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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 10:19 AM Oct 2015

Something we can all agree on for a change. 50 bad facts about George W. Bush

Perfect for this Halloween season: the horrors of George W.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/here-are-50-despicable-things-george-w-bush-did-before-and-a5. He was a corporate shill from Day 1. Bush locked up the GOP nomination by raising more campaign money from corporate boardrooms than anyone at that time. He lunched with CEOs who would jet into Austin to “educate” him about their political wish lists.

6. He gutted global political progress. He pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol which set requirements for 38 nations to lower greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change, saying that abiding by the agreement would “harm our economy and hurt our workers.”

7. He embraced global isolationism. He withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, over Russia’s protest, taking the U.S. in a direction not seen since World War I.

8. He ignored warnings about Osama bin Laden. He ignored the Aug. 6, 2001 White House intelligence briefing titled, “Bin Laden determined to strike in the U.S.” Meanwhile, his chief anti-terrorism advisor, Richard Clarke, and first Treasury Secretary, Paul O’Neill, testified in Congress that he was intent on invading Iraq within days of becoming president.fter-911/

Lots and lots more.

Great way to start your morning and feel good just to be a Democrat.

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Something we can all agree on for a change. 50 bad facts about George W. Bush (Original Post) JDPriestly Oct 2015 OP
Fixed the link... TreasonousBastard Oct 2015 #1
Must have taken a lot of work to get it down to ONLY 50...knr joeybee12 Oct 2015 #2
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