Now, my response. Note that I call him '8-bird'.
Tag. I'm in.
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What has he done that was stupid?
-Committed corporate fraud
Lets be realistic, 8-bird. He was investigated for that 7 times, several times by fierce democratic people who wanted to get some dirt on him. None of this has resulted in anything.
I mean, shit, if I was investigated and not brought up on charges 7 times, I would assume thats good enough for most people to assume I didn't do anything.
Ho-hum, nothing is good enough for 8-bird when the EVAL PHASHIST REPUBLIKKKANS are concerned.
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-Driven European investors from the American economy
Lets see...how did Bush personally drive the europeans from the american economy, anyway?
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-Raised protective tariffs for steel and lumber
I'm no economist, so correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the point of that to encourage domestic production which, in theory, helps the economy? You know, I'm just completely groping in the dark here, but I would assume that making it cheaper to buy from companies here rather than abroad would be a...help?...to our failing economy?
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-Created tax breaks that gave $700 million to the richest 1% of Americans
Yes, 8-bird, we heard this line before. The evil rich people who should be taxed at 90% of their income, because they don't need it, job wages should be based on how much you help out everyone else etc etc.
I don't get it, 8-bird. You preach about fairness to the poor, but apparently hate it when the rich get the same tax cut that everyone else does. Why is that? A 2% tax break is a 2% tax break, and I don't see a problem with it as long as it applies across the board.
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-Squandered our national surplus on a tax cut that could have safeguarded social security and Medicare
What surplus? The one Clinton left him with?
Come on, stop being silly. Surplus implies that we wern't...how many billions still in the hole when Bush took office?
But I digress. The tax cut, over the time it has been planned for, is a miniscule cut out of the GNP. I don't think that realistically you can say that the cut would 'save' medicare or social security, had it not been done.
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-Looked the other way while Enron and Worldcom stole billions from employees and consumers
1st, you have no solid proof that Bush knew beforehand of this stuff, just speculation, weak connections, and a prejudice against Bush.
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What about the congressional investigations that are STILL going on AS WE SPEAK? Thats an odd way to 'look the other way', 8-bird.
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-Failed to sign the Kyoto Protocol
How is this stupid? Pander to japanese business and hurt the American economy even more or refuse to have the economy dragged further down by the expenses the kyoto protocols would entail? Seems like a simple choice for me.
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-Supported drilling for oil in the Arctic but opposed forcing SUV to follow fuel economy laws (DUH, stupid)
Well, I'm a Californian who was obsessed with this particular bill, so let me tell you how it went down.
The way the bill was set up. SUVs would be illegal to sell unless the fuel economy was improved to something like 25 miles to the gallon. The supporters claimed that the evil evil car companies had the technology to make SUVs that way on their selves, but just refused to enact it. Universally, when asked exactly what this technology is, they had no actual idea- they just heard it somewhere.
Unless you yourself are aware of this on-the-shelf technology that would improve SUV mialedge that much, thats how it would go down. I prefer SUVs to be, you know, legal to sell, so yeah.
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-Violated the civil rights of both foreigners and Americans after Sept 11
True, and a stupid move.
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-Ignored all the signs that a terrorist attack was coming
Is there some information I am missing here? What exactly were the obvious signs that Bush was briefed on that he also ignored?
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-Hid like a little bitch after the attacks happened
Low blow, 8-bird.
What the fuck do you EXPECT him to do, exactly? 'Lets see, we're under terrorist attack, and they're hitting political targets. I am the president, a rather large political target. Gee, I think I'm going to stay here and give speeches!'?
Oi...
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You voted against Gore because he was too smart for you and actually knew what he was doing.
Here we see the closet aristocrat. 'If you don't agree with me you're a stupid fuck.'
Can we get any more elitist than that, 8-bird? How about some republican hate speech, or a speech about how inherintly superior in every way Marxists and Liberals are?
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Senorfrank, if you are a white male who makes more that $50,000 a year, and you vote Republican, you are a selfish asshole.
...? Hold on. Raised taxes, for everyone, is a bad thing for the rich people but bad for the middle class?
Little trivia, 8-bird. Over 90% of the taxes in California- which is a fiercely democratic state- are payed for by, surprise surprise, THE LOWER AND MIDDLE CLASS. Who gets hurt the most by tax raises, again? Who is being selfish by wanting the taxes to be cut, again?
Be seeing you
-Kills Commies
pwned, motherfucker