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George W. Bush
posted by
Mattty2Phatty on 4/29/03 10:56 AM
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He
won a war and it looks like the economy is turning
around. Consumer spending is up, the technology bubble
has been reset, and the Dow is on the rise.
Inevitably there will be people who will downvote this.
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I hope so...
posted by
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hope Bush gets reelected. Look how much good he did for
us so far. All everyone concentrates on is how bad the
economy was. Well - obviously he got us through the
Iraqi war quick and successfully - and now [as matty
said] consumer spending is on the rise, and the economy
is going upward. He would be the best thing for our
nation.
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I miss the having the Democrats in the White House.
posted by
superkraut on 4/29/03 5:06 PM
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When
Clinton was in the White House, everyone talked about
sex. Now that Bush is in the White House, everyone
talks about war. I don't know about anyone else, but
I'd rather talk about sex than about war.
"...it looks like the economy is turning around."
Heh...things must be getting better in America, I'm
eating pigeon for supper tonight instead of the usual
lard. Wait a minute...the pigeon is a squab, and
pigeons breed regardless of the economy, they breed
because it's spring.
Could it be that the economic "improvement" we're seeing
is just part of a natural cycle?
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"Can't find my brigade. Can't find divisional commander.
Don't know where my regiments are. What shall I do?"
--telegraph from French General Michelet, 3 days after
the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
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Of course it is
posted by
Mattty2Phatty on 4/29/03 9:37 PM
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didn't intend to imply that Bush was the reason for the
upturn. But remeber 1992 when Bush Sr. was booted? It
was because after the war the economy did not turn
around. It looks like it is for Jr. Expect another
4-year term ffor Dubya.
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Agree with Matt
posted by
WhiteRose2 on 4/29/03 5:09 PM
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George W. Bush
I'll take the downvotes right along with ya Matt :-)
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I UPvote you!!
posted by
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couldn't agree w/ you two more!
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Wait a minute there chief
posted by
Sparkkee on 4/29/03 9:02 PM
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Consumer spending is up, Bush
didn't accomplish that, it happened on its own.
Presidents/Government has very little control on the
economy despite what they say. It goes up and down, they
can control the booms and depressions to a point.
Consumer spending was bound to go up at one point in
time. It just so happened to start to rise now. Once
again, I lead you to my quote. Government has spending.
The rest relies more upon the person, sure the
government can give tax breaks and incentives, but its
up to the consumer and/or business to do the work.
Until the Government can get stay on the general trend
of inflation at 3-5%, then the government doesn't have
control of the economy.
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Did I say that Bush is the reason for the economic up turn?
posted by
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Presidents very rarely, if ever, can turn an economy
sour or red hot. The market moves in mysterious waves,
George's hand can't touch it, only the invisible hand
will. However, most people blame the Pres. when the
economy is bad, and rel-elect when its bad. The turn
around will ensure that he gets re-elected because thats
simply what happens.
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Hmmmmmmmmmm
posted by
Sparkkee on 4/30/03 8:10 PM
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He won a war and it looks like
the economy is turning around. Consumer spending is up,
the technology bubble has been reset, and the Dow is on
the rise.
Though "He won a war" could refer to a war with the
economy since the rest of your post was economically
speaking. With the "and" it makes it seem as though he
won a war and helped(when I say "help" I mean it to be
strong) fix the economy. You then go on to say how the
economy is fixed and from how I read it, you seemed to
almost related it to George W. Bush.
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Well I didn't mean to imply such a thing
posted by
Mattty2Phatty on 4/30/03 10:53 PM
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war he won was in Iraq, not an economic war.
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posted by
Enkindu on 4/29/03 5:21 PM
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could you provide facts...?
posted by
dsjss2 on 4/29/03 5:25 PM
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First off - I was not the one that
downvoted you on that. Second of all - I'm not trying
to sound mean - I just want facts that support your
incorrect believing of Bush not following the Bill of
Rights. And what do you mean you cant wait to come out
from under his non domestic policy... that doesn't make
sense.
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Domestic Issues
posted by
MBorjoyzee on 4/30/03 3:29 AM
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want the President to get out of other countries and
back in this one. We spend a great deal of money to aid
and fight other nations, but where is my aid? My school
district, here in Las Vegas, is making some cutbacks.
The district is toying with taking away our music
programs, athletics, shortening the school year in order
to pay people less, and messing with busses again. Short
on ordinary textbooks, we have a library thats been
outdated longer than I've been alive. Some of our
teachers are working two jobs- one at the high school,
one at the community college, just to make ends meet.
Some of my favorites- no.. my most important teachers-
plan to leave Nevada if their paychecks get any lighter-
for the simple reason that they can barely afford to
feed their families.
Something that really irks me is Social Security. It is
NOT a piggy bank. Everytime the government needs
something, they take it from social security. Yet, on
the other hand, they give out tax breaks(with the lions
share going to the people who dont need it). Know
what..? Keep the extra taxes and leave Social Security
alone.
And healthcare? Why arent we all covered? I'll admit I'm
uneducated on this one, will someone please explain to
me what we need medical insurance for if they're always
taking money out of my paycheck for this obscure thing
called medicare? I would like to know.
So go ahead.. help Iraq if thats what you really want to
do, but take care of your own people FIRST. I'm not even
going to touch on the environmental issues, or the
statement Bush made about forest fires.. If we cut down
the forests there'll be no forest fires. Or something to
that extent. I'm not going to mess with it because
really, no one gives a damn.
Sorry for the rant. But thats why in the next election,
the first one in which I can vote, I'll pick someone who
doesnt want wars, who will take care of their own
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posted by
Charming_Bob on 4/29/03 5:33 PM
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Can probably guess who i would
rather not see elected to the post.
However, i know that this will cause far too much
controversy were i to actually say so, so i wont.
commence your downvoting.
Bob
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Intrestings satistics!
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NEWSWEEK also asked those polled
about the president in general. Asked if they approve or
disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job, 60
percent said they '"'approve,'"' 30 percent
'"'disapprove'"' and 10 percent '"'don"'"t know.'"'
Bush"'"s approval rating in this question—which is asked
every time NEWSWEEK conducts this poll—has slowly
declined, from a high of 88 percent approval in October
2001.
Asked if they"'"d like to see Bush re-relected to
another term as president, 48 percent said '"'yes,'"' 41
percent said '"'no'"' and 11 percent said they '"'don"'"t
know.'"'
Asked if an election were held today between Bush
and Al Gore, 54 percent said they"'"d choose Bush or
lean toward Bush and 39 percent said they"'"d choose
Gore or lean toward Gore.
Similarly, asked about how they"'"d vote in a race
held today between Bush and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
55 percent said they"'"d choose Bush or lean toward Bush
and 40 percent said they"'"d choose Clinton or lean
toward Clinton.
Finally, asked how they"'"d vote if the race were
between Bush and Dick Gephardt, 56 percent said they"'"d
choose Bush or lean toward Bush and 37 percent said
they"'"d choose Gephardt or lean toward Gephardt.
"You cannot teach people anything; you can only help
them find it within themself." (Galileo Galilei)
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Am I missing something...?
posted by
dsjss2 on 4/30/03 11:04 PM
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Where are the results??
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am I missing something...?
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Where are the results...?
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HERE are the results!!!!!!
posted by
Special_kay_IA on 5/1/03 8:58 AM
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I had the poll results on a pie
graph. I entered the file name into the "Image:"
section under where you type your message. I guess
something went wrong, because nothing showed up. I knew
that someone would say something about it in the
morning, so I came to this board first...
sorry, I have the poll results, but I will only type
them below...
Bush............................19 (50%)
a Democrat.......................8 (22%)
Jay Leno.........................1 (4%)
Madonna..........................1 (4%)
anyone who could beat Bush.......4 (12%)
they don't know….................1 (4%)
I couldn't tell….................4 (4%)
Amounts are approximate and are based on your posts and
the votes you guys's posts received...
Jesse
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posted by
WhiteRose2 on 5/1/03 9:03 AM
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Bush wins by a comfortable margin.
I never doubted for a minute. :-)
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The problems with the poll
posted by
Sparkkee on 5/1/03 3:23 PM
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1. Only 38 users voted, I didn't
vote because I didn't know this was an actual survey.
But that is not the point. the fact is that 50% of 38
people doesn't say a lot for the poll.
2. How come that if 4 people voted for "anyone who could
beat Bush" and got 12%, but 4 people couldn't tell and
they only got 4%
3. This was an open ended poll, any answer could be
given, even "didn't know." There really wasn't any firm
choices. We know of Bush but there isn't anything else
to compare him too. There is no democratic runner, so we
don't know his/her views, there is no third party
runner, and like Madona or Jay Leno is going to run. The
fact is this was clearly biased in favor of Bush. The
only answers that should be acceptable are "Bush" "they
don't know" and "I couldn't tell." Maybe "a Democrat,"
but that goes without knowing a lot.
4. Isn't "not knowing" and "can't telling" near the same
thing?
The fact of the matter is if anyone truly believes this
survey and/or gets all "Bush won yippe"(or the like)
then you're blind\, hoodwinked to the fact that this
poll would have supported Bush no matter what. I'd say
give this poll again when a Repulican, Democrat, and
third party runner for the presidency has been made, and
don't leave it as open ended as it is. Also, poll more
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What I meant
posted by
Special_kay_IA on 5/2/03 8:52 AM
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What
I meant by "I couldn't tell," was that I didn't
understand their post and so I didn't know who they said
they chose.
I will revise the poll results. I know I messed up
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New Poll Results (Revised)
posted by
Special_kay_IA on 5/2/03 9:10 AM
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George W. Bush: 27 votes, 55.10%
Democratic Candidate (no name): 5 votes, 10.20%
Celebrity Candidate (Leno or Madonna): 6 votes, 12.24%
Undecided (they didn't know or I couldn't tell): 7
votes, 14.29%
No-party candidate (anyone who could beat Bush): 4
votes, 8.16%
TOTAL: 49 votes 100%
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