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Taken from an open letter at Congress.org
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George W. Bush Resume
Past work experience:
Ran for congress and lost.
Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie.
Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using tax-payer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox.
With fathers help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas.
Accomplishments: Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union. Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog ridden city in America. Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money. Set record for most executions by any Governor in American history.
Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of my fathers appointments to the Supreme Court.
Accomplishments as president:
Attacked and took over two countries.
Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury.
Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history.
Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.
Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.
After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history.
Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other president in US history.
In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job.
Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in US history.
Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.
Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television.
Signed more laws and executive orders circumventing the Constitution than any president in US history.
Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.
Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. (http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches/)
Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history.
Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleeza Rice has an Chevron oil tanker named after her).
Had more states to simultaneously go bankrupt than any president in the history of the United States.
Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world.
Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.
Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history.
First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission.
First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board.
Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.
Withdrew from the World Court of Law.
Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
First president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US elections).
All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.
My biggest life-time campaign contributor presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.
First president in US history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.
First president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)
First US president to establish a secret shadow government.
Took the biggest world sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
With a policy of 'dis-engagement' created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.
Fist US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
First US president in history to have the people of South Korea feel more threatened by the US than their immediate neighbor, North Korea.
Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.
Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'.
Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capitol building. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects.
In the 18 months following the 911 attacks I have successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.
Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the civil war.
Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
Records and References:
At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
AWOL from National Guard and Deserted the military during a time of war.
Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my fathers library, sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public review.
For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle James Baker (They can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for war-profiteering.)
Any discussion?
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he's really stupid too
:rolleyes:
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And that's only what you know about ....
:)
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All leaders whether elected or unelected are subject to the vagaries of world economics and events beyond their control.
I can't speak for the veracity of the resume Hobbes has posted - but if half is true GW does appear to be a tad dodgy.
However, almost by definition, politicians tend to be a trifle dodgy. The obstacle course that is mainstream politics tends, through an almost Darwinian natural selection process, to favour those who cheat and lie.
One comment I will make about GW, he appears to be the unluckiest President in a long time. Whether it be, economic factors, natural disasters, disorder or international turbulence, he and the American people have endured far more than what could be considered a fair share during his tenure.
Bill Clinton, on the other hand, was a consumate rascal. Yet he was one of the luckiest Presidents in a long time.
Given, in my view, that all polticians are of questionable parentage, to say the least, I would plump for the lucky one every time.
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Someone once said that people get the government they deserve ( I paraphrase).
The American people will chose who is to "rule" them and then have to live with it. I will be stunned if it is not a Democrat. However they are a people who seem to value certain things way above others. Sabre rattling and jingoism being high on the list of worthwhile traits. So perhaps I won't be surprised (even tho I will still be stunned) if President Bush is re-elected.
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J P! 'Even tho' How could you stoop to such colloquialism. :P
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I suspect he will get re-elected, as to be beaten he needs opposition.
This close to the US Presidential election last time; the name Gore was as well known to me as Bush...
This time around, i couldnt name you 1 of the 10 or so Democratic Candidates.
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It's still early. Last election, the only reason you heard of Gore was because he was the VP, he didn't really have to face any other candidates from his own party. Basically, he was just a continuation of an incumbent administration.
This time, there will have to be some time spent on deciding who the serious candidates are. Howard Dean is pretty much the front runner, but keep an eye on Wes Clark. If he can convince people that he's just as strong on domestic policy, as his experience would suggest he is in foreign and defense policies, he may end up being the only real shot at beating Bush.
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What do you think the American people will decide on El Jefe. Will they look at the issues like the economy, international relations, employment etc.
Or will they look at the fact that Bush has led them thro' a particularly difficult time and think he has provided us (the American people) with strong decisive leadership and we want him to continue his policies.
I genuinely have no idea, however I suspect that they will think of this as a single issue campaign.
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Well, it depends. Americans have an incredibly short attention span, IMO. So anything is possible. But Bush won't make the same mistakes his father did while campaigning. He won't dismiss the current economic issues. So given that and the fact that 9/11 is still fresh in everybodies minds, the democrats don't stand a chance unless they field a candidate that people feel is at least as strong on foreign and defense policies.
Dean, the former vermont governor, is really popular amongst democrats because he's closer to the democrat party's core, but if he wins the nomination, I'd say the presidential election is lost. He has no military backround and little foreign policy backround. Clark is probably the best bet, but he started late, so he's got alot of fundraising to do before he can be considered amongst the top candidates.
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i have mixed feelings about clark entering the race. i think he has the greatest chance of winning, but im afraid that the democrats will rip eachother apart before karl rove even gets his turn. If somehow Clark manages to win the primary unscathed.. he has a very good chance of beatin the hell out of bush. it seems all we care about is the military and since we call the french weasels.. then i think its fitting if the truth came out about bush. I mean, if clark can just come out and call bush a little wuss that wouldnt even serve in the national guard after all the hard work his daddy put in, while clark was a fucking general.. something gore should have done but didnt. now clark really has to capitalize on the opportunity.
