The dozen or so aircraft standing alert in the
CONUS on 9/11 were armed. However their posture was directed
outwards. They were positioned to defend high value targets
against external threats. Al-Qaeda got in a sucker punch.

We need a decisive President who doesn't read children's books when

We need a decisive President who doesn't read children's books when
America is under attack, this flip-flopping George Bush is an
astounding flop.

Bush was against campaign finance reform; now he's for it.

Bush was against a Homeland Security Department; now he's for it.

Bush was against a 9/11 commission; now he's for it.

Bush was against an Iraq WMD investigation; now he's for it.

Bush was against nation building; now he's for it.

Bush was against deficits; now he's for them.

Bush was for free trade; then he was for tariffs on steel, and now
he's against them again.

Bush was against the U.S. taking a role in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict; now he pushes for a "road map" and a Palestinian State.

Bush was for states' rights to decide on gay marriage; now he is for
changing the Constitution to outlaw gay marriage.

Bush said he would provide money for first responders (fire, police,
emergency); then he doesn't.

Bush said that "help is on the way" to the military; then he cuts
their benefits and health care.

Bush claimed to be in favor of environmental protection; then he
secretly approved oil drilling on Padre Island in Texas and other
places and took many more anti-environmental actions.

Bush said he is the "education president;" then he refused to fully
fund key education programs and rarely does his homework, such as read
position papers so he will be more knowledgeable on issues.

Bush said that him being governor of Texas for six years was enough
political experience to be president of the U.S.; then he criticized
Sen. John Edwards for not having enough experience after Edwards had
served six years in the U.S. Senate.

During the 2000 campaign, Bush said there were too many lawsuits being
filed; then during the Florida recount, he was the first to file a
lawsuit to stop the legal counting of votes after Gore took advantage
of Florida law to ask for a recount.

On Nov. 7, 2000, the Bush campaign supported Florida county officials
drawing up new copies of some 10,000 spoiled absentee votes in 26
Republican-leaning counties that the machines did not read and marking
them for the candidates when they showed clear intent;" they opposed
doing the same thing after Nov. 7 when Gore asked for such recounts.
Bush dominated absentee balloting in Florida by a two-to-one margin.

Bush said during the 2000 campaign that he did not have a "litmus
test" for judges he appointed to be against abortion; then he mostly
appointed judges who were against abortion.

In the early 1990s, Bush led a campaign to raise taxes in Arlington,
Texas, to build a new baseball stadium for the team he partly owned;
he later criticized politicians for supporting tax increases ñ after
he got rich by selling the team with the new stadium to a wealthy
campaign contributor.

Bush opposed the U.S. negotiating with North Korea; now he supports
it.

Bush went to the racist and segregationist Bob Jones University in
South Carolina; then he said 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 first said the "mission accomplished" Iraqi banner was put up by
the sailors; he later admitted it was done by his advance team.

Bush was for fingerprinting and photographing Mexicans who enter the
U.S.; after meeting with Mexican President Fox, he decided against it.

Bush was opposed to Rice testifying in front of the 9/11 commission
citing "separation of powers;" then he was for it.

Bush was against Ba'ath party members holding office or government
jobs in Iraq; now he's for it.

Bush said we must not appease terrorists; then he lifted trade
sanctions on admitted terrorist Mohammar Quaddafi and Pakistan, which
pardoned its official who sold nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya, and
North Korea.

Bush said he would wait until after the Nov. election to ask for more
money for the war effort; then he decided he needed it before the
election, after all.

Bush said, "Leaving Iraq prematurely would only embolden the
terrorists and increase the danger to America." His administration now
says that U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq when the new provisional
authority asks. Then he said they'll stay "as long as needed" again.
Now he's saying that the Iraqis can ask the troops to leave, and they
will. Or is he?

The Bush administration officials said that the Geneva Conventions
don't apply to "enemy combatants." Now they claims they do.

Bush officials said before the Iraq invasion that Iraq posed an
"imminent threat" to U.S. security and that Iraq had weapons of mass
destruction and even nuclear weapons; after the invasion, they denied
saying the word "imminent" and saying that Iraq had WMDs and nuclear
weapons, even though they were caught on tape making such statements.

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama Bin Laden. It is our
number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." - George
W. Bush, Sept. 13, 2001

"I don't know where he is. I have no idea, and I really don't care.
It's not that important. It's not our priority." - George W. Bush,
March 13, 2002

Are you getting tired of this? Well, some in the American military are
getting tired of this, too: "The (Bush) administration has an overly
simplistic view of how and when to use our military. By not bringing
in our friends and allies, they have created a mess in Iraq and are
crippling our forces around the world." -Retired Admiral William
Crowe, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs under Ronald Reagan

http://www.geocities.com/jacknichols123/johnjohn.htm

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Gactimus wrote:

John Kerry is getting his comeuppance for his snotty comments about
President Bush's actions on 9/11.

Here's what the Massachusetts Democrat said July 8 when Larry King asked
where he was on 9/11, according to CNN's own transcript:

'Nobody Could Think'

"I was in the Capitol. We'd just had a meeting - we'd just come into a
leadership meeting in Tom Daschle's office, looking out at the Capitol.

And

as I came in, Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid were standing there, and we
watched the second plane come in to the building. And we shortly

thereafter

sat down at the table and then we just realized nobody could think, and
then boom, right behind us, we saw the cloud of explosion at the

Pentagon.

And then word came from the White House, they were evacuating, and we

were

to evacuate, and so we immediately began the evacuation."

How appropriate that Kerry lumps himself in with fellow leftist

do-nothing

non-thinkers such as Boxer, Daschle and Reid.

Thanks to the several readers today who sent us this fascinating bit

from

Blog for Bush: "the second plane hit the World Trade Center at 9:03

a.m.,

and the plane hit the Pentagon at 9:43 a.m. By Kerry's own words, he and
his fellow senators sat there for forty minutes, realizing 'nobody could
think.'"

And here's what former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told the New

York

Post about Kerry's latest display of insolence:

"John Kerry must be frustrated in his campaign if he is
armchair-quarterbacking based on cues from Michael Moore.

"John Kerry is an indecisive candidate [with] an inconsistent position

on

the War on Terror, who voted against funding for our troops and who

cannot

give a clear answer on his position concerning the decision to remove
Saddam Hussein."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/8/6/92357.shtml

http://www3.cjad.com/content/cp_article.asp?id=/global_feeds/canadianpress/worldnews/w08069A.htm

Bush insists his administration seeking 'new ways to harm our country'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush offered up a new entry for
his catalogue of "Bushisms" on Thursday, declaring that his
administration will "never stop thinking about new ways to harm our
country and our people."

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we," Bush said.
"They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our
people, and neither do we."

No one in Bush's audience of military brass or Pentagon chiefs reacted.

No, they've learned to tune him out and pay attention to what Cheney wants.

Bush was against nation building; now he's for it.