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<DIV><SPAN class=640102423-12022004><FONT face=Arial>Bottom line =
for me: We
dare not turn this country over to anyone who would yank the troups, =
decimate
morale in the armed forces, signal to the world that we are fair game =
to all
terrorists, throw the Iraqis to the wolves, seriously empower Iran, =
Libya,
Syria, etc., put the Israelies (our ONLY steadfast allies over there) =
in
mortal danger, dismantle our intelligence services, and drastically =
hamper the
economic recovery (or kill it) by raising taxes. I have my troubles =
with
George, too. But he has my vote over any of the Democrats. You know, =
they guys
who saw the same intelligence info from both Clinton and Bush, voted =
FOR the
war, and now claim otherwise. They frankly and literally scare
me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV>
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class=640102423-12022004><FONT size=3>PS "Dear Jesus, I didn't =
mean it. Just
illustrating a point!"</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-anyone who would yank the troops: =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>None of the mainstream (not
Kucinich) democratic nominees are proposing this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-Iraqis to the wolves:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ditto above</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-decimate morale in the armed =
forces: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bush sent the armed forces into a war on false =
pretenses.
He had been looking for a rationalization to start this
war since he took office, and used the trust people put in him =
after the
terrorist attacks to bait and switch. This can't be seen as =
moralizing to
the troops. Then to thank them for their good service he proposed =
cuts to
military housing schools, child care centers, and veterans' medical =
care.
Bush has made a great habit of using the troops for photo ops, but I =
don't see
how he's been good for them.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-You know, they guys who saw the same =
intelligence info
from both Clinton and Bush, voted FOR the war, and now claim
otherwise:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The resolution they voted for wasn't a =
resolution to
go to war. It was a resolution to give the president
authority so that he could increase pressure on Iraq, which was
working. He failed to let diplomacy do its job =
and broke
their trust too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>- put the Israelis (our ONLY steadfast allies =
over there)
in mortal danger:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>It's obvious at this point that Bush's approach =
to Israel
has caused them far more harm than the approach that the Clinton =
Whitehouse
applied.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-seriously empower Iran, Libya, Syria, =
etc:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I don't know where you came up with this =
assertion, but
you'd have to provide some reasoning for me to even come up with a
reply.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-dismantle our intelligence =
services:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>It was George H. W. Bush (Daddy) that =
drastically cut
back the CIA after the cold war ended. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-signal to the world that we are fair game to =
all
terrorists:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Clinton's nation security
adviser, Berger, gave this advise to Bush's NSA, =
Rice,
"spend more time on terrorism generally, and on al Queda specifically, =
than any
other subject," when the administrations changed. By most
accounts the Bush Nation Security Counsel, did and =
said
little about al Queda before 9/11. They were already focused =
on
Iraq. To say that Bush in all his "Cowboyness" is tougher on
terrorism than a generic Dem candidate is =
pure fluff.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-drastically hamper the economic recovery (or =
kill it) by
raising taxes:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If you want to see the "recovery" go down the =
tubes, keep
the tax cuts. As the debt goes up so do interest rates and that is =
definitely bad for investment and growth. If you want to give tax =
cuts
that increase consumer spending you don't give them to the millionaires, =
you
give them to the working people. They're the ones who spend the =
largest
percentage of what they receive in a timely fashion. Bush has seen =
the
greatest lose of jobs per year of any president since Herbert =
Hoover. And
if you think that's a coincidence line up each president since the =
beginning of
the great depression according to the average job lose or gain per =
year
while they were in office. That's fourteen presidents, 8 =
republicans and
six democrats. The top six are the democrats the bottom eight are =
the
republicans. The random odds of this are about 3 in 10,000. =
So
please don't tell me about how electing a democrat is going to hamper =
the
"recovery".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Colin Kenny</FONT></DIV>
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