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Funny how, when people with a conservative axe to grind, can only misquote ONE or TWO things Gore has said.
While on the other hand, we have these gems from bushlite:
"Many people who are now successful can remember how hard it was to save, but how important it was to start."
--George W. Bush is definitely talking about someone other than himself. Despite a Yale education, George needed his family's ties and a subsidy from taxpayers to become successful. The Philadelphia Inquirer (6/2/00) summed it up: "....the taxpayer-financed stadium [for the Texas
Rangers] accounted for nearly two-thirds of the $162 million increase in the team's value by the time Bush and his partners sold it in 1998 .... that sale made Bush wealthy."
(Quote is from a Bush speech in Cleveland, 4/11/00)
"I don't run polls to tell me what to think."
--George W. Bush wants us to believe that his positions
are based on principle and not affected by polls. Yeah, right. It's
interesting how the man who in early March questioned the wisdom of child-safety trigger locks for guns changed course completely in May, announcing a plan to distribute trigger locks to families across the state. Could the polls (showing broad support for trigger locks) have had just a little to do with this?
(Quote is from a Bush speech in Iowa, 6/12/99)
"I did my duty. I was honorably discharged. I put in my
time."
--George W. Bush gets defensive explaining his service in
the Texas National Guard during the Vietnam War. In 1972 and '73, Bush was temporarily excused from his duties for several months to work on a political campaign.
(Quote is from a news conference in New Mexico, 5/31/00)
"There ought to be limits to freedom."
--George W. Bush sounds off after a 1999 hearing, in
which his campaign urged the FCC to shut down a website that satirized Bush's presidential candidacy. If you like the Internet and the free and open communication that it offers, you probably won't like Bush.
Quote is from a Bush statement soon after the 1999 FCC
hearing)
"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation.
It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve."
--Actually, it was "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds
Elementary School in Nashua, N.H., but George W. Bush got rather confused. He never quite explained why or what a president has got to "preserve."
(Quote is from the Los Angeles Times, 1/28/00)
"Revenge is so incredibly negative."
--George W. Bush states the obvious when he is asked by a
reporter what motivates his candidacy.
(Quote is from the Washington Post, 3/23/00
----
You know, this guy is just plain stupid. It amazes me how you would want to put such an intellectual lightweight into the White House.
A man who wants to supress what we can do on the internet is a dangerous man...especially if he is president.
While on the other hand, we have these gems from bushlite:
"Many people who are now successful can remember how hard it was to save, but how important it was to start."
--George W. Bush is definitely talking about someone other than himself. Despite a Yale education, George needed his family's ties and a subsidy from taxpayers to become successful. The Philadelphia Inquirer (6/2/00) summed it up: "....the taxpayer-financed stadium [for the Texas
Rangers] accounted for nearly two-thirds of the $162 million increase in the team's value by the time Bush and his partners sold it in 1998 .... that sale made Bush wealthy."
(Quote is from a Bush speech in Cleveland, 4/11/00)
"I don't run polls to tell me what to think."
--George W. Bush wants us to believe that his positions
are based on principle and not affected by polls. Yeah, right. It's
interesting how the man who in early March questioned the wisdom of child-safety trigger locks for guns changed course completely in May, announcing a plan to distribute trigger locks to families across the state. Could the polls (showing broad support for trigger locks) have had just a little to do with this?
(Quote is from a Bush speech in Iowa, 6/12/99)
"I did my duty. I was honorably discharged. I put in my
time."
--George W. Bush gets defensive explaining his service in
the Texas National Guard during the Vietnam War. In 1972 and '73, Bush was temporarily excused from his duties for several months to work on a political campaign.
(Quote is from a news conference in New Mexico, 5/31/00)
"There ought to be limits to freedom."
--George W. Bush sounds off after a 1999 hearing, in
which his campaign urged the FCC to shut down a website that satirized Bush's presidential candidacy. If you like the Internet and the free and open communication that it offers, you probably won't like Bush.
Quote is from a Bush statement soon after the 1999 FCC
hearing)
"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation.
It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve."
--Actually, it was "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds
Elementary School in Nashua, N.H., but George W. Bush got rather confused. He never quite explained why or what a president has got to "preserve."
(Quote is from the Los Angeles Times, 1/28/00)
"Revenge is so incredibly negative."
--George W. Bush states the obvious when he is asked by a
reporter what motivates his candidacy.
(Quote is from the Washington Post, 3/23/00
----
You know, this guy is just plain stupid. It amazes me how you would want to put such an intellectual lightweight into the White House.
A man who wants to supress what we can do on the internet is a dangerous man...especially if he is president.