525 Reasons to Dump Busha Countdown to Election Day2 - The Final Countdown: War, on Terror and Otherwise- October 31, 2004 George Bush claims he's made this country safer. You've heard the words; here are the actions: June 2003: With weapons of mass destruction as his justification for the war in Iraq, and no WMD found, President Bush suggests they were looted: "Saddam Hussein went to great lengths to hide hishttp://www.525reasons.com/archives/000932.html 3 - The Final Countdown: Social Issues- October 30, 2004 Try to find the acts of compassion from our compassionate conservative president: June 2003: After his administration filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court outlining its opposition to the University of Michigan's affirmative action program, Bush spins it big time when the Supreme Court decides in favor of Michigan:http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000931.html 4 - The Final Countdown: His Scary Cabinet & Other Goons- October 29, 2004 From what is surely the most neoconservative cabinet ever, a cast of characters that never ceases to appall and dismay: June 2003: Its a flashback to September 11, 2001, and Dick Cheney is running the government. July 2003: Donald Rumsfeld is a rabid right-winger, despite his poetry prowess: Evasion Haikuhttp://www.525reasons.com/archives/000929.html 5 - The Final Countdown: Manipulation and Deceit- October 28, 2004 Looking for WMD You won't find them here, since we'll be inspecting President Bush's changing tune on Iraq in Monday's final countdown for War, on Terror and Otherwise. In the meantime, here are some other prime examples of Manipulation and Deceit from the Bush administration: July 2003: In the lasthttp://www.525reasons.com/archives/000928.html 6 The Final Countdown: Ignorance & Oafishness- October 27, 2004 From perhaps the most goof-prone president in history, a rundown of embarrassing and just plain stupid moments. September 2003: Bush breaks U.S. Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8 (g) by signing an American flag, then supports an unnecessary and pandering constitutional amendment "to prohibit the physical desecration of thehttp://www.525reasons.com/archives/000927.html 7 The Final Countdown: Foreign Relations- October 26, 2004 For a President spectacularly unprepared for the nuances of foreign policy, Bushs tenure has been marked largely by his actions on the international stage. The list of blunders, big and small, is long and telling. June 2003: The Bush administration withdraws $34 million in promised funding from the United Nationshttp://www.525reasons.com/archives/000925.html 8 - The Final Countdown: The Environment- October 25, 2004 Notes on President Bush's stewardship of the environment: August 2003: The Bush administration relaxed its clean air rules today to allow thousands of industrial plants to make upgrades without installing pollution controls, arguing that other regulations were in place to reduce emissions. Utilities, which sought the new rule, said ithttp://www.525reasons.com/archives/000924.html 9 - The Final Countdown: The Economy- October 24, 2004 Highlights - or rather, low points - from President Bush's handling of the economy: July 2003: White House budget director Joshua Bolten says not to worry: The U.S. economy is poised to return to healthy, sustained growth.There is a substantial stimulative effect to the tax cuts that have been introduced.http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000923.html 10 - The Final Countdown: Corporate Cronyism- October 23, 2004 With ten days left before the election, we offer these sterling examples from President Bush's efforts to take care of his corporate constiuency: August 2003: The Environmental Protection Agency relied on anecdotes from industries it regulates, not comprehensive data, when it claimed that relaxing air pollution rules for industrial plantshttp://www.525reasons.com/archives/000922.html 11 - The Final Countdown: Bullying and Arrogance- October 22, 2004 No time to read through 500+ reasons before election day Here are the highlights from Bullying and Arrogance: June 2003: The Bush administration refuses to send to the U.S. Senate for ratification the treaty that created the International Criminal Court a body which uses international law to try individualshttp://www.525reasons.com/archives/000921.html |