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southernlad Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:34 PM
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Yahoo News Story: Case Against Bush
Edited on Thu Oct-21-04 07:42 PM by DQuinn79
PORTLAND--George W. Bush has been a busy boy these past four years. Because his Administration's policies are so radical and his attempts to change our country so far-reaching, it is sometimes difficult to remember them all. Here's a summary of why Bush and his gang of bloodthirsty corporate goons must go; voters may take them along to the polls to help them cast their ballots.


1. He stole the 2000 election. Voting to "reelect" an illegitimate commander-in-chief who seized power by judicial coup d'état is a tacit endorsement of how he got into the White House in the first place. How the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) ruled in Bush v. Gore is irrelevant. As a federal court, the five runaway Supreme Court justices had no right to agree to hear the case. Under our system of government, elections--and election disputes--fall under state jurisdiction. Their decision to take the case, the way they fixed the outcome in Bush's favor, and Bush's willingness to assume the presidency extraconstitutionally are outrages that no patriotic American, even if they agree with his policies, can forgive.


2. He politicized 9/11. During the early days after the attacks on New York and Washington, a stunned nation came together to mourn, and to assess the motivations of the 19 men who despised us so much they were willing to commit suicide as mass murderers to drive home the point. Rather than channel our newfound solidarity into positive initiatives, however, Bush used 9/11 to push for the USA Patriot Act, fast-track signing authority on free trade, tax cuts for the wealthy, lax regulations for polluters and a multitude of items from the partisan Republican Party wish list. He portrayed Democrats and others who disagreed with him as un-American traitors.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=127&e=2&u=/ucru/thecaseagainstbush
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:38 PM
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1. Great story...
but please edit down to 4 paragraphs and add a link to the URL.

Welcome to DU!
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southernlad Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:41 PM
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2. Sorry
Will do. Thanks a bunch. Let me find the article again.
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:43 PM
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3. No problem...
Your count is low so I assume you are a newbie.

But it is a great story, so I'm glad you posted it.

You can use the edit function within an hour of the initial posting to modify copy and add the link.

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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:44 PM
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4. Excellent...
you're on your way to being a pro here!

Now I'll go rate the story so hopefully it will get wider distribution.
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southernlad Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:47 PM
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5. Thanks
Thanks for help. I really appreciate it.
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:51 PM
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6. Glad to help...
the restrictions are for copywrite purposes.

Love the picture of *.
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southernlad Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:52 PM
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7. I'm trying to make the * picture smaller though.
It seems really big. :)
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Doug Decker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 07:53 PM
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8. On the home page you'll see an icon marked "Rules"...
I recommend you give it a look and don't break any. You'll have a long and happy stay here!
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