[Chi-townChief]

"National traumas such as 9/11, like private ones, often erase history, cause amnesia, leave a clean slate. Bush was given a fresh start, a new contract with the American people."

It amazes me how these lefties keep trying to peddle this crap one minute and then trying to act like September 11th never happened the next:

" ... inventing a terrorist warning alert system that has never gone to green--the state of no alert--making sure we never forget that the president is fighting the war on terror."

[dts32041]

Nd.edu=New democrat education.

[MEG33]

Balderdash

[doug from upland]

I must have missed the news that says he will privatize Social Security. Allowing an individual to choose his own investment with a very small percentage of his own money that is being sucked in by the system does not seem like privatizing to me.

[mass55th]

"On Sept. 10, 2001, half of his administration was implicated in the corporate scandals that were finally getting their moment in the sun."

Who is he taking about besides White? Cheney was never a serious problem in my eyes. And, I thought that Enron and the rest of those scandals broke after 9/11. What say the rest of you?

[Bubba_Leroy]

[tet68]

Every time they refuse to give him an inch of credit, he earns a mile.

privatizing Social Security, privatizing Medicare,

And were they not in the hands of the "People" before they were SOCIALIZED!!!

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

These morons don't want to accept that President Bush was very popular long before 9/11.

[William McKinley]

On Sept. 10, 2001, half of his administration was implicated

Lie.

I think about the only one who was even remotely implicated was the army guy who just resigned, and that was only because he didn't want to divest. Everyone else was clean.

Heck, the complaint seemed to be that Bush saw the Enron folks, and then did nothing to cover their graft.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...T'was US vs "THEM"..

...at the OSCARS =

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[DallasMike]

E-mail I sent to Mr. O'Rourke:

Dear Mr. O'Rourke,

 

You wrote:  "On Sept. 10, 2001, half of his administration was implicated in the corporate scandals that were finally getting their moment in the sun. Bush's one victory--the large tax cut for the wealthy--was beginning to look not so victorious as the economy continued to sour."

 

You should be ashamed of yourself for the way you invented facts out of whole cloth. Bush's administration was not implicated in the corporate scandals; in fact, the Democrats put the skids on investigating Enron and other corporations because it turns out Ken Lay and his pals were much chummier with the Clintons. As one example, look at the skids greased by the Clintons for Enron to get a big contract in India.

 

Next, the idea that Bush's tax cuts were (1) large; and (2) for the wealthy is just a plain lie on both counts. The tax cuts were small by the standards set by Presidents Kennedy and Reagan. And the top 5% of taxpayers pay over half of the income taxes, meaning that any meaningful tax cut is going to affect the wealthy more than it does others. In fact, as shown here, the bottom 50% of wage earners pay less than 4% of income taxes.

 

If you have to resort to lies and half-truths in order to defend your beliefs, then perhaps you ought to re-examine those beliefs.

 

Best regards,

 

-Michael XXXXXXXXX

 Dallas, Texas

 

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

he had been relegated to friendly grade-school audiences, where he could count on respectful treatment.

I would love to have someone take the pic of GW reading to the school kids and put X-42 in its place. Then further alter pic to show college co-eds sitting on the floor being read to. That would be the class that BC would like to have for an audience.

[Rudder]

Bush responded with what we have an overabundance of: military might.

Yep, our defenses are just too damn strong.

[Libloather]

He was born great, insofar he was born to a wealthy and powerful family...

Wealth and power does all that? Would ANYONE ever consider Unca Teddy - 'great'? Maybe in size...

[rface]

HEY!!! WILLIAM O'ROURKE!!! Your storys are funny...

[YankeeReb]

It is clear that his tax cuts exist not just to give money to the rich, but to take services away from the poor for ideological reasons.

Just what constitutes rich, and what "services" would the rest of us be losing? I for one would love to defund the Internal Revenue "Service", that would more than pay for any tax cuts.

[Mo1]

No longer is there a need to ask. I know why.

Sorry, but this dude doesn't know squat

[WhaChuLookinAt]

It is clear that his tax cuts exist not just to give money to the rich, but to take services away from the poor for ideological reasons

Let's see...a $2.2 TRILLION budget representing out-of-control spending increases across the board means that services are taken away from the poor. Of COURSE!! And the Dems in Congress who voted for it share none of the blame. Baghdad is alive and well and writing for his new employer the Chicago Sun-Times. Bob, meet Roger Ebert, your new partner and ideological soulmate.

[WhaChuLookinAt]

It is clear that his tax cuts exist not just to give money to the rich, but to take services away from the poor for ideological reasons

Let's see...a $2.2 TRILLION budget representing out-of-control spending increases across the board means that services are taken away from the poor. Of COURSE!! And the Dems in Congress who voted for it share none of the blame. Baghdad Bob is alive and well and writing for his new employer the Chicago Sun-Times. Bob, meet Roger Ebert, your new partner and ideological soulmate.

[harpo11]

"On Sept. 10, 2001, half of his administration was implicated in the corporate scandals that were finally getting their moment in the sun."

Excuse me, proof, evidence, please verify outlandish foolhardy statements.