Convince me Bush has done a good job

Maybe I just don't get it, or I haven't been getting, or finding the right information, but with almost half the US supporting President Bush in the upcoming election, he must be doing something right. But I just don't see it.

I like to be informed, so please, convince me the best way you can that President Bush has done a good job for America in the last 4 years and will continue to do so.

Please no trumping or bashing of John Kerry in this thread.

I wish I could, but I can't. I think that Bush has done a terrible job. It seems that the economy is worse, we're at war, we've been attacked. I mean those aren't exactly issues that I would say are good about Bush's leadership.

I think that I can go on and on about the screw up he has done but I cannot think of anything good that has come from his term in the last four years.

Now I can tell you of his promises they were fair and they were supposed to help the nation but for some reason everything he has done has turns into sh-t.

Sorry cannot help perhaps one of his followers could probably tell us about the "good mister bush"

"I see another "he said/ she said" discussion."

I'm sure something will pop into my head

Originally posted by deeprivergal
It seems that the economy is worse, we're at war, we've been attacked. I mean those aren't exactly issues that I would say are good about Bush's leadership.

1 - 'The economy is worse' - no. Bush inherited a recession from Clinton.
The economy is in better shape. We are not in a recession. The problem
is that Bush has to spend $$$ on the military because Clinton, in order
to make his economy look good, decimated the military. I don't like
G.W.'s spending on things like umpteen trillion going to Africa to fight
AIDS - but hey, there are worse things, like not spending enough on
our military and intelligence (Clinton, Kerry).

2. - 'we are at war'. Yep. We are at war with a 45 nation coalition of
the willing and we are fulfilling the UN resolution 1441 - 'serious
consequences'. Clinton took us to war in Bosnia ALONE, and without
any UN resolutions at all and without Bosnia posing any threat to
America whereas Saddam was providing multi-billions to terrorists
and providing terrorist training - both of which were a serious threat
to America and the rest of the world.

3 - 'we've been attacked'. Yep. We were also attacked under the
Clinton Administration (1st WTC attack in 93, the USS Cole, etc. etc.)
The planning for 9/11 was all done during the Clinton years.

4. - 'Bush's leadership during all this' - Clinton responded to terrorist
attacks by throwing cruise missiles at aspirin factories and empty
terrorist tent camps. G.W. got a coalition of the willing of 45 nations
together and he took the war to the terrorists. Clinton (and Kerry)
responded to the terrorist attacks and intel info about a growing
threat by CUTTING OUR MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE BUDGETS.

I can not convince you that G.W. has done a good job. I CAN
state the facts that he is a better choice for America than John Kerry
(or Bill Clinton).

www.gop.com...


[edit on 10/20/2004 by FlyersFan]

Originally posted by sensfan
Please no trumping or bashing of John Kerry in this thread.

It's hard to tell you why to vote for G.W., and not bash John Kerry.

OFF topic BTW - sensfan? Well, do you miss the NHL this year?
No one is talking about it. It's like hockey is dead and buried.
YIKES! This lockout could last a year or two .... I MISS MY HOCKEY!

First president to authorise federal funding for both adult and embryonic stem cell research
Increased federal funding for educaton by 58%
Cut taxes for all Americans across the board
increased the nmber of pell grant recipients by 1.3 million
increased overall fnding for pell grants by 60%
increased the maximum size of a pell grant from 3300.00 to 4050.00
increased the child tax credit to 1000.00
kept the economy strong enough that despite the recesson and 9/11 attacks unemployment has held steady at 5.4% which is lower than the 5.8%national average since 1948
Overthrew the talban regime which supported al queda.
First president to endrse a two state solution for the isreal-palestine conflict
Fought for and got increased funding for NASA
These are just a few of the things President Bush has done while leading our country.

ha,ha,ha, it most be from a bushiest site what you got in there, mwm1331, by the way I got a daughter in college I can tell you how good bush administration has been to my family needs and my daughter's education.

If you tell many times over that bush is good like god is god you can end becoming a believer.

[edit on 20-10-2004 by marg6043]

Yes marg all those stats were from a bushy site ...........................................................................................
Factcheck.org
Naturally a site that is dedicated to the truth would show Bush to be an excellent president.

Yes FLyersfan, I do miss hockey! And it's not looking good for getting things settled. At least we have the Ottawa 67's here in town to keep me entertained.

My taxes were lowered! My taxes were lowered!!!

I was able to start college funds for all 4 of my children!!! I only had 2 children when Clinton was in office and any money that I had set aside to invest got sucked into the pockets of the Government every April 15th! Thanks to Bush, by the time my children are ready for college I will be able to provide them each with an education!

My oldest daughter (who is only 6) is benefitting from Bush's educational changes. She was diagnosed in Kindergarten with dyslexia and is getting the help she needs which is imperative. I don't know 100% if this is true but I was told by people at different schools as well as my childs Pediatrician AND private Insurance, that if changes had not been made within the educational system my daughter would not have even been tested through the school system for learning disabilities until 3rd grade which is too late. Because of Bush, she had early intervention and her dyslexia wll not stand in the way of her educational success.

The things that Bush has done to benefit my family I feel will be undone if Kerry gets into office. I am basing that on his 20 year Senate record, not on rumors.

I also believe that Bush will do a better job of keeping us safe. So, based on finances, education and safety, I think Bush has a far better record than what Kerry has.

Jemison

How did the Bush admin manage to increase spending whilst cutting taxes?

There must be many a government that would like to know his secret.

[edit on 20-10-2004 by Koka]

I didn't vote for him in 2000 and I won't in 2004 either, but my friends who are Republican (or non-Republican Bush fans) see in Bush is what they perceive as a set of guiding principles that Kerry lacks.

This by itself will probably be enough to see him re-elected, despite his screwups.

Unfortunately, I won't even know who was elected until Novermber 4th, since I'll be completely out of touch -- no phone, tv, radio, etc.

You know people, all you have to do to see what is going on in our country is to come and visit a small town like the one I live in, we have immigration problems. Nevertheless, the people are just here to better themselves and be productive, I walk in the morning at our local mall and most of the people that walks are elderly, I listen to their problems and their needs and what they are afraid of their health care needs.

I have worked in the school system and I know what is going on in the schools and the quality of education.

I see the poverty and the needy in the streets, I talk to the lady in the mall that work two jobs and can no even afford child care for her younger child and have to bring her to work with her and while she helps her older son through college, not he does not qualify for any of those �gift� of pell grand that bushes has given to the poor, you know why because she has two jobs how ironic she either starves so her son can go to college and get pell grand or work two jobs and still starve but she has to pay for her sons� education.

You want to know what the present administration is doing? or what he has done? I dare you any of you to go to the inner part of your cities and take a look.

While bushes fight his war in Iraq that did not had anything to do with 9/11 our country needs and the people needs has been forgotten, our cities and way of life is dying our social services are suppoused to be taken over by churches, and the poor has to eat faith and prayers instead of food.

Wake up and see the realities of our everyday lifes since bush has been a president.

I'll be the first to say it. This thread has been done before....MANY MANY TIMES!!!!

Originally posted by marg6043
You know people, all you have to do to see what is going on in our country is to come and visit a small town like the one I live in, we have immigration problems. Nevertheless, the people are just here to better themselves and be productive, I walk in the morning at our local mall and most of the people that walks are elderly, I listen to their problems and their needs and what they are afraid of their health care needs.

This is typical. You're basing Bush's presidency off of what you've seen in your OWN town. See, we live in a capitalist country. This means there will most likely always be rich people and poor people. There are so many different areas in this country, all varying majorly in income and quality of living. You can't say he's a bad president because your neighborhood is bad. Sorry marge; I like you, but you always seem to just turn a blind eye to all these good things Bush has done! Like I said, we've done this thread many times before. You're usually in them, and people will start listing great things he's done. a week later, the thread is back and you're saying the same thing "I can't think of anything good Bush has done". You're choosing to ignore stuff...

[Edited on 20-10-2004 by Herman]

So, apparently Marge should ignore the travesties around her, is that an official Republican policy.

Here, have these free Republican blinkers, they help ease your conscience.

I don't think she's ignoring anything except those things which do not benefit a free and equal society.

Koka there have always been rich people and there have always been many more poor people. that will never change.
The problem with people lke marg is not that they look around them but that they only look at the negative. To someone like marg Bush could single handedly cure AIDS cancer and lou gherigs disease, end poverty, and world hunger and she would still say he did a bad job.

Besides the fact that Bush has prevented any future terrorist attack since 9/11 here is the rest of his accomplishments from the Free Republic

Abortion & Traditional Values

1. Banned Partial Birth Abortion � by far the most significant roll-back of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade. 2. Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy. 3. By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act. 4. By EO, prohibited federal funds for international family planning groups that provide abortions and related services. 5. Upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals. 6. Made $33 million available for abstinence education programs in 2004. 7. Supports the Defense of Marriage Act � and a Constitutional amendment saying marriage is between one man and one woman. 8. Requires states to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents. 9. Requires districts to let students transfer out of dangerous schools. 10. Requires schools to have a zero-tolerance policy for classroom disruption (reintroducing discipline into classrooms). 11. Signed the Teacher Protection Act, which protects teachers from lawsuits related to student discipline. 12. Expanded the role of faith-based and community organizations in after-school programs.

Budget, Taxes & Economy

1. Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history. 2. Supports permanent elimination of the death tax. 3. Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession, and deeply shocked as a result of the 9/11 attacks. 4. Is seeking legislation to amend the Constitution to give the president line-item veto authority. 5. In process of permanently eliminating IRS marriage penalty. 6. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people. 7. Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts. 8. Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America. 9. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals. 10. Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains. 11. Signed trade promotion authority. 12. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches. 13. Fight Europe's ban on importing biotech crops from the United States. 14. Exempt food from unilateral trade sanctions and embargoes. 15. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home. 16. Created a fund to encourage technologies that help the disabled. 17. Increased the annual contribution limit on Education IRA's from $500 to $2,000 per child. 18. Make permanent the $5,000 adoption tax credit and provide $1 billion over five years to increase the credit to $10,000. 19. Grant a complete tax exemption for prepaid or college tuition savings plans. 20. Reduced H1B visas from a high of 195,000 per year to 66,000 per year.

Character & Conduct as President

1. Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the presidency. 2. Has reintroduced the mention of God and faith into public discourse. 3. Handled himself with enormous courage, dignity, grace, determination, and leadership in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 hijackings and anthrax attacks. He almost single-handedly held this country together during those searing days:

Just three days after the attacks, in his address at the National Cathedral, the President reassured the nation when he said: "War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing."

On Friday, September 14, 2001, President Bush visited Ground Zero. Standing on a crushed and burned fire engine atop the smoldering pile at Ground Zero, he put his arm around a retired firefighter who had volunteered to help, and began speaking to the crowd. Rescue workers shouted that they could not hear him. Someone handed him a small American flag and bullhorn. The President spontaneously shouted: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." The crowd roared with cheers and chants of "USA! USA! USA!" Then he raised that American flag and rallied a nation.

Education & Employment Training

1. Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations). The very liberal California Teachers union is currently running radio ads against the accountability provisions of this Act. 2. Announced "Jobs for the 21st Century," a comprehensive plan to better prepare workers for jobs in the new millennium by strengthening post-secondary education and job training, and by improving high school education. 3. Is working to provide vouchers to low-income students in persistently failing schools to help with costs of attending private schools. (Blocked in the Senate.) 4. Requires annual reading and math tests in grades three through eight. 5. Requires states to participate in the National Assessment of Education Progress, or an equivalent program, to establish a national benchmark for academic performance. 6. Requires school-by-school accountability report cards. 7. Established a $2.4 billion fund to help states implement teacher accountability systems. 8. Increased funding for the Troops-to-Teachers program, which recruits former military personnel to become teachers.

Environment & Energy

1. Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty. 2. Submitted a comprehensive Energy Plan (awaits Congressional action). The plan 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. 3. Established a $10 million grant program to promote private conservation initiatives. 4. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops. 5. Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary cleanup of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger. 6. Part of national forests cleanup: Restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges), and removed the need for an Environmental Impact Statement before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger. 7. Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California. 8. Provided matching grants for state programs that help private landowners protect rare species.

Defense & Foreign Policy

1. Successfully executed two wars in the aftermath of 9/11/01: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom. 2. Saddam Hussein is now in prison. His two murderous sons are dead. All but a handful of the regime's senior members were killed or captured. 3. Leader by leader and member by member, al Maida is being hunted down in dozens of countries around the world. Of the senior al Qaeda leaders, operational managers, and key facilitators the U.S. Government has been tracking, nearly two-thirds have been taken into custody or killed. The detentions or deaths of senior al Qaeda leaders, including Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, the mastermind of 9/11, and Muhammad Atef, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command until his death in late 2001, have been important in the War on Terror. 4. Disarmed Libya of its chemical, nuclear and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed. 5. Continues to execute the War On Terror, getting worldwide cooperation to track funds/terrorists. Has cut off much of the terrorists' funding, and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network. 6. Initiated a comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, and which accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE capabilities were critical in the 21st Century. 7. Killed the old US/Soviet Union ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses. 8. Has been one of the strongest, if not THE strongest friend Israel has ever hand in the U.S. presidency. 9. Part of the coalition for an Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace," along with Great Britain, Russia and the EU. 10. Pushed through THREE raises for our military. Increased military pay by more than $1 billion a year. 11. Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia. 12. Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia, and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ. 13. Prohibited putting U.S. troops under U.N. command. 14. Paid back UN dues only in return for reforms and reduction of U.S. share of the costs. 15. Earmarked at least 20 percent of the Defense procurement budget for next-generation weaponry. 16. Increased defense research and development spending by at least $20 billion from fiscal 2002 to 2006. 17. Ordered a comprehensive review of military weapons and strategy. 18. Ordered a review of overseas deployments. 19. Ordered renovation of military housing. The military has already upgraded about 10 percent of its inventory and expects to modernize 76,000 additional homes this year. 20. Is working to tighten restrictions on military-technology exports. 21. Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed.

Globalization & Internationalism

1. Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become another League of Nations (in other words, showed the UN to be completely irrelevant). 2. Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court. 3. Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e., the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty).* 4. The only President since the founding of the UN to essentially tell that organization it is irrelevant. He said: "The conduct of the Iraqi regime is a threat to the authority of the United Nations, and a threat to peace. Iraq has answered a decade of UN demands with a decade of defiance. All the world now faces a test, and the United Nations a difficult and defining moment. Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?" We all know the outcome and the answer. 5. Told the Congress and the world, "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country."

Government Reform

1. Improved government efficiency by putting hundreds of thousands of jobs put up for bid. This weakens public-sector unions and cuts undeserved pay raises. 2. Initiated review of all federal agencies with the goal of eliminating federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of the federal government while increasing private sector jobs. 3. Led the most extensive reorganization the Federal bureaucracy in over 50 years: After 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency, the Department of Homeland Security.* 4. Ordered each agency to draft a five-year plan to restructure itself, with fewer managers. 5. Converted federal service contracts to performance-based contracts wherever possible so that the contractor has measurable performance goals.

Health

1. Strengthen the National Health Service Corps to put more physicians in the neediest areas, and make its scholarship funds tax-free. 2. Double the research budget of the National Institutes of Health. 3. Signed Medicare Reform, which includes:

A 10-year privatization option.

Prescription drug benefits: Prior to this reform, Medicare paid for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, for example, at a cost of about $28,000 per patient. Yet Medicare would not pay for the drugs that eliminate the cause of most ulcers, drugs that cost about $500 a year. Now, drug coverage under Medicare will allow seniors to replace more expensive surgeries and hospitalizations with less expensive prescription medicine.

More health care choices: As President Bush stated, "�when seniors have the ability to make choices, health care plans within Medicare will have to compete for their business by offering higher quality service [at lower cost]. For the seniors of America, more choices and more control will mean better health care. These are the kinds of health care options we give to the members of Congress and federal employees. What's good for members of Congress is also good for seniors.

New Health Savings Accounts: Effective January 1, 2004, Americans can set aside up to $4,500 every year, tax free, to save for medical expenses. Depending on your tax bracket, that means you'll save between 10 to 35 percent on any costs covered by money in your account. Every year, the money not spent would stay in the account and gain interest tax-free, just like an IRA. These accounts will be good for small business owners, and employees. More businesses can focus on covering workers for major medical problems, such as hospitalization for an injury or illness. At the same time, employees and their families will use these accounts to cover doctors visits, or lab tests, or other smaller costs. Some employers will contribute to employee health accounts. This will help more American families get the health care they need at the price they can afford.

Homeland Security, Border Enforcement & Immigration

1. *See Government Reform above. Under President Bush's leadership, America has made an unprecedented commitment to homeland security. 2. Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first 10 ABM silos in Alaska so that America will have a defense against North Korean nukes. Has ordered national and theater ballistic missile defenses to be deployed by 2004. 3. Announced a 9.7% increase in government-wide homeland security funding in his FY 2005 budget, nearly tripling the FY 2001 levels (excluding the Department of Defense and Project BioShield). 4. Before DHS was created, there were inspectors from three different agencies of the Federal Government and Border Patrol officers protecting our borders. Through DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now consolidates all border activities into a single agency to create "one face at the border." This not only better secures the borders of the United States, but it also eliminates many of the inefficiencies that occurred under the old system. With over 18,000 CBP inspectors and 11,000 Border Patrol agents, CBP has 29,000 uniformed officers on our borders. 5. The Border Patrol is continuing installation of monitoring devices along the borders to detect illegal activity. 6. Launched Operation Tarmac to investigate businesses and workers in the secure areas of domestic airports and ensure immigration law compliance. Since 9/11, DHS has audited 3,640 businesses, examined 259,037 employee records, arrested 1,030 unauthorized workers, and participated in the criminal indictment of 774 individuals. 7. Since September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard has conducted more than 124,000 port security patrols, 13,000 air patrols, boarded more than 92,000 vessels, interdicted over 14,000 individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, and created and maintained more than 90 Maritime Security Zones. 8. Announced the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), an internet-based system that is improving America's ability to track and monitor foreign students and exchange visitors. Over 870,000 students are registered in SEVIS. Of 285 completed field investigations, 71 aliens were arrested. 9. This week, the US-VISIT program began to digitally collect biometric identifiers to record the entry and exit of aliens who travel into the U.S on a visa. Together with the standard information, this new program will confirm compliance with visa and immigration policies. 10. Eliminated INS bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability. 11. Split the Immigration and Naturalization Service into two agencies: one to protect the border and interior, the other to deal with naturalization. 12. Signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal aliens. 13. Established a six-month deadline for processing immigration applications. 14. Information regarding nearly 100% of all containerized cargo is carefully screened by DHS before it arrives in the United States. Higher risk shipments are physically inspected for terrorist weapons and contraband prior to being released from the port of entry. Advanced technologies are being deployed to identify warning signs of chemical, biological, or radiological attacks. Since September 11, 2001, hundreds of thousands of first responders across America have been trained to recognize and respond to the effects of a WMD attack.

Judiciary & Tort Reform

1. Is urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits. 2. Killed the liberal ABA's unconstitutional role in vetting federal judges. The Senate is supposed to advise and consent, not the ABA. 3. Is nominating strong, conservative judges to the judiciary. 4. Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims.

Politics

1. His leadership resulted in Republican gains in the House and Senate, solidifying Republican control of both houses of Congress and the presidency. 2. Signed an EO enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision regarding union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes.

Second Amendment

1. 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, and is NOT a Leftist-imagined "collective" right. 2. Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit. 3. Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers. 4. *See Globalization & Internationalism.

Traditional Values, Compassion & Volunteerism

1. Endorses and promotes "The Responsibility Era." President Bush often speaks of the necessity of personal responsibility and civic volunteerism. He said, "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 is 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." 2. Started the USA Freedom Corps, the most comprehensive clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities ever offered. For the first time in history, Americans can enter geographic information about where they want to get involved, such as state or zip code, as well as areas of interest ranging from education to the environment, and they can access volunteer opportunities offered by more than 50,000 organizations across the country and around the world. 3. Established the The White House Office and the Centers for the Faith-Based and Community Initiative � located in seven Federal agencies. The faith-based initiative supports the essential work of these important organizations. The goal is to make sure that grassroots leaders can compete on an equal footing for federal dollars, receive greater private support, and face fewer bureaucratic barriers. Work focuses on at-risk youth, ex-offenders, the homeless and hungry, substance abusers, those with HIV/AIDS, and welfare-to-work families. 4. The White House released a guidebook fully describing the Administration's belief that faith-based groups have a Constitutionally-protected right to maintain their religious identity through hiring � even when Federal funds are involved. 5. Issued an EO implementing the Supreme Court's Olmstead ruling, which requires moving disabled people from institutions to community-based facilities when possible. 6. Increased funding for low-interest loan programs to help people with disabilities purchase devices to assist them. 7. Revised the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 rent subsidies to disabled people, permitting them to use up to a year's worth of vouchers to finance down payments on homes. HUD has started pilot programs in 11 states. 8. Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men, women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa. 9. Heeding the words of our own Declaration of Independence, the president laid out the non-negotiable demands of human dignity for all people everywhere. On January 29, 2002, he said, "No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them. We have no intention of imposing our culture. But America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity." As stated by the President, they are a virtual manifesto of conservative principles:

Equal Justice

Freedom of Speech

Limited Government Power

Private Property Rights

Religious Tolerance

Respect for Women

Rule of Law

www.freerepublic.com...

Originally posted by mwm1331
The problem with people lke marg is not that they look around them but that they only look at the negative. To someone like marg Bush could single handedly cure AIDS cancer and lou gherigs disease, end poverty, and world hunger and she would still say he did a bad job.

No the problem with people like you is that you tried to ingnore the needs of the ones lower than you as long as you feel good and in power, people like you have not hart and no feelings people like you are just like bush.

People like you don't want to look to the dark side of democracy in our country as long as you drive around in you nice car and live in your nice apartment or house every body else are lazy and not good for nothing, yeah.......I knew you kind, you spit on the hand of the poor or step on them because they are not better than you.

You better look at the charts and the increased of poverty in this country because your taxes are going to pay for their needs, thanks to bushes deficit.