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<< A New CIO? | Main | End of Database Fair Use? >> September 06, 2003Zogby- Public Against Bush ReelectionThe most recent Zogby poll shows just 40% of the public saying Bush deserves reelection with 52% saying it's time for someone new. So Bush's reelection is looking less and less likely. But you didn't have to wait for Zogby to tell you that, you could have read my blog here and here back in July 2002. Oh and long before the conventional wisdom settled on Bush's problems with the trust issue, I noted he would lose the Presidency because of his pervasive dishonesty: the bottom line is that Bush is a Political Liar and that is what kills candidates. He made too many cynical promises in 2000 with his "compassionate conservatism" talk that he had no intention of fulfilling--- and the voters will punish him for that as that becomes clearer. He has no intention (or money), despite promises, for really dealing with the health care crisis, decent funding for schools, or for maintaining social security stability. And despite nice rhetoric, he has been running a regulatory policy that is in many ways more anti-environment and anti-labor than Reagan.So anyone still want to take bets on Bush's reelection? Posted by Nathan at September 6, 2003 06:27 PM Related posts:
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsWell, I do IT work and as much as I would like to see unelected moron lose, I don't think he will with these new ATM style voting machines. They are EXTREMELY easy to cheat with. Posted by: Steve at September 7, 2003 12:20 AM I am also concerned about the voting machines. The CEO of one manufacturer (Diebold) has just said that he wants to send electoral votes Bush's way during the 2004 elections. On the other hand, legislation has just been introduced that would require all voting machines to leave a paper trail. I wrote about all of this on my blog. Posted by: Trish Wilson at September 7, 2003 10:36 AM It is way too early in the game to be making predictions about the 2004 election. Much can happen from now until election day. Also, never underestimate the gullibility of the American public. 50% of the country still thinks that Iraq sponsored 9/11 and seems to have confused Saddam with Osama. They see Bush in a hardhat at a factory and think he's pro-worker, instead of a corporate puppet. They see him chopping wood at the ranch and think he cares about the environment, when he has worked overtime to undermine environmental regulation. On another note, advertising buys minds, and Bush has the money to inundate the airwaves with plenty of it and brainwash the public. I sincerely hope he loses the next election, but it is important to bear in mind that many well-meaning Americans who don't bother to see the big picture still like this clown for his plain-spoken manner and simplistic good-vs-evil worldview. In a country where most folks don't want to bother to understand the complexities of history and foreign policy, this kind of outlook, misguided as it is, is very attractive and perhaps comforting. Posted by: Alan Katz at September 7, 2003 10:32 PM The twenty lies of George W. Bush Monday night’s 15-minute speech by President Bush, setting a 48-hour deadline for war against Iraq, went beyond the usual distortions, half-truths, and appeals to fear and backwardness to include a remarkable number of barefaced, easily refuted lies. The enormous scale of the lying suggests two political conclusions: the Bush administration is going to war against Iraq with utter contempt for democracy and public opinion, and its war propaganda counts heavily on the support of the American media, which not only fails to challenge the lies, but repeats and reinforces them endlessly. Without attempting to be exhaustive, it is worthwhile listing some of the most important lies and contrasting Bush’s assertions with the public record. All of the false statements listed below are directly quoted from the verbatim transcript of Bush’s remarks published on the Internet. Lie No. 1: “My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision.” The decision for war with Iraq was made long ago, the intervening time having been spent in an attempt to create the political climate in which US troops could be deployed for an attack. According to press reports, most recently March 16 in the Baltimore Sun, at one of the first National Security Council meetings of his presidency, months before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Bush expressed his determination to overthrow Saddam Hussein and his willingness to commit US ground troops to an attack on Iraq for that purpose. All that was required was the appropriate pretext—supplied by September 11, 2001.... Posted by: People against George W. Bush at February 24, 2004 09:55 PM pissing Posted by: som at August 24, 2004 07:01 AM Post a comment
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