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The Republican
National Convention began this week. As expected, the Convention will be
a weeklong W fest; praising the great accomplishments of W during his
first term. On Monday, the W praise a thon was led off by comments from
Senator John McCain, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and Senate majority
leader Bill Frist. Each praised W for his leadership, his sound policies
on the economy and his commitment to eradicating terrorism. This week is all about
W, his policies, and his success in “winning the war on terror.”
This week has nothing to do with the issues and everything to do with
politics. To W's credit, he did
a fine job in the weeks following the disaster at the World Trade
Center. However, since that time W's presidency has been marked by
mediocrity. He has not been the leader that his convention is making him
out to be. This week
Republicans are praising W for his economic stimulus package, a package
that returns tax money to the people. In reality, W handed 1/3 of his
tax cuts to the nation’s wealthiest people, with an average income of
$1.2 million a year. W insisted on maintaining the tax cut even with an
increase in federal spending, an increase eliminating the budget surplus
of $236 billion and creating a deficit of more than $477 billion. Under his tax cut, W
assured future generations that they will be responsible for paying off
the largest deficit in modern American history. Alan Greenspan the
chairman of the Federal Reserve sounded a strong warning that Social
Security and Medicare are in economic peril due to the growing deficits
under the W administration. During his first term,
W led America in a war on terrorism, a war he now admits that we cannot
win. W searched for weapons of mass destruction coming up empty handed.
W artfully forgot why we went to war, and now is selling us on the idea
that Nation Building is good for America, and good for the world. Richard Clarke,
W's director of counterterrorism at the national Security Council has
criticized W for "missing the target" when W ignored repeated
warnings of an impending terrorist attack. CIA Director George Tenant
resigned, in part, over his statement that the case on Iraq's weapons of
mass destruction was a "slam-dunk.” Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld
has retracted his statements regarding the prison abuses in Iraq,
recognizing that the abuses are more widespread implicating higher-level
officials then he previously admitted. During this week of
Republican “love” for the President, the voters should take a hard
look at the facts. The voters should remember this week's declaration
from W "I do not think we can win the war on terror." When
each voter enters the booth, they should not vote on the statements of
Swift Boat Veteran's for Truth, voters should vote on the facts-- facts that show that W
is undeserving of a second term.
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