Bush: Con & Pro
10 Good Reasons Not to Vote For Bush
1.His administration has encouraged a military that is concerned more with public opinion than winning objectives. “Hearts and minds” becomes a viable strategy when “total annihilation” is the only alternative. This continues to be my greatest problem with President Bush and the way the Iraq War has been fought.
2.He has presided over the largest surplus-deficit swing in American history.
3.He encourages the outsourcing of jobs.
4.He supports dumping foreign labor in the USA to drive down wages.
5.He defends the ability for companies to incorporate offshore to save on taxes.
6.His support of free-trade is dogmatic and undermines his nationalist principles.
7.He weakened the EPA rules to the point where Christine Whitman (remember her?) quit the administration.
8.He has needlessly disenfranchised the gay rights community with support of the FMA.
9.He has alienated large segments of the population for no good reason. A uniter not a divider? Who was he kidding? Obviously some of those who voted for him 4 years ago.
10.His neutering of John McCain may have netted him the presidency, but his Machiavellian excesses during the South Carolina primary of 2000 have not been forgotten by many of McCain’s supporters – including me.
10 Good Reasons To Vote For Bush
1.I can forsee how he will govern over the next 4 years and while I have a significant difference of opinion with him on many issues, I believe that America will be safer under his leadership than anyone else’s.
2.He believes in attacking root causes of problems.
3.He is a staunch defender of Israel (much to the surprise of many).
4.He says what he means and means what he says.
5.He is a nationalist (although an economic transnationalist).
6.He ignores the criticism of his enemies (does he take it from his friends?) and does what he believes is the right thing to do. He is a principled man.
7.He has disrupted terror networks around the world.
8.He has devoted more money to AIDS research than any other world leader, past or present.
9.He sees the UN for what it is: a failed experiment dominated by undemocratic dictatorships that oppose basic human rights, democracy and a successful America.
10.He handled the crisis of September 11 with finesse.
Put the two lists together, and I’m on the fence. Then you add in this one fact – He’s NOT John Forbes Kerry - and it swings me over to his side.
W in ‘04
