Bush Convention
Wow. That was really an underwhelming speech. For those who disagree, I watched Bush speak live on PBS, with the News Hour's Jim Lehr, some of the driest commentary you could find. "For the record," Jim Lehr says the convention planners want us to know that the balloons and confetti being dumped on Republicans is entirely "bio-degradable." It's good to know that the conservative party is finally coming to terms with issues like "pollution."
Something blaringly left out Mr. Bush' speech was the, er, current National Debt. According to the US National Debt clock, that was incidentally restarted during this Bush presidency, we are$7,365,777,259,552.18 in debt. But the price has probably gone up by the time you read this.
Bush proposes free medical clinics in every community, more money for education, more money for national secuity, more money for social security, and more tax cuts.
This proves he's a rich man's son. I'm no economist, but the man obviously has no concept of money. Has he ever done an honest day of work in his life?
In truth, has everything not been given to Bush on a silver platter? Losing oil companies. Losing baseball teams. Even, arguably, a losing presidency of the United States. Of course, despite the folksy demeanor, Bush is the spawn one of the wealthiest families in America. His becoming regeant of the US seems almost Old World.
Bush's convention speech was more like a second stab at the state of the union address. But he was wooden and unconvincing. His monsyllabic delivery does not inspire. it cause one to wonder how are we going to pay for all this? It seems that those who want the tax cuts now - and permenantly - are ready and willing to sacrifice US soldiers but are shamelessly unwilling to pay for it.
Bush has asked for over $100 billion just this year to pay for Iraq. It can be guaranteed, if he is reelected, one of Bush's first acts will be to ask for more money to pay for our military, Halliburton, and outsourced security guards who can't find decent jobs in the US. Afghanistan and Al qaeda are a different case. What about Osama bin Laden? Bush said he would "smoke him out" right after 9/11, but there was no mention of him tonight. He's still hunkered down in tribal Northern Pakistan.
If Iraq were really about Human Rights, why has the Administration hardly even uttered Darfur? Pyongyang? Columbia? Burma? The Ivory Coast? If Bush is so proud of his international record, where was any mention of the conspicuously absent Colin Powell?
If Bush has security down so pat, why were two protesters able to infiltrate the republican inner sanctum while his personal advisor, Karen Hughes, was held up 20 minutes before she could enter the convention hall?
posted by Jimbo Trout @ Thursday, September 02, 2004
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