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I would go even a step further. GWB inherited a sagging economy (remember the Democrats all claiming that he was "talking down" the economy?) from Mr. Clinton. The economy is like a huge flywheel. It takes a lot of stimulus to make it change, and quite a long time for the changes to take effect. Immediately after the election, when it was obvious that GWB was the winner, all of a sudden the Democrats were claiming that the unusual election was the CAUSE of the downturn in the economy. Of course, the massive tax hikes and blatant attacks against the technology sector instituted by the Clinton administration had nothing to do with any of it.

Well, by the time Mr. Bush was in office, the attacks against Microsoft, Sun, Novell, and other technology companies had already destroyed the tech market. The tax hikes and huge regulatory expansions had forced companies to start fleeing the country, just to survive. Since Mr. Bush and the Republican Congress refused to set out a course of repealing the bad laws and regulations of the last decade, those causes continued to have the same effects. Yes, they did pass a tax reduction, but it was small and very slow in implementation. But despite all the things stacked against it, the economy began to recover. Not fast, not much manufacturing growth (in fact it is still shrinking, because the causes are still there).

If the Republicans would stop trying to outdo the Democrats at their own game, the economy would be roaring. Just reduce the horrendous regulation of every aspect of every industry and jobs would return to the US from overseas. But they are afraid of the Democrats. So, we lose, not matter who is in office.

And, yes, NAFTA and GATT are major causes of the poor economy.

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"Just leave it to me to say other than the tax cuts and the war on terror, there is no real compelling reason to
re-elect George Bush. We just might be better off with the stalemate that comes from a president from one
party, and a Congress under the control of the other. It might at least slow down the growth of government....
As things stand now, George Bush holds the record for three of the top five years in terms of increases in
government spending. The only reason Bush holds the record for only three of those years is because the
figures for the fourth year of his presidency aren't in yet." - Neal Boortz (Economic and Libertarian commentator)

...as quoted in "The Contrarian's View" published by Nick Chase
https://nick.assumption.edu/NickWeb/ContraView.html

Edited: FarSeer on 27th Mar, 2004 - 4:34am

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Neal Boortz is absolutely right. President Bush has given the Democrats, and the Left, almost everything they have been seeking for the last 3 decades. Expanded Department of Education power, getting closer to universal Health Care, expanded government programs at all levels, reduced freedom of speach (in the political and religious arenas, not in pornography), expanded police powers at all levels.

The big difference, and the only reason that I even consider voting for GWB, is that terrorists understand force. John F... Kerry detests the military, and would make us even more exposed to terrorism.

I don't think that the Dems really understand how the country feels about the war on terror. I think they underestimate the effects of recent happenings in Spain. But most of the people (I think) understand, and as more and more terrorist activities appear this year, a lot of people are going to realize that Kerry would be even worse than Gore to deal with this type of situation.

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Here is an excellent discussion about Mr. Kerry, and what Vietnam really meant. I am just a bit too young to really understand what was happening during Vietnam, but I do understand a lot of the feelings. When I joined the AF, I still stung from the remembered hateful things the Left said about the heroes in the military. The effects of our pullout from Vietnam were really only beginning to come out, the Killing Fields, the atrocities of the Kmer Rouge, etc. Even now, Vietnam is one of the 5 worst countries in the world in regard to human rights, and we allowed it to happen because of people like JF...Kerry.

There is a lot of history and background the article I linked to. History about the 1960 election, especially related to the 2000 election. History about the absolute hatred that the Left has towards anything even resembling the Right (and GWB doesn't really resemble the Right).

I still think that GWB will win, overwhelmingly in November. Kerry is a disaster. Watching him is like watching a slow-motion train wreck.

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Are they looking for things or is Kerry anti-war?

FBI RELEASES ITS '70S FILES ON KERRY'S ANTI-WAR GROUP
The FBI considered John Kerry a "glib, cool" spokesman for Vietnam war protesters when he was attached to an anti-war veterans group, but the bureau focused on more radical elements of the organization during an investigation spanning four years, documents show.
https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...61141%2C00.html

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Kerry has made a lot of statements that are patently untrue concerning his anti-war activities. Including the statement that he was not involved, in any way, with a conference in Kansas City in 1971 or 72, where some members of his group seriously discussed plans to asassinate some US Senators. He has flip-flopped on many different aspects of his involvement in these groups. Public pressure is mounting to get documentation of his claims.

I think that is all that is involved in this story.

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This morning, in the OpinionJournal, there is a good discussion of the political ramifications of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, and all of the calls for Donal Rumsfeld's resignation. I have thought all along that most of the fuss in the media and among the Left throughout the world is based on the idea that they can use this scandal to get GWB out of the White House. That is not to reduce the severity of the whole scandal, just highlighting the political moves that are being made.

https://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/fe...ml?id=110005047

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Most humans do not belive in polls and others swear by them. Based on how things are going so far it might be that Bush will win by a narrow margin again?

President Bush holds a single-point lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry
in the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of likely voters, but voters' approval
of Bush's performance and support for the war in Iraq dropped to new lows in
the survey.

Can President Bush bounce back, or is the situation in Iraq going to keep his
approval rating down? We'll get to the bottom of the latest polls with CNN's
Bill Schneider.

Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/10/...erry/index.html