StevePhelps 0 #1 October 3, 2004 I'm trying to get all this political stuff straightened out in my head so I'll know how to vote come November. Right now, we have one guy saying one thing. Then the other guy says something else. Who to believe? Lemme see -- have I got this straight? 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... 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... No mass graves found in Serbia - good... No WMD found Iraq - bad... Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good... Economy on upswing under Bush - 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 - good... Saddam turned over for trial - bad... Ahh, it's so confusing! Every year an independent tax watchdog group analyzes the average tax burden on Americans, and then calculates the "Tax Freedom Day". This is the day after which the money you earn goes to you, not the government. This year, tax freedom day was April 11th. That's the earliest it has been since 1991. It's latest day ever was May 2nd, which occurred in 2000. Notice anything special about those dates? Recently, John Kerry gave a speech in which he claimed Americans are actually paying more taxes under Bush, despite the tax cuts. He gave no explanation and provided no data for this claim. Another interesting fact: Both George Bush and John Kerry are wealthy men. Bush owns only one home, his ranch in Texas. Kerry owns 4 mansions, all worth several million dollars. (His ski resort home in Idaho is an old barn brought over from Europe in pieces. Not your average A-frame). Bush paid $250,000 in taxes this year; Kerry paid $90,000. Does that sound right? The man who wants to raise your taxes obviously has figured out a way to avoid paying his own. Only a few days until the? election! Please Vote!!! I think I'll vote for Bush. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 October 3, 2004 If all of those things true, then the article you just cut and pasted here just said that either Clinton wasn't all that bad, or that GWB is at least as bad as Clinton. Kind of a stupid thing for it to have said since it seems to fail to recognise one very important fact; Clinton ain't running in this election! I swear, some of these stupid chain letter articles you folks cut and paste here make no logical sense what-so-ever.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #3 October 3, 2004 Well, based on that, I'm sure not voting for Clinton! Oh wait, even if Clinton were running, that list is full of crap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #4 October 3, 2004 Next time you plagiarize something stupid, why not make it something that hasn't been posted here before? www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1157060#1157060... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
free_man 0 #5 October 3, 2004 Maybe this will help? *Republicrat vs. Democan* *MSNBC | October 1 2004 * Get past the bluster and bile, and the two products of privilege who each want to be the next President aren't all that different. How sad. Last night was Debate Night USA. Perhaps you tuned in. But what did America really see after months of endless campaigning, hundreds of millions of dollars lavished on attack ads, and enough cheap talk [as my mama used to say] to drive any sane citizen off the nearest bridge? Answer: Two flawed candidates -- George Walker Bush and John Forbes Kerry -- both of the same generation and privileged class, but who differ largely in style. Two representatives of the major-party duopoly that controls the debates, the political process, and the country. You don't agree? Let's look at the Tale of the Presidential Tape. Bush is 58. Kerry is 61. Both went to New England prep schools [Bush to Andover, from which both his father and Kerry's father graduated. Kerry to St. Paul's]. Both went to the same college [Yale]. Both joined the same secret society [Skull & Bones]. Both served in the military. Bush was an officer in the Air National Guard [a good way to avoid Vietnam combat]. Kerry was an officer in the U.S. Navy [usually a safer alternative than the Army in those days]. Kerry saw combat and became an antiwar activist after his discharge. Bush never served overseas, disengaged from the Guard after being trained as a pilot, and worked on the political campaign of a Bush family friend. Bush went to grad school [Harvard MBA]. Kerry went to law school [Boston College]. Bush, bankrolled with family money, pursued a largely unsuccessful career as an independent oilman. Then, again through family connections, he became a part-owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team. Kerry became a prosecutor. Both ran for Congress and were defeated. Bush was eventually elected governor of Texas, then President. Kerry was eventually elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts, then U.S. senator. Both married and had two daughters. Kerry later had his marriage annulled and remarried. Bush was an Episcopalian, then a Presbyterian, and finally a Methodist [talk about flip-floppers]. Kerry is a Roman Catholic. Bush wears his religion on his sleeve. Kerry is more circumspect about his beliefs. Both are connected to political dynasties [Bush to the Bush Dynasty of his grandfather, Senator Prescott Bush, and his father, former President George H.W. Bush; Kerry to the Kennedy Dynasty, although his own ancestors include John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts, and a great-great-grandfather who was a U.S. senator]. Bush runs, bikes, and clears brush. Kerry skis, bikes, and windsurfs. Both hunt [at least for the cameras]. Both are multimillionaires. Both are Washington insiders [Bush settled scores for his father from the White House; Kerry has been in the Senate for almost 20 years]. Both are the highly marketed and focus-group-targeted products of two competing political brands owned by Dems Inc. and GOP Inc. Corporate America has enormous equity stakes in both outfits. Neither, despite all the spin, is a regular guy. In fact, the only Presidential candidate with a national following who wasn't born with a silver microphone in his mouth is Ralph Nader. Of course, Nader wasn't allowed to participate in the debates, even though his candidacy in 2000 probably determined the outcome of the election. That's because the Commission on Presidential Debates is a jointly owned subsidiary of the Democratic and Republican parties, and squabble as they may, the last thing they want is to share their lucrative business with some political startup. Why, fresh ideas might be injected into the debate, and who knows where that would lead? “…because I hope you know this, I think you do…all governments are lying cocksuckers.” Bill Hicks, Relentless Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #6 October 3, 2004 Very funny. If it's all true, it's a very telling synopsis of the different acts a person can take and what the liberal democrats see in it - simply because of political differences. Thanks for posting it, Steve. It may have been posted before, but it's a good reminder of the political perspective. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePhelps 0 #7 October 4, 2004 Quote Next time you plagiarize something stupid, why not make it something that hasn't been posted here before? www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1157060#1157060 Guess it shows I usually don't post here ... back to the photogs forum! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
