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Posted on 8/1/2004, 8:26:56 PM by HushTX

I'm sorry if this has already been posted somewhere else, but I havent' seen it anywhere on the site and wanted to share it. It was passed to me by my girlfriend and it's certainly full of interesting points. Enjoy.

*_* Subject: I'm Confused!

I was comparing the last two regimes in America and I'm confused! Perhaps you can help me out and perhaps make some sense out of all this...?

Let's see...

Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good... Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad...

Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good... Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad...

Clinton imposes regime change in Serbia - good... Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...

Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists - good... (I still haven't figured that one out) Bush liberates 25 million from a genocidal dictator - bad...

Clinton bombs Chinese embassy - good... Bush bombs terrorist camps - bad...

Clinton commits felonies while in office - good... Bush lands on aircraft carrier in jumpsuit - bad...

Clinton says "mass graves" in Serbia - good... Entire world (including democrats!) says WMD in Iraq - bad...

No "mass graves" found in Serbia - good... No WMD found Iraq - bad...

Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good... People seem to forget this one). Recession under Bush because of Clinton crash - bad...

Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden - good... World Trade Centers fall under Bush - bad...

Clinton says Saddam has nukes - good... Bush says Saddam has nukes - bad...

Clinton calls for regime change in Iraq - good... Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...

Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good.. Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad...

Milosevic not yet convicted and still in endless court proceedings- good... Saddam in custody with promise of a short trial - bad...

Ah, it's so confusing! (Or is it?)


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: doublestandard

1 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:26:58 PM by HushTX
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To: HushTX

You should send this to a newspaper


3 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:29:48 PM by gilliam
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To: HushTX
President reagan accepted a speaking engagement after his term in office. $1 Million from a Japanese company and the DIMs went berserk!

The Rapist, Liar in Chief brags about his speaking engagements, (payoffs for pardons?), and the DIMS are silent about the apparant hip pocket crazy FLOTUS!

4 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:29:55 PM by Young Werther
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To: HushTX

I think it's been here before, but good reruns are always welcome as far as I'm concerned...


5 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:30:34 PM by ErnBatavia ("Dork"; a 60's term for a 60's kinda guy: JFK)
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To: HushTX

I like it.


6 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:30:35 PM by cmsgop ( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life............)
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To: HushTX; gilliam

LOL! I posted this last week. It was a letter to the editor in the July 24th edition of my local paper the "Killeen (TX) Daily Herald". I thought the writer, Ed Coet, made some excellent points and I loved his "befuddled" tone. My favorite part was Bush in a jumpsuit--bad. Funny.

I'm sure Mr. Coet would be tickled to know that someone liked his letter enough to post it again (not that I asked his permission to post the first time, mind you! I hope that's okay.). Thanks for recycling it; it's a good one.


7 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:42:30 PM by TXBlair (John Kerry: "I am Captain Colostomybag, reporting for doodie.")
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To: The Prince of Destruction

BTW, the original title was "What's Good, What's Bad? It Depends On Whose In Office" in case you want to find it and read the comments. I'd link you to it if I knew how. Sadly, I have very few computer skills. ;-)


8 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:47:34 PM by TXBlair (John Kerry: "I am Captain Colostomybag, reporting for doodie.")
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To: The Prince of Destruction; HushTX

Sorry! That last comment was meant for HushTX. See, I told you I have very few computer skills! ;-)


9 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:51:03 PM by TXBlair (John Kerry: "I am Captain Colostomybag, reporting for doodie.")
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To: TXBlair
What's Good, What's Bad? It Depends on Who's in Office

However this has been all over the internet in the past couple of months, emails/blogs/forums, etc.... Note Google

10 posted on 8/1/2004, 8:52:53 PM by deport (Please Flush the Johns......)
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To: deport

thanks for the link. I didn't know if it had been shared yet or not, and thought it was worth reposting anyway.


11 posted on 8/1/2004, 9:07:28 PM by HushTX (I have a problem with problems,. but I'll never call it a problem.)
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To: HushTX

Nothing wrong with what you did.... I was just posting the link for the other poster who didn't know how to find it....

It's an interesting comparison and shows that it depends upon your point of view as to how things are perceived....


12 posted on 8/1/2004, 9:10:51 PM by deport (Please Flush the Johns......)
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To: deport

Well that plagiarizing RAT!!


13 posted on 8/1/2004, 9:18:56 PM by TXBlair (John Kerry: "I am Captain Colostomybag, reporting for doodie.")
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To: TXBlair

Well that plagiarizing RAT!!



LOL...... well did he claim to be the author or was he just submitting it as something he'd seen? Maybe he did write it and decided to go public after it became popular on the net.... Who knows.


14 posted on 8/1/2004, 9:24:31 PM by deport (Please Flush the Johns......)
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To: deport

He didn't credit anyone else with making those points. He's retired military himself, and he finds the time to write A LOT of letters to our paper's editor. I actually wouldn't be surprised if he truly authored this one, too. But as you said, who knows?! ;-)


15 posted on 8/1/2004, 9:30:45 PM by TXBlair (John Kerry: "I am Captain Colostomybag, reporting for doodie.")
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To: HushTX
Did you ever see this column by Rich Lowry?

W.’s Double Binds He can’t win — even if he does!

16 posted on 8/1/2004, 9:32:14 PM by StriperSniper ("Ronald Reagan, the Founding Father of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy." - Mark Levin 6/8/04)
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To: HushTX
It's partisan driven opinion.

Look back on Bush Sr.'s promise - "No new taxes". Look what happened when he ran for reelection - the two "clowns" were elected. When Clinton issued the BIGGEST TAX INCREASE in US HISTORY - not a whimper from the left.

It's pure partisan hatred at work.
17 posted on 8/1/2004, 9:50:23 PM by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: HushTX

Something I found out yesterday - watching C-Span, in which it was revealed why the Dems always harping on Haliburton. He said, that the only competitor to Haliburton is a company in France - and to my surprise - guess who is on the board of that french company - JAMIE GORELICK!
Now - we all understand why the DEMS are so mad, they wanted this french co. and Gorelick to get the contract!


18 posted on 8/1/2004, 10:20:12 PM by Inge C
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To: HushTX

Good post


19 posted on 8/1/2004, 10:59:31 PM by Arpege92 (Moore is so fat that when he hauls a$$ it takes two trips - tractorman!)
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