1. Department of Homeland Security

BUSH OPPOSES THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY..."So, creating a Cabinet office doesn't solve the problem. You still will have agencies within the federal government that have to be coordinated. So the answer is that creating a Cabinet post doesn't solve anything." [White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, 3/19/02]

...BUSH SUPPORTS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY "So tonight, I ask the Congress to join me in creating a single, permanent department with an overriding and urgent mission: securing the homeland of America and protecting the American people." [President Bush, Address to the Nation, 6/6/02]

2. Weapons of Mass Destruction

BUSH SAYS WE FOUND THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION..."We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratoriesfor those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them." [President Bush, Interview in Poland, 5/29/03]

...BUSH SAYS WE HAVEN'T FOUND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION "David Kay has found the capacity to produce weapons. And when David Kay goes in and says we haven't found stockpiles yet, and there's theories as to where the weapons went. They could have been destroyed during the war. Saddam and his henchmen could have destroyed them as we entered into Iraq. They could be hidden. They could have been transported to another country, and we'll find out." [President Bush, Meet the Press, 2/7/04]

3. Free Trade

BUSH SUPPORTS FREE TRADE... "I believe strongly that if we promote trade, and when we promote trade, it will help workers on both sides of this issue." [President Bush in Peru, 3/23/02]

...BUSH SUPPORTS RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE "In a decision largely driven by his political advisers, President Bush set aside his free-trade principles last year and imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel to help out struggling mills in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, two states crucial for his reelection." [Washington Post, 9/19/03]

4. Osama Bin Laden

BUSH WANTS OSAMA DEAD OR ALIVE... "I want justice. And there's an old poster out West, I recall, that says, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive.'" [President Bush, on Osama Bin Laden, 09/17/01]

...BUSH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT OSAMA "I don't know where he is. I have no idea and I really don't care. It's not that important." [President Bush, Press Conference, 3/13/02]

5. The Environment

BUSH SUPPORTS MANDATORY CAPS ON CARBON DIOXIDE... "[If elected], Governor Bush will work toestablish mandatory reduction targets for emissions of four main pollutants: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury and carbon dioxide." [Bush Environmental Plan, 9/29/00]

...BUSH OPPOSES MANDATORY CAPS ON CARBON DIOXIDE "I do not believe, however, that the government should impose on power plants mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide, which is not a 'pollutant' under the Clean Air Act." [President Bush, Letter to Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), 3/13/03]

6. WMD Commission

BUSH RESISTS AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION ON WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURE... "The White House immediately turned aside the calls from Kay and many Democrats for an immediate outside investigation, seeking to head off any new wide-ranging election-year inquiry that might go beyond reports already being assembled by congressional committees and the Central Intelligence Agency." [NY Times, 1/29/04]

...BUSH SUPPORTS AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION ON WMD INTELLIGENCE FAILURE "Today, by executive order, I am creating an independent commission, chaired by Governor and former Senator Chuck Robb, Judge Laurence Silberman, to look at American intelligence capabilities, especially our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction." [President Bush, 2/6/04]

7. Creation of the 9/11 Commission

BUSH OPPOSES CREATION OF INDEPENDENT 9/11 COMMISSION... "President Bush took a few minutes during his trip to Europe Thursday to voice his opposition to establishing a special commission to probe how the government dealt with terror warnings before Sept. 11." [CBS News, 5/23/02]

...BUSH SUPPORTS CREATION OF INDEPENDENT 9/11 COMMISSION "President Bush said today he now supports establishing an independent commission to investigate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks." [ABC News, 09/20/02]

8. Time Extension for 9/11 Commission

BUSH OPPOSES TIME EXTENSION FOR 9/11 COMMISSION... "President Bush and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) have decided to oppose granting more time to an independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks." [Washington Post, 1/19/04]

...BUSH SUPPORTS TIME EXTENSION FOR 9/11 COMMISSION "The White House announced Wednesday its support for a request from the commission investigating the September 11, 2001 attacks for more time to complete its work." [CNN, 2/4/04]

9. One Hour Limit for 9/11 Commission Testimony

BUSH LIMITS TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF 9/11 COMMISSION TO ONE HOUR... "President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have placed strict limits on the private interviews they will grant to the federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that they will meet only with the panel's top two officials and that Mr. Bush will submit to only a single hour of questioning, commission members said Wednesday." [NY Times, 2/26/04]

...BUSH SETS NO TIMELIMIT FOR TESTIMONY "The president's going to answer all of the questions they want to raise. Nobody's watching the clock." [White House spokesman Scott McClellan, 3/10/04]

10. Gay Marriage

BUSH SAYS GAY MARRIAGE IS A STATE ISSUE... "The state can do what they want to do. Don't try to trap me in this state's issue like you're trying to get me into." [Gov. George W. Bush on Gay Marriage, Larry King Live, 2/15/00]

...BUSH SUPPORTS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING GAY MARRIAGE "Today I call upon the Congress to promptly pass, and to send to the states for ratification, an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of man and woman as husband and wife." [President Bush, 2/24/04]

11. Nation Building

BUSH OPPOSES NATION BUILDING... "If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road." [Gov. George W. Bush, 10/3/00]

...BUSH SUPPORTS NATION BUILDING "We will be changing the regime of Iraq, for the good of the Iraqi people." [President Bush, 3/6/03]

12. Saddam/al Qaeda Link

BUSH SAYS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEEN AL QAEDA AND SADDAM... "You can't distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror." [President Bush, 9/25/02]

...BUSH SAYS SADDAM HAD NO ROLE IN AL QAEDA PLOT "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in Sept. 11." [President Bush, 9/17/03]

13. U.N. Resolution

BUSH VOWS TO HAVE A UN VOTE NO MATTER WHAT... "No matter what the whip count is, we're calling for the vote. We want to see people stand up and say what their opinion is about Saddam Hussein and the utility of the United Nations Security Council. And so, you bet. It's time for people to show their cards, to let the world know where they stand when it comes to Saddam." [President Bush 3/6/03]

...BUSH WITHDRAWS REQUEST FOR VOTE "At a National Security Council meeting convened at the White House at 8:55 a.m., Bush finalized the decision to withdraw the resolution from consideration and prepared to deliver an address to the nation that had already been written." [Washington Post, 3/18/03]

14. Involvement in the Palestinian Conflict

BUSH OPPOSES SUMMITS... "Well, we've tried summits in the past, as you may remember. It wasn't all that long ago where a summit was called and nothing happened, and as a result we had significant intifada in the area." [President Bush, 04/05/02]

...BUSH SUPPORTS SUMMITS "If a meeting advances progress toward two states living side by side in peace, I will strongly consider such a meeting. I'm committed to working toward peace in the Middle East." [President Bush, 5/23/03]

15. Campaign Finance

BUSH OPPOSES MCCAIN-FEINGOLD... "George W. Bush opposes McCain-Feingold...as an infringement on free expression." [Washington Post, 3/28/2000]

...BUSH SIGNS MCCAIN-FEINGOLD INTO LAW "[T]his bill improves the current system of financing for Federal campaigns, and therefore I have signed it into law." [President Bush, at the McCain-Feingold singing ceremony, 03/27/02]

Excellent Xen.
The only thing clear about GW is that he is a puppet for the real power brokers who surround him-- The religious right and the multinational CEOs .He just lip syncs their thoughts.

What a weasal.

First he says the terror war cannot be won. Now it can be won.

Boy I sure wish this guy would stand for something.

"President Bush (news - web sites) said on Tuesday the war on terror could be won by America and explained away an earlier comment that it could not be by blaming his lack of articulation."

I guess good "articulation" isn't a quality for being President. He seems to have a lot of problems in this area.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=1&u=/nm/20040831/pl_nm/campaign_bush_dc

How about his lack of brains? Maybe that's a more plausible excuse for claiming the war on terror can't be won.

Actually, the war on terror can not be won. You can supress and control it, but the fact remains that terror works and people will continue to use it. Case in point: the United States government.

Oh my goodness. Bush has flip-flopped AGAIN!

"The Pentagon (news - web sites) has begun tapping into its $25 billion emergency fund for the Iraq (news - web sites) war to prepare for a major troop rotation and intense fighting this fall, administration officials said on Tuesday, despite the White House's initial insistence that it had enough money."

"The Pentagon has already used more than $2 billion from what the White House dubbed its "contingency reserve" fund for Iraq. The money is being used to ramp up production of armored Humvees to support the troop rotation, as well as to buy body armor and bolster fuel supplies, the officials told Reuters."

"The decision to use the $25 billion in Iraq reserves underscores concern within the administration about the rise in anti-American violence in Iraq."

"The decision follows last week's announcement that President Bush (news - web sites) plans to divert nearly $3.5 billion from Iraqi water, power and other reconstruction projects to improve security."

The White House had initially asserted it would not need additional war funding until January or February, 2005 -- well after the November presidential election.

First you HAVE enough money. Then you DON'T have enough money.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=9&u=/nm/20040922/ts_nm/iraq_usa_funding_dc

...intense fighting this fall...

"this fall" meaning after the election. A major offensive will either risk the lives of many soldiers, kill a lot of innocent civilians, or both. Winning re-election is much more important to Bush than taking any significant actions now or giving an honest assessment of the worsening situation or escalating cost.

In 2003, George Bush said that he would fire the leakers. Now it turns out that Bush authorized the leaks. So, does that mean that Bush will fire himself?

Too bad there isn't a president election this year, I mean, who would vote for this guy?

Never underestimate the power of stupidity.

"I never had sex with that woman" - Bill Clinton.

"I will find the real killers" - OJ

"We find the leakers and fire them" - George Bush.

After 9/11 Dubya vowed that the destruction caused by the terrorists who leveled the World Trade Center, the Pentagon (partial), the White House (almost) ... would not alter the American way of life with its freedom first format.

Well ... Osama must be laughing his ass off!

Look what Osama has caused.

You have to show up an hour earlier than usual to take an airplane flight, given the scanners, check the handbags, check bulky clothing etc just prior to boarding an airplane.

Try attending a sports event. Scanners, pat-downs, no carry-ins into the stadium, etc.

Mongers who just wanna return from a weary night of whoring around ... instead of just asking us where we were born ... nowadays long lines and showing drivers licenses, extra questions, extra searches.

Soon we will have to obtain passports to go on fuck runs. Those passports are expensive. Post Office rates are between $100 - $200, ouch!

And pretty soon Congress, trying to so-call secure our borders ... is about to give the boot to 11 million immigrants. Those folks are the staple of my entire lifestyle.

Cheap food!
Without cheap farm labor the cost of tomatoes that constitute ketchup for my burgers ... goes up.

Tomatoes that make up our salsa on tacos and burritos also goes up.

Cheap lodging.
The immigrant labor housekeepers etc keep the price of places like Motel 6 and all no-tels inexpensive. Ouch!

Cheap fast food.
Undocumented labor keeps the value menu at 99cents. If the migrants are gone the value menu rises to at least $1.49

Building an inpregnable double fence along the 700 mile long southern border is a horrible indictment on America's new value system menu.

Putting Americans in jail for 6 months for hiring illegals ... all because Dubya flip flopped on his promise to track down and kill Osama ... and fears terrorists coming into the country (to get him?).

This guy Osama has changed everything we Americans do here in the USA (and TJ).

Instead of booting out 11 million migrants and fucking up a perfectly good country ...

maybe giving Dubya the boot makes more sense.

One fucker, Osama, sneaks some plastic box-cutter knifes onto several planes on 9/11 ... and 5 years later he has changed everything about this country.

Incredible!