Is anyone else getting goosebumps while

[Stu Pidasso]

Domestic record

No Child Left Behind Act -- "America's schools are getting better."


Medicare strengthened.


"Largest tax relief in a generation."


Economy is growing and creating jobs.


Home ownership "at an all-time high."


Tripled funding for homeland security.


Trained 500,000 first responders.


Reforming and strengthening intelligence services.


Transforming the military.

Economic Agenda

Simplify tax code.


Make tax relief permanent.


Reduce dependency on foreign energy sources.


Restrain federal spending.


Level playing field for American goods abroad.


Expand trade.


Create "opportunity zones" to attract businesses, boost housing and improve job training in depressed areas.

Education Agenda

Double the number of people served by primary job training program.


Increase funding for community colleges.


Fund early intervention programs for students at risk.


Require rigorous high school graduation exam.


Expand Pell grants for low- and middle-income college students.

Health Care Agenda

Allow small businesses access to group medical insurance rates.


Create small-business tax credit for health savings accounts.


Provide help to low-income people for such accounts.


Increase number of community and rural health centers.


Reform medical liability laws.


Keep health decisions out of bureaucratic hands.


Step up enrollment of eligible children in federal health insurance program.

Social Agenda

Reform labor laws to offer comp time and flextime.


7 million more affordable homes in next 10 years.


Allow workers to invest portion of payroll taxes in personal retirement accounts.

Social policies

Supports welfare reform that requires work and strengthens family.


"We must make a place for the unborn child."


Supports federal help to religious charities.


Supports protection of marriage as union of man and woman.


Will continue to appoint strict constructionists to federal bench.

Anti-terrorism strategy

Staying on offensive by striking terrorists abroad.


Working to advance liberty in Middle East.


"Confront threats to America before it is too late."


"Wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom."

Anti-Terrorism Results

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia capturing terrorist leaders.


Taliban defeated in Afghanistan and democracy taking hold.


Iraq liberated and democratic outlook hopeful.


Libya dismantling nuclear weapons programs.


Three-quarters of key al Qaeda members and associates detained or killed.

Thanking Military

"Because of you, the world is more just and will be more peaceful."

Thanking Allies

"America is grateful, and America will not forget."

Messages for the Future

"We have reached a time for hope."


"This young century will be liberty's century."


"By promoting liberty abroad, we will build a safer world."


"By encouraging liberty at home, we will build a more hopeful America."

I stole this directly from the commie news network. Naturally CNN left out all jabs against Kerry. Since those Jabs help differentiate Bush from Kerry, I feel they should have been included as key points. I can only surmise that CNN left them out because they are biased against Bush.

Stu

[The once and future king]

OMG.

Thats what is mind expanding about these forums. It is the only possible interaction I could have with someone capable of expressing such a sentiment.

As for security. This is the real reason that someone tends to the republican side of the force (the dark side).

Republicans love authority. They love strong armies strong police and firm and draconian laws. They want discipline rigidity and conformity. These are the psychological tells of the right in general. Fundamentaly they want to transfer responsibility for thier lives to an external force or father figure. They want to be told what to do and they want every one to obey those ordrers or else.

This is why the republican party has such strong ties with fundamentalist christian sections of USA culture. What better father figure than a disiplianrian God who sets down firm laws and punishes with damnation anyone who trangresses.

In essence then republicans and fundamentalist evangelical christians have the same fundamtenal neurosis and seek to resolve those by seeking a disciplinarian authority figure/external force which demands obediance and can grant them security from thier fears.

[Cyrus]

Meantime, in the real world: The Bush camp is backing away hastily from Zell Miller, who's apparently destined to have a very short career as a Republican! Apparently, they want to avoid more of the negative reaction that arose across partisan lines from Miller's emotional speech.

Yes, it has come to this: The Republican Convention keynote speaker was ...speaking for himself.

Unbelievable.





MSNBC Report

[GWB]

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Zell Miller, who's apparently destined to have a very short career as a Republican!

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Shorter than even you think. As in 0 seconds. He was always and will always be a Democrat. It is not his fault that the National Democratic Party has turned leftward and left common sense Democrats like Zell behind.

[adios]

Jokerswild wrote:

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What a sycophantic homo thread.

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A clear homophobic reference. Yet another in the long line of hate mongering statements made by jokerswild. One can only wonder what jokerswild states about minorities in private. Jokerswild, you're busted.

[MMMMMM]

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[anatta]

Do you honestly believe there is ANY difference between this "common sense" Southern Democrat, Sen. Miller, and the Southern Conservative Democrats of the 1960's who supported segregation? These people were racists and the Repulican Party has assimilated (sp?) most of them like the Borg...some wackos remain in the Democratic Party I guess. Sen. Miller just sounds like a rather stupid person to me, and its not just the accent...although that helps.

[nothumb]

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Restrain federal spending.


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I didn't realize he told any jokes!! [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

There are a lot of nice-sounding ideas here about increasing funding for community colleges, rural health care, etc etc. There were a lot of 'compassionate' ideas in his first platform too - did they happen?

NT

[destro]

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common sense Democrats like Zell behind.

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HA
That is funny. Did you see him talk later when he was bieing interviewed and he told the guy that was pissing him off that he (Zell) wished we lived in the days where he could challenge you ( the interviewer) to a duel. This guy is so out there its starting to move from funny to scary.

[andyfox]

I thought it was excellent. Bush seemed calm, cool, collected, confident and presidential. (And I'm not a fan by any means, as you all know.) Just as I had predicted, he was a breath of fresh air compared to the staginess of Arnold (and Zell). Better than Kerry did. It was just a bit too long, started too slowly (both in coentent and delivery) and lasted too long. But overall an A-. Plus his tie was much better than Kerry's.

I predict a substantial bounce for Bush and Kerry will be hardpressed to recover.

Kerry's speech in Ohio was wrong. Again he's harping on Vietnam. A mistake.