From: Frank Swart (funkwrench_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2004-10-08 22:08:02
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "GEORGE W. BUSH" <iwqr_at_bu.com>
> Date: Fri Oct 8, 2004 5:49:31 AM US/Eastern
> Subject: I approve this message
>
> PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004 EXPERIENCE AND
> EDUCATION Law Enforcement: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in
> 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pleaded guilty,
> paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My
> Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available. Military: I
> joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a
> drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the
> Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.
> College: I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was
> a cheerleader. PAST WORK EXPERIENCE: I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.
> I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas in 1975. I
> bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company
> went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. I bought the Texas
> Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using
> taxpayer money. With the help of my father and our friends in the oil
> industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of
> Texas. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS: I changed Texas pollution
> laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted
> state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as
> the most smog-ridden city in America. I cut taxes and bankrupted the
> Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money. I set the
> record for the most executions by any governor in American history.
> With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's
> appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by
> over 500,000 votes. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT: I am the first
> President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record. I
> invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of *over one
> billion dollars per week*. I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively
> bankrupted the U.S. Treasury. I shattered the record for the largest
> annual deficit in U.S. history. I set an economic record for most
> private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. I set the all-time
> record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period. I set the all-time
> record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.
> In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs
> and that trend continues every month. I'm proud that the members of my
> cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My
> "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named
> after her. I set the record for most campaign fundraising trips by a
> U.S. President. I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for
> receiving the most corporate campaign donations. One of my best
> friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy
> fraud in U.S. History, Enron. My political party used Enron private
> jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S.
> Supreme Court during my election decision. I have protected my friends
> at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More
> time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than
> has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in
> history. I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and
> refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was
> revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
> I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
> government contracts. I appointed more convicted criminals to
> administration than any President in U.S. history. I created the
> Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history
> of the United States government. I've broken more international
> treaties than any President in U.S. history. I am the first President
> in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the
> Human Rights Commission. I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of
> Law. I refused to allow inspector's access to U.S. "prisoners of war"
> detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
> I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election
> inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election). I set the record for
> fewest numbers of press conferences of any President since the advent
> of television. I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in
> any one-year period. After taking off the entire month of August, I
> presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history. I garnered
> the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks
> and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the
> world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history. I have set
> the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously
> protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record
> for protests against any person in the history of mankind. I am the
> first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, preemptive
> attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so
> against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens,
> and the world community. I have cut health care benefits for war
> veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and
> their families -- in wartime. In my State of the Union Address, I lied
> about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our
> British friends. I am the first President in history to have a
> majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat
> to world peace and security. I am supporting development of a nuclear
> "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD. I have so far failed to fulfill my
> pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice. During the Iraq War and
> Occupation thousands of American troops were injured and killed. I did
> not have the time to attend any of the funerals for our fallen
> soldiers but I did have the time to attend more than 43 fundraising
> events of the Republican party. RECORDS AND REFERENCES: All records of
> my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed
> and unavailable for public view. All records of SEC investigations
> into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in
> secrecy and unavailable for public view. All records or minutes from
> meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public
> energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
GEORGE W. BUSH