8th January 2004, 10:26 PM
Oh, this doesn't change my opinion of Bush at all. For one, I'm sure he will underfund this like every other good program he has supported, starting with education. He'll talk big and not just underpreform but do so in a big way. Like usual. And he'll use the money not doing what he said he would to give more corporate kickbacks to the companies who funded his campaign. Or to weaken governmental regulations, whichever is easier at the minuite...
It really is amazing what this administration has done. It's the worst administration on the environment in decades and decades. It turned a large surplus into the biggest deficit ever in two simple tax cuts. ... the list is just so insanely long ... but I could mention also how he has a education policy vastly underfunded and specifically designed so that it's impossible to pass (over time) too...
And yes, this is a campaign thing. Just like Iraq was. I mean, sure, he also wanted the oil and the contracts to give to his buddies, but getting that boost in the polls was at least as important...
And the biggest problem is that he based it all on lies. WMD? Iraq had none. Not one. Nothing. Exactly as the UN inspectors said before the war. Making the administration look like the liars they are. Sadaam? No connections between Sadaam and 9/11. No proven connections between Sadaam and Al Quaida except for safe haven to one Al Quaida-friendly terrorist group. Mass graves? Mostly from the '80s and early '90s... when we were either giving him strong support or were turning a blind eye while he massacred his people... or sometimes, taking pictures with him, like Donald Rumsfeld's famous pic with Sadaam...
It really is amazing what this administration has done. It's the worst administration on the environment in decades and decades. It turned a large surplus into the biggest deficit ever in two simple tax cuts. ... the list is just so insanely long ... but I could mention also how he has a education policy vastly underfunded and specifically designed so that it's impossible to pass (over time) too...
And yes, this is a campaign thing. Just like Iraq was. I mean, sure, he also wanted the oil and the contracts to give to his buddies, but getting that boost in the polls was at least as important...
And the biggest problem is that he based it all on lies. WMD? Iraq had none. Not one. Nothing. Exactly as the UN inspectors said before the war. Making the administration look like the liars they are. Sadaam? No connections between Sadaam and 9/11. No proven connections between Sadaam and Al Quaida except for safe haven to one Al Quaida-friendly terrorist group. Mass graves? Mostly from the '80s and early '90s... when we were either giving him strong support or were turning a blind eye while he massacred his people... or sometimes, taking pictures with him, like Donald Rumsfeld's famous pic with Sadaam...