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Reply to Leadership and President Bush in Democrat JoeUser Forums

You are correct. 0n the other hand, George W. is able to lead those who are predisposed to his position. Another measure of leadreship is have you been able to achieve your objectives. On that one George W. will most likely get better grades. He came into office with the objectives of cutting taxes on the wealthy, shifting the tax burden, reducing corporate oversight, undoing environmental regulations, helping the mature energy and drug companies an

Reply to Kerry Camp's Final Fumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

Our failure was to properly secure the amo dumps, borders and areas of resistance that exist in Iraq and are killing Americans every day. We did not have the manpower needed to establish and maintain control and our troops have paid the price of that decission in blood. That is a BUSH failure both dureing the planning phase and aftter it became clear we could not do the job with the number of military availab

Reply to NEWS: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished from Site in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

The issue is not just this site buty all the other sites from which the terrorists have been taking explosives to kill Americans. That is a nuch bigger issue and failure of Bush

Reply to NEWS: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished from Site in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

The issue is not just the expolsives at this site but the fact we did not control the explosives all over Iraq that have been used to kiill our troops. That has not beed addressed and is a FAR BIGGER ISSUE! It gets to the judgement of GW in the way he planned and conducted this war. My greatest fear in re-electing Bush is what he might do in another Iraq develops. Will he make the same mistakes again. Since he does not seem to know he made e

Reply to Why Bush is a better choice than John Kerry for President in Republican JoeUser Forums

You are correct Jonn. What is hard to understand is why a country like ours can not produce better people to be successful in running for office. I think it is the way the two parties operate and the control of powerful groups within the parties. I, as a moderate Republican, have voted for Kerry because I want the power split. I do not want either the left or the right to have control of both Congress and the White House. We are getting onl

Reply to NEWS: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished from Site in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

After reading this series of Blogs it appears that the forrest has been lost for the trees. The real issue is not if there were 380 tons or 400 tons. Not if there is proof that this material was stolen. Not if it could have been removed. The issue is how the United States handled the Iraq war. From the first day after Saddam fell, we began to lose control. The looting was the very first sign and events every day show a blind person that we did not

Reply to The missing explosives mystery resolved? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The issue of missing explosives is far bigger than this one site. Terrorists have been using explosives from all over Iraq from unsecured sites to kill Americans and destory the country. American taxpayers have paid to rebuild pipelined, buildings etc and terrorists dip into these unsecured Amo dumps and blow them to bits. All this because we have not established security in Iraq due to a lack of troops.

Reply to Here's What Will Happen if Kerry Wins in Politics JoeUser Forums

Glad this is over the top for you drmiler. So many of the claims like this one and the claims made druing this campaign about new spending and tax changes is a lie. So long as the GOP retains control of at least one house of congress, there will not be any radical shifts to the left that require new legislation. We will not have a new 1.5 Trillion health care plan or increase taxes on anyone. All that is BS designed to scare people. If th

Reply to Impeach Bush for the lack of security in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Draginol I am a moderate Republican and have been for 40 years. I was a member of the Republican Committee in the mid 70's and can remenber when the GOP stood for things like fiscal sanity (balanced Budgets) and no nation Building. The Bush clan is as far away from this as they can be. Drmiler says I nit -pick. Well if you think a $7.5 Trillion national Debt, 5 million new workers with no jobs, a trade deficit of 1/2 trillion and the situatio

Reply to Impeach Bush for the lack of security in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Daiwa I do not know how you know what % of the Amo dumps we control or when that % was calculated, but we did not control enough of the explosives for our enemies to kill hundreds of Americans using them. Draginol We also did not prevent the foreign terrorists from killing our troops nor did we deal with the areas that supported Saddam. We are losing contrrol every day and all this is the result of a lack of troops. Both the Army CoS and G

Reply to Why Bush is a better choice than John Kerry for President in Republican JoeUser Forums

The key question is is the country better off now than four years ago? Lets look at areas that will help answer that essential question: The deficit has gone from $5.8 Trillion to $7.5 Trillion with no end in sight. That will add to future interest payments from our tax dollars. We have added 5 million new workers during the last four years and have less jobs than four years ago. Energy and health care costs have i

Reply to Does the missing explosives demonstrate the left's insanity? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The issue is not the 380 tons at one location. It is the other locations that we did not secure that have been used to kill our troops. Many of the "only 1,100" deaths could have been avoided if Bush had provided the troop levels needed to secure Iraq. We did not secure the Amo dumps, borders or the areas that supported Saddam from which our troops are being attacked each day. Bush was told it would take between 300,000-400,000 troops by the former

Reply to A Bush Loss = Good for the Republicans in Democrat JoeUser Forums

To drmiller Here is a native American with 30 years of military experience and corporate experience saying, The Republicans would be far better off without George W. and the conservative minions that are killing our nation with debt , an ineffective war and economic policies that are not working!javascript:editor_insertHTML('message',' ') javascript:editor_insertHTML('message

Reply to Osama Bin Laden returns in Politics JoeUser Forums

The one reason we are in the area is OIL! Our economy is predicated on energy and many of our military and political problems in the area are because we are dependent on the energy they have in that region. The Bush energy policy was a give away to the mature energy companies and not one that would help free us from the need for the oil in that area. WE need to improve mileage of our cars, trucks and SUV's. We need to use the availa

Reply to Believe Sen. kerry or Gen. Franks? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Bush is a President, with no military experience worth anyhting, turned his back on the advise of his top military leaders. The disaster we see every day in Iraq is a result of Bush failing to provide the needed manpower in Iraq. Bush has given our brave military a job without the required resources needed to accomplish the mission.

Reply to Impeach Bush for the lack of security in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Our military has said the explosives being used day after day are the same as the explosives sattered throught Iraq. The terrorists do not have a government to acquire the supplies they are using. They take then and use them aginst us. You never offer any possible source for their supplies. There have been thousands of such explosions during the past 1.5 years. We have lost more American lives from these attacks than to depose Saddam Wh

Reply to Impeach Bush for the lack of security in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiller You are full of BS. The issue is not how much have we secured but how much has fallen into the hands of the terrorists? Where do you think all those explosives are comming from for the explosions that take place all over Iraq? The U.S. Military has admitted they have not been able to secure many of the stocks of explosives. I suppose you will tell us that all the Americans killed in these explosions are a myth. All the facilities th

Reply to Impeach Bush for the lack of security in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiller What I am telling you that there were several hundred Amo dumps in Iraq. We DID NOT SECURE ALL OF THEM and the terrorists have been using the expolsives for the past 1.5 years to kill American soldiers and Iraqies by taking what they needed from these ubnsecured locations. We did not secure these Amo dumps because of a lack of manpower. The same reason we did not secure the borders and control the ares that supported Saddam. No matt

Reply to Impeach Bush for the lack of security in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiler I read waht you said. Wood is a part of a forest fire. That does make wood a forest fire.Explosives from the nuerous Amo dumps are missing and have been used to kill our troops. Yesterday a tape from taken after we entered Iraq show that the explosives were in that site. They are now missing. I wonder how many were used to kill Americans because Bush did not provide the number of troops to deny those explosives to our enimies. <B

Reply to Christmas for Kerry! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Here is another Christmas present for Kerry. AP has video taken by KSTP in St Paul on 18 April 2003 that shows the explosives in the Al-qaqaa munitions base. The the claim of Bush and Cheney that the explosives were removed prior to our going into Iraq is not true. The explosives were there AFTER we took over and they are now missing? I wonder how many Americans were killed or injured by the missing explosives? GOOD WORK, Mr. President! The New Y

Reply to Christmas for Kerry! in Politics JoeUser Forums

The overall personal income exceeding inflation is fine but the impacted because of the very large increase in income of the wealthy distort the inpact on the middle income. When you look at the impact on the poor and middle income individuals, the picture is very different. Average weekly wages is down and things such as energy costs are up sharply. My point that we need policies that are more centrest is valid. That is where the vast majority of Ame

Reply to Christmas for Kerry! in Politics JoeUser Forums

The issue is more to split the power than if Kerry is the very best person. Bush and the conservatives will bankrupt this country and we must get a balance. The only that can happen, given the two parites, is to split the power. Voting for Nader insures the Republican conservatives continue to keep the power and govern from the right where the majority do not want to be. As to the service in the military, Bush got his commission not by earnin

Reply to Christmas for Kerry! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Sorry. The President has nothing to do with interest rates. That is the Fed Chairman. It was also the Fed Chairman and The former Sec of the Treasury, O'Neil that warned Bush that his tax cuts could lead to another round of deficits. They both wanted the tax cuts tied to the ability to pay for them with the surplus. Bush refused and we have the largest deficits in our history! You do not seem to understand the difference betweeen Fiscal and Tax policy

Reply to Christmas for Kerry! in Politics JoeUser Forums

How is the economy good for some and not others--simple. First if your income does not go up equal to your expenses, you are worse off. If you lose your job and can not find one or take a new one at a lower salary, you are worse off. If you have no increase in wages like many of the lower income Americans and you expenses go up like gasloine, gas or oil to heat your house, prescription drugs and medical costs, you are worse off. If you get a big tax

Reply to Christmas for Kerry! in Politics JoeUser Forums

All your data is for the economy overall. Because our poplualton is growing the issue is per capita data adjusted for inflation. When you look at the average family adjusted for inflation, the poor and middle income families are NOT BETTER OFF than in 2001.