Bush no friend of the environment

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

JAY INSLEE
CONGRESSMAN

Until recently, the environment has always been a bipartisan issue here. Many Washington Republicans such as Dan Evans and Ralph Munro are known as great environmentalists. Unfortunately, GOP President Theodore Roosevelt must be spinning in his grave due to the Bush administration's assault on Washington state's environment.

Since taking office President Bush has conducted a shock and awe campaign on the Pacific Northwest environment. His administration has destroyed environmental protections that enjoy great public support and crushed carefully laid plans to preserve our natural surroundings.

In light of the Bush-Cheney campaign's anointment of Bush as a "champion of the environment" ("Bush Respects and Preserves Park Land," Sept. 28), it is fitting we consider this brief reminder of the environmental attacks:

Forgetting our national parks. Quite contrary to the laughable claims made by Marc Racicot, chairman of the Bush-Cheney campaign, the administration is not taking care of our national parks. Our National Park Service has a $600 million operating deficit and a growing maintenance backlog of up to $6 billion. This funding lack has caused a loss in needed park employees; Olympic National Park is down to one permanent park ranger for the entire park.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/193698_racicotrebut05.html

[Not Me]

1. He's also no friend of:

-education
-science
-gays and lesbians
-middle class
-seniors who were duped by medicare prescription drug flim-flams
-army reservists and national guard families
-attorneys (except for those who have to do recounts, and advise him on issues related to Plame, Abu-Graib, Guantanamo, etc.
-students who are likely to be drafted
-manufacturing and union workers
-people with religious beliefs other than extremist RW christianity

I can't for the life of me understand how he can be polling even with Kerry when he has pissed off all these people.