Bush says Democrats would threaten fiscal health (CNN)

[kysrsoze]

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- President Bush courted voters Monday in the state that decided the 2000 election, arguing his tax cuts are helping the economy and suggesting Democrats would endanger America's fiscal health by raising taxes.

Spending the President's Day holiday in Florida, the second day of his 19th visit to the state as president, Bush said the country is recovering from its economic downturn. He blamed the recession, corporate scandals, and the 2001 terrorist attacks for the problem, but said his policies turned the economy around.

"Those were a lot of obstacles and hurdles for our nation to handle and yet our economy is strong. I will argue vociferously that one of the reasons it is strong is because the Congress wisely heeded my call and let people keep more of their own money," Bush told employees gathered in a warehouse of NuAir Manufacturing, a small but thriving window and door manufacturer.

"The tax relief plan you hear some people maligning around our country helped small business growth."


http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/elec04.prez.bush.florida.ap/index.html


Op-Ed: Bwaaaahaaahaaahaaaa!

[TennesseeWalker]

1. Now THAT is funny!

Yep...the "Fiscally Responisble" President.

[rock]

4. He'll be able to get a great job as stand-up comedian

(after the election this fall).

[indepat]

5. Very funny and patently ludicrous as most of his words are mostly

laden with at least one oxymoron.

[loudnclear]

31. Does he mean "more than the Republicnas?"

I think 30 years of past history indicates that Republicans are dangerous to our economy.

[Briarius]

2. Black is white, up is down

war is peace. I really don't know how people can believe this crap

[underpants]

3. Hey W, people want to hear something new

this "cut taxes cut taxes...they will RAISE your taxes" crap is getting old.

[The Zanti Regent]

28. Why doesn't he say that he'll raise the debt?

Would be nice for President Asshole to tell the truth, just once!

[tom_paine]

6. Further, Bunnypants* also said that appointing honest men to law

enforcement would lead to more crime.

Bunnypants* concluded by say that appointing Nazis to law enforcement would assure Jews and Blacks "fair und balanced" law enforcement.

Orwell was right. His title was just 17 years off...

[ixion]

7. ah... more Bushspeak

economic free fall is fiscally healthy, according to the Bush cabal. I'll put that right next to 'War is Peace'.

[benfranklin1776]

12. Indeed. He has reached the point of parody with utterances like these.

Not only are these blatherings Orwellian to the extreme, every time he makes an accusation such as this he provides a textbook example of Freudian projection taken to exponential degree. Whatever he accuses the Democratic Party or candidate of doing is precisely what he is doing himself. A classic diversionary ploy, except in the face of record deficits statements like this merely serve to emphasize his isolation and detachment from reality. They will serve to accelerate the plummet rate of his already sinking popularity. His snake oil shtick is wearing woefully thin and people are waking up to his yawning credibility gap. The best thing he can do is continue to keep flapping his jaws this way and it digs the chasm ever deeper.

[wabeewoman]

30. Carol Mosley Braun was on Bill Mayer

the other night and was talking about 1984 and how Orwellian the bush administration is. It was great! I find her impressive-she had a great handle on what was wrong with No Child Left Behind too.

[RedEarth]

8. WHAT?.......George, you are out of your mind

The IMF, Concord Coalition and numerous other groups have said you have put on country in dire straits with your fiscal policy. Must have been hitting the bottle again George.

[samsingh]

9. only of shrub's best friends and crooks

the rest of us will do better under Democrats

[Skittles]

10. proof positive our "president" is a f***ing idiot

not that we needed any more proof

[rfranklin]

11. What small businesses has this a-hole helped?

I haven't seen a damn bit of difference in my business because of his "tax cuts." but I see even my upper middle class customers cutting back because they don't have any damned jobs!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

13. With $520 Billion Plus in this years deficit alone, Bushler.....

has the alot of nerve to say this.

POS!!!!!!!!! :puke:

[rman]

14. if you believe "deficits don't matter" that is

otherwise there is no fiscal health, but rather terminal decease.

[JoFerret]

15. The man is a laughing stock

straight out of OrwellSpeak.

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. Pass whatever he's smokin'

It's really good shit!

[woofless]

17. "Vociferously"

Bet he practiced THAT one for a week. You know, speaker under the pillow going, vociferously....vociferously....vociferously...

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. LOL

Was thinking the same thing.

[sistersofmercy]

25. me too n/t

[Whoa_Nelly]

29. ROFL

"...I will argue vociferously..."

Learned new word, wanted to use it in a sentence.

Next week's new word list for the Chimp:
Obfuscate
Vehement
Obtuse
Repugnant
Repugnant
Inveracity

Homework Assignment:
Learn the meaning of all the above words. Be ready to pronounce and spell these words correctly in all forms of plural, present tense, past tense, and perfect past tense, as well as being able to identify part of speech and use each correctly in a sentence.

You will receive your final grade on November 2, 2004.

[jdunn]

18. Fiscal Incontinence

Whenever replicants want to sound as though they have a f###ing clue about a healthy economy, they start throwing around words like "robust" and "fiscal".

Bush is a fiscal incontinent. THEY ARE ALL FISCALLY INCONTINENT.

Dems shouldn't have to keep changing their diapers. Let's leave them in their own stinking mess; maybe enough sheeple will be offended by the stench eventually.

[no_hypocrisy]

19. Keep repeating, " WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH," like a good Prole.

ANYONE but Bush!

[DiverDave]

20. up is down

black is white.
Doublespeak at it's finest.

[Cocoa]

21. time to bring out those GOP quotes about Clinton's budget

Gephardt reminded us that Dick Armey said Clinton's first budget would cause a depression, and that no republican in the house voted for it.

Everyone knows what happened.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. To quote Jon Stewart. WHAAAAAAA?

[iamjoy]

24. I'm Impressed

If Bush not only pronounced vociferously, but also maligning.

No seriously, if we keep these tax cuts, what are we going to do next time there is a recession, cut them again? And again? Until there are no more taxes?

Oh, yeah, because we had such a thriving middle class before the introduction of the graduated income tax. And such national wealth...yeah, the good old days!

[mike1963]

26. Translation: "I fucked it up so bad not even a Democrat can fix it..."

:eyes:

[0rganism]

27. Ah, what delicious irony (or total delusion, take your pick)

Frankly I'm surprised he has the gall/idiocy to even mention "fiscal health", let alone lie about a "strong economy".

[MasonJar]

32. What is this? Comedy Hour?

[scarface2004]

33. why not raise the minimum wage to $10/hr..

and see what happens!