Gephardt: Bush Worst President of Last 5

AP ^ | Dec. 27, 2003 | TIM TALLEY

[Wondervixen]

This, from a Dummycrap Presidential candidate hanging on with white knuckles, trying to stay in the top 5 of his WORTHLESS category.

[waterstraat]

Bush has not done anything for the conservatives.

[Nick Danger]

"I've served with five presidents and he is by far the worst. I'm nostalgic for Ronald Reagan," Gephardt said, drawing laughter from the crowd of about 300 union members and supporters

This may have had them rolling in the aisles at the union hall, but I wonder how effective this can be as a campaign strategy.

Polls tell us that some 60% of the voters approve of the way Bush is handling his job as President. Now comes Gephardt to tell them that they are wrong.

This is like a car salesman trying to sell you his new car by telling you how ugly and crappy the one you're driving now is. Who does he think picked the car you have now?

[HankReardon]

The greatest president of the 20th Century has to have been Ronald Reagan. Oh what could have been if not for the first Bush and Clinton years!

[miltonim]

If my personal experience can be generalized, then the Democrats are in big trouble.

An acquaintance of mine votes Democrat due to his strong support for labor unions, but he is also a Christian and a family man.

He tried to talk to me into supporting the Democratic party. I let him talk for a little while but then mentioned to him how Democrats support homosexual perversions.

He became silent. Then he said: "I don't agree with that". He became silent again.

I didn't push the issue because I didn't want to make him feel too bad.

[Cobra64]

Gephardt: Bush Worst President of Last 5

Boothead: Even worse than Ronald Reagan?

Does the Dick think there will ever be an aircraft carrier named after him? Dick's a screaming, angry dolt. Then again most Dems are.

[OKC Patriot]

Ashamed to even have Oklahoma mentioned in the same breath as Dick LiberalHeart... noticed the only audience the dems could muster was about 300 (their count) liberal union members. Let Oklahoma be a better judge of who has been the worst president on record. It sure wouldn't be Dubya!! It must have been a slow news day, for this is a nothing news story here in Oklahoma, we have much more important stuff to think about, like football! Dick is a loser, and there is nothing Oakies hate worse than losers!

[Thom Pain]

" This is exactly what Muslim terrorists want to hear."

Here's a question: What might the terrorists do to try to influence our upcoming elections given that it would certainly be in their best interests for a Dem to win and re-commence tearing down our military and defense systems and re-energize the appeasement movement? Any speculation whether they would lie low or attack vigorously to try to weaken W's popularity w/increased casualties?

[petercooper]

he grew up "poor".

cut him some slack

[ChadGore]

George W. Bush ended the recession in the first year of his first term and defeated 2 of our declared enemies in the course of 18 months (taking baghdad faster than clinton took waco).

[ChadGore]

Re: Funniest comedy sketch since the Frier's Roasts with Dean Martin, Ruth Buzzy, and all the rest.

"Never had a dinner"

[jos65]

LOL!

"SHOW ME STATE" INDEED.

[small voice in the wilderness]

Shouldn't the sharks be circling these adrift fools by now?

[al baby]

[fhayek]

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 35 months



Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy


Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California.

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America.

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses


Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes



Pushed through THREE raises for our military.

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years



Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right


Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Successfully executed 2 wars: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom



Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)



Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.

Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.


Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar value tax cut in world history


Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people

Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims

Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.

Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.



5 posted on 12/17/2003 3:46:32 PM EST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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[ItsForTheChildren]

"Jobs, jobs, jobs."

That was Slick Willy's #1 priority, too.

Dick. Sometimes is isn't just a nickname.

[Mike Darancette]

"I'm going to win the Democratic nomination and I'm going to beat George Bush," Gephardt, standing on a stage in front of a large American flag, said during a campaign stop at the Teamsters Local 886 meeting hall.

What a sad deluded little man. Bush worse than Carter? LOL

[Dog Anchor]

I agree with you that Ronald Reagan is one of the best Presidents of the United States but when I say Theodore Roosevelt I speak in broader terms to include the man himself. The men at the turn of the century were of a different breed than today. Two excellent reads for you if you want reinstill faith in what it is to be a great man...

The biography of Jack London by Alex Kershaw.
The autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt.

Have a super New Year...

[Allegra]

"I'm going to win the Democratic nomination and I'm going to beat George Bush," Gephardt, standing on a stage in front of a large American flag, said...

I'm going to win the Powerball Lottery next time it gets up to about 130 million.

[tom h]

The Vietnamese timed their attacks to influence politics in the USA, when they realized that the media was not patriotic. The Vietnamese knew that the anti-war left in America would do 95% of the damage, all political.

The Iraqis know this and have tried, as has Al Qaeda. But the media is not quite so monolithic anymore and it hasn't worked. Thank God for Fox News, the Internet, and AM talk radio.

Proof of their trying it is the fawning over Hillary in the Middle East. They want pro-UN, anti-USA politicians running our country.