Originally posted by kalisto_911
Sorry if this is a repost, it won't let me search for anything at the moment.
> > > MILITARY:
> > > * I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went
> > > AWOL.
False. This has been well-documented, and Bush was cleared.
> > > * With the help of my brother, the governor of
> > > Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme
> > > Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000
> > > votes.
False. Jeb recused himself. The father's appointments have approved, just off the top of my head, protection for affirmative action and free speech restrictions (campaign finance "reform"), from one of the most balanced Supreme Courts in history. Not that this was what the Republicans intended, of course.
> > > ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
> > > * In my first year in office, over 2 million
> > > Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues
> > > every month.
Outdated.
> > > * My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one
> > > of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the
> > > largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History,
> > > Enron.
And was stiffed when he pleaded to the Bush administration for help.
> > > * I am the first President in U.S. history to have
> > > the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human
> > > Rights Commission.
The one headed by Libya?
> > > * I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S.
> > > "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused
> > > to abide by the Geneva Convention.
False. Guantanamo Bay prisoners do not fall under the Geneva Convention. See my other posts for the four requirements laid out by Geneva.
> > > * I am the first President in U.S. history to order
> > > an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military
> > > occupation of a sovereign nation.
False. Which nation? Iraq? Unprovoked would mean Iraq had complied with Resolution 1441. It did not.
> > > * I did so against the will of the United Nations,
> > > the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world
> > > community.
False. 70% of Americans supported the liberation of Iraq.
> > > * I have cut health care benefits for war veterans
> > > and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty
> > > troops and their families -- in war time.
> > > * In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our
> > > reasons for attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on
> > > our British friends.
False. See Gilligan, Andrew, and Kay, David. The dossier has been vetted down to the 45 minute claim.
> > > * I am the first President in history to have a
> > > majority of Europeans(71%) view my presidency as the
> > > biggest threat to world peace and security.
> > > * I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical
> > > Bunker Buster," a WMD.
False. "Strategic Bunker Buster" would be a WMD; the weapon is being developed to take out one target only (a bunker, hence "Tactical Bunker Buster") rather than wreak mass destruction, a.k.a. Weapon of Mass Destruction.
> > > * I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring
> > > Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein to justice.
False. This resume is outdated.
> > > RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
> > > * All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are
> > > now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for
> > > public view.
False. From an AP report: "Bush's gubernatorial documents are in the custody of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and are open under Texas public record laws. After Bush's term as governor ended, the documents were sent to his father's presidential library at Texas A&M University. The documents were moved back to archive them."
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http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercuryne...tm%3Cbr%20/%3E)
Look. I supported Bush's opponents in the 2000 election and have never voted for a single Republican, ever. But this is getting out of hand. I'm getting tired of posting the same corrections again and again.
I agree with Derwood. Think for yourself, for a change.
-- Alvin