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Vogon_Glory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-04 08:09 AM
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Talking Point: What Was Bush's Plan In 2000
Why don't Democrats compare and contrast Gee Dubya's "plan" to deal with terrorism at this point in the 2000 race with John Kerry's today? Anyone with the slightest memory of the 2000 race knows that Gee Dubya didn't seem to have much of any plan to show us.
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-04 08:20 AM
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1. Institutional memory is pretty much dead on negative issues...
Edited on Sun Sep-19-04 08:21 AM by punpirate
... regarding Bush. If they weren't, the news media would be harping on Bush's remarks in his inaugural address that the United States would be a "humble" nation, and domestically, about "compassionate conservatism" not delivering on its, and Bush's, promises.

They haven't, to date, and they won't. It's all about money, and how much the corporate types will get from the Republicans as opposed to the Democrats.

Democrats could hammer those issues, but they won't get any play in U.S. media for doing so.

But, you're right--Bush had no plan to improve things in this country, except for the rich. That plan has been only partially achieved. Bush and his cronies have more to accomplish. They can't do that without compromising the news media, holding out the carrot to them, and promising the media much, much more than they already have.

If the media had nothing to gain by praising Bush, they'd have been squashing Bush into his political coffin six months after his inauguration. It's all about money.

Cheers.

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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-04 08:23 AM
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2. "Uniter not a divider"
There was no plan for terrorism as far as I remember. If he had any thoughts on foreign policy in general, he was firmly fixed in old Cold War era thinking, getting Condi Rice on board as NSA. She knew nothing of the Middle East and terrorism, as she's woefully shown us over the years.

His campaign was a vague, misty, Reaganesque vision of an America freed of taxes and environmental controls.

"I'm going to bring honor and dignity back into the White House"

"I'm a uniter not a divider"

Wrong on both counts apart from dividing this country in a way not seen since the 60s at least, maybe even the Civil War.

Oh - and uniting the world against us.

Nice job, Chimp.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-04 08:28 AM
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3. Because the standard answer is
"everything changed on 9/11" thus once again connecting Bush as strong, compassionate, leader, blah blah blah.

off topic: Can we find another tag for "talking points"? Something like ...key notes or something. I just keep associating it with a Republican thing (even though I know it was done effectively with Clinton, too). Sorry /on topic
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-04 09:07 AM
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4. what did he run on?
tax cuts tax cuts tax cuts
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