if you say so
If he is a flip-flopper, Kerry has company.
In 2000, Bush argued against new military entanglements and nation building. He's done both in Iraq. In terms of nation building, Bush has intervened in a number of other small countries, even those in no way involved in the "War on Terror."
He opposed a Homeland Security Department, then embraced it.
Bush argued for free trade, then imposed three-year tariffs on steel imports in 2002, only to withdraw them after 21 months.
Last month, he said he doubted the war on terror could be won, then reversed himself to say it could and would.
Bush keeps revising his Iraq war rationale: The need to seize Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction until none were found; liberating the Iraqi people from a brutal dictator; fighting terrorists in Iraq not at home; spreading democracy throughout the Middle East. Now it's a safer America and a safer world.
Bush's policy on North Korea has changed more times than I can count.
Mr. Bush now describes himself as “pro life.” When he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the 1970s, however, he told a reporter for the Lubbock-Avalanche-Journal that he favored leaving the abortion question “up to a woman and her doctor.” That sounds pro choice to me.
Funding for LIHEAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
When Mr. Bush was asked about energy policy in the 2000 Presidential debates, he said:
First and foremost, we've got to make sure we fully fund LIHEAP, which is a way to help low-income folks, particularly here in the East, pay for their high fuel bills.
Once Mr. Bush got into office, we find that:
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will face a cut of over $500 million if the budget for FY2002 released today by President George W. Bush becomes law.
Tthe 2001 incident when an American spy plane was forced to land in China. China demanded that the United States apologize. According to CNN:
But White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters that the United States was declining China's request for an apology.
"The United States doesn't understand the reasons for an apology," Fleischer said. "Our airplanes were operating in international air space and the United States did nothing wrong."
A bit later, according to the News Hour:
A carefully worded apology from the U.S. is bringing home 24 members of the U.S. Navy who have been held in China for 11 days… The U.S. ambassador to China said in a letter that the U.S. was "very sorry" the Chinese pilot died and apologized for landing on Chinese soil without permission.
Bush is against campaign finance reform; then he's for it.
Bush is against a Homeland Security Department; then he's for it.
Bush is against a 9/11 commission; then he's for it.
Bush is against an Iraq WMD investigation; then he's for it.
Bush is against nation building; then he's for it.
Bush is against deficits; then he's for them.
Bush is for free trade; then he's for tariffs on steel; then he's against them again.
Bush is against the U.S. taking a role in the Israeli Palestinian conflict; then he pushes for a "road map" and a Palestinian State.
Bush is for states right to decide on gay marriage, then he is for changing the constitution.
Bush first says he'll provide money for first responders (fire, police, emergency), then he doesn't.
Bush first says that 'help is on the way' to the military ... then he cuts benefits
Bush-"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. Bush-"I don't know where he is. I have no idea and I really don't care."
Bush claims to be in favor of the environment and then secretly starts drilling on Padre Island.
Bush talks about helping education and increases mandates while cutting funding.
Bush first says the U.S. won't negotiate with North Korea. Now he will
Bush goes to Bob Jones University. Then say's he shouldn't have.
Bush said he would demand a U.N. Security Council vote on whether to sanction military action against Iraq. Later Bush announced he would not call for a vote
Bush said the "mission accomplished" banner was put up by the sailors. Bush later admits it was his advance team.
Bush was for fingerprinting and photographing Mexicans who enter the US. Bush after meeting with Pres. Fox, he's against it.
He had specifically promised to lower CO2 concentrations in the campaign, and promptly and blatantly broke that promise upon coming into office, saying the "science had changed"
In February of 2001, President Bush promised to retire “an historic $2 trillion in debt over the next 10 years.”
Now, President Bush proposes to retire no debt and in fact proposes to increase the national debt by more than $2.4 trillion for the period from 2002 through 2009.
In the 2000 campaign, Mr. Bush promised to devote the entire Social Security surplus to reducing the national debt, thereby helping to prepare for the retirement of the baby boomers.
Once in office, Mr. Bush has not used any of the Social Security surplus to retire debt but has used the entire surplus to fund the general operations of government each year since his first budget in 2002.
According to Mr. Bush’s budget projections, the entire Social Security surplus will be used to fund the general operations of government through at least FY 2012. In total, Mr. Bush proposes to spend in excess of a trillion dollars of Social Security surpluses rather than retire debt as he promised.
Theres more, way too much more, but, this is enough from now. Kerry is a waffler, no doubt about it. But Bush has proven he too can keep up.
In 2000, Bush argued against new military entanglements and nation building. He's done both in Iraq. In terms of nation building, Bush has intervened in a number of other small countries, even those in no way involved in the "War on Terror."
He opposed a Homeland Security Department, then embraced it.
Bush argued for free trade, then imposed three-year tariffs on steel imports in 2002, only to withdraw them after 21 months.
Last month, he said he doubted the war on terror could be won, then reversed himself to say it could and would.
Bush keeps revising his Iraq war rationale: The need to seize Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction until none were found; liberating the Iraqi people from a brutal dictator; fighting terrorists in Iraq not at home; spreading democracy throughout the Middle East. Now it's a safer America and a safer world.
Bush's policy on North Korea has changed more times than I can count.
Mr. Bush now describes himself as “pro life.” When he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the 1970s, however, he told a reporter for the Lubbock-Avalanche-Journal that he favored leaving the abortion question “up to a woman and her doctor.” That sounds pro choice to me.
Funding for LIHEAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
When Mr. Bush was asked about energy policy in the 2000 Presidential debates, he said:
First and foremost, we've got to make sure we fully fund LIHEAP, which is a way to help low-income folks, particularly here in the East, pay for their high fuel bills.
Once Mr. Bush got into office, we find that:
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will face a cut of over $500 million if the budget for FY2002 released today by President George W. Bush becomes law.
Tthe 2001 incident when an American spy plane was forced to land in China. China demanded that the United States apologize. According to CNN:
But White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters that the United States was declining China's request for an apology.
"The United States doesn't understand the reasons for an apology," Fleischer said. "Our airplanes were operating in international air space and the United States did nothing wrong."
A bit later, according to the News Hour:
A carefully worded apology from the U.S. is bringing home 24 members of the U.S. Navy who have been held in China for 11 days… The U.S. ambassador to China said in a letter that the U.S. was "very sorry" the Chinese pilot died and apologized for landing on Chinese soil without permission.
Bush is against campaign finance reform; then he's for it.
Bush is against a Homeland Security Department; then he's for it.
Bush is against a 9/11 commission; then he's for it.
Bush is against an Iraq WMD investigation; then he's for it.
Bush is against nation building; then he's for it.
Bush is against deficits; then he's for them.
Bush is for free trade; then he's for tariffs on steel; then he's against them again.
Bush is against the U.S. taking a role in the Israeli Palestinian conflict; then he pushes for a "road map" and a Palestinian State.
Bush is for states right to decide on gay marriage, then he is for changing the constitution.
Bush first says he'll provide money for first responders (fire, police, emergency), then he doesn't.
Bush first says that 'help is on the way' to the military ... then he cuts benefits
Bush-"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. Bush-"I don't know where he is. I have no idea and I really don't care."
Bush claims to be in favor of the environment and then secretly starts drilling on Padre Island.
Bush talks about helping education and increases mandates while cutting funding.
Bush first says the U.S. won't negotiate with North Korea. Now he will
Bush goes to Bob Jones University. Then say's he shouldn't have.
Bush said he would demand a U.N. Security Council vote on whether to sanction military action against Iraq. Later Bush announced he would not call for a vote
Bush said the "mission accomplished" banner was put up by the sailors. Bush later admits it was his advance team.
Bush was for fingerprinting and photographing Mexicans who enter the US. Bush after meeting with Pres. Fox, he's against it.
He had specifically promised to lower CO2 concentrations in the campaign, and promptly and blatantly broke that promise upon coming into office, saying the "science had changed"
In February of 2001, President Bush promised to retire “an historic $2 trillion in debt over the next 10 years.”
Now, President Bush proposes to retire no debt and in fact proposes to increase the national debt by more than $2.4 trillion for the period from 2002 through 2009.
In the 2000 campaign, Mr. Bush promised to devote the entire Social Security surplus to reducing the national debt, thereby helping to prepare for the retirement of the baby boomers.
Once in office, Mr. Bush has not used any of the Social Security surplus to retire debt but has used the entire surplus to fund the general operations of government each year since his first budget in 2002.
According to Mr. Bush’s budget projections, the entire Social Security surplus will be used to fund the general operations of government through at least FY 2012. In total, Mr. Bush proposes to spend in excess of a trillion dollars of Social Security surpluses rather than retire debt as he promised.
Theres more, way too much more, but, this is enough from now. Kerry is a waffler, no doubt about it. But Bush has proven he too can keep up.