Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 > d > Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:51:48 EDT > PRESIDENT GEORGE W BULLSH*T > > PRESIDENT GEORGE W BULLSH*T > > Sep 7 2004 > > Kevin Toolis > > PRESIDENT George W Bush is proud to be a Texan. So > no > doubt he can recognise the smell that now fills the > halls of the White House. > > It's the same smell that wafts out of the mouths of > every one of his spokesmen, from creepy Vice > President > Dick Cheney to film star buddy Arnie The Terminator. > > And it's a smell that is emitted by Bush himself, > every time he delivers his set piece on why he > should > be re-elected as president. > > It's the stink of, well, I'm sorry, there's no other > word for it... bullsh*t. Plain, old-fashioned verbal > manure. > > No lie is too outrageous to be spun. No truth is too > sacred to besmirch. > > When I first tuned in to the Republican National > Convention last week, I thought I'd hit the wrong > channel and caught the party convention of loony > North > Korean dictator Kim Jong II, whose robotic > underlings > hail him as a living god while half the population > starves. > > New York, Pyongyang, it all came from the same > propaganda song sheet... > > The Republicans told us about how great a leader ol' > " Bushie " is. How wise, how wonderful, how terrific > it > would be for the world if only he were allowed to > reign for ever! > > It was all lies spun by the rich and powerful to > fool > the people and hide the disastrous record of the > most > dangerous, just plain stupid presidency the world > has > ever known. > > The first, and biggest, lie is Bush's favourite - > that > America needs him as Commander-in-Chief to fight the > War on Terror. > > " I will defend America every time, " he twangs. > > But, of course, when Bush really did have the chance > to risk his own life - rather than other people's > lives - to defend the US, it was a different story. > > Both Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry were > young men in the 1970s, when the Vietnam War was > raging. > > Unlike Bush, Kerry volunteered and fought and killed > for his country in the dangerous waters of the > Mekong > Delta. He was awarded three Purple Hearts, a Silver > Star and a Bronze Star. > > BUSH, a rabid coward, slunk off for guard duty with > the Texas Air National Guard in some patsy little > job > his daddy's rich pals provided. > > Bush spent most of his " war " drunk, partying with > other spoiled rich kids. No one ever saw him in > uniform and the only way he risked his neck was > pouring too much beer down it. > > But like conservatives everywhere, Bush and the > Republicans have only a passing acquaintance with > the > truth. > > With the aid of Karl Rove, his chief attack dog in > the > White House, Bush has turned Kerry's heroism into > cowardice and his own spinelessness into silence. > > Yet Bush remains a coward even now. Yesterday, seven > US Marines died in Fallujah. The bodies of those > young > men will soon be shipped to America for burial. But > the man who sent them halfway across the world to > die > won't be there to welcome these fallen heroes home. > > Alone, of all American presidents, " Bushie " , the > great > Commander-In-Chief, does not like to be photographed > close to the dead reminders of his failures. > > Instead of comfort, he gives the families of the > bereaved the cold shoulder. Yet many of those > soldiers > would not be dead in the first place if they had the > proper armoured vests and equipment to stop an AK-47 > round - the favoured weapon of the Iraqi insurgents. > > Scandalously, 87 per cent of the US military's > Humvees > (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles) still > do > not have proper protection and 40,000 troops don't > have effective flak jackets. > > In desperation, some soldiers' families were forced > to > spend US$1,500 (£930) on the special plating needed > to > protect their loved ones. > > Some Commander-in-Chief. > > Lie No.2 comes from Bush's own twisted mouth... " I > am > running for president with a clear and positive plan > to build a safer world, " he says. > > Yet Bush has waged a disastrous and unnecessary war > in > Iraq that has removed the ageing, patently useless > Arab dictator Saddam Hussein and multiplied the > threat > of Islamic terrorism a thousandfold. > > Al-Qaeda has spread its nihilistic brand of > terrorism > across the world, from Bali to Madrid, from London > to > the slaughterhouse of Beslan. Bush has trashed the > world economy, sent oil prices rocketing, been > responsible for the deaths of 20,000 Iraqis - and > more > than 1,000 US and British troops - and failed to > capture either Osama bin Laden or Taliban leader > Mullah Omar. > > If that was the plan so far, God save us from four > more years. > > Dangerously, despite the catastrophe of Iraq, Bush > still has his " axis of evil " eye on the overthrow of > the Syrian and Iranian regimes - a surefire recipe > for > global warfare. > > But for all the victims overseas, Bush has also > added > more at home. > > Two million Americans have lost their jobs while > Bush, > the so-called fiscal conservative, has drained the > Treasury with profligate tax cuts for the richest > one > per cent of the population. > > The US government is now spending $400billion > (£250bn) > more each year than it earns. Bush's " tax reforms " - > giveaways to his rich friends - left millionaires > £62,500 ($100,000) a year better off but gave > working > families less than $800 (£500). These figures sound > abstract... until you see the cruelty of Bush and > the > poverty of America. > > In downtown San Francisco, for instance, close to > the > rich financial district, poor sick people who should > be in hospital lie in the street, in scenes > reminiscent of the slums of Calcutta. > > A total of 42million Americans, 15 per cent of the > population, have no health insurance. > > THOUSANDS of children also go to bed hungry, while > millions of others have been brainwashed into eating > junk food that has turned the US into a nation of Mr > Blobbys. > > " We are making progress and there is much to do, " > says > Bush. And if he is re-elected, there sure will be a > lot more death, destruction and tax cuts to be > handed > out. > > A lie told boldly, amid the razzmatazz of a party > convention, and then circulated by countless > flunkies, > is still a lie. > > We all know who and what George W Bush represents - > the rich and the mean-hearted. > > And the simple truth is that he is the worst > president > the United States has ever had. What's more, he's a > danger to the rest of the planet as well. > > Kevin Toolis is a writer and expert on terrorism > > > > ===== > " Philosophers have argued for centuries about how > many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but > materialists have always known it depends on whether > they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek. " > Tom Robbins > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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