Republican Convention
The Republican Convention begins today. I’ll probably watch some of the coverage, but frankly the Bush Administration has been running for reelection since it entered the White House, so there won’t be any surprises as to what is said. What won’t be said at the convention is probably more telling than what will be said.
10 Phrases that Won’t be Repeated at the Republican Convention
* Axis of Evil
* Bring Them On
* Mission Accomplished
* Compassionate Conservative
* Old Europe
* Amend the Constitution
* Tribal Sovereignty
* Mushroom Cloud
* American Troops Greeted with Flowers in the Streets of Iraq
* We know exactly where the WMD are stored and we’ve seen them.
10 Things Swept Under the Republican Rug
* Abu Gharib
* White House leaks name of CIA Operative
* Ahmed Chalabi
* Enron and the Energy Task Force Secret Meetings
* Halliburton Deals
* NO WMD found in Iraq
* Opposed Minimum Wage Increase
* Opposed 9/11 Commission
* Opposes Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research
* Increased the Size, Scope, and Power of the Federal Government
10 Numbers that Won’t be Repeated at the Republican Convention
* Spent More than 40% of Presidency on Vacation
* Zero Net Jobs Created
* Sat for 7 Minutes in a Florida Classroom
* From Record Surplus to Record Deficits
* 2.6 Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost
* National Debt $7,359,795,495,070.24 & rising $1.72 billion per day
* 45 Million Americans Uninsured
* Record Trade Deficit of $55.8 billion
* More than 35.9 million Americans Living in Poverty
* Medicare Drug Bill to cost $140 billion more than estimated.
Bush on Osama bin Laden
“The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him.” 9/13/01
“I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.” 3/13/02
“I am truly not that concerned about him.”
Responding to questions about bin Laden’s whereabouts, 4/8/02