BUSH: Student loans and Pell grants cut and reduced! Bush lied again!

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Bush TOdays Speech at Kent State: "Actually, I think what we did was reform the student loan program. We are not cutting money out of it.

FACT: Student Loans: On Dec. 21, 2005, the Senate passed $12.7 billion in cuts to education programs — “the largest cut in student college loan programs in history.” Vice President Cheney cast the deciding vote in favor of the cuts. The bill also fixed the interest rate on student loans at 6.8 percent, “even if commercial rates are lower.” Despite Bush’s claims, students will be left off the program.

Pell Grants: Pell Grants have been frozen or cut since 2002; they are now stuck at a maximum of $4,050. In his 2000 election campaign, President Bush promised to increase the maximum Pell Grant amount to $5,100. “From 2004 to 2005, 24,000 students lost their Pell grants, according to a report pre-pared by the Congressional Research Service. This was the first drop in the number of students receiving the grants in several years; the number had been growing steadily since 1999.”
http://www.thinkprogress.org/

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1. video clip and 265 Comments

College Sophomore Stumps President Bush
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/23/sophomore-stumps-bush/

1. heckuva job Tiffany
Comment by GWB — January 23, 2006 @ 4:28 pm

[otohara]

17. I'll Check When I Get Back To Washington

when pigs fly

[rodeodance]

23. I want the WH press corp to bring this up.Lets watch Scotty watch.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. OMG!

Bush LIED??!!

I'm shocked! Shocked I say!

[Canuckistanian]

3. Jeebus Murphy, do think THIS might get young people going?

This one is smacking them right in the face.

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4. Like I said as usual Bush merely lies anytime when he can't be disputed

for facts and the truth and as usual this went over everyones head.

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5. Like I said as usual Bush merely lies anytime when he can't be disputed

for facts and the truth and as usual this went over everyones head.

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6. Like I said as usual Bush merely lies anytime when he can't be disputed

for facts and the truth and as usual this went over everyones head.

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7. Like I said as usual Bush merely lies anytime when he can't be disputed

for facts and the truth and as usual this went over everyones head.

[ticapnews]

8. Cannon fodder don't need no book learnin'

The GOP motto.

[FreedomAngel82]

19. And notice how he had trouble answering the question

[MidwestTransplant]

9. Can't blame Bush...he probably truely didn't know.

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12. Bush didn't know? - Bush goes to war on pre-selected intel provided with

the help of Cheney selectively choosing what intel he received from the Pentagon and CIA, but Bush didn't know so what's a president to do? -- He couls always smear Murtha for critcizing him for openers, I don't know?

[NVMojo]

10. Bush LIES ALWAYS!!!

[drfresh]

11. WHO will call him on his lie???

Somebody, anybody in the media, please...

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15. Call him on his lie? - no-one, and he won't be taking any questions

haven't you noticed Bush/Rove solution to press reports are simply setup as Bush has the right to not address matters he is not famliar with or is incapable of giving a resonable sensible answer to, he is the president.Rove is doing an excellant job at evading any god-damn he chooses, haven't you noticed?

[drfresh]

27. I've noticed

But I keep hoping that sooner or later, people will wake up.

[Erika]

13. Bush lies. Bushbots buys

That simple.

[tridim]

14. He was asked one non-scripted question

and the answer was a lie. Lucky for Bush the media won't bother to report it.

[Greyhound]

16. No, they won't.

[FreedomAngel82]

20. Look at where he was

He didn't need hand picked crowds there.

[FreedomAngel82]

18. When does he ever tell the truth?

Anything he says for the real truth just turn it backwards. I remember seeing last year his 2006 budget cut plan(s) and he was getting rid of a lot of programs for the middle class and poor including the college grants. :mad: But oh the rich can still get their tax cuts! Bastards.

[rodeodance]

21. and what I hear on cable today is How good he is at adlibbing!

[rodeodance]

22. and how well informed he was to take on several issues with his responses.

[rodeodance]

24. k and r

[dogday]

25. Uh, I think you are wrong about that young lady....

We cuts funds by a billions dollars more than the amount you stated.... Now there is an honest answer...

[McCamy Taylor]

26. They want them in the trenches not in college.