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BUSH HAS BLOWOUTS. VOTES RECALLED.

Note: Sorry, but the servers at geocities have been really slow since sunday. Hopefully, the problem will clear up. --politex

SMOKING PISTOLS: GEORGE "RAT AD" BUSH AND THE SUBLIMINAL KID

"At first glance, the Republican television commercial on prescription drugs looks like a run-of-the-mill attack advertisement. The announcer starts by lauding George W. Bush's proposal for dealing with prescription drugs, and criticizes the plan being offered by Vice President Al Gore. Fragments of the phrase "bureaucrats decide" — deriding Mr. Gore's proposal — then dance around the screen. Then, if the viewer watches very closely, something else happens. The word "rats," a fragment of the word "bureaucrats," pops up in one frame. And though the image lasts only one-thirtieth of a second, it is in huge white capital letters, larger than any other word on the commercial. (more)

Poppy and Junior Have That Heart-to-Heart "Dad was shy," [Bush] told an interviewer in 1992, before he entered politics and became careful of everything he said. "We never had `the talk," he said, and with regard to the use of a condom he added, "He never told me to wear a `raincoat' or anything." (NYT, 9/11/00) Although the Bush clan looks upon discussions about their inner lives as wimpy media fodder, Alexa A. Verdamos gives us an idea of what the Poppy and the Prince heart-to-heart would sound like here. --Politex, 9/12/00

Updated...Orvetti Sept. 11 Electoral Vote Projection. Gore-272...Bush-266...(270 Needed to Win)

DID BUSH CRY IN FRONT OF REPORTERS?

AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUSH PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN

ACCORDING TO HIS ADVISERS, BUSH DEBATE PLAN COUNTS ON
THE IGNORANCE OF THE AMERICAN VOTER.

Bush Appears Before Veterans As He Faces Questions
About His Own Military Readiness.

Don't You Belive It...While GOP spinners and some reporters claim the Gore-Tex race is presently in a dead heat, the facts of this week's four polling reports prove otherwise. See for yourself....A survey for the Reuters news service showed Gore leading by 6 percentage points, 46% to 40%. A Gallup tracking poll showed Gore ahead 47% to 44%. The Washington Post had the race dead even at 47% for each candidate. Newsweek Has Gore 49%-Bush 41% in Four-Way Race. --Politex, 9/9/00

BUSH'S "EDUCATION MIRACLE"? IT'S A MIRACLE HE WASN'T EXPOSED SOONER.

It's a commonplace with the national media that the strongest card in Bush's play for the presidency is his education record in Texas. It's now becoming clear that the Bush education record is nothing but "smoke and mirrors." That may be putting it kindly, if Boston College's Walt Haney is right in his in-depth study of education reform and statewide testing in Texas in the 90's, The Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education. Haney marshalls his facts to show that "The Texas 'miracle' is more hat than cattle." (a href="bushed.htm" target=x>more)

WHEN THE VOTERS SEND A LETTER OF GOODBY
IT'S NO SECRET YOU'LL FEEL BETTER IF YOU CRY
(click here)

BUSH KNEW OF HIS COMPANY'S CRISIS BEFORE SELLING STOCK
Also Violated SEC Rule, 8 Months Late in Reporting Transaction

Before selling his stock in a Texas oil company, a transaction that prompted an insider trading inquiry, George W. Bush was informed as a company director that the firm was suffering a cash "crisis," newly released records show. The internal corporate documents, released by the Securities and Exchange Commission, provide the most detailed view yet of Bush's knowledge of Harken Energy Corp.'s financial problems when he sold his shares for $848,560 in June 1990. Bush's lawyer said Wednesday the information, though new to the presidential campaign, was provided to the SEC as part of its investigation a decade ago and contributed to the agency's finding that Bush's trading was appropriate..... Insider trading allegations have been an issue in both Bush's run for governor in Texas and his presidential bid. The SEC in the last month released several hundred pages of corporate documents from its investigation under the Freedom of Information Act.... At the time of the investigation, Bush's father was president of the United States and the SEC was run by one of his biggest political supporters, Richard Breeden. The SEC's then-general counsel, James R. Doty, was another staunch presidential supporter who as a private attorney was George W. Bush's lawyer when he purchased his share of the Texas Rangers baseball team." --AP, 9/7/00

"George Bush, Junior sold 60% of his stock in Harken Oil in June, 1990 for $848,560. That was brilliant timing; in August, Iraq invaded Kuwait and Harken's stock dropped 25%. Soon after, a big quarterly loss caused it to drop further. A secret State Deparment memo in May of that year had warned that Saddam was out of control, and listed options for responding to him, including an oil ban that might affect US oil prices. We can't be sure that the President or an aide mentioned these developments to his son, or that Harken's representative who was admitted to meetings with the President picked up something and reported back to Junior. But it is the simplest and most logical explanation. The Bushes acknowledge that George Senior and his sons consult on political strategy and other matters constantly. Furthermore, Harken's internal financial advisers at Smith Barney had issued a report in May warning of the company's deteriorating finances. Harken owed more than $150 million to banks and other creditors at the time. George Bush, Jr. was a member of the board and also of Harken's restructuring committee, which met in May and worked directly with the Smith Barney consultants. He must have known of these warnings. These are pretty clear-cut indications of illegal insider trading. The Securities and Exchange Commission, controlled at the time by President George Bush, investigated but chose not to press charges. Junior also violated another SEC rule explicitly. He was required to register his sale as an insider trade by July 10, 1990, but didn't until March 1991, after the Gulf War was over. He was not punished or cited." --Skeleton Closet

Bush Flubs Tax Cut Explanation Again. Runs Out of Dollar Bills.

Yesterday in Illinois Bush did exactly what Gore has been saying he's doing.
He ran out of dollars needed to fund his plans.

Bush Breaks Promise, Begins "Campaign of Personal Destruction" Against Gore.
Character assasinations such as Bush's latest ad appeal to emotion, not fact.

Back to the Future: G. W. Bush and the Iran-Contra Affair.
If Bush were to become president, chances are fair to good that we could count on a domestic or international scandal
that would rival the scope of Reagan's Iran-Contra scandal.

Reporters Believe Veep Candidate Cheney Needs An Attitude Adjustment
Halliburton, Inc.'s human rights and environmental violations as well as murky questions
about its relationship to the intelligence community under Cheney as CEO.

Bush/Cheney Weasel Words About Their Non-Existent Perscription Drug Program

Step Right Up, Step Right Up, Ladies and Gentlemen, to...The Bush Wedding Video!!! (click here)......

Bush Tangles Tongue on Tax Tally of Trillions. 8/23/00

Why the Bush Tax Cut Plan is Doomed to Failure.
Bush tax cuts would produce "a trillion dollar deficit. And that's assuming that nothing goes wrong." 8/24/00

The Day Compassion Died.
Why Bush Lacked Compassion for a Fellow Human Being at His Meeting with the Daughter of James Byrd, Jr. 8/16/00

Bush Has Lost LOVE, HOPE, and FAITH. Has He Earned Our Trust?
"When you model an educational system after a convenience store, you end up with what is most often found
at convenience stores--gas, junk food, overpriced services, and underpaid workers." 8/14/00

Troubling News About the Bush Charter School Program. 8/10/00

Troubling News About George P. Bush. 8/10/00

Can a Jew Go to Heaven? George W. Bush Answered "No." 8/8/00

Bush's KISS Playbook. 8/1/00

Bush Smoking Gun? Kids' Money and Tax Cuts. 7/27/00

How Mary Cheney Outed Her Father. 7/26/00

Stories About Midland, Texas and Bush

--Midland is the Rape Capitol of Texas. 8/12/00
--Sign in a West Texas Restaurant Window--"No Mexicans or Dogs Allowed." 8/9/00
--Questions Still Surround Laura Bush's Midland Tragedy 8/7/00
--Midland Is a World of Millionaire Oil Bosses with Eastern Family Connections 8/6/00
--"The words 'nigger' and 'mescan' fly wildly to this day in Bush's Midland, Texas." 8/5/00
--In Midland Opportunity for All Isn't True for Everyone 8/4/00
--Bush Claims He Wants to Model America After Midland, Texas 8/3/00
--(letters invited)

THE TRUTH BEHIND BUSH'S SPEECH

At the start of the GOP Convention, the New York Times editorialized that it was time for Bush to provide some specifics to make sense of his vague stump-speech generalizations, and that his address to the GOP Convention offered the proper opportunity to do so. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Vague generalizations were still the order of the day. What follows is a summary of the issues and policies that Bush presented in his speech last night and our analysis of the specifics that need to be discussed. Naturally, without specifics, Bush is asking the American people to give him a blank check. Perhaps that's why he asked us to trust him several times during his speech. Trust a politician with a blank check? Sure, right. In particular, Bush's Texas record of broken trust indicates he has not earned it. For example, click on "Health Care" below. --Politex, 8/4/00

EDUCATION... SOCIAL SECURITY...TAX CUTS...MILITARY... HOUSING...

ENVIRONMENT... FAITH-BASED WELFARE...MENTOR PROGRAM...HEALTH CARE

From S and L to S. S.

hasn't junior learned anything from poppy's savings and loan scandal?

Bush's Mushroom Management

bush robs peter (budget) to pay paul (tax cuts), then he stonewalls the poor to balance budget.

BUSH DOES THE
"RIGHT THING"
(FOR SELF)
BUSH FEEDS NAACP "BABY FOOD"
HEALTH CARE AND THE LADY LOBBYIST
IS BUSH A DIFFERENT KIND OF RACIST?

Bush Stiffs Kids and Lies

Bush Threatens Church-State

Divvying Up the Prez Spoils


garlic on cheney

today
saturday, september 30

bushnews, 38 stories Gore-Joe Holds Moral Edge Over Bush-Dick--Poll. 10:00
wizard of whimsy Vote for Bsuh. 10:00

friday, september 29

bushnews, 48 stories Bush Never Really Made Up His AWOL Days. 8:20
troubletown Bush Shows His Aptity and Maturitude. 7:45

tuursday, september 28

bushnews, 45 stories Bush Would Affect Decisions on Church-State, Abortions, Affirmative Action, Gay Rights. 7:55
negative spin The Bush Mole Investigation. 7:50

wednesday, september 27

bushnews, 42 stories Bush Ed Ad Called "Horrible Misrepresentation." 8:00
wizard of whimsy Bush Doesn't Dress Exactly Like Regis. 4:00

tuesday, september 26

bushnews, 46 stories Gore Ties Bush to Gingrich "Assult on Medicare." 8:00
cunningham Bush Gives Advice to Olympic Drug Gymnast. 8:00

monday, september 25

bushnews, 42 stories The Ultra-Conservative Money Man Behind Bush. 7:10
tom tomorrow Voter Learns There Is No Santa Claus. 6:00

sunday, september 24

bushnews, 37 stories Hypocrite Bush is "Largest Walfare Recipient" in Texas. 9:00
thadeus and weez Gore-Tex and the Women's Vote. 9:00

saturday, september 23

bushnews, 39 stories Bush Is "Obviously Dyslexic." 10:20

mo paul Poppy and Junior Have Fun With Words. 7:10

friday, september 22

bushnews, 42 stories Gore Leads in Popular and Electoral Vote Polls. 8:20
sargent This Time Bush Really Has a Plan. 7:15

thursday, september 21

bushnews, 56 stories Author of Bush Healthcare Plan Tied to 8 Healthcare Companies. 7:20
troubletown Bush Gives Uninsured Children in Texas a Feee Bacon Cheesburger. 7:15

wednesday, september 20

bushnews, 39 stories Bush Looking Down Gun Barrel of Record. 8:00
wizard of whimsy Real Plans for Real Peons. 8:00

tuesday, september 19

bushnews, 30 stories Has Junior's Cruelty to Animals Become Bush's Cruelty to People? 8:00
cunningham Gore's Just Practicing. 8:00

monday, september 18

bushnews, 40 stories Bush Now Appearing Defensive, Flappable, Humorless. 6:30
tom tomorrow Bush Has Some Great New Ideas for the Debates. 8:15

sunday, september 17

bushnews, 42 stories Industry Data Shows Texas is Dirtiest State. 8:35
thadeus and weez Did You Know That "Rats" Spelled Backwards is "Starr"? 8:30

saturday, september 16

bushnews, 37 stories Bush Now Losing in Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania. 7:45
mo paul Bush Gotta Make His Message "More Clearer." 7:45

friday, september 15

bushnews, 29 more stories Bush Made a Bundle on Movie Violence. 4:55 p.m.
bushnews, 27 stories Gore Threatens to Take Internet Away! 8:10
troubletown Who Would You Trust to Prepare Deadly Japanese Blowfush Sushi? 7:20

tuursday, september 14

bushnews, 30 stories Bush Staff: "Rats" is "Asshole's" Revenge. 7:55
negative spin Other Messages in "Rats" Ad. 7:50
wednesday, september 13

bushnews, 51 stories Bush Thinks He Can Get Away With Lies About His Budget. 6:55
wizard of whimsy Bush's Alluring Selfhood. 6:50

tuesday, september 12

bushnews, 41 stories Dyslexia Explains Bush's Linguistic Misadventures. 8:20
cunningham Why Dick Didn't Vote for Bush in This Year's Texas Primaries. 6:35

monday, september 11

bushnews, 31 stories Bush Drug Plan Meaningless for the Needy. 8:30
tom tomorrow Bush Has Some Great New Ideas for the Debates. 8:15

sunday, september 10

bushnews, 39 stories Gore Will Win Without Bush Mud Storm. 10:55
thadeus and weez The Slurp Plus. 10:00

saturday, september 9

bushnews, 37 stories Cheney Works to Keep Oil Prices High. 8:45
mo paul Cheney Talks Religion. 8:45

friday, september 8

bushnews, 48 stories Horse Race Leaves Bush Saddlesore. 10:25
tom tomorrow Vote for the Lesser of Two Weasels. 7:45

tuursday, august 31

bushnews, 47 more stories Gop Bosses Worrying About Floundering Bush. 7:50
negative spin It's Open Mike With George W. Bush. 7:50
wizard of whimsy Bush Changes the Tone Big Time. 7:10

wednesday, september 6

houston pollution Level Orange Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 2:15 p.m.
bushnews, 24 stories Bush Is a Debate Dodger. 7:45
wizard of whimsy Bush Changes the Tone Big Time. 7:10

tuesday, september 5

houston pollution Level Red Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 4:15 p.m.
houston pollution Level Orange Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 3:15 p.m.
bushnews, 29 stories Study Shows Bush "Education Miracle" Is An Illusion. 7:15
cunningham Bush Is a Potty Mouth. 7:10

monday, september 4

houston pollution Level Orange Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 2:15 p.m.
bushnews, 28 stories Bush-Led National Guard Has Lowest Readiness Ranking. 8:15
basile Chickenhawk Draftdodgers.

sunday, september 3

houston pollution Level Orange Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 5:15 p.m.
bushnews, 39 stories Dirty Politics, Bush Style. 10:05
thadeus and weez Political Sunday School. 10:00

saturday, september 2

houston pollution Level Orange Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 5:15 p.m.
bushnews, 31 stories Bush Fights Judges Order to Help Kids Without Health Insurance. 6:20
mo paul Bush Talks Turkey to the Kids. 6:15

friday, september 1

houston pollution Level Orange Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 5:15 p.m.
bushnews, 40 stories Worried Bush Breaks Promise, Begins Negative Ad Blitz. 8:20
troubletown This Year's Campaign Devices. 6:45

tuursday, august 31

houston pollution Level Red Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 6:15 p.m.
houston pollution Level Orange Ozone Warning...Unhealthy. 3:15 p.m.
bushnews, 32 more stories Judge Decides Bush is Leaving Poorest Kids Behind. 8:50
negative spin Please Pray for All Those Homophobic Wackos. Amen. 8:50

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