein 15 months ago, the Bush Administration proclaimed that women’s rights would be a centerpiece of its project to make Iraq a democratic model for the rest of the Arab world. But for many Iraqi women, the tyranny of Saddam’s regime has been replaced by chronic violence and growing religious conservatism that have stifled their hopes for wider freedoms — and, for many, put their lives in even greater peril.
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Iraqi professionals believe that women are now being murdered by their kin at an unprecedented rate. On the basis of case reports provided by police, court officials and doctors at Baghdad’s forensics institute, the number of victims of honor killings in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in March 2003 may total in the hundreds.
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The instability that has plagued Iraq since the war’s end 15 months ago has curtailed the spread of liberties that U.S. officials once promised would have taken root by now. Violent crime remains rampant. And while interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi last week vowed to “annihilate” the armed insurgents, few Iraqis expect relief from the dangers that have become part of daily life.
Women are at the greatest risk. Many have become virtual prisoners inside their houses, seeking a safe haven amid rising rates of rape, kidnapping and carjacking. At the same time, as the power of Iraq’s Muslim clerics has grown, the everyday freedoms that Iraqi women enjoyed under Saddam’s secular Baathist regime have eroded. Women who once felt free to dress in Western clothing and shop alone now must wear a hijab, the traditional Muslim head scarf, when venturing outside. Many government offices require female employees to wear a veil at work. “Since the war, women feel they cannot go anywhere without it,” says Jacqueline Zia, 30, who runs a hair salon in Baghdad. The perils of being out after dark have forced Zia to eliminate the salon’s evening hours, which for years provided women with a social outing away from their husbands.
With “peace presidents” like him, who needs “war presidents”?
Bastard.
I saw an editorial cartoon showing Dick Cheney standing next to the statue of the seated Abe Lincoln. Cheney’s shaking his fist, “&^% #!! trial lawyer!”
Squink
July 21, 2004, 12:17am
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This dovetails in nicely with the other amusing newstory of the day, Poll: Public Split on Anti-Terror Effort , in which we find that a majority of REPUBLICANS believe that we’re losing the war on terror:
The same divisions were found when Americans were asked whether terrorists’ ability to attack the United States had been reduced. Nearly half of Republicans — 48 percent — said terrorists have less ability to strike, while only 25 percent of Democrats and 31 percent of independents felt the same.
Overall, 39 percent said terrorists have the same ability to strike and 24 percent said they have greater ability. About one-third said the threat was diminished.
WWW
Well, the next time Bush supporters bring up that whole flip-flop thing, looks like the Kerry camp has a ready-made response now, right?
Exactly. And Kerry can also point out that Bush must also think he’s the Jobs President, the Health Care President, the Budget Surplus President, and the Changed the Tone in Washington President.
That’s pretty amazing. I didn’t laugh though. I just slowly shook my head.
Not sure whether to laugh or cry.
How again does he get away with calling Kerry a waffler?
Revtim
July 21, 2004, 3:35am
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The same way he manages to get away with taking shots at Kerry for being wealthy, I suppose. (http://www.gop.com/kerryopoly/ )
