I'll dipute these statements, even though I wont beleive they are even tru until I see the proof myself. Just because you put them in wuotes, doesnt mean they are true. because you dont have reference, i tend to believe that are false, as in innocent until proven guilyy.
<LIE: "He (Gore) has accepted more contributions than I for this election."
FACT: GW's campaign has almost 200 million in it's coffers to Gore's 177 million.>
Even in this sentence, contributions could be either amount of mouney or amount of donors. It could also be money or donors as related to a political partys (DNC, RNC) or to the candidate themselves. The above doesnt prove anything, even if the numbers are true, and I do believe that in total the Bush campaign has more money.
<LIE:.."I stopped drinking over 10 years ago."
FACT: GW is filmed drinking at a party in 1994. This film is available to anyone who wants to see it; do a search on my previous threads to find the link.>
In reference to acohol abuse, stopping drinking means being not dependant on achohol. Having a drink now and again, is not by almost anybodies standard the same as not quiting achohol abuse.
Also you have not proved that drink even conatined any alcohol.
<LIE "You can use whatever numbers you want, we care about children in Texas."
FACT: Medicare spending for poor children dropped by almost half in Texas under bushlite, while the richest persons in the state received big tax cuts. He basically gave almost a billion dollars to his buddies, while poverty stricken children went without medicare coverage.>
The truth is that you cannot prove by numbers that you care about children. I spend more on my house than I do for health care for my son, in no way does that mean I dont care for my son than I do my house. All the numbers prove is what you spend on them. Texas is much differnet than the rest of the US, it shares a huge border with mexico, has huge non-citizen population, it has a large transient population. It is also vast in territory. Medical care is often obtained across the border because is incredibly cheaper there, much less than medical insurance is in the US, there are health clinics in Texas, and to my understanding nobody is denied health care in Texas. Not everybody has health insurance, that doesnt mean that they cant get health care.
<LIE: "There is less pollution in Texas now than when I took over as governor."
FACT: "Air (and water) pollution in Texas has become so bad in the last 4 years that the state government had to hire a lobbyist to go to Washington to try to get federal pollution regulations eased, so that Texas could continue to receive federal highway funds.>
Two things, my understanding is that Texas is working to clean up the pollution, and has reduced it by some small amount. Second, what I read was that only in Ozone pollution, was Houston worse than LA. (no link, but i may see if I can dig that up)
A third thing, you know who he inherited that mess from, dont you?
<LIE: "I believe in giving back some of the money to the people who pay the bills."
FACT: While bushlite reduced the tax burdens of the richest Texans, he also INCREASED the property taxes in Texas to help make up for the loss in revenue. Hey, property owners pay the bills, too!>
There is no income tax in Texas, never has been. Most of the money is raised by sales and property taxes. Most of the property in Texas has increased in value, and that alone would raise the taxes. I dont know if he could actually raise property taxes, because they are set by local assesors.
<The question that needs answering is: do you want to vote for a candidate that lies about things that happen in his personal life, or do you want to vote for a person who lies about what he does as a legislator?>
No and you left out that Gore besides being a liar, a bad liar at that, is also a rude, ill-mannered jerk. I'd be ashamed if my son acted as badly as Gore does, I wouldnt want an ass like Gore as my neighbor, friend, or to represent me to the world as my president.
It does give a more accurate impression of the candidates.
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