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Bush Misled Nation in Last Debates

 

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BUSH MISLED NATION IN LAST DEBATES

 

As President Bush takes the stage tonight for the 2004 presidential

debates, America will be reminded of all the promises Bush made - and

subsequently broke - in his debate performances throughout 2000.

 

In a 2000 debate, Bush said that " by far the vast majority [of my tax

cuts] go to the bottom end of the economic ladder. " According to the

nonpartisan Citizens for Tax Justice, when his tax cuts are fully

implemented in 2010, the top 5 percent of income earners will get more

than half the tax cuts while the bottom half of Americans will receive

less than 8 percent of the benefits.[1]

 

In a 2000 debate, Bush said he believed gay marriage is a state

issue.[2] Then in 2004, he proposed a constitutional amendment banning

gay marriage.[3]

 

In a 2000 debate, Bush promised not to overuse the military, saying

" if we don't stop extending our troops all around the world and nation

building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem coming

down the road, and I'm going to prevent that. " [4] Now, because of

Bush's actions in Iraq and efforts to cut soldiers' pay,[5] the

military is facing recruitment gaps,[6] morale problems,[7] and troops

who are stretched far too thin.[8]

 

Sources:

 

1. " Details on the Bush Tax Cuts so far, " Citizens for Tax Justice,

Fall 2003, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=59934.

2. " Transcript of the South Carolina Republican Debate, " CNN.com,

2/15/00,

http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=59935.

3. " President Calls for Constitutional Amendment Protecting Marriage, "

The White House, 2/24/04,

http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=59936.

4. " The First Presidential Election Debate, " AustralianPolitics.com,

10/03/00, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=59937.

5. " Troops in Iraq face pay cut Pentagon says tough duty bonuses are

budget-buster, " San Francisco Chronicle, 8/14/03,

http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=59938.

6. " Numbers Challenge, " ABCNews.com, 6/02/04,

http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=59939.

7. " Troop morale in Iraq hits 'rock bottom', " Christian Science

Monitor, 6/07/03, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=59940.

8. " Is the Army stretched too thin?, " NBC Nightly News, 3/09/04,

http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=59941.

 

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